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Aspect 281 at 990 Spring Garden Street is part of Site/Sound: Revealing the Rail Park, a public art festival. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Philly Rail Park’s first public art festival highlights its locomotive history

The three-week “Site/Sound” festival spotlights parts of the old track bed that have not yet been developed into Philadelphia’s new Rail Park.

7 years ago

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New Jersey
Visual Arts

Pine Barrens festival celebrates art and nature in the ‘Middle of Nowhere’

The historic Whitesbog Village in Browns Mills, N.J., on Saturday hosted the second iteration of “Middle of Nowhere,” a music and arts festival.

7 years ago

ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia
TV
Billy Penn

Airbnbs, a meet-cute and meta feminism: ‘Always Sunny’ returns for Season 14

Welcome to our weekly recaps of the show that’s kinda, sorta, somewhat about Philadelphia.

7 years ago

A Naval Aircraft Factory float heads south on Broad Street in Philadelphia
History
Philadelphia
Public Health

Mütter Museum is reviving a 1918 Philly parade that sparked a killer flu outbreak

Philadelphia was one of the worst-hit cities during the 1918-1919 flu pandemic but no memorial exists for them. The Mütter Museum is changing that.

7 years ago

Plácido Domingo on stage in July. Domingo was scheduled to perform at New York's Metropolitan Opera on Wednesday but withdrew following accusations of harassment.
NPR
Music
Social Justice

Plácido Domingo out at Metropolitan Opera following sexual misconduct allegations

Plácido Domingo has agreed to withdraw from all future performances at the Met, with immediate effect.

7 years ago

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Radio Times
Home & Family
Race & Ethnicity

Imani Perry’s letter to her sons

Imani Perry's new book "Breathe" is a letter to her sons about the challenges and joys of being black in America.

Air Date: September 24, 2019 10:00 am

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Opera singer Plácido Domingo performs in Szeged, Hungary, on Aug. 28. In a meeting on Saturday, the Metropolitan Opera's general manager discussed why he has not suspended or investigated Domingo, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by 20 women.
NPR
Music
Sex & Relationships
Social Justice

Met Opera chief: 20 women’s accusations against Plácido Domingo lack ‘corroboration’

Gelb told the group that because no other media organizations have published accusers' accounts, he felt that the AP reporting lacked "corroboration."

7 years ago

A life-sized figure of Richard St. George, a British solider during the Revolutionary War. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
History
Philadelphia

Meet the ‘Forrest Gump’ of the Revolutionary War at new Philly exhibit

The Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia is opening an exhibition from the perspective of a single British soldier.

7 years ago

In this Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 photo, Esme Goldman, 13, streams an episode of the '90s sitcom
Media
TV

25 years later, a new generation gets immersed in ‘Friends’

In an era when everyone assumed they would move on to YouTube and Instagram video, young girls have embraced the series old-fashioned, sitcom format.

7 years ago

Two actors prepare to get intimate in a recent production of 'Winter's Tale' COURTESY COLLEEN HUGHES
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

When it’s your job to act out an orgy, these theater pros can help

Of 23 certified “intimacy directors” worldwide, two are in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Magic Johnson seen on the set of ESPN's
Delaware
Sports
TV

Wilmington hosts ’Magic’ show for historically black colleges

ESPN’s `First Take’ broadcast from the new 76ers Fieldhouse with guest star Magic Johnson, to attract students to historically black colleges

7 years ago

WHYY's Patrick Stoner speaking with cast members from 'Downton Abbey' L-R: Allen Leech, Michelle Dockery, and Laura Carmichael (WHYY)
Performing Arts

Downton Abbey makes the transition from TV to feature-length film

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with WHYY film critic Patrick Stoner about how Downton Abbey made the jump from TV to full-length movie.

7 years ago

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Marty Moss-Coane speaks with Downton Abbey film actors Jim Carter, Imelda Staunton, and Kevin Doyle
Radio Times
Movies
TV

Returning to Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey actors Jim Carter (Mr. Carson), Kevin Doyle (Mr. Molesley) and Imelda Staunton, (Lady Bagshaw) talk about the series, the film, and the Downton phenomenon.

Air Date: September 20, 2019 10:00 am

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The north entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art reopened Wednesday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia

From hole in the wall to elegant entryway: the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s new north entrance

The first phase of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s massive renovation project is now open to the public: the museum’s forgotten north entrance.

7 years ago

Theo Huffman and Siena Licht Miller perform in Denis and Katya, playing multiple characters examining the aftermath of two teenagers that live-streamed the events that led up to their deaths. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Technology

Opera Philadelphia opens O19 Fest with a true story of Russian teens’ livestreamed tragedy

"Denis and Katya" tells the true story of Russian teenagers who live-streamed themselves in a suicidal shootout with police.

7 years ago

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