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The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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A new permanent exhibit at the National Constitution Center explores how constitutional clashes over slavery set the stage for the Civil War and how the nation transformed the Constitution after the war. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
Philadelphia

Exhibit takes deep dive into constitutional debates that formed Civil War-era amendments

At Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center, exhibit touches on amendments abolishing slavery, guaranteeing citizenship and voting rights for men.

7 years ago

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Alison Ormsby as Esther in the Azuka Theatre production of 'Boycott Esther.' (Courtesy of Johanna Austin/austinart.org)
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Shapiro on Theater

#MeToo: Art imitates life in Azuka’s ‘Boycott Esther’

“Boycott Esther” playwright Emily Acker creates an imperfect onstage drama out of her career setback because of Harvey Weinstein’s fall from grace.

7 years ago

The sculpture “One Way” by Chakaia Booker is the first work by an African American artist to be installed at the Delaware Art Museum’s outdoor Copeland Sculpture Garden. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
Visual Arts

Delaware Art Museum works to diversify its collection

Two-thirds of the Delaware Art Museum’s purchases in 2018 were created by women or artists of color. It’s part of an museum initiative to better reflect the community.

7 years ago

Delaware Theatre Company's 2019 production of “Honk! The Ugly Duckling Musical.” (Courtesy of Matt Urban)
Delaware
Performing Arts

Diversity and tolerance highlighted in Delaware Theatre Co.’s ‘Honk!’

Delaware Theatre Company’s “Honk! The Ugly Duckling Musical” is heartwarming entertainment for anyone who has ever felt like a square peg in a round-hole world.

7 years ago

This December, 2017 photo released by Fin and Fur Films shows a double rainbow over Big Bend National Park, Texas, and the Rio Grande along the U.S.-Mexico border, with Mexico being on the right side of the river. The new documentary,
Immigration
Movies
Outdoors

‘The River and The Wall’ explores Rio Grande’s border world

A new documentary examining the diverse wildlife and landscape of the Rio Grande along the U.S.-Mexico border debuted this week at select theaters nationwide and on iTunes.

7 years ago

Soprano Jennifer Zetlan stars as Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg alongside her high court frenemy Antonin Scalia played by tenor Brian Cheney in OperaDelaware’s presentation of “Scalia/Ginsburg.” (Joe del Tufo/Moonloop Photography)
Delaware
Performing Arts

OperaDelaware scores with legal-themed festival

OperaDelaware’s 2019 legal-themed festival features the most performed opera of the 21st century, “Dead Man Walking,” along with the comical “Scalia/Ginsburg.”

7 years ago

Woodford Mansion welcomes urban horse riders all the time (Courtesy John Sigmund)
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Urban cowboys, local booze: Philly’s most interesting Derby party

“The most exciting two minutes in sports” works as an excuse to throw a spring weekend party — and the one at Woodford Mansion could be the most Philly celebration around.

7 years ago

The Chinese Lantern Festival at Franklin Square. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
View Finders
Community Events
Visual Arts

Behind the scenes of Philadelphia’s Chinese Lantern Festival

At the beginning of April, 30 artists from Tianyu Arts and Culture traveled from China to Philadelphia to create the attractions for this year’s Chinese Lantern Festival.

7 years ago

Alison Ormsby portrays the title character in
Gender
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Harvey Weinstein fictionalized in new play by author who witnessed downfall

Emily Acker watched the Weinstein Company collapse, from the inside. She wrote a play based on that dissolution.

7 years ago

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Members of the Philadelphia Pink Boots Society at Love City Brewing working on a collaborative brew. (PUNCH Media)
Food & Drink
Gender
Philadelphia

Tapping support of Pink Boots Society, the Bold Women and Beer festival set for Saturday

The Pink Boots Society helps support women craft brewers. On Saturday in Philadelphia, that support takes the form of the Bold Women and Beer festival.

7 years ago

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Curio Theatre Company sells $1 tickets at the Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll in June 2018. (Courtesy of Curio Theatre Co.)
Economy
Income Inequality
Performing Arts

Philadelphia theater companies experiment with pay-what-you-want pricing

Theater companies are reaching out to lower-income patrons with alternative ticketing models.

7 years ago

Listen 2:04
Luverne Seifert and Melanye Finister in Wilma Theater's world-premiere production
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts

‘Dionysus Was Such a Nice Man’ at the Wilma: It’s not your typical Greek myth

Playwright Kate Tarker offers up the absurdist tale of a shepherd, his wife and Oedipus, the son who left them.

7 years ago

Reggie Wilson and his Fist and Heel Performance Group will perform
History
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Experimental dance performance mixes ‘high art’ with historic Philly churches

Reggie Wilson, a New York choreographer, will present a series of experimental dances at four historic churches in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Listen 2:23
Spoken word artist Ursula Rucker. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Poetry

Philadelphia poet Ursula Rucker finds salvation in poetry

To mark the end of National Poetry Month, Ursula Rucker sat down with WHYY’s Jennifer Lynn to discuss her writing.

7 years ago

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Chris Evans as Captain America in Avengers: Endgame. And yes, Cap, these are apparently the real numbers. (Film Frame/Marvel Studios)
NPR
Business
Movies

The record-breaking box office of ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ by the (huge) numbers

It's already made an estimated one billion dollars around the world. Well, $1.2 billion, actually.

7 years ago

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