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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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Delaware Art Museum revives ‘Black Survival Guide’ exhibit

Originally commissioned to mark the 50th anniversary of the National Guard occupation of Wilmington, the exhibit has new relevance in 2020.

6 years ago

What Is the Grass Walt Whitman in My Life by Mark Doty
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Mark Doty and Walt Whitman

In his new book, poet Mark Doty traces the life and work of Walt Whitman and, in the process, examines his own experience as a writer.

Air Date: July 21, 2020 10:00 am

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PlayPenn artistic director Paul Meshejian
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Founding director of Philly theater group resigns after racism, harassment allegations

Facing allegations of racism and sexual harassment within his organization, PlayPenn’s founding director Paul Meshejian has resigned.

6 years ago

BOAT ILLUSTRATION: VIRTUAL GAMING CO. VIA PRESS RELEASE
Movies
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Is a ‘floating cinema’ popup coming to Philly with social distancing boats? Yeah, probably not

News reports promise the same event in half a dozen cities. Local officials haven’t heard anything about it.

6 years ago

Blackstar Film Festival
Media
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly’s BlackStar Film Festival announces all-virtual lineup with more than 80 screenings

Organizers felt it was extra important for “the Black Sundance” to go on this year.

6 years ago

PlayPenn artistic director Paul Meshejian
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Theater artists speak out against PlayPenn leadership

An organization that helps playwrights develop new work has come under fire with accusations of racism and sexual harassment.

6 years ago

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Borgata casino
Business
New Jersey
Public Health

Borgata to reopen July 26, last of Atlantic City’s 9 casinos

The top-performing casino in Atlantic City, the Borgata was the only one that did not to immediately reopen on July 2.

6 years ago

Rides at Funland amusement park
Delaware
Public Health
Public Spaces

‘This is about survival’: How Rehoboth’s Funland plans to reopen this weekend

As the rides at Delaware’s only amusement park come back Friday night, visitors will find some new protocols that are even more stringent than others.

6 years ago

Caleb Cattell takes a seat beside a wax figure of Frederick Douglass at the Franklin Institute. The 13-year-old from Riverton, N.J., and his family were among the first wave of visitors when the Institute reopened on Wednesday. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
Philadelphia
Sculpture
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Wax presidents, Black historical figures greet visitors at first Philly museum to reopen

The first Philadelphia museum to reopen premieres a touring show of Madame Tussauds wax figures.

6 years ago

Jane Matilda Bolin by Betsy Graves Reyneau
History
Race & Ethnicity

Historic portraits of ‘outstanding’ Black Americans featured in new online exhibit

Pieces from a 1940s collection of portraits showcasing prominent Black Americans are back on virtual display in a new exhibition by the Pearl S. Buck House.

6 years ago

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Community Events
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Visit Philly is dissolving Uwishunu, ending a 13-year run for the popular arts and culture blog

The content won’t go away, says the CEO — it’ll be folded into the parent brand.

6 years ago

Wilma Theater redesign for the COVID era
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Public Health

Wilma Theater adapts for COVID performances with ideas from the past

To maintain social distancing for theater performances, the Philadelphia company is taking cues from Shakespeare’s original Globe Theatre.

6 years ago

Director/choreographer Jeffrey L. Page will join the Philadelphia Theatre Company as a resident artist, beginning in September. (Courtesy of the Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Performing Arts
Race & Ethnicity

Philadelphia Theatre Company hires resident artist to help chart its future

Philadelphia Theatre Company has hired choreographer and director Jeffrey Page as a resident artist to help it navigate a post-coronavirus art world.

6 years ago

Artist Keisha Whatley paints on the steps of the Art Museum at a rally demanding funding for the arts in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Economic Development
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

Emergency arts fund pays out $4 million in Philadelphia region

A pandemic relief fund is releasing all of its money to hundreds of cultural organizations and over 1,000 artists.

6 years ago

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Ken Metzner, executive director of the Colonial Theatre
Movies
Visual Arts

Brandywine Museum and Colonial Theatre raise the curtain on reopening

The Brandywine and Colonial are the first Philly-area museum and theatre to reopen since COVID-19 shut everything down.

6 years ago

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