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It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.
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The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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Philadelphia
Sports

Lincoln Financial Field reopens at full capacity for Eagles fans

The first fans are expected to watch the Eagles practice Sunday, August 8. It’s expected to be “largest crowd since the end of the 2019 season.”

5 years ago

Cornell Wood stands inside the Academy of Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

‘It was a family job’: After 48 years, a friendly face at the Academy of Music retires

For 48 years, Cornell Wood ushered generations of Philadelphians into the arts.

5 years ago

The crowd catches Wes Borland's guitar during Lollapalooza 2021 at Grant Park on July 31, 2021 in Chicago, Ill. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
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So much for ‘hot vaxx summer.’ Delta puts a damper on festivals and concerts

The recent COVID surges around the country are putting a damper on the joys of finally experiencing live music again even as major festivals and concerts return.

5 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner was the local guest who played “Not My Job” at the live taping of Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me! at the Mann Center on August 5, 2021. The show was the first audience-attended taping since the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Comedy
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‘Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me’ makes its return to live audiences in Philly

Host Peter Sagal brought `Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me’ back to in-person performance at the Mann Center.

5 years ago

Listen 1:33
Maya Belardo performs at a Delaware jazz festival
Delaware
Music
Performing Arts

After online detour last year, live jazz returns to Wilmington for annual downtown festival

The annual Wilmington festival honoring jazz great Clifford Brown is back in person after taking a virtual detour last year.

5 years ago

Rapper DaBaby in 2019; The Mann Center in Fairmount Park
LGBTQ
Music
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

The first music festival to drop DaBaby was a Philly concert at the Mann

Questlove also crossed off the rapper after his homophobic comments.

5 years ago

A series of portraits by John Carlo Dionisio depict Ashani Oblivion, a character conceived by Zay Ali and portrayed by Arien Wilkerson. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
LGBTQ
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

‘Love and Oblivion’: An art exhibit that leans into a life with no future

The exhibition at Slought features sculpture, video, installation, painting, and performance works from several artists speaking to one person’s vision.

5 years ago

Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o), T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) and Okoye (Danai Gurira) emerge from a Wakandan aircraft in Black Panther. (Marvel Studios)
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BlackStar Film Fest, Jerry Week, Petapalooza, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Aug. 5 - Aug. 9: Things to do in Philadelphia, Del., and N.J.

5 years ago

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Nehad Khader (left) and Maori Karmael Holmes (right)
Movies
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

BlackStar Film festival returns for its 10th year

The mostly online festival of Black, brown, and Indigenous filmmakers will feature a one-day mini-festival of in-person screenings at the Mann Center.

5 years ago

Listen 5:40
A portrait of Marian Anderson by artist Jeffery McNutt. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
History
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Philadelphia

Marian Anderson statue will make history as first Philly monument to a Black woman

Famed opera singer Marian Anderson will soon be immortalized with a statue outside of the Academy of Music.

5 years ago

George Harrison performs at the Concert for Bangladesh, held at Madison Square Garden on August 1, 1971 in New York City. Asked why he joined in organizing the event, he said,
NPR
Music

Ravi told George, they told the world: The birth of the celebrity benefit concert

George Harrison was one of the biggest rock stars on the planet in 1971 but there was no bravado in his voice as he lent his celebrity to discuss a global crisis.

5 years ago

When Beavis and Butt-Head debuted on MTV in 1993, critics called the duo
NPR
TV

MTV is turning 40 — here’s how Beavis, Butt-Head and Daria disrupted cable

From the moment MTV launched on Aug. 1, 1981, it was bound to rattle the nerves of parents and moral crusaders.

5 years ago

Sunisa Lee, of the United States, performs on the floor during the artistic gymnastics women's all-around final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Radio Times
Sports

Tokyo 2020: catching up on the Olympic games

With the Tokyo Olympics underway, we check in on the athletes, the events, the victories and upsets, and how Covid is impacting the games.

Air Date: July 30, 2021 10:00 am

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 David Bilger is principal trumpeter of the Philadelphia Orchestra. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Music
Sports

Philadelphia Orchestra principal trumpet breaks down the Olympic theme

Philadelphia Orchestra principal trumpet David Bilger explains the “energy and brilliance” of the Olympic theme to Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn.

5 years ago

Listen 5:09
Samantha Rise leads a march demanding arts funding in a giant unicorn puppet
Government
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Illuminate the Arts sends money to 590 Philly artists

The Illuminate the Arts COVID relief fund sends $1,000 to as many artists as possible.

5 years ago

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