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Members of the Philadelphia Pink Boots Society at Love City Brewing working on a collaborative brew. (PUNCH Media)
Food & Drink
Gender
Philadelphia

Tapping support of Pink Boots Society, the Bold Women and Beer festival set for Saturday

The Pink Boots Society helps support women craft brewers. On Saturday in Philadelphia, that support takes the form of the Bold Women and Beer festival.

6 years ago

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Curio Theatre Company sells $1 tickets at the Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll in June 2018. (Courtesy of Curio Theatre Co.)
Economy
Income Inequality
Performing Arts

Philadelphia theater companies experiment with pay-what-you-want pricing

Theater companies are reaching out to lower-income patrons with alternative ticketing models.

6 years ago

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Luverne Seifert and Melanye Finister in Wilma Theater's world-premiere production
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Performing Arts

‘Dionysus Was Such a Nice Man’ at the Wilma: It’s not your typical Greek myth

Playwright Kate Tarker offers up the absurdist tale of a shepherd, his wife and Oedipus, the son who left them.

6 years ago

Reggie Wilson and his Fist and Heel Performance Group will perform
History
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Experimental dance performance mixes ‘high art’ with historic Philly churches

Reggie Wilson, a New York choreographer, will present a series of experimental dances at four historic churches in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

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Spoken word artist Ursula Rucker. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Poetry

Philadelphia poet Ursula Rucker finds salvation in poetry

To mark the end of National Poetry Month, Ursula Rucker sat down with WHYY’s Jennifer Lynn to discuss her writing.

6 years ago

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In this January 1954 file photo, three Americans who refused repatriation, take a smoke break outside the peace hut at Panmunjom, Korea. They were among 21 U.S. prisoners of war who refused to come home after the Korean War. The new PBS documentary
History
Military
Movies

PBS film ‘KOREA’ eyes social, political tolls of Korean War

Filmmaker John Maggio said he wanted to create something that wasn't focused on solely on views of ambassadors and historians but real people affected by the war.

6 years ago

In an untitled photograph from the Gum in the Landscape series, ca. 1975, Hannah Wilke places a chewing gum sculpture on a tree branch. (Hannah Wilke Collection & Archive, Los Angeles/© Scharlatt, Licensed by VAGA at ARS, NY)
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Unknown photos by feminist artist Hannah Wilke debut at Temple University

A series of unknown images by the 1970s radical feminist artist are on view at the Tyler School of Art’s Temple Contemporary gallery.

6 years ago

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Danny Simmons, creator of Def Poetry Jam, has organized a reunion of Def poets at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Poetry
TV

‘Def Poetry Jam’ sounds again at Philadelphia Museum of Art

Seventeen years after the HBO show ‘Def Poetry Jam’ went off the air, co-creator Danny Simmons is reviving the spoken word showcase in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

Philadelphia's poet laureate Raquel Salas Rivera. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Poetry

Philly poet laureate coordinating summer poetry festival with Boston

Raquel Salas Rivera won $50,000 from the Academy of American Poets and will use a portion of to fund a summer poetry festival between Philadelphia and Boston.

6 years ago

Members of the Nat Turner Rebellion ride in a parade during a Harambe Festival in Springfield, Mass., in the early 1970s. Pictured from left are Major Harris, Ron Hopper, Bill Stratley, and Joe Jefferson. (Courtesy of Reservoir Media)
Music
Philadelphia

After 50 years, funk album recorded in Philly finally debuts

The Nat Turner Rebellion recorded the blistering funk-rock-soul album at Philly’s Sigma Sound Studios, but it sat forgotten on a shelf for a half-century.

6 years ago

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Jillian Patricia Pirtle sings the patriotic medly made famous by Marian Anderson 80 years ago on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The tribute was hosted by the National Park Service at the Independence Visitor Center in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
Music
Philadelphia

80 years later, Philly holds tribute to Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson performed 80 years ago outside the Lincoln Memorial after she was barred by the Daughters of the American Revolution at Constitution Hall.

6 years ago

The ensemble of
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts
Shapiro on Theater

‘For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday,’ at People’s Light

Sarah Ruhl wrote the play as a 70th birthday gift for her mother, who portrayed Pan as a teenager in Iowa.

6 years ago

A visitor admires impressionist portraits at “The Impressionist’s Eye” exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Visual Arts

Under renovations, the Philadelphia Art Museum gives its impressionists a fresh look

While the museum is undergoing extensive renovations to its galleries, it is reconsidering its works by Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh and Cassatt.

6 years ago

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Thirteen-year-old Lily, in her Easter finery, makes her way down Asbury Avenue during the annual BoardWaddle in Ocean City on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Tri-State Basset Hound Rescue hosted the 21st BoardWaddle as part of the Ocean City Doo Dah Parade. (Miguel Martinez for WHYY)
View Finders
Community Events
New Jersey

Ocean City kicks off tourist season with celebration of basset hounds

Basset hounds were honored for their long ears, creative costumes and athletic prowess. The annual festivities help support the work of the Tri-State Basset Hound Rescue.

6 years ago

Language creator David Peterson created the fictional languages Dothraki and High Valyrian for
TV
Marketplace

He brought ‘Game of Thrones’ languages to life

David Peterson won a contest to create a fictional language for the show called Dothraki.

6 years ago

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