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Arts & Entertainment

Dancers from the McDade-Cara School of Irish Dance warm up in their competition dresses for a dress rehearsal for the 2020 St. Patrick's Day Parade. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Community Events
Dance
Philadelphia

Irish dancers keep on stepping despite St. Patty’s Day Parade cancellation

Luckily for the dancers, step season continues through the year, so at least these extra rehearsals were not for nothing.

5 years ago

The National Museum of American Jewish History
The Why
Business
Philadelphia
Religion

Why Philly’s Jewish museum filed for bankruptcy

Philadelphia's Jewish museum recently filed for bankruptcy. What this situation says about fundraising for cultural institutions in the city.

Air Date: March 12, 2020

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Nancy Volpe-Beringer wraps herself in an Eagles' inspired faux fur coat in her studio. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
TV

Philly underdog makes it to the ‘Project Runway’ finale

Nancy Volpe-Beringer has survived to tonight’s final round of this season’s TV fashion-design competition.

5 years ago

Listen 1:51
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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: March 10, 2020 10:00 am

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The Spice Guards perform a number about murdering the king to the tune of a melody of Spice Girls songs during
Performing Arts
Religion

Purim, ‘the underdog of Jewish holidays,’ gets a musical treatment

“A Very Awesome Purim” tells the story of the holiday entirely through parodies of Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and more.

5 years ago

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State Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dougherty marched with Electricians Local Union 98 during the 2017 Saint Patrick's Day Parade, in Philadelphia. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Health

Canceled in Ireland, but not in Philly: St. Patrick’s Day Parade proceeds despite coronavirus concern

Organizers of Philly’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade say the event will go ahead as scheduled on Sunday, despite concerns about the spread of coronavirus.

5 years ago

Jazz great McCoy Tyner, seen here in a 1970 photo, died Friday at the age of 81. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
NPR
Music
New Jersey

Philly native McCoy Tyner, groundbreaking pianist of 20th century jazz, dies at 81

McCoy Tyner, a pianist whose deep resonance, hammering attack and sublime harmonic invention made him a game-changing catalyst in jazz and beyond, died Friday, March 6.

5 years ago

Nicole Nikolich (left) and Symone Salib install Salib's wheat paste portrait of Santigold on a wall of The Filmore. The work is one of 20 in the #SisterlyLove Project, celebrating 20 Philadelphia women during Women's History Month. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Gender
Public Spaces
Visual Arts

Philadelphia portrays its Sisterly Love

A street art campaign asked 10 women artists to depict 20 inspiring Philadelphia women.

5 years ago

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Gender
Billy Penn

Louis CK’s sold out Philly show and the challenge for sexual violence survivors

The comedian has turned his admitted harassment into a standup joke.

5 years ago

Changing Communities
Performing Arts

‘Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale’ takes on gentrification, collective memory at the Wilma Theater

Three friends chronicle the gentrification of their changing hometown and call for a new Harlem Renaissance in the Wilma Theater’s newest production.

5 years ago

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James Lipton arrives at night one of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
TV

‘Inside the Actors Studio’ host James Lipton dies at 93

Lipton died of bladder cancer at his New York home, his wife, Kedakai Lipton, told the New York Times and the Hollywood Reporter. He was 93.

5 years ago

De'Von Pickett (left) was stabbed outside a Stenton Avenue bar in February 2015 before going on a tour. He was Nicki Minaj's stage manager. In this photo, Pickett is with friend Eric Parker (right). (instagram)
Criminal Justice
Music
Philadelphia

Man convicted of murder in Nicki Minaj crew member slaying

A man has been convicted of third-degree murder in the stabbing death of a Nicki Minaj crew member outside a Philadelphia bar five years ago.

5 years ago

The “Dispatches From Elsewhere” mural at the Comcast Center. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
TV
Billy Penn

‘Dispatches from Elsewhere’ drinking game: Watch Jason Segel’s Philly-set AMC show

Amid the weirdness, Philadelphians can expect plenty of familiar sights.

5 years ago

“Dispatches From Elsewhere” stars Eve Lindley (right) and Jason Segel (left) pose with local street artist Jimmy McMenamin's new mural at the Comcast Center. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
TV

All the city’s a stage: Jason Segel’s new TV show gifts Philly a mural of itself

On the eve of its premiere, the new AMC show created and starring Jason Segel gives thanks to Philadelphia.

5 years ago

Flowers atop the main exhibit of the 2020 Philadelphia Flower Show, themed “Rivera Holiday.” (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community Events
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Flower Show opens with a trip to the Cote d’Azur

The annual floral extravaganza has a Mediterranean theme, “Riviera Holiday,” recalling one of its famous native daughters.

5 years ago

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