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Bumper car rink in at the Ice Zoo in Sydney, Australia. (Facebook/Bumper cars on ice)
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Bumper cars on ice are coming to Philly

It’s unclear exactly where the rink will pop up.

6 years ago

(FXX/Youtube)
Philadelphia
TV
Billy Penn

Texting, emojis and meerkats at the zoo = Always Sunny’s funniest episode this year

There’s even a rare happy ending.

6 years ago

Joel Hodgson and the MST3k robots (Shout Factory)
Radio Times
Comedy
Movies

Joel Hodgson, creator of Mystery Science Theater 3000

Joel Hodgson joins Marty to talk about his career, the humble beginnings of Mystery Science Theater 3000, and saying goodbye to his robot friends.

Air Date: October 25, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:01
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Movies
Philadelphia

Eagles fandom, medical marijuana and rugby stories give Philly Film Fest a local flavor

For its final weekend, the Philadelphia festival offers local movies about Eagles fans’ highs and lows, a weed warrior, and a displaced high school team.

6 years ago

Listen 2:57
Artwork by Kehinde Wiley. (Courtesy of Rubell Family Collection, Miami)
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

‘30 Americans’ brings contemporary black art to the Barnes

The exhibit “30 Americans” — an ongoing, rotating show of high-profile black artists — has never before come to Philadelphia.

6 years ago

Listen 1:46
Beverley Bass was the captain of a flight from Paris to Dallas when the attacks of September 11 closed U.S. airspace. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
Performing Arts
Travel

Pilot recalls kindness in Canada as musical inspired by true 9/11 story opens in Philly

Pilot Beverly Bass says “Come From Away” is actually “a 9/12 story” about what happened after about 7,000 passengers were stranded in a tiny town.

6 years ago

Listen 3:40
Episode 4 of Season 14 doesn’t have a lot of local Philly flavor, but displays plenty of the city’s sardonic wit. (Fxx/Youtube)
Philadelphia
TV
Billy Penn

When you won’t save a choking friend: ‘Always Sunny’ gets dark as the Gang toys with death

Episode 4 of Season 14 doesn’t have a lot of local Philly flavor, but displays plenty of the city’s sardonic wit.

6 years ago

Airing Wednesdays on Adult Swim, TruthPoint features Dril and a cohost examining modern society in the context of the “dark web.” (Adult Swim/Youtube)
Media
Philadelphia
TV
Billy Penn

Philly’s most infamous Weird Twitter star has a new TV show. Here’s what it’s like.

Airing Wednesdays on Adult Swim, TruthPoint features Dril and a cohost examining modern society in the context of the “dark web.”

6 years ago

The ZXX typeface designed by Sang Mun can’t be ready by artificial intelligence but can be read by humans. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Technology
Visual Arts

Art Museum exhibits designs for both utopian and dystopian futures

The Philadelphia Museum of Art’s “Design for Different Futures” is “frenemies” with technology.

6 years ago

'There There,' a novel by Tommy Orange, is the Philadelphia Free Public Library's selection for One Book, One Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Books
Philadelphia

‘There There’ selected for Free Library’s One Book One Philadelphia

“There There” by Tommy Orange, a Native American novel set in contemporary Oakland, California is The Free Library’s next pick for the One Book One Philadelphia.

6 years ago

The ensemble of Theatre Horizon's 'The Color Purple,' which won best production of a musical and other honors at the Barrymore Awards on Monday night. (Courtesy of Alex Medvick)
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Shapiro on Theater

’Gem’ and ‘Color Purple’ dominate Barrymore Awards

Arden Theatre Company’s “Gem of the Ocean” and Theatre Horizon’s “The Color Purple” took home the most Barrymore Awards.

6 years ago

The Lightbox Film Center. (Courtesy of Lightbox Film Center)
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Lightbox Film Center finds new home at UArts

Philly’s only year-round art cinema is forced to move out of International House. It was snapped up by the University of the Arts.

6 years ago

Me by Elton John Hardcover, 374 pages.
NPR
Music

In ‘Me,’ Elton John pulls back the curtain on a storied life

The year 2019 has been a busy one for Elton John — and a revelatory one for his fans, who have been graced with a biopic, a tour, and now a memoir, simply titled Me.

6 years ago

The Meudon Gate at the Rodin museum is a replica of the one at Rodin’s estate in the suburb of Paris, Meudon. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Billy Penn
Architecture & Design
Philadelphia

How a movie magnate built Philly’s priceless Rodin museum in the heart of the Great Depression

Hidden in plain sight behind shadowy trees along the Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia’s Rodin Museum is so unique that it’s basically priceless.

6 years ago

Stephen Talasnik's Endurance sits illuminated in the Delaware River boat basin ready for the opening of the FLOW exhibition. FLOW is a sculpture exhibit on the Delaware River in partnership with Philadelphia Sculptors and the Independence Seaport Museum. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
View Finders
Environment
Philadelphia
Sculpture

Philly native Stephen Talasnik brings his work home for Seaport’s floating art exhibit

An art exhibit floating on the Delaware opens at the Seaport Museum. Philly-born artist Stephen Talasnik returns after 34 years to contribute.

6 years ago

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