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More than 1,000 players across 80 teams competed at the Icarus Cup on July 13, 2024 including matches at the Vidas Athletic Complex. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Sports

Photo essay: Philly’s Icarus Cup saw 1,000+ soccer players ‘enjoy the people’ over the weekend

Players across 80 teams donned special kits for the Icarus Cup at the Vidas Athletic Complex at Drexel University.

10 months ago

The artists of the Baltimore-based Painted Screen Society created a group of paintiings for the ''Art From the Yard'' exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art. The society is dedicated to documenting and preserving the city's tradition of painting mesh screens, which dates back to the early 1900s. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

‘Do whatever you want’: Philly’s Institute of Contemporary Art brings the freedom of the yard into the gallery

An exhibition of yard art at Penn ties urban artists to a mostly Southern creative vernacular.

10 months ago

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Imani Roach
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

All things African art: Philadelphia Museum of Art plans to build a home for diasporic works

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is bringing African art to Philly. The plan is for the art to stay permanently.

10 months ago

Championship belt sitting on a table
Philadelphia
Sports

Philly native, world champion Jaron Ennis plans to pack the Wells Fargo Center Saturday to witness a ‘beautiful knockout’

“Don’t miss this beautiful performance, beautiful show, and this beautiful knockout,” Ennis said ahead of his headlining fight.

10 months ago

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The Sixers Stixers
Community Events
Philadelphia

A 2020 Black Lives Matter protest is revived as a neighborhood celebration in Mantua

Dancer Iquail Shaheed organized a protest in Mantua after the killing of George Floyd in 2020. Now he is bringing it back as a neighborhood resource fair.

10 months ago

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Parkway Central Library
Books
Philadelphia

Free Library of Philadelphia nearing uniform 6-day service

The Free Library has aimed for universal six days a week service at all of its 55 branches in the Philadelphia region for years. It may be coming this fall.

10 months ago

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Law
National
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U.S. appeals court says some NCAA athletes may qualify as employees under federal wage-and-hour laws

The ruling follows a Supreme Court case that led the NCAA to allow athletes to profit from their “Name, Image and Likeness.”

10 months ago

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Things To Do
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Blobfest, Christopher Cross, Tinicum Arts Festival, Shady Grove Music Fest and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

July 11 - 14: Blobfest in the Philly burbs, Christopher Cross in N.J., and the Shady Grove Music Fest in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

10 months ago

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Richard Moore and Susan Bowan George Washington Tent
History
Philadelphia

A scrap of cloth found at Goodwill turns out to be part of American history

A Virginia man bought a tattered piece of cloth claiming to be part of George Washington’s war tent. It’s now in a Philadelphia museum.

11 months ago

Garden plaza wall of The Noble apartments
Architecture & Design
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

An artist is using sprinklers to paint the walls of a massive Spring Garden apartment complex

Doug Hoekzema, also known as HOXXOH, shoots color using off-the-shelf lawn care equipment.

11 months ago

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People view
History
National
Pennsylvania
Visual Arts

Make room for cartoons among America’s founding documents

Did political cartoons contribute to American nation-building? This exhibition at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania shows how.

11 months ago

Fireworks explode in the background behind a gargoyle atop of the central portico of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Things To Do
Community Events
Delaware
New Jersey
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Fourth of July Party on the Parkway, UB40, Pat Benatar, ‘Visions’ at the Barnes, Frankie Beverly and Maze in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

July 4–7: Party on the Parkway in Philly, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo in N.J. and UB40 in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

11 months ago

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Maria Thackston and Scott Stephenson with the musket
History
Philadelphia

Stolen antique gun is returned to Museum of the American Revolution in Philly

A 1770s combat musket was stolen from Valley Forge in 1968. It has come home to the Museum of the American Revolution.

11 months ago

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Philadelphia Phillies' Bryce Harper stumbles after grounding out during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia
Sports

Bryce Harper hurts hamstring on final play of Phillies’ 7-4 loss to Marlins

Earlier in the day, the slugger was elected by fans to start at first base for the National League in the July 16 All-Star Game at Texas.

11 months ago

Bill Kurtis and Peter Sagal at a taping of 'Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!'
Things To Do
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Delaware
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Philadelphia

Fourth of July concerts, Bucks-Mont Pride Fest, ‘Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!’ and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

June 27–30: First Person Arts Festival in Philly, Will Downing in New Jersey and the Super '70s Concert Experience in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

11 months ago

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