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The Delaware Symphony Orchestra performs at the Grand Opera House in Wilmington. (Joe del Tufo/Moonloop Photography)
Delaware
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Delaware Symphony opens season with tribute to Leonard Bernstein

The Delaware Symphony Orchestra’s 2018-19 season begins tonight at The Grand Operas House in Wilmington. Opening with a celebrat ...

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In a work by Kenyan photographer Mwarv Kirubi, a pupil from St. Martin's School Kibagare plays on the swings at break time on 27th January 2017. It is one of 98 works included in
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International artists reclaim Trump’s insult

Trump once called them "shitholes." Now artists from those countries are reclaiming the epithet.

7 years ago

Conrad Benner curated
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‘To The Polls’ wants to harness Instagram for voter registration

An exhibition of murals by local artists urges people to register to vote.

7 years ago

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Andrea Kremer (left) and Hannah Storm will be the first all-female broadcast team to announce an NFL game, covering Thursday night's game for Amazon Prime Video.
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Gender
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TV

Andrea Kremer and Hannah Storm will be first female duo to call an NFL game

Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer will become the first female announcing team to cover an NFL game this Thursday.

7 years ago

Gender
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

New Philly museum seeks to help women break through barriers to become fine artists

The Women’s Mobile Museum is a year-long artist residency and exhibition project of the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (PPAC).

7 years ago

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2019 Miss'd America winner Ms. Adriana Trenta  walks the runway during the Miss'd America Pageant held at the Borrgata in Atlantic City. (Anthony Smedile for WHYY)
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LGBTQ
New Jersey

A pageant in drag, Miss’d America upholds traditions

With Miss America contestants donning more sensible clothes, a popular annual spoof of the Atlantic City pageant, Miss'd America, feels more like nostalgia than satire.

7 years ago

Meg White performs in Australia in 2003. (Photo Illustration: Bob King/Redferns and Angela Hsieh/NPR)
NPR
Music

Meg White is the 21st century’s loudest introvert

Meg White started drumming because of Jack. It was 1997.

7 years ago

The leader of a fictional movement to repopulate Poland with Jews delivers a speech in an installation view of
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Religion
Visual Arts

Artist takes her work out of the museum, onto Philly streets

The complex films of Yael Bartana at the Philadelphia Museum of Art wrap multicultural messaging with nationalist propaganda.

7 years ago

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The Little Giant Creative Team during the setup of the Dream Deferred exhibit at 6th and Spring Garden Streets in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Income Inequality
Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

New exhibit explores redlining with immersive maps, art and film

Redlining has shaped Philadelphia dramatically, affecting not only the city’s demographics and widespread inequality, but also its psychology.

7 years ago

The audience in
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts

Philly Fringe reviews: ‘Company’ and ‘Thomas Is Titanic’

Samuel Beckett's words in whispers and a solo-performance obsession with Kate Winslow,

7 years ago

Delaware Theatre Company presents
Delaware
Higher Education
Sports

Delaware Theatre Co. opens 40th season with touchdown in ‘Sanctions’

The play takes a hard look at the underbelly of college athletic programs.

7 years ago

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from left to right: Carson Wentz, Jake Arrieta, Joel Embiid (AP)
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Philly Sports!

Guests: Ray Didinger, Marcus Hayes It’s an hour of Philly sports! The Eagles are coming off a rough Week 2, hav ...

Air Date: September 19, 2018 10:00 am

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Gary Shteyngart and lessons from the recession

Guests: Gary Shteyngart, ...

Air Date: September 17, 2018 10:00 am

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The cast of Revolution Shakespeare's
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Philly Fringe reviews: ‘Troilus and Cressida’ and ‘Plunge’

A Shakespeare tragedy, and a look from the future into the past.

7 years ago

Tim Huenke is a restorative luthier and owner of Superior Guitar Works in Flourtown. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Music
Pennsylvania

Instruments in need of more than just TLC are brought back to life by Montco luthier

NewsWorks Tonight’s Dave Heller visited the workshop of restorative luthier, Tim Huenke, who owns and operates Superior Guitar Works in Flourtown, Pa.

7 years ago

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