Arts & Entertainment
Ben Simmons back at practice with Sixers teammates
The saga with Simmons started after the Sixers playoff run and series loss to the Atlanta Hawks.
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Philly artists are opening their studios to the public for the first time since COVID
When the Philadelphia Open Studios Tour kicks off this weekend, one of its largest and most popular stops will reopen to visitors for the first time in six years.
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Artist and educator Percy Ricks was rejected by Delaware Art Museum in a 1971 effort to showcase Black artists. The museum is making amends 50 years later.
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Listen 2:31Summer Stage doesn’t need saving, Upper Darby organizers say, despite uproar on social media
The celebrated youth theater program is at the center of a heated dispute between local government and a nonprofit entity that wants to ‘adopt’ it.
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Erik Larson’s ghost story “No One Goes Alone”
Writer Erik Larson on his audiobook-only ghost story "No One Goes Alone," about a group of Victorian-era ghost hunters.
Air Date: October 12, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:15Philly native, CAPA grad starring in ‘Hamilton’ at Academy of Music
The Kimmel Cultural Campus is kicking off its comeback season with "Hamilton" on Oct. 20. The show runs through Nov. 28.
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After Ida destroyed most of its protest puppetry, Spiral Q takes stock — and gets back to creating
After losing almost all of its 25-year archive of protest puppets to the floods, the Philly nonprofit is making a more focused effort to track the histories of its work.
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Mural Arts paid homeless artists to paint 200 columns underneath Broad Street
Two hundred concrete columns in the subway concourse were painted by homeless artists, as part of Mural Arts Philadelphia’s social service program.
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Listen 1:41Sonia Sanchez wins $250,000 prize for lifetime achievement
Poet, educator, and activist Sonia Sanchez is this year's winner of the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize.
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Design Philadelphia, KRS One, Night of Lights, and Monster drinks in this week’s ‘Things to Do’
Oct. 7 - Oct. 10: Things to do in Pa., Del., and N.J.
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Listen 4:36‘Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America’
In her new book, Keisha N. Blain combines traditional historical biography with modern social commentary to paint a full picture of civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer.
Air Date: October 5, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:14Hollywood crews vote to authorize a strike for better pay and working conditions
Hollywood film and TV productions could soon shut down if contract negotiations aren't resolved.
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Philadelphia Orchestra releases music by historic Black woman composer Florence Price
Florence Price, the first Black woman composer to have her music played by a major American orchestra, gets a major CD release.
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Listen 4:04During Banned Books Week, readers explore what it means to challenge texts
The theme of this year's Banned Books Week is "Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us."
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