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Jeweler Bob Strehlau holds an ink drawing by Vincent Van Gogh
History
Pennsylvania
Visual Arts

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.

5 years ago

Franklin Square holiday festivall
Home & Family
Philadelphia

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.

5 years ago

El Yunque, Puerto Rico's tropical rainforest, is on display on The Print Center's windows at 16th and Latimer streets. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
International
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

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.

5 years ago

Composer Randy Gibson walking the trails of Tacony Creek Park
Music
Outdoors
Public Spaces

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.

5 years ago

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Julie Siglin looks at the sculptures displayed in Wharton Esherick's home studio
Architecture & Design
Pennsylvania
Sculpture
Visual Arts

Tiny, 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.

5 years ago

Alex is an emergency room nurse treating COVID-19 patients in the Greater Philadelphia Area. (Kyle Cassidy)
The Why
Public Health
Visual Arts

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 17:20
Workmen raise the LOVE statue off its pedestal in Dilworth Park in February 2017
Philadelphia
Politics

Philly’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.

5 years ago

Damien J. Wallace, playing Underground Man in EgoPo’s production of “Underground.”
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

‘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.

5 years ago

Dancers in the 'Hip Hop Nutcracker'
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

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.

5 years ago

Listen 1:37
Macy's department store in Center City, Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
History
Public Health

Philly’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 13:38
The virtual edition of the Penn Med Symphony Orchestra.
Health Care
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Philly 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.

5 years ago

Radio Times
Addiction
Books

Novelist James McBride

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
The scarecrow is pictured here. The golden glow from the windows references the yellow brick road.
Philadelphia
Sculpture
Visual Arts

‘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.

5 years ago

Cover image of Radha Blank. Illustrated by Makeba Rainey based on a photo by Caydie McCumber
Movies
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

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.

5 years ago

FILE - This Feb. 19, 2019 file photo shows former President Barack Obama speaking at the My Brother's Keeper Alliance Summit in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Books
Politics

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.

5 years ago

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