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Living on Earth is an environmental news and information program. Each week host Steve Curwood guides the listener through a mix of news, features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues.

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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
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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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A series of murals by Tom Judd at the 5th Street/Independence Hall stop on the Market-Frankford line. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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A mash-up of Philly history at the 5th Street SEPTA station

Artist Tom Judd reshuffled historic images in his massive collage inside the 5th St. SEPTA station.

5 years ago

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Billy Penn

Philly museums are reopening: 5 new exhibits to visit this spring

Check out renovated spaces, historic openings, and groundbreaking collabs.

5 years ago

Bucks County Playhouse toasts the debut of Candace Bushnell's one-woman show, 'Is There Still Sex in the City?' which will run at the theater in New Hope from June 22 through July 18. Pictured are (from left) Alex Frasier, Robyn Goodman, Marc Johnston, Candace Bushnell, Lorin Latarro, and Josh Fiedler. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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TV

‘Sex in the City’…in the country: Candace Bushnell makes theatrical debut in New Hope

Candace Bushnell, the author of the cultural phenomenon "Sex in the City," will star in her own one-woman show at the Bucks County Playhouse.

5 years ago

Painter Constance Culpepper in her studio
Innovation
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

POST turns lemons into lemonade, inviting the world to Philly with virtual studio visits

Artists, once hesitant to bring strangers into their studios, now agree to do POST via digital tools.

5 years ago

Ardencie Hall-Karambe's staging of #AllLivesDontMatter
Community Events
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Better late than never: Theater Week returns

The annual theater showcase highlights what artists have developed after a year of the pandemic.

5 years ago

Richard Thompson's new memoir is called
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Richard Thompson

Legendary guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson joins Marty to talk about his memoir "Beeswing" which chronicles his early years with Fairport Convention.

Air Date: April 9, 2021 10:00 am

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Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Young, gifted and Black… mentors guide Black artists through Philadelphia’s theater scene

“Growing up ... I would often be one of very few chocolate chips in the theater cookie,” said actor Angelica Jackson. “I was drawn to it because I just love telling stories.”

5 years ago

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Gov. Phil Murphy signs arts and cultural institution relief legislation at the West End Arts Center in Long Branch, New Jersey on April 8, 2021. (Edwin J. Torres/NJ Governor’s Office).
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New Jersey
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N.J. Gov. Murphy signs off on $15 million to aid the arts

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy has signed off on $15 million in grants to help arts and culture programs hit hard by the pandemic.

5 years ago

Frank Jimenez performs in a scene from
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Teatro del Sol is creating the future of Latino theater

Philly’s only all-bilingual theater company nurtures original work with its new play development program.

5 years ago

John Prine performs at the Americana Honors & Awards show
Books
Music

Remembering John Prine with the superfan author of a new book about the songwriter

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn spoke with Bruce Rits Gilbert about his new book, “John Prine One Song at a Time.”

5 years ago

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Technology

Unopened Super Mario Bros. game from 1986 sells for $660,000

An unopened copy of Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. that was bought in 1986 and then forgotten about in a desk drawer has sold at auction for $660,000.

5 years ago

Ellis Ferrell, 81, founder of the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club, feeds a mint to a horse called “El Dog.
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Philadelphia

‘Concrete Cowboy’ debuts on Netflix as Philly riders who inspired the film fundraise to keep tradition alive

The Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club that inspired the Idris Elba movie screening on Netflix is fundraising to keep afloat.

5 years ago

A view of the Philadelphia skyline from the 52nd Street station on the Market-Frankford elevated line in West Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Race & Ethnicity
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Visual Arts

COVID-19 laid bare inequities in our city’s creative economy. Here’s how Philly can fix it

Michael Forman, co-founder of the Forman Arts Initiative, argues a new local infrastructure must be built to support and include neighborhood-based artists and orgs.

5 years ago

A decorated Easter Egg hanging in a window on South Street in Philadelphia
Kids
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

South Street takes an alternative spin on the Easter egg hunt

The South Street Headhouse District asked 25 local artists to paint eggs. Now, go find them.

5 years ago

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