Arts & Entertainment
Artist creates tiny houses from the memories of refugees
Artist and architect Mohamad Hafez and writer, speaker and student Ahmed Badr created the project to humanize the lives and stories of refugees.
6 years ago
And Philly said, let there be Mummery: New Year’s Day parade is a go
The Mummers will march on Broad Street in Philadelphia on Monday, despite forecasted temperatures hovering around zero, factoring in wind chill.
6 years ago
Eagles play for franchise-record 14th win this season
A victory over the Cowboys on Sunday would give the Eagles a franchise-record 14 wins.
6 years ago
Nontraditional Mummers strut away from Broad Street parade
Some Mummer brigades will not parade this year. Instead, they'll stage their own neighborhood New Year's Day procession.
6 years ago
Listen 4:05Philadelphia Carriage Company ends; Miss America controversy
Air Date: December 29, 2017
Listen 49:38Oh, Dem Frozen Slippers: Mummers may delay New Year’s parade due to bitter cold
Factoring in wind chill, the temperature may not rise much above zero Monday. That means it may be too cold to strut down Broad Street.
6 years ago
Hoping for wheel of fortune, operator opens towering ride in Atlantic City
The 227-foot structure is designed to give riders views up and down the Atlantic coastline.
6 years ago
‘It felt like Johnny Cash’ — Country musician completes tour of Pa. state prisons
Every winter, Harrisburg native and country music singer Ben Gallaher returns to Pennsylvania to play prisons. He visited six of them on this year’s tour.
6 years ago
Adam Levinson’s ‘The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah’
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Listen 35:29Authors going indie — it’s a Philly thing
Being “indie” once defined a creative project as not being backed by a major producer. It is a way of life, and it is ingrained in the spirit of the City of Brotherly Love.
6 years ago
Air Date: December 28, 2017
Listen 49:37PAFA to look after life’s work of late sculptor
The estate of John Rhoden, an important but little-known African-American modernist, delivered 278 sculptures to PAFA for a major retrospective.
6 years ago
To the Balkans and beyond, right in Center City
The West Philadelphia Orchestra transports a crowd to Serbia, Bulgaria, New Orleans — and just about anywhere else a brass band can take them.
6 years ago
Listen 6:46Air Date: December 26, 2017
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