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A flood abatement project in the Netherlands also aims to create a more attractive river landscape. It is one of 25 projects featured in the University of Pennsylvania's exhibit in tribute to landscape architect Ian McHarg. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Architecture & Design
Environment
Higher Education

Not over the hill: ‘Design With Nature,’ Ian McHarg’s landmark book of ecological design turns 50

The father of modern landscape design wrote the book that set the 1970s environmental movement on course.

6 years ago

Beneath the sheer fabric of Asmaa Diab's
Immigration
Visual Arts

Displaced Iraqis and Syrians in Philly try to shift the ‘refugee narrative’ through art

The refugees of the “Friends, Peace, & Sanctuary” exhibitions want people to look past their scars of war and see them as creative members of American society.

6 years ago

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Nondumiso Tembe as Cleopatra and Neal Bledsoe as Marc Antony in rehearsal for Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s production of 'Antony and Cleopatra' opening for previews Wednesday. (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival)
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Pennsylvania
Performing Arts

On power, privacy, and gender politics: ‘Antony and Cleopatra,’ at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra” runs July 10 through Aug. 4 as part of the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.

6 years ago

This June 26, 2019 photo released by Sony Pictures shows, from left, Angourie Rice, Zach Barack and Remy Hii at the world premiere of
LGBTQ
Movies

Marvel’s first openly trans actor calls for more portrayals

Zach Barack plays a classmate of Peter Parker's in "Spider-Man: Far From Home." His gender identity is not addressed in the brief role.

6 years ago

 2018 exhibit at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University celebrated the artistic legacy of MAD magazine. (Andrew Welsh-Huggins/AP)
NPR
Comedy
Media

Satirical staple ‘MAD’ to exit newsstands and recycle its classic material

The funny, freckled face of Alfred E. Neuman is more or less retiring.

6 years ago

Netflix said future shows aimed at its younger audiences will not depict smoking or e-cigarette use unless it is
NPR
Movies
Public Health

Netflix promises to quit smoking on (most) original programming

The streaming content giant announced Wednesday that it will stub out depictions of smoking across all of its upcoming original programs aimed at younger viewers.

6 years ago

A Center City hotel ballroom is the stage for the 36th LGBT Square Dance Convention. The annual event is organized by the International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Dance
LGBTQ

Swing those partners: Gay square dancers gather in Philadelphia

The international convention of gay square dancers arrives here for the first time, following the callers’ directions at a Center City hotel.

6 years ago

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Acrobatic performers wowed the crowd at the Welcome America Party on the Parkway. (Michael Reeves/Billy Penn)
Community Events
Billy Penn

July 4th Philly photos: Protests, patriots and a popping block party

Even before the fireworks and concert, there was plenty of Independence Day action in America’s birthplace.

6 years ago

Marchers celebrate Fourth of July at Philadelphia’s Independence Day parade. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community Events
Philadelphia

Philly’s Celebration of Freedom ceremony brings visitors from all over the country

Visitors from all over the country gathered at Independence Hall for the annual Celebration of Freedom ceremony

6 years ago

Holly Kinyon, a descendent of John Witherspoon, recently purchased a first printing of the Declaration of Independence and has loaned it to the Museum of the American Revolution. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
Philadelphia

Of the people, for the people: Rare broadside of the Declaration of Independence on view

A broadside printing was made before the official document was signed. For 241 years, it was never seen publicly, until now in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

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Things To Do
Community Events
Philadelphia
July 4 - 10, 2019

Philly’s biggest party, celebrating Hispanic culture and art for kids

Tonya Pendleton runs down things to do around Philadelphia for July 4th and through the weekend.

6 years ago

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Tiffany Rachelle Stewart (left) and Gillian Glasco in the world-premiere production of
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts
Shapiro on Theater

Generations of change in West Chester, in ‘Mud Row’ from People’s Light

The play, set in West Chester, Pennsylvania, nimbly toggles back and forth in time to show the history in the foreground of the characters’ lives.

6 years ago

Patti LaBelle holds up a sign named by a portion of Broad Street after her. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

‘You can get it all:’ Patti LaBelle thanks Philly for renaming stretch of Broad Street for her

The 200 block of Broad Street in Philadelphia is now Patti LaBelle Way, and the legendary soul singer came to the city to receive the honor.

6 years ago

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Westminster Choir College’s Williamson Hall in Princeton, NJ. (Provided)
Higher Education
New Jersey

Rider U. to move Westminster Choir College out of Princeton

After a sale to a Chinese company fell through, Rider University wants to move Westminster College off its campus of 87 years. A legal challenge mounts.

6 years ago

Ascension, 2000, is a video/sound installation by Bill Viola, part of an exhibit at the Barnes Foundation. (Photo: Kira Perov)
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Bill Viola’s video art washes into Philadelphia

The pioneering video artist uses water and technology to explore consciousness and afterlife.

6 years ago

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