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Arts & Entertainment

''Hard Candy - View from Santa’s Castle'' by John Winter. (Woodmere Museum)
History
Pennsylvania
Visual Arts

Christmases past: Remembering the grandeur that was Wanamaker’s

The Woodmere Museum recently acquired the midcentury design concepts by John Winters, staff artist with Wanamaker’s Department Store for 25 years.

4 years ago

Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse at the
Things To Do
Movies
Music
Performing Arts

Celebrating Christmas and Kwanzaa in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Celebrations including Disney, Kwanzaa, and live and virtual shows are highlighted this holiday weekend.

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People’s Sexiest Man Alive of 2021 is set to be inducted into the vaunted Five-Timers Club on “Saturday Night Live,” but the surging omicron variant of the coronavirus means there won’t be a live audience to see it happen.
Health Care
Media
Public Health

‘SNL’ ditches audience, limits cast and crew amid omicron

The sketch comedy show announced Saturday afternoon that the night’s episode would tape without a live audience and with only limited cast and crew.

4 years ago

NPR
Sports

Tiger Woods returns to competition for the first time since his car crash

Woods is playing in the PNC Championship with his 12-year-old son this weekend. It's the iconic golfer's first time competing since his car accident in February, which resulte

4 years ago

A stolen pair of Revolutionary War era French military pistols are returned to the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
History
Visual Arts

Stolen 50 years ago, FBI returns antique guns to their rightful museums

Stolen 50 years ago by one man, a trove of antique Revolutionary War guns is returned to the museums they belonged to.

4 years ago

Street Corner Symphony (City Winery)
Things To Do
Music
Performing Arts
Visual Arts

Jazmine Sullivan, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and The Crossing celebrate the holidays through music in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Dec. 16 - Dec. 19: Things to do in Pa., Del., and N.J.

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Dr. Derrell Acon will begin his new role as vice president of people operations and inclusion at Opera Philadelphia on Jan. 10, 2022. (Carell Augustus Photography)
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Opera Philadelphia creates new VP position for equity and diversity

Dr. Derrell Acon is a singer and arts administrator from Long Beach Opera who will take on the unique role of HR exec and equity, diversity, and inclusion officer.

4 years ago

(From left) Writer Quinton Alexander, Painted Mug board member Taylor Plunckett-Clements, writer/director CJ Higgins and Painted Mug board member and building owner, Vinni, “Beary Tyler Moore” at the Painted Mug, a queer cafe in progress, on the 1500 of Jackson Street in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
LGBTQ
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Philly’s newest LGBTQ performance venue to debut with ‘A (Queer) Christmas Carol’

The Painted Mug Cafe, a new performance venue and coffee shop in South Philly, will be dedicated to empowering the LGBTQ community.

4 years ago

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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry reacts after scoring a 3-point basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Curry hit his 2,974th 3-pointer Tuesday night in the first quarter, breaking the record set by Ray Allen.
National
Sports

Warriors’ Stephen Curry breaks the NBA career 3-point record

Curry is often considered the league’s greatest shooter, and, now, the numbers back him up.

4 years ago

Conductor Donald Nally leads The Crossing choral ensemble during a rehearsal at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill. (EmmaLee/WHYY)
Music
Performing Arts

A Christmas concert for our time: Carols After a Plague

The Crossing choir’s Christmas concerts will premiere 12 new compositions written for a pandemic.

4 years ago

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Vicente Fernandez performs at the 20th Latin Grammy Awards on Nov. 14, 2019, in Las Vegas. The Mexican singer died early Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, relatives reported. He was 81 years old. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
International
Music
National
Race & Ethnicity

Vicente Fernández, revered Mexican singer, dies at 81

Vicente Fernández, a beloved Mexican singer who was awarded three Grammys and nine Latin Grammys and inspired a new generation of performers has died. He was 81 years old.

4 years ago

Dozens of students enrolled in University of Pennsylvania's introductory anthropology course ''Anthropology, Race, and the Making of the Modern World'' made plaster casts of their own faces. In the exhibit ''Rotten Foundations, Dangerous Footholds'', each is accompanied by a QR code that leads viewers to discover details about the individual.
Higher Education
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

UPenn students visualize scientific racism in ‘Rotten Foundations’

A group of students at UPenn make the racist history of anthropology visible through class projects, now on display at the Slought Foundation.

4 years ago

New York City FC forward Valentin Castellanos (11) celebrates his goal with teammates during the first half of the MLS Cup soccer match against Portland Timbers on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, in Portland, Ore
National
Sports

NYCFC wins 1st MLS Cup, beating Portland Timbers in penalty shootout

Alex Callens converted his penalty and New York City FC won its first MLS Cup title on a shootout after a 1-1 draw with the Portland Timbers on Saturday.

4 years ago

A view of the exterior of the Eastern State Penitentiary.
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Night Tours: Winter Holidays at Eastern State Penitentiary

Eastern State Penitentiary has found ways to celebrate the holidays that also honors its mission of criminal justice reform advocacy.

4 years ago

(PHILADANCO!) 
Things To Do

PHILADANCO!, ‘The Nutcracker,’ Tuba Christmas, and more holiday events in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Classic holidays onstage from "The Nutcracker" to "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" are among the top events this weekend.

4 years ago

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