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Philadelphia

Philly Flower Show leads visitors back to the garden in Woodstock celebration

The oldest and largest flower show in the country celebrates the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, and hosts an international floral contest.

7 years ago

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More than 300 people turned out to hear about a proposal to save the collection of the Philadelphia History Museum. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Higher Education
History

Philly History Museum’s future may lie with Drexel

More than 300 people turned out Wednesday night to hear a plan for preserving the contents of the Philadelphia History Museum. The building, however, may be lost.

7 years ago

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Maori Karmael Holmes, founder and executive director of BlackStar Film Festival
Movies
Race & Ethnicity

How one woman expanded a Philadelphia-based black film festival to the international stage

Maori Karmael Holmes, who began the BlackStar Film Festival, wanted to provide a film festival for black creators in Philadelphia. It quickly became much bigger.

7 years ago

Pearce Bunting as a hypnotist in
Shapiro on Theater
Pennsylvania

From Theatre Exile: Is ‘An Oak Tree’ real or artificial?

Gimmickry overtakes a play bombarded by on-stage directions and a prescribed lack of rehearsal.

7 years ago

Artist Willis Humphrey. better known as NOMO, speaks at the dedication of his mural,
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

The Philly art community rallies for children of prominent muralist who died in November

Willis ‘Nomo’ Humphrey, 44, was a prominent Philadelphia muralist. An auction to raise money for his kids is this weekend.

7 years ago

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A film featuring the residents of Whitman, Alabama, reciting Walt Whitman's
Poetry
Visual Arts

In ‘Whitman, Alabama,’ the bard from Long Island goes down South

The series of short films bring Walt Whitman’s poetry to Alabama where regular folks recite lines from ‘Song of Myself.’

7 years ago

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Charlie Wachtel, left, and Spike Lee accept the award for best adapted screenplay for
Race & Ethnicity

Some tout Oscars as diversity win, but Philly filmmakers wait for more action

Some Philadelphia filmmakers say it’s an exciting time to be a person of color in the industry because Hollywood finally seems to be addressing calls for diversity.

7 years ago

Movies
Social Justice

Penn student among winners at 91st Academy Awards

University of Pennsylvania sophomore Claire Sliney won an Academy Award Sunday evening.

7 years ago

Tap dancer Leo Manzari (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Dance
Philadelphia

Philly Pops taps a tapper for the first time

The Philly Pops orchestra will invite a tap dancer onstage for its series of Harlem Renaissance concerts.

7 years ago

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File photo: Media walk on the red carpet before the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Media

Curtain set to go up on a host-less but drama-filled Oscars

A winter of discontent for the Academy Awards will culminate Sunday in an Oscar ceremony that may lack a host but isn't missing intrigue.

7 years ago

Paris Olympics organizers want breakdancing to be part of the 2024 Olympics. The sport was part of the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires last fall, when Russian b-boy Bumblebee (left) defeated Japan's b-boy Shigekix in the gold-medal battle. (Eitan Abramovich /AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Dance
International
Sports

Olympic breakdancing? Paris 2024 organizers say, ‘oui, garçon!’

The world's best breakdancers could compete for Olympic gold at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris if organizers succeed in getting the dance style recognized as an Olympic sport.

7 years ago

University of Pennsylvania sophomore, Claire Sliney is  up for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short for her work on “Period. End of Sentence.”  (Eric Sucar/University of Pennsylvania Communications)
Gender
Movies

Penn sophomore could win an Oscar, ‘Period. End of Sentence.’

Claire Sliney wants to destigmatize periods with the film, “Period. End of Sentence.” The Penn sophomore made the documentary with friends while she was still in high school.

7 years ago

Hannah Beachler, pictured here in February 2018, is the first African-American nominated for an Oscar for production design. (Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Gender
Movies
Race & Ethnicity

She designed Wakanda — and might win an Oscar for it

Hannah Beachler is the first African-American ever nominated for the award in production design. She helped create the cinematic world of Wakanda.

7 years ago

The mummy of an anonymous female takes center stage in the Penn Museum's new exhibit,
Higher Education
History

Penn Museum preserves a little bit of Egypt for display during renovation

With its Egyptian galleries closed until 2022, the archaeological museum in West Philadelphia has set up a smaller exhibition of artifacts.

7 years ago

Listen 1:59
A French portrait from an unknown photographer from 1860. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

‘Birth of photography’ on display at the Barnes Foundation

In 1840, photography was both the runt of the fine art world and its greatest threat.

7 years ago

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