
Arts & Entertainment
Review: ‘Leper + Chip’ = reckless young adults, hooked on trouble
If a point lurks somewhere in Irish writer Lee Coffey’s play called “Leper + Chip,” I can’t find it. Not that eve ...
8 years ago
Guests: Annette Gordon-Reed, John Dean, Robert Dallek We’re going to celebrate President’s day today by playi ...
Air Date: February 20, 2017
Listen 00:50:55Why do American audiences love theatrical duds?
Richard Strauss’s opera “Der Rosencavalier” first performed in 1911 attracted rave reviews internationally and in citie ...
8 years ago
The Philadelphia Jazz song book is about to become real
A Philadelphia jazz musician support organization, Jazz Bridge, is releasing a book of jazz songs composed by local musicians. The ...
8 years ago
Beards, bellies and flannel to dominate beer ‘fashion show’
On Sunday, 14 beer-drinking guys will don flannel and strut a catwalk in a bar in Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties. Men from ...
8 years ago
The enduring bond between an evangelical father and his humanist son
Marty Moss-Coane was joined today on “Radio Times” by Tony Campolo and his son Bart. Tony is a prominent long-time pastor, an ...
8 years ago
Yvonne Orji tells ‘Radio Times’ how she found comedy
Yvonne Orji, the actress and comedian best known for her role as Molly on the HBO series “Insecure,” joined Marty Moss-Coane ...
8 years ago
Cuban dance troupe Malpaso performs in Philadelphia
A modern dance company from Cuba is coming to the Prince Theater in Philadelphia this week. Malpaso has been praised internationally for ...
8 years ago
Philly exhibit elevates lowly mussels as water-filtration wonders
The Fairmount Water Works is showing off its mussels. A new, permanent exhibit at the former municipal pumping station near the Ar ...
8 years ago
ListenGrammy-winning jazz singer Al Jarreau dies at 76
Grammy-winning jazz singer Al Jarreau, who transcended genres over a 50-year career, died at a Los Angeles hospital Sunday, jus ...
8 years ago
Review: Feeding the needy in ‘Grand Concourse’
There’s a ton of feeling in the soup-kitchen play “Grand Concourse,” and every ounce of it rings true. That’s par ...
8 years ago
Illustrious life of Penn Museum artist no open-and-shut case
The University of Pennsylvania Museum received a mysterious package last week — a small suitcase that once belonged to an artist who tr ...
8 years ago
Experimental Holocaust drama by teen playwright staged in Philly
This weekend, a new play debuts in Philadelphia that relates the Holocaust of World War II to political events today. The abstract, exper ...
8 years ago
ListenReview: Tangling with concepts in ‘The Enchanted’
In “The Enchanted,” an adaptation of a strange play written by Jean Giraudoux in 1933, life battles with death. And the real ...
8 years ago
Delaware man’s hobby strikes the right chord [video]
After suffering four heart attacks, Thom Allen retired from his stressful sales job and started making cigar box guitars.
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