
Arts & Entertainment
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7 months ago
Listen 0:52A 2020 Black Lives Matter protest is revived as a neighborhood celebration in Mantua
Dancer Iquail Shaheed organized a protest in Mantua after the killing of George Floyd in 2020. Now he is bringing it back as a neighborhood resource fair.
7 months ago
Listen 1:11Free Library of Philadelphia nearing uniform 6-day service
The Free Library has aimed for universal six days a week service at all of its 55 branches in the Philadelphia region for years. It may be coming this fall.
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U.S. appeals court says some NCAA athletes may qualify as employees under federal wage-and-hour laws
The ruling follows a Supreme Court case that led the NCAA to allow athletes to profit from their “Name, Image and Likeness.”
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July 11 - 14: Blobfest in the Philly burbs, Christopher Cross in N.J., and the Shady Grove Music Fest in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:14A scrap of cloth found at Goodwill turns out to be part of American history
A Virginia man bought a tattered piece of cloth claiming to be part of George Washington’s war tent. It’s now in a Philadelphia museum.
8 months ago
An artist is using sprinklers to paint the walls of a massive Spring Garden apartment complex
Doug Hoekzema, also known as HOXXOH, shoots color using off-the-shelf lawn care equipment.
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Listen 1:15Make room for cartoons among America’s founding documents
Did political cartoons contribute to American nation-building? This exhibition at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania shows how.
8 months ago
July 4–7: Party on the Parkway in Philly, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo in N.J. and UB40 in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:24Stolen antique gun is returned to Museum of the American Revolution in Philly
A 1770s combat musket was stolen from Valley Forge in 1968. It has come home to the Museum of the American Revolution.
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Listen 1:20Bryce Harper hurts hamstring on final play of Phillies’ 7-4 loss to Marlins
Earlier in the day, the slugger was elected by fans to start at first base for the National League in the July 16 All-Star Game at Texas.
8 months ago
June 27–30: First Person Arts Festival in Philly, Will Downing in New Jersey and the Super '70s Concert Experience in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.
8 months ago
Listen 4:40In an industry of conformity, Philly native Questlove remains a hip-hop iconoclast
In a new interview, Questlove reveals why Drake vs. Kendrick was so triggering, how he regained his passion for hip-hop and what to expect from the new Roots album.
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Through Sept. 8, the exhibit at the Declaration House asks visitors what the Declaration of Independence means to them today.
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Listen 1:17John Wind’s kitschy send-up of Revolutionary War heroes pokes holes in the masculine image at the Museum of the American Revolution.
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