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Brandi Burgess (left) as Lina and Angelica Jackson as Jessie, two new moms who meet regularly for coffee in
Shapiro on Theater
Home & Family
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Shapiro on Theater

New mothers ‘Cry It Out’ in perfect Simpatico Theatre production

The play offers characters who deliver their own points of view about being moms — ideas that illuminate the subject, then let you think for yourself.

7 years ago

Sesame Street's Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Abby Cadabby attend HBO Premiere of Sesame Street's The Magical Wand Chase at the Metrograph in 2017 in New York City.
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50 years young: How the music of ‘Sesame Street’ keeps up with the times

As the iconic TV program has aged, it has managed to stay musically apace with its forever-young audience

7 years ago

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Comedy
Immigration

Libyan comedian Mohanad Elshieky

Elshieky talks with Marty about growing up in Benghazi and working as a comedian in the U.S. Then - Marty will discuss the ins-and-outs of Trump's tariffs on Mexican products.

7 years ago

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(Courtesy of Mohanad Elshieky)
Radio Times
Comedy
Immigration

Libyan comedian Mohanad Elshieky / Trump’s Mexico tariffs

Elshieky talks with Marty about growing up in Benghazi and working as a comedian in the U.S. Then - Marty will discuss the ins-and-outs of Trump's tariffs on Mexican products.

Air Date: June 7, 2019 10:00 am

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In this Feb. 12, 2017 file photo Dennis D.T. Thomas, (from left), George Brown, Robert Bell, and Ronald Bell, of the musical group Kool & The Gang, arrive at the 59th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced Wednesday, June 5, 2019, that the group will receive the 2019 Marian Anderson Award this fall. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Music
Philadelphia

Kool & The Gang to be honored with Marian Anderson Award

The Marian Anderson Award is given in Philadelphia to "critically acclaimed artists who have impacted society in a positive way."

7 years ago

A redesign of the Franklin Institute's Train Factory exhibit will create new curatorial space and provide a glimpse into the curatorial process. (Rendering courtesy of the Smith Group for the Franklin Institute)
Architecture & Design
History

The Franklin Institute will transform The Train Factory room into a showcase of historic invention

For some visitors who have enjoyed the Franklin Institute as kids and now as parents, the fact that there is a train exhibit featuring a 350-ton locomotive may be a surprise.

7 years ago

Carlotta Tendant receives a standing ovation from the audience at the conclusion of Big Mess Cabaret's
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Music

Fans flock to the Troc for its final performance

The Filmore, The Met and World Cafe Live have all siphoned off the music fans who used to go to The Troc.

7 years ago

Roky Erickson cemented his rock immortality with the 13th Floor Elevators song
NPR
Music

We’re gonna miss him: Roky Erickson brought soulfulness to psychedelia

Roky Erickson was rock music's ambassador to inner space.

7 years ago

This undated image shows Randall Park and Ali Wong in a scene from the movie
Movies

In Asian-led ‘Always Be My Maybe,’ ethnicity is secondary

The newly released Netflix movie "Always Be My Maybe," is an Asian American rom-com with a twist: Ethnicity isn't central to the plot.

7 years ago

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Music
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Successful Roots Picnic draws 25,000 to Fairmount Park, minor disruption near the end

Despite the temporary panic, it was a glorious day of music at the Mann Center.

7 years ago

Norval Reece, treasurer of the board of trustees of the David Library, holds a box of mircofim from the collection, which contains about a million pages of original material from the Revolutionary War era preserved on microfilm. He is joined by chief operating officer Meg McSweeney and acting librarian Andrew Zellers-Frederick. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
Pennsylvania

American Revolution libraries to merge into one historical powerhouse

The David Library in Bucks County, Pa., will move into Center City to become part of the American Philosophical Society.

7 years ago

An undated photo of American poet Walt Whitman who died on March 26, 1892. (AP Photo)
Radio Times
History
New Jersey

Walt Whitman at 200

Walt Whitman was a ground-breaking poet, chronicler of American life, and unique public figure. On his 200th birthday, we talk about the life, work and legacy of Walt Whitman.

Air Date: May 31, 2019 10:00 am

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Members of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret rehearse for a performance that examines Walt Whitman's legacy,
History
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Walt Whitman put on trial for his 200th birthday

Philadelphia launches a series of events for Whitman’s 200th birthday, some challenging the legacy of the “Good Gray Poet.”

7 years ago

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Anson Williams starred as Potsie on the sitcom Happy Days. After three decades producing and directing, Williams returns to acting in a theatre production in Wilmington, Delaware. (Courtesy of Delaware Theatre Company)
Delaware
Performing Arts

Happy Days actor Anson Williams returns to acting in Delaware performance

Anson Williams is in Delaware doing something he hasn’t done in decades: Acting. He joins Didi Conn and Sallie Struthers on stage in Wilmington in the play “Middletown.”

7 years ago

In the live-action ‘Aladdin,’ Mena Massoud stars Aladdin, while Will Smith plays the Genie.  Daniel Smith/Walt Disney Pictures
Movies
Race & Ethnicity
The Conversation

How the new ‘Aladdin’ stacks up against a century of Hollywood stereotyping

Though critically acclaimed and widely beloved, the 1992 animated “Aladdin” feature had some serious issues with stereotyping.

7 years ago

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