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Arts & Entertainment

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Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Philly Fringe reviews: ‘The Accountant’ and ‘Lay Me Down Softly’

A creation curated by the Fringe Festival, plus an Irish play about boxing.

7 years ago

A new Andrew Wyeth documentary,
Movies
Pennsylvania
Visual Arts

New film follows the steps of Andrew Wyeth

'Wyeth,' a new PBS film about Andrew Wyeth, walks in the artists' footsteps.

7 years ago

Brennen Dickerson take a photo with Michael Suggs, who traveled from San Antonio to attend the game. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Sports

Eagles beat Falcons on NFL’s opening night while fans still savor the Super Bowl win

The NFL is opening its season by giving Philly fans one last celebration of their Super Bowl title before their team dives in to chase another.

7 years ago

Burt Reynolds attends Palm Beach International Film Festival's Student Showcase of Films Awards Show at Lynn University on Saturday, April 6, 2018 in Boca Raton, Fla. (Photo by Michele Eve Sandberg/Invision/AP)

Burt Reynolds, star of film, TV and tabloids, dead at 82

Burt Reynolds, the handsome film and television star known for his acclaimed performances in "Deliverance" and "Boogie Nights," has died at age 82.

7 years ago

A mural commemorating the Eagles’ Super Bowl win is being installed on Sansom Street between 13th and Broad streets in Center City Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Super Bowl Champs set to soar with a Center City mural

Best viewed on the corner of Broad and Sansom streets, the “Bringing It Home” mural is scheduled for completion this week.

7 years ago

 Nick Stuccio is president and producing director of Fringe Arts. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Things To Do
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Fringe Festival takes audiences to interesting spaces

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Nick Stuccio, president & producing director of the FringeArts about this year's festival.

7 years ago

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor talks about a passage from her children's book,
Law
Philadelphia

‘You have to have hope:’ Sotomayor brings messages for children to Free Library

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has just published two books for young readers about her life story. She presented them at the Free Library of Philadelphia.

7 years ago

(Photo credit/Peter Ralson)
Radio Times
Movies
Visual Arts

Reconsidering Andrew Wyeth

Guests: Glenn Holsten, Kathleen Foster, Mary Landa The painting “Christina’s World” is instantly recognizab ...

Air Date: September 5, 2018 10:20 am

Listen 37:02
Miss Louisiana Laryssa Bonacquisti reacts after advancing to the evening gown round of the Miss America 2018 pageant, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/ Noah K. Murray)
Radio Times
Gender
New Jersey

Miss America makeover

Guests: Heather French Henry, Jessica Bennett, Amy Kuperinsky, Crystal Lee Fifty-one young women are in Atlantic ...

Air Date: September 4, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:47
DJ Gleason and the ensemble in the Act II Playhouse production of
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts

In Act II Playhouse’s ‘Biloxi Blues,’ a production that becomes a tribute

Days after Neil Simon died, the theater in Ambler opened his Tony-award winning show.

7 years ago

Listen 3:46
The oar-powered Draken Harald Harfagre viking ship is moored at Penn's Lansing, on Monday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Philadelphia

Viking ship invades Penn’s Landing; tourists welcomed

The Draken, the largest recreation of a Viking warship in the world, is currently docked at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Nick Foles catching a touchdown pass in the Super Bowl
Philadelphia
Sports

Nick Foles will start for Eagles vs Falcons in season opener

Eagles coach Doug Pederson says Nick Foles will start against the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night.

7 years ago

Record producer Clive Davis speaks during the funeral service for Aretha Franklin at Greater Grace Temple, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Detroit. Franklin died Aug. 16, 2018 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Clive Davis recalls Franklin’s perfectionism

Record giant Clive Davis remembered Aretha Franklin as a woman with a thirst for knowledge, as a “true Renaissance woman” — ...

7 years ago

The ensemble in French choreographer Boris Charmatz's
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Time for some boundary-pushing (and lots of dance) during Philly Fringe Festival 2018

For 18 days, the news arts season begins with another round of the unforeseen

7 years ago

Listen 5:29
Young students work on a dance number during Hamilton Camp at Music Theatre Philly.
Dance
Music
Performing Arts

Kids go ham for ‘Hamilton’ at Music Theatre Philly camp

A 'Hamilton' musical theater summer camp puts kids in the room where it happens.

7 years ago

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