Arts & Entertainment
Last hurrah: Space 1026 pulls out the stops for final Arch St. art auction
A landmark artists collective in Philadelphia — Space 1026 — is gearing up to move out of its building of 21 years. This weekend's art auction pulls out the stops.
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Listen 2:06Bob Mondello, Linda Holmes and Glen Weldon would never agree on a single list of best movies of the year. But here are 15 of the movies we admired and will remember.
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The man making art from government surveillance
He published his dissertation research as a book called Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon's Secret World.
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Politics, pottery and pickle trays: A history lesson at the Museum of the American Revolution
Radical porcelain: the Museum of the American Revolution will host a workshop to demonstrate the uses of ceramics toward political ends.
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Two graduate students, into their work but aloof from themselves
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Gamers unplug at Philly PAX convention
Deep in the dark corners of the Pennsylvania Convention Center, something is stirring. Orcs, elves, and adventurers of all kinds are gath ...
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Jazz legend Herbie Hancock becomes first musician to receive Ben Franklin Medal
"I'm not a musician": Jazz legend Herbie Hancock opens up about music, science, and his relationship with Benjamin Franklin.
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Restored to former glory, The Met opens on North Broad Street
Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with Geoff Gordon, Live Nation regional president who heads the team that will manage The Met on Philly's North Broad Street.
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Listen 6:00Final call for Jessica Lang dance company
Jessica Lang Dance, a New York City company that has won the highest dance accolades, will fold in April.
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UPenn opens crowd-curated art exhibition
The Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania opened the campus art collection to the internet; these are the ones upvoted to the top.
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Listen 1:50Iconic Manhattan sculpture finds a new home in Collegeville, Pa.
An icon of bustling Rockefeller Center in NYC, the sculpture "Cubed Curve" is now on the leafy campus of Ursinus College.
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Listen 2:07On his new podcast, LeVar Burton has it all: ‘A microphone, a good story, and my voice’
WHYY Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn spoke with actor LeVar Burton ahead of his appearance at the Scottish Rite Auditorium in Collingswood, New Jersey Tuesday evening.
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Listen 6:13‘Freedom is very intoxicating’ says artist behind ‘The Complicit Eye’
Kukuli Velarde — a Peruvian-born, Philadelphia-based artist — has a first major show in her adopted home town.
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How the ‘New World’ symphony introduced American music to itself
Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, subtitled "From the New World," has become one of the world's most beloved orchestral works.
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Holiday market vendors hope for higher sales as LOVE park construction wraps
After enduring 2017’s reconstruction of LOVE park, local vendors at Philadelphia’s Holiday Markets say this year sales are merrier.
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