
Arts & Entertainment
Original works by Picasso, van Gogh, and more on display in Kennett Square jewelry store
Hanging on the wall behind the glass cases are 48 pieces of art by Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Edgar Degas, Salvador Dalí, and more.
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Celebrate winter holiday cheer at Franklin Square now through the end of February
The Electrical Spectacle Holiday Light Show will light up the park nightly, with a dazzling light performance every 30 minutes through Jan. 10.
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A sliver of tropical Puerto Rico blooms on snowy Latimer Street
The Print Center has been using its bay window as an impromptu exhibition space. Currently, it offers a glimpse at the country’s only rainforest, El Yunque.
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Philly composer writes a series of jazz and blues songs inspired by Tacony Creek
Randy Gibson’s seven-song Tacony Creek Suite responds to George Floyd, the coronavirus pandemic and its titular water source.
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Listen 3:33Tiny, hidden Wharton Esherick Museum gets $10M windfall
The tiny, hidden American Craft museum in a forest outside Malvern, Pa., has received a $10 million endowment gift from Windgate Foundation.
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A camera, a mask and 2020’s most enduring image
Philadelphia photographer Kyle Cassidy captured images of essential workers for his series Between Us and Catastrophe.
Air Date: December 7, 2020
Listen 17:20Philly’s Office of Arts and Culture got knocked down, still fighting
Philly’s Office of Arts and Culture was severely reduced in the city’s COVID-era budget, but it’s still shining a light on cultural assets.
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‘Underground’ brings Dostoevsky to pandemic-era Philadelphia
The classic Dostoevsky novel “Notes from Underground” is retold online as a Black man emerging from decades of self-isolation.
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Need a little Christmas? There are several ways to see the Nutcracker this year.
Philly performers find novel ways to present classic holiday shows during the pandemic.
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Listen 1:37Philly’s Wanamaker Organ has survived 2 pandemics
The Wanamaker Organ, still spreading holiday joy at Macy's in Philadelphia, has endured and entertained through the 1918 Spanish Flu and 2020 coronavirus pandemics.
Air Date: November 30, 2020
Listen 13:38Philly doctors, medical pros perform music for a pandemic Thanksgiving
The Penn Med Symphony Orchestra has created a virtual performance of a short piece by Edward Elgar as a Thanksgiving gift.
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National Book Award winner James McBride, author of "The Good Lord Bird, joins Marty to talk about his newest novel, "Deacon King Kong."
Air Date: November 26, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 48:59‘And your little dog, too!’: Moore College’s dark vision of Oz, America
Artist Jonathan Santoro uses the Wizard of Oz as a jumping-off point to explore the sinister side of suburbia in the street windows of the Galleries at Moore.
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BlackStar Festival launches new magazine celebrating Black, Indigenous filmmakers of color
The influential indie film festival in Philadelphia saw a need for critical writing about Black, brown, and Indigenous visual culture.
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Barack Obama memoir off to record-setting start in sales
Former President Barack Obama's “A Promised Land” sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada in its first 24 hours.
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