Arts & Entertainment
NPR’s popular race and identity podcast joins WHYY’s Saturday morning line-up
NPR Code Switch joins WHYY’s Saturday morning lineup. Founding co-host Gene Demby, a Philadelphia native, discusses the milestone of launching in his hometown.
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First-of-its-kind esports room opens at West Philly rec center
Philadelphia Parks and Rec opened its first esports room to give more young people access to expensive gaming equipment and spark their interest in tech careers.
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Kimmel Center invites new friends to its reopening party
After 18 months of being closed to audiences, the Kimmel Center invites arts groups from across Philadelphia to its free Arts Launch festival.
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Listen 1:26Montco launches its first county-wide Arts Week
Arts venues have a $100M impact on Montco’s economy. Arts Week highlights the large and small spots reopening from the pandemic.
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Listen 1:30Comedian Norm Macdonald has died at 61
His management company confirmed that the 61-year-old had battled cancer for nine years.
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‘Cops’ was canceled amid protests of police violence. Fox Nation is bringing it back
Fox Nation, a subscription-based streaming service owned by Fox News Media, has given the green light for the return of the controversial series.
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Maia Chaka is the 1st Black woman to officiate an NFL game
Chaka said she hopes she can inspire and empower others "to step outside the box and to do something different." She is the second woman hired as a full-time NFL official.
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Tony Awards tap Philly native Leslie Odom Jr. to host alongside Audra McDonald
The long-delayed Tony Awards have landed two impressive master of ceremonies — Leslie Odom Jr. and Audra McDonald.
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Poignant return for Met Opera after 18-month pandemic pause
The Met had not performed in its house since March 11, 2020, the longest gap since the company started in 1883.
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‘It’s fun’: Bringing tennis, and a sport for them, to Camden’s girls
A program started under the auspices of the Centerville Simbas teaches girls as young as 5 how to wield a racket and hit a volley.
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Emma Raducanu wins U.S. Open women’s title
In just her second Grand Slam tournament, Raducanu ended the tournament as the first player since Serena Williams in 2014 to not drop a set in the U.S. Open.
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Black woman photographer captures 9/11 from ‘Blocks Away’
Photographer Velvet McNeil describes being at ground zero to document the day the twin towers fell.
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Listen 5:54Ubuntu is more than a name for Steven CW Taylor’s spot — it’s an ethos.
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Soaring above an alley, ContraFuerte surprises and delights
Struggling to keep both themselves and a bridge upright, Miguel Horn’s ContraFuerte is open for your interpretation.
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