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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Anna Russell Jones is pictured sitting
History
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

African American Museum in Philadelphia announces new exhibit, May 6 reopening

The museum’s reopening marks the launch of a new exhibit that features a pioneering Philly graduate: ‘Anna Russell Jones: The Art of Design.’

5 years ago

Performer Virgil Gadson rehearsed with the Bearded Ladies Cabaret on April 28, 2021. Gadson is one of the featured performers for the first show performed with the Beardmobile, a mobile stage. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
LGBTQ
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Truck in high-femme drag brings performances to Philly neighborhoods

Bearded Ladies Cabaret outfitted an old box truck into a stage on wheels, to bring queer-friendly performance into neighborhoods during the pandemic.

5 years ago

Disaster Girl (Dave Roth)
NPR

‘Disaster Girl,’ the stuff of memes, sells for nearly $500,000 as NFT

Zoë Roth was internet famous before many of us knew what that was. When she was 4, her dad took a picture of her standing in front of a burning house and a firetruck.

5 years ago

The Rothman Orthopaedics Roller Rink at Dilworth Plaza welcomed its first skaters on April 30, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Roller skate under a hula-hoop canopy at Dilworth Park

Given the growing popularity of the nostalgic pastime and the strength of Philly’s homegrown skate scene, you may want to book tickets in advance.

5 years ago

The Beacon at the Faith and Liberty Discovery Center starts in the lobby and continues through the roof. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
Philadelphia
Religion

New museum for America and the Bible opens at Independence Mall

The Faith and Liberty Discovery Center in Philadelphia uses cutting-edge technology to tell the story of America’s relationship to religion.

5 years ago

The Franklin Institute. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Business
Philadelphia
Technology

Franklin Institute to ‘reimagine’ itself for its bicentennial

The science museum on the Parkway has received a $1 million gift to develop new science exhibitions.

5 years ago

Radio Times
Books
Food & Drink
Race & Ethnicity

Michelle Zauner, “Crying in H Mart”

Michelle Zauner's new memoir, Crying in H Mart, details the journey of grief, Korean food, identity, and memory that Zauner has been on since losing her mother.

Air Date: April 27, 2021

Listen 48:03
Steve Donegan and Syd Carpenter stand outside
Environment
Outdoors
Sustainability
Visual Arts

The Woodmere Museum builds hugels as environmental art

The Woodmere Museum turns a traditional mounded gardening technique into land art.

5 years ago

Listen 2:29
Many of the items in the Neon Museum are restored signs from Philadelphia businesses. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Neon Museum lights up forgotten corners of Philly’s past

A new museum in a Kensington warehouse showcases vintage neon signs from a proud working-class past.

5 years ago

Empty frames that would normally hold movie posters hang on the front of an AMC theater shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic on Dec. 4, 2020, in Rosemont, Ill. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
NPR
Movies

If big box office means big ratings, this year’s Oscars are in big trouble

Most awards seasons find film fans seeking out Best Picture nominees in the runup to the telecast, with the eventual winner reaping millions of additional dollars.

5 years ago

15-foot-tall robot sculpture installed at North Camden's Cramer Hill Neighborhood
New Jersey
Public Spaces
Sculpture

‘A New View’ in Camden: Citywide project to tackle illegal dumping through public art

Artists have transformed six places along Camden’s public transit corridors for the next six months. The larger goal is to boost civic pride and economic development.

5 years ago

Listen 5:29
Frank W. Abagnale Jr. (second from the right) is famous for his audacious cons, documented in the blockbuster movie “Catch Me If You Can.” But science writer Alan Logan says the real grift is Abagnale’s entire life story. (Rene Macura/AP Photo)
The Pulse
Media

Could this famous conman be lying about his story? A new book suggests he is

Frank W. Abagnale Jr. is famous for cons documented in the blockbuster “Catch Me If You Can.” But science writer Alan Logan says the real grift is Abagnale’s entire story.

5 years ago

Listen 10:23
A rendering of FloatLab on the Schuylkill River
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

A giant circular floating deck is coming to the Schuylkill River next to Bartram’s Garden

Called FloatLab, the interactive installation is a project from Mural Arts.

5 years ago

Radio Times
Music
Philadelphia

New music!

Raina Douris of World Cafe and music writer John Morrison join guest host Kevin McCorry to give us some recommendations for new music to check out.

Air Date: April 22, 2021

Listen 49:28
The Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia is reopening to the public on April 22, 2021. The museum had been closed since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March of 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Kids
Public Health

How does the Please Touch Museum reopen during a pandemic?

How does a space focused on hands-on play get back in the game? New CDC guidance based on Penn Med research informed the choice.

5 years ago

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