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Music
Philadelphia

Local musicians shine at the Grammy Awards

Although you may not have seen it on television, Philadelphia was represented broadly in last night’s Grammy Awards.

8 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts

Pawing our way through ‘Tiger Style!’ (Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists)

Oh, the pain of diligence and excelling...

8 years ago

Photo credit: Beck Photography
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Books

One Book, One Philadelphia – a conversation with Jacqueline Woodson

Guest: Jacqueline Woodson We listen to Marty’s conversation with writer ...

Air Date: January 29, 2018

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Kendrick Lamar performs at the 2016 Grammy Awards. The rapper is nominated in seven categories this year.
(Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images for NARAS)
NPR
Music

5 storylines to watch at this year’s Grammy Awards

By Monday morning, this year's snapshot will have come fully into focus. Here are five looks at how it might play out — and the story it might tell.

8 years ago

In this Dec. 6, 2015, file photo, the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles get set for the snap at the line of scrimmage during an NFL football game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. (Winslow Townson/AP Images for Panini via AP, File)
Philadelphia

It’s Alexa vs. Siri in dueling Super Bowl predictions

The voices in smart speakers and smartphones are offering contradicting predictions on the Eagles' chances of winning the Super Bowl.

8 years ago

Eleanor Handley appears as the wounded photographer in Bristol Riverside Theatre's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts

Moving time along in ‘Time Stands Still’ (Bristol Riverside Theatre)

A war photographer comes home. But where is home?

8 years ago

Elena Urioste will return for a performance with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra in Wilmington. (photo by  Sophie Zhai)
Delaware
Music

Prestigious violinist Urioste returns to Delaware Symphony Orchestra

Nearly 10 years after her DSO debut, Elena Urioste returns in a performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, part of the orchestra’s ongoing exploration of his works.

8 years ago

The 24-hour performance,
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Philadelphia arts festival to feature 24-hour musical history of U.S.

The Kimmel Center has announced most of the schedule of this summer's Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts.

8 years ago

Matthew Lewandowski stands in the Philadelphia Scenic Works workshop where set builders from three different small theater groups find space to work at the same time.
Economy
Performing Arts

Philly theaters form set-building company, hope to help stage redevelopment

A handful of small theater companies in Philadelphia have formed a collaborative set-building company.

8 years ago

The sole member of The Fall who remained through its four decades, Mark E. Smith was synonymous with the band.
NPR
Music

Mark E. Smith was an uncompromising and essential voice from music’s fringe

It is safe to say that there was no one else like Mark E. Smith.

8 years ago

In Walnut Street Theatre's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts

In ‘The Humans,’ a snapshot of what makes a family (Walnut Street Theatre)

The Blake family meets for Thanksgiving dinner. And you know what that can be like.

8 years ago

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Philadelphia Phillies' Jim Thome strikes out against New York Mets starting pitcher Al Leiter in the second inning Tuesday, July 6, 2004, in Philadelphia. (Credit: Associated Press)
Philadelphia
Sports

Former Phillies slugger Jim Thome voted into Baseball Hall of Fame

Jim Thome spent the majority of his career in Cleveland, but won lots of fans while playing in Philadelphia.

8 years ago

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Members of the Interact Theater Company (from left), Lexie Braverman, Bi Jean Ngo, Brett Ashley Robinson, and Emily Lynn, rehearse
NewsWorks Tonight
Gender
Performing Arts

‘Sensitive Guys’ a comedy about no laughing matter

A Philadelphia theater company is premiering a new play this week, dealing with sexual assault on a college campus.

8 years ago

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Mark E. Smith onstage with The Fall in London in 2016
NPR
Music

Mark E. Smith, acerbic leader of The Fall, dies at 60

The Fall is known as one of the defining post-punk bands of the mid-1980s, mixing punk's acerbic attitude with various elements of krautrock, garage rock and art rock.

8 years ago

Charles McMahon (foreground),Sally Mercer and Paul L. Nolan in Lantern Theater Company's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts

Going nuclear, in ‘Copenhagen’ (Lantern Theater Company)

Two atomic scientists — one from Germany and the other from occupied Denmark — meet quietly during World War II. What about?

8 years ago

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