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Arts & Entertainment

Lately, Trevor Paglen has been designing satellites that serve a purely aesthetic function — that is, without military or communications purposes. This draft is the
NPR
Politics

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.

7 years ago

A 1770s pickle stand created by Philadelphia’s Bonnin and Morris, the first American porcelain factory is currently on display at the Museum of the American Revolution through December 2018, on loan from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
History
Philadelphia

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.

7 years ago

Mary Tuomanen and James Ijames in Theatre Exile's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts

‘Completeness’ or not

Two graduate students, into their work but aloof from themselves

7 years ago

A group of convention goers, some dressed as Colonel Mustard, Miss Scarlett and Mrs. Peacock, participate in a Clue tournament at PAX Unplugged.)
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Philadelphia
Technology

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 ...

7 years ago

Music

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.

7 years ago

Philadelphia’s restored Metropolitan Opera House will open as a Live Nation Venue on Monday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Changing Communities
History
Philadelphia

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.

7 years ago

Listen 6:00
Jessica Lang Dance performs
Dance
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Final 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.

7 years ago

The Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania is looking at its collection with fresh eyes. The gallery's “Citizen Salon,” is a crowdsourced exhibit, curated and commented upon by members of the public.
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

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.

7 years ago

Listen 1:50
Higher Education
Pennsylvania
Sculpture

Iconic 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.

7 years ago

Listen 2:07
LeVar Burton is taking his story-reading podcast on the road with an appearance Tuesday evening at the Scottish Rite Auditorium in Collingswood, New Jersey. (Stitcher)
Books
Media
New Jersey

On 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.

7 years ago

Listen 6:13
Peruvian artist Kukulio Velarde is exhibiting her paintings at Taller Puertorriqueño in North Philadelphia.
Gender
Visual Arts

‘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.

8 years ago

U.S. Navy CPO Graham Jackson, with tears of grief, plays
NPR
History
Music

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.

8 years ago

Morgan Jamison and Alexis Sellers with Independent Makers of Philadelphia. (Kyrie Greenberg/WHYY News)
Business

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.

8 years ago

Porcelain dishes like this one that belonged to George Washington are being sent from Winterthur Museum in Delaware to China for an exhibit. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware

Delaware museum sends George Washington’s dishes back to China

While America and China have been at war of words over trade policy, a Delaware museum has been doing its own cultural diplomacy by helping Chinese scholars preserve history.

8 years ago

Listen 3:31
Thanksgiving day spread. (Vicuschka/Getty Images)
NPR
Poetry

‘Thank you, America’: A crowdsourced holiday poem that’s a blessing to read

Earlier in November, we asked our readers and listeners to share what about America they are most thankful for.

8 years ago

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