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Think is a national call-in radio program, hosted by acclaimed journalist Krys Boyd and produced by KERA — North Texas’ PBS and NPR member station. Each week, listeners across the country tune in to the program to hear thought-provoking, in-depth conversations with newsmakers from across the globe.

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History
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

From Nazi cargo ship to Philly party boat: Life and times of the Moshulu

Before it was docked on the Delaware, 115-year-old vessel sailed all over the world.

6 years ago

Principal actor Eric Berryman reads text from
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

‘The B Side’ blends Texas prison recordings with drama for the Fringe

Taking 1960s recordings of prison work songs, “The B-Side: Negro Folklore from Texas” tries to transport you into the past.

6 years ago

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This 2003 photo shows Mary Alexander, John Coltrane's cousin, in front of the John Coltrane house in Philadelphia. Jazz giant John Coltrane’s cousin, who inspired the composition “Cousin Mary” from his landmark album “Giant Steps,” has died in Philadelphia. Mary Lyerly Alexander was 92. Carla Washington of Philadelphia’s Clef Club who is a friend of the family says Alexander died Aug. 31, 2019. (Akira Suwa/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
History
Music
Philadelphia

John Coltrane’s ‘Cousin Mary’ dies in Philadelphia at 92

The house in Philadelphia where Coltrane lived with her from 1952 to 1958 is now a national historic landmark.

6 years ago

Khyber Pass Pub on Second Street in Old City. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Music
Philadelphia

Play on, Khyber, play on: Live music returns to 2nd Street

It was a downtown indie rock mecca in the 1990s. After a decade-long hiatus, the Khyber Pass is booking bands again.

6 years ago

Members of the Pig Iron Theatre Company rehearse the company's 2019 Fringe Festival offering, ''Superterranean,
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Fringe’s ‘Superterranean’ considers the awe and terror of urban infrastructure

“Superterranean” features a forbidding set by Mimi Lien, evoking the awe and mystery of the systems that support urban life.

6 years ago

Nick Stuccio poses for a photo.

Fringe Fest co-founder shares his must-see acts for this year

More than 1,000 acts will perform all across Philadelphia during this year’s Fringe Fest. The festival’s co-founder shares his choices for must-see acts.

6 years ago

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The Barnes Foundation is bringing VR goggles to libraries, recreation centers and senior centers around Philadelphia to reach people who may have never been to an art museum. (Provided)
Philadelphia
Technology
Visual Arts

Virtual reality brings Barnes collection outside the museum and into the neighborhoods

The Barnes Foundation is using a virtual reality simulation of its famous collection to reach city residents where they are — libraries, recreation centers and senior centers.

6 years ago

Alfonso Barón (left) and Luciano Rosso in 'Un Poyo Rojo,' a dance lampooning male competition and an entry in this year's Philadelphia Fringe Festival. (Courtesy of Paola Evelina)
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Shapiro on Theater

The Philly Fringe 2019: It’s time again to explore the unknown

Philadelphia Fringe Festival opens Sept. 5 and runs for 18 days with 158 different shows: theater, dance, music, circus, film and visual art, plus digital.

6 years ago

John Cambridge built the set for the fringe show
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Northeast Philly sets the stage ‘on the fringe of the Fringe’

Formerly an arts desert, Philadelphia’s Mayfair neighborhood is expanding its cultural footprint for the Fringe Festival.

6 years ago

Listen 3:50
Brandon Paak Anderson of Anderson .Paak and The Free Nationals during the Made In America Music Festival on August, 31 2019, in Philadelphia. (Photo by Daniel DeSlover/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)
Philadelphia

Photos: MIA festival rocks the Ben Franklin Parkway

If you were hunkered down in Philly this weekend and avoided the Jersey Shore mayhem, you probably noticed patrons donning red-white-and-blue for Made in America festival.

6 years ago

The Made in America main stage during construction on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

One year after Kenney and Jay-Z sparred over Made in America’s Parkway digs, the festival is back. Here’s what changed.

The city made a few adjustments this year to how it handles the massive festival founded by Jay-Z. The changes are intended to resolve tensions in the area about its impact.

6 years ago

Artists Ian Pierce and Betsy Casañas created “Sanctuary City, Sanctuary Neighborhood,” a mural highlighting immigration issues in society located at 5ht and Huntingdon Streets in North Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Immigration
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Philly sanctuary is an explosion of Latinx pride

Artes Ekeko (Ian Pierce) mined the mythologies of Central and South America to create an image of cultural pride and political dissent.

6 years ago

Listen 1:19
A rider gives a thumbs up to a cheering crowd during the Philly Naked Bike Ride. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
View Finders
Community Events
Philadelphia

All smiles, Philly Naked Bike Ride returns for 11th year

Smiles lit up the faces of pedestrians in Center City Saturday as they stopped in their tracks just after 5:30 p.m.

6 years ago

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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Yalla…you there? Philly’s only Arab arts fest sees drop after ‘positive’ messaging

This Labor Day weekend, YallaPunk focuses on celebration over discrimination.

6 years ago

Participants in Philadelphia's 8th annual Dîner en Blanc make their way down Kelly Drive past Boathouse Row. Guests came in a range of attire from understated to outrageous, but all came in white. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
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Philly’s Boathouse Row hosts 6,000 for Dîner en Blanc

By 6:30 p.m., thousands of celebrants in their pressed whites had gathered in the vicinity of the Art Museum.

6 years ago

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