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The Rev. Dr. Herb Lusk, one of three chaplains for the Philadelphia Eagles, was there for the team's Super Bowl win in Minnesota — as he's been for there for them through many seasons. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Sports

Eagles team pastor helps players through tough times, Super accomplishments

"I did pray that God's will be done," says the Rev. Dr. Herb Lusk. "Thank God, his will was that the Eagles be victorious."

7 years ago

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This photo provided by the White House shows President Barack Obama meeting with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan, Thursday, May 6, 2010,  in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington.  (Pete Souza, White House/AP Photo)
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Politics
Visual Arts

White House photographer shares 8-year chronicle of Obama presidency

From ceremonial moments to candid interactions with family, the photographs document the daily life of President Barack Obama.

7 years ago

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Friedrich Heinrich Kern plays a version of the glass harmonica called the verrophone for Opera Philadelphia's production of
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Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Franklin’s glass harmonica sounds again in Philly production of ‘Written on Skin’

Opera Philadelphia presents 'Written on Skin,' featuring Ben Franklin's novel glass instrument.

7 years ago

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In Quintessence Theatre Group's production of
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Performing Arts

‘Waiting for Godot,’ and finding first-rate talents (Quintessence Theatre Group)

Two veteran locally-based actors excel in Samuel Beckett's classic.

7 years ago

Banners at the Philadelphia Museum of Art read GO EAGLES, on Wednesday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Philadelphia
Sports

Philly ready to collect on Super Bowl bets

Several Philadelphia institutions wagered on the big game with counterparts in Boston. It's time to collect.

7 years ago

Melanie Julian as Lydie Breeze, and David Girard in Ego Po's production of
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History
Performing Arts

‘Cold Harbor,’ the robust first part of a trilogy (Ego Po Classic Theater)

A bold Civil War play from a brave theater company.

7 years ago

Blackbird Creek (Brian Drouin/WHYY)
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Delaware
Environment
Public Spaces

Decades after fight to stop refinery, Delaware Wild Lands protects more than 30,000 acres

In the late '60s, Shell Oil wanted to build a refinery in Delaware. That started a fight to preserve Delaware’s land.

7 years ago

A piece by Kara Walker at the
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

Sex! Pop! Race! ‘Black Pulp!’ comes to Philadelphia African American Museum

The "Black Pulp" traveling exhibition about high-brow and low-brow black art comes to the African American Museum in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts is using its exhibition of the photographs of Chuck Close to start conversations about sexual misconduct in the art world. Close, shown here in ''Self-Portrait/Five Part'' has been acused of treating female models in a sexually degrading way.

Chuck Close exhibit remains, but PAFA adds companion show

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in Philadelphia responds to allegations against artist Chuck Close by adding a companion show.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Sports

Our super Super Bowl extravaganza!

Guests: Mike Sielski, Jim Kenney, Jake Tapper, Ed Rendell The Eagles are going to the Super Bowl! We begin by getting a pre ...

Air Date: February 2, 2018

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Actor Ed Asner takes the stage at Congregation Rodelph Shalom for a run-through of
History
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Ed Asner brings play about Holocaust controversy to Philly

Ed Asner appeared in "The Soap Myth," a play about an allegation against the Nazis.

7 years ago

In Theatre Exile's production of
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Performing Arts

‘Really.’ Really? (Theatre Exile)

Silly me, I thought I was going to the theater to see a play. I did go to the theater — Theatre Exile. But there was no play. There was, instead, something called “Really."

7 years ago

The cast of EgoPo Classic Theater's Lydie Breeze Trilogy Part One.
NewsWorks Tonight
Performing Arts

Small Philly theater company takes on big play cycle

Where no theater has gone before: EgoPo takes on John Guare's 'Lydie Breeze' trilogy.

7 years ago

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** FILE ** Turkish author Elif Shafak is seen during an interview with The Associated Press in Istanbul, Turkey, in this Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006 file photo.  A Turkish court on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006, acquitted Elif Shafak, one of Turkey's leading authors, saying there was no evidence that she
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Books
Gender
International

Elif Shafak’s “Three Daughters of Eve”

ELIF SHAFAK is an award-winning Turkish novelist who writes about women’s and min ...

7 years ago

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** FILE ** Turkish author Elif Shafak is seen during an interview with The Associated Press in Istanbul, Turkey, in this Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006 file photo.  A Turkish court on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006, acquitted Elif Shafak, one of Turkey's leading authors, saying there was no evidence that she
Radio Times
Books

Elif Shafak’s “Three Daughters of Eve” / Trump’s address

Guest: Philip Bump, Elif Shafak ELIF SHAFAK is an award-win ...

Air Date: January 31, 2018

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