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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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Arts & Entertainment

Matías Tarnopolsky is the new president and chief executive officer of the Philadelphia Orchestra, succeeding Allison Vulgamore.
Music
Philadelphia

Philly Orchestra’s new CEO ready to lead in the concert hall — and the community

The Philadelphia Orchestra begins its new season with a new CEO.

8 years ago

City officials and developers pray at Monday's announcement on the historic Met's reopening in Decemebr. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Music
Philadelphia

Curtain to rise again at Philly’s historic Met in December

Facility will host a variety of shows, entertainment and weekly church services.

8 years ago

In Tribe of Fools'
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts

Philly Fringe reviews: ‘Fly Eagles Fly,’ ‘Jeanne/Jean/John/Jawn’ and ‘Do You Want a Cookie?’

A spoof on loving the Birds, an acrobatic display and a spotlight on cabaret.

8 years ago

Leo Zhang, a student at Mayfair Elementary, will learn to play on a flute repaired through the Broken Orchestra program. Behind him is Tobie Hoffman, who played the flute in the
K-12
Music

Playing a different tune, repaired instruments return to Philly classrooms

Damaged instruments from the 'Symphony for a Broken Orchestra' are coming back into the Philadelphia School District, ready to play.

8 years ago

In Wilma Theater's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts

Philly Fringe reviews: ‘Kill Move Paradise’ and ‘Stifters Dinge’

A brilliantly conceived new play and a sensory experience.

8 years ago

Listen 2:50
Miss North Dakota Cara Mund is congratulated by contestants after being named Miss America during Miss America 2018 pageant, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in Atlantic City, N.J.
NewsWorks Tonight
Business
Gender
New Jersey

Waving off critics, Miss America prepares for contest without swimsuit competition

Miss America's new leader has been pilloried for ending the iconic swimsuit segment of the contest

8 years ago

Listen 5:26
Volunteer dancers rehearse for their perfomance of
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

A ‘Super Grand’ flash mob set to take over Philly art museum steps

Le Super Grand Continental - a massive dance by non-professionals - will be performed this weekend on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

8 years ago

The Philadelphia Film Society has extended its
Movies
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Hang on to summer a little longer with outdoor movie screenings from Philly Film Society

The film society partners with community organizations for each presentation.

8 years ago

Trey Lyford in
Shapiro on Theater
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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 years ago

Listen 5:18
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.

8 years ago

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