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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.
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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Shown is Philadelphia along the Delaware River, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024.
Community Events
Pennsylvania
Visual Arts

Art festival launching in Philadelphia in 2026

ArtPhilly will showcase Philly culture, past and present.

3 weeks ago

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Sasha Suda, former CEO of the Philadelphia Art Museum
Philadelphia
6abc

Former Philadelphia Art Museum CEO accused of misappropriating funds, filing states

Sasha Suda is alleged to have awarded herself three salary increases, despite being told they needed approval from the Board's Compensation Committee.

3 weeks ago

Madeline Marriott profile
Pennsylvania
Performing Arts
Poetry

Bucks County Community College names this year’s poet laureate

Madeline Marriott, 23, credits the local poetry community for her development as a writer.

3 weeks ago

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Ceremonial clothes of the Lingít people displayed at the Penn Museum
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Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

Penn Museum’s new Native North America exhibition collaborates with Indigenous curators

Eight curators from eight Indigenous nations redesigned Penn Museum’s Native North America display.

3 weeks ago

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Banner of new logo at Philadelphia Art Museum
Business
Employment
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Art Museum’s new director and CEO will be Daniel H. Weiss

Weiss has ties to the Philly region and had been the head of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

3 weeks ago

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The band Open City looks on
Music
Philadelphia

Philly punk band Open City returns for benefit show supporting immigrant advocacy group

After five years away, the punk supergroup returns to the stage Sunday for a show benefitting the human rights organization Juntos.

3 weeks ago

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two perfomers in the You Are Here experience
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

‘Not Safe’ For Teens opens a haunted house of teenage political anxieties in former Philly church

With “You Are Here,” teenagers carve out their own space in West Philly to express themselves freely.

3 weeks ago

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Members of various Mummers clubs’ string bands play their instruments in colorful outfits
Community Events
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Mummers announce their 125th parade on New Year’s Day

America’s oldest folk parade will feature 10,000 participants on New Year’s Day.

3 weeks ago

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The 30th AACR Philadelphia Marathon saw thousands of people pack the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Sunday to pursue the 26.2 mile journey in front of them.
Things To Do
Community Events
Delaware
New Jersey
Philadelphia

Marathon weekend, ‘Back to the Future,’ the first-ever Philly Animation Fest and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Nov. 20–23: A unique performance that combines boxing and opera in Delaware, plus an adults-only holiday block party in South Jersey.

3 weeks ago

Pierre Robert posted this photo on social media
Community Events
Music
Philadelphia
6abc

Memorial concert to be held in honor, celebration of the late Philadelphia radio host Pierre Robert

Pierre Robert, the midday host on Philadelphia's 93.3 WMMR for more than 4 decades, passed away Oct. 29 at the age of 70.

3 weeks ago

Inside the Wanamaker Building
Music
Philadelphia

Center City’s former Macy’s building will be ‘Home for the Holidays’ one more time

Opera Philadelphia and WHYY will present a holiday concert in the Wanamaker Building Dec. 2, to be broadcast on TV12 on Dec. 23.

3 weeks ago

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Elizabeth Avril Barden smiles
Higher Education
Music
Philadelphia

After 200 years, Philadelphia’s Jefferson University now has a song

Thomas Jefferson University asked one of its customer service employees to write an alma mater.

3 weeks ago

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Akeem Davis (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)
Performing Arts
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

Arden’s ‘Mountaintop’ visits MLK Jr. on last night of his life

Akeem Davis plays the civil rights icon as wonderfully imperfect. The show runs through Dec. 14.

4 weeks ago

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) is stopped with the ball during the second half of an NFL football game by Detroit Lions linebacker Jack Campbell (46) and Lions cornerback Amik Robertson (21) Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia
Sports

Jalen Hurts’ lone touchdown leads Eagles to 16-9 victory over Lions in lackluster offensive game

Their 8-2 record puts them in contention to take the top seed and earn home-field advantage as the Super Bowl champions go for a repeat.

4 weeks ago

Professional musicians lead a community songwriting and music play workshop at the please touch museum
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

At Philly’s Please Touch Museum, kids, parents and professional musicians gathered to pen an original lullaby

The workshop was one of many such events happening Saturday in recognition of World Kindness Day.

4 weeks ago

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