Arts & Entertainment
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
Listen 49:15Philadelphia 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 5:09Illuminate 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
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
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
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
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
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
Listen 1:30Moonstone 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
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
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.
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‘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.
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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
Listen 49:22Add 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
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.
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