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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

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Samantha Rise leads a march demanding arts funding in a giant unicorn puppet
Government
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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

Jo Vito Ramírez as Young Pericles (left) and Brittany Onukwugha as Young Thaisa (right)
Outdoors
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Shakespeare in Clark Park returns as a circus

The free, outdoor production of “Pericles” in West Philadelphia will be staged with aerial acrobatics, giant puppetry, and clowning.

5 years ago

The exterior of the Paradigm gallery building
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

Paradigm Gallery is hoping to buy Queen Village home before someone else scoops it up

Support has been pouring in for the community mainstay, which has been in the neighborhood for a decade.

5 years ago

Li Sumpter pitching The Escape Artist Mixtape at Good Pitch Local Philly 2020. (photo by Gretjen Clausing)
PlanPhilly
Community Events
Movies

10 Philly filmmakers pitch docs about Philly’s trash problem, a garden-grown solution, and more

Can documentaries change a city? A group of Philadelphia media-makers believes so, and they have the pitches to prove it.

5 years ago

Artist Sean Lugo
Immigration
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Sean Lugo turns Paradigm Gallery into a bodega for ‘Immigrant Mentality’

For his show “Immigrant Mentality,” Sean Lugo installed a bodega inside Paradigm Gallery to evoke the life of his mother and other immigrants.

5 years ago

Eric Bresler sits in front of a series of posters
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Mausoleum of Contemporary Art reopens after a 2-year zoning struggle

Philly’s Mausoleum of Contemporary Art comes back to life after prolonged struggle with zoning variances and city code compliance.

5 years ago

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Larry Robin stands in front of a wall full of books
Community Events
Poetry

Moonstone mounts 6-day poetry reading marathon with 300 poets

Larry Robin will publish the 25th anniversary edition of the annual anthology Poetry Ink, and stage a marathon poetry reading event via Zoom to celebrate.

5 years ago

Billy Porter and Tiffany Haddish in Like a Boss. GLAAD called Porter's character, Barrett,
NPR
LGBTQ
Movies

LGBTQ characters got more movie screen time in 2020, GLAAD study finds

A good portion of these were serious, substantial characters too — 80 percent of these movies had LGBTQ characters with over 10 minutes of screen time.

5 years ago

A fortune teller in The Speakeasy at Al Capone’s cell at Eastern State Penitentiary for its upcoming Halloween Nights festival. (Courtesy of ESP)
Community Events
Philadelphia

Eastern State to turn Terror Behind the Walls into a kinder Halloween festival

The historic prison museum’s 23-year-old Terror Behind the Walls haunted attraction will become part of a gentler Halloween Nights festival.

5 years ago

Mare of Easttown (HBO)
TV

‘Mare of Easttown’ receives 16 Emmy nominations

'Mare of Easttown' received Emmy nominations in both the Best Limited Series and Best Actress in a Limited Series categories.

5 years ago

Cam Anthony, winner of The Voice, performed at the 2021 Wawa Welcome America July 4th Philly Concert. (Instagram.com/therealcamanthony)
Radio Times
K-12
Performing Arts
Social Justice
Sports

Regional Roundup – 07/12/21

PA students can repeat the school year. And, the Paralympics are coming up - what does accessibility mean for the disabled community? Plus, The Voice winner Cam Anthony!

Air Date: July 12, 2021

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Musician Laura Jane Grace will perform at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in a sold-out concert in August 2021 BILLY PENN ILLUSTRATION VIA AP
Music
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Add a punk rock concert: Everything that’s happened at Four Seasons Total Landscaping

Fame came quickly to the formerly quiet stretch of State Road.

5 years ago

Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Jeannie Santiago attend the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall. Playwright Ruben Santiago-Hudson will both star in his own one-man play,
NPR
Performing Arts
Race & Ethnicity

Broadway is reopening this fall, and every new play is by a Black writer

Broadway is back, and its 2021 new play lineup is brimming with shows by Black writers.

5 years ago

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