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The ensemble of Theatre Horizon's 'The Color Purple,' which won best production of a musical and other honors at the Barrymore Awards on Monday night. (Courtesy of Alex Medvick)
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Shapiro on Theater

’Gem’ and ‘Color Purple’ dominate Barrymore Awards

Arden Theatre Company’s “Gem of the Ocean” and Theatre Horizon’s “The Color Purple” took home the most Barrymore Awards.

6 years ago

The Lightbox Film Center. (Courtesy of Lightbox Film Center)
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Lightbox Film Center finds new home at UArts

Philly’s only year-round art cinema is forced to move out of International House. It was snapped up by the University of the Arts.

6 years ago

The Meudon Gate at the Rodin museum is a replica of the one at Rodin’s estate in the suburb of Paris, Meudon. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Billy Penn
Architecture & Design
Philadelphia

How a movie magnate built Philly’s priceless Rodin museum in the heart of the Great Depression

Hidden in plain sight behind shadowy trees along the Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia’s Rodin Museum is so unique that it’s basically priceless.

6 years ago

Stephen Talasnik's Endurance sits illuminated in the Delaware River boat basin ready for the opening of the FLOW exhibition. FLOW is a sculpture exhibit on the Delaware River in partnership with Philadelphia Sculptors and the Independence Seaport Museum. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
View Finders
Environment
Philadelphia
Sculpture

Philly native Stephen Talasnik brings his work home for Seaport’s floating art exhibit

An art exhibit floating on the Delaware opens at the Seaport Museum. Philly-born artist Stephen Talasnik returns after 34 years to contribute.

6 years ago

Composer George Crumb is pictured in his studio, in a converted garage at his home in Media, Pa. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community Events
Music

Penn honors celebrated avant-garde composer George Crumb with concert series

The celebrated avant-garde composer George Crumb is being honored this week with a concert series at Penn for his 90th birthday.

6 years ago

Composer Nina Keith created and recorded her album,
Behavioral Health
Music
Philadelphia

In debut album, experimental artist Nina Keith meditates on death and memory

Growing up in Northeast Philadelphia, Nina Keith’s debut album is inspired by her neighborhood and EMDR psychological treatment.

6 years ago

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Bradford Young and Elissa Blount Moorhead stand in the Girard College chapel with their video installation, 'Back and Song.' (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

At Girard College, ‘Back and Song’ showcases forgotten history of African healing arts

Philadelphia Contemporary commissioned Bradford Young and Elissa Blount Moorehead to make visual poetry out of traditional African wellness practices.

6 years ago

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Hillary Clinton takes a moment to talk about impeachment during a talk promoting the book she wrote with daughter Chelsea Clinton. The two appeared at the National Constitution Center before a sold out crowd of 650. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Books
Politics

At Philly book tour stop, Hillary Clinton says GOP should back Trump impeachment inquiry

During a book tour stop at the Constitution Center, Hillary Clinton said there is a “really good case” for articles of impeachment against Trump.

6 years ago

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Joaquin Phoenix in a scene from the film,
Movies

‘Joker’ laughs its way to October box office record

Warner Bros.′ R-rated “Joker” has set a new record at the October box office.

6 years ago

Sarah Maiellano of Philadelphia takes a selfie with her daughter, Chloe, at the
Philadelphia
Religion
Visual Arts

Celebrating ‘Notorious’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Philly Jewish museum

Philadelphia’s museum of American Jewish History opens an exhibition about the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

6 years ago

Aspect 281 at 990 Spring Garden Street is part of Site/Sound: Revealing the Rail Park, a public art festival. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Philly Rail Park’s first public art festival highlights its locomotive history

The three-week “Site/Sound” festival spotlights parts of the old track bed that have not yet been developed into Philadelphia’s new Rail Park.

6 years ago

The welcome table for
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Music
New Jersey
Visual Arts

Pine Barrens festival celebrates art and nature in the ‘Middle of Nowhere’

The historic Whitesbog Village in Browns Mills, N.J., on Saturday hosted the second iteration of “Middle of Nowhere,” a music and arts festival.

6 years ago

ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia
TV
Billy Penn

Airbnbs, a meet-cute and meta feminism: ‘Always Sunny’ returns for Season 14

Welcome to our weekly recaps of the show that’s kinda, sorta, somewhat about Philadelphia.

6 years ago

A Naval Aircraft Factory float heads south on Broad Street in Philadelphia
History
Philadelphia
Public Health

Mütter Museum is reviving a 1918 Philly parade that sparked a killer flu outbreak

Philadelphia was one of the worst-hit cities during the 1918-1919 flu pandemic but no memorial exists for them. The Mütter Museum is changing that.

6 years ago

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Radio Times
Home & Family
Race & Ethnicity

Imani Perry’s letter to her sons

Imani Perry's new book "Breathe" is a letter to her sons about the challenges and joys of being black in America.

Air Date: September 24, 2019 10:00 am

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