Arts & Entertainment
Malala Yousafzai to accept WHYY’s Lifelong Learning Award
The education activist recently published a memoir about growing into adulthood after being shot by the Taliban as a child.
2 weeks ago
Listen 1:10Tavern Tour 250: Remembering the battle of Princeton
How did Princeton, N.J. go from a town named after the monarchy… to the home of one of the most legendary battles of the Revolutionary War?
Air Date: January 29, 2026 12:00 pm
Listen 51:06Calder Garden’s Moon Alignment Series is the Zen experience we all need right now
Philly’s newest art institution is offering a unique restorative practice tied to the lunar cycle.
2 weeks ago
Gone too soon: A posthumous retrospective of the late Noah Davis at the Philadelphia Art Museum
Davis painted large-scale scenes of Black life in an abstract style. His quick rise in the art world only lasted six years before he died at 32.
2 weeks ago
Listen 1:23Studio 2 Extra: behind the scenes of food influencing
Jacob Fink, better known as @jacobdoesphilly, breaks down what exactly goes into food review content creation.
Air Date: January 23, 2026 1:33 am
Listen 11:28Ruth E. Carter is the most-nominated Black woman in Academy Award history.
3 weeks ago
For 30 years Pig Iron has created original theater that has delighted and disoriented audiences. Critics sometimes didn’t get it.
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Listen 3:14Jan. 22–25: A Pink Floyd tribute in Delaware, a Noah Davis exhibit at PMA and Wailers Band in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
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Listen 5:29William Way Center exhibits LGBTQ memorial portraits by Arleen Olshan
A co-founder of the William Way Center, Olshan coordinated its first art exhibition 50 years ago. She now portrays people she has lost.
3 weeks ago
Listen 1:29The scorched guitar fuzz and reverb that define Robb's experimental sound anchor Jessica Kourkounis' surreal film.
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Jan. 15 - Jan. 18: ‘The Carol Burnett Show’ in Del., Center City Restaurant Week in Philly, and a writers' conference in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
4 weeks ago
Listen 5:22Mandy Mango’s Drag Race debut started with a snack aisle epiphany
The Philly nurse and performer turned a pack of dried fruit into a platform for queer joy and Filipino pride.
4 weeks ago
‘DeVon-tails Smith’ among 11 Philly-area shelter dogs competing in Puppy Bowl 2026
Out: Kevin Patullo apologists, locker-room beefs and drive-killing penalties. In: sloppy kisses, water-bowl scrums and indiscriminate potty breaks.
4 weeks ago
Listen 6:24Jeffrey Rosen is no longer leader of Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center
Jeffrey Rosen, the leader of the National Constitution Center for the last 12 years, has stepped down.
4 weeks ago
Listen 1:09Dilys Blum, curator of fashion at the Philadelphia Art Museum for 38 years, dies at 77
Blum’s legacy includes the “Off the Wall” exhibition, a 2019 show about clothes as wearable art in the 1960s and 1970s.
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