
Arts & Entertainment
The Muslim vote This week we’ll talk to third party candidates and look at some down ballot candidates in the hope of ...
Air Date: November 4, 2016
First Extra: Delaware Gubernatorial Debate.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Carney debated Republican candidate Colin Bonini so that voters could ...
Air Date: November 1, 2016
Diagnosing Dracula and other ghoulish Halloween headliners
While Halloween costumes tend to follow pop culture trends from year to year, a handful of creatures have stood the test of time. Zombies ...
9 years ago
New Freedom alumnus becomes artistic director of Philly’s African-American theater company
The New Freedom Theatre in North Philadelphia has hired a permanent artistic director. After years without a director, then a seri ...
9 years ago
Henry Louis Gates previews new series, says MLK would be confused by uneven progress
Friday night, the Africana Studies Department at the University of Pennsylvania and WHYY presented a conversation with Dr. Henry Louis Ga ...
9 years ago
Winners of Philadelphia classical music competition perform at the Kimmel
Earlier this week, Astral Artists – an organization supporting young, emerging classical musicians – held a concert at the Ki ...
9 years ago
John Singer Sargent painting on the horrors of war coming to Philadelphia
Later this week, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will open an exhibition, World War One and American Art,” marking the ce ...
9 years ago
Lack of justice compounds pain and shame of abuse
Childhood sexual abuse affects approximately one i ...
9 years ago
22,000 sign up to learn the secrets of ancient Egypt
David Silverman is one of the world’s foremost authorities on ancient Egypt. Whenever a crackpot theory about Egypt comes to the su ...
9 years ago
‘Curious Incident’ selected for One Book, One Philadelphia
The Free Library has selected the next book for its annual One Book, One Philadelphia reading program: “The Curious Incident of the ...
9 years ago
At this Philadelphia theater, the patrons decide the price of a ticket
More than long lines or scarce parking, there’s one thing that will keep patrons from attending plays without fail: high ticket pri ...
9 years ago
ListenThe history of political dissent in protest posters
Long before the ascendancy of tweets and television, protest posters were a preferred way to broadcast dissentin ...
9 years ago
ListenFrom jazz ‘Peter and the Wolf’ to flower songs, Kimmel residents begin projects
Joanna Pascale has a deep interest in flowers. The jazz singer has firmly established herself in Philadelphia, having held a regul ...
9 years ago
ListenTheater Exile and Arden win the top Barrymore Awards
Islamic militants kidnap an investment banker in Pakistan and a grade-school girl is entranced by a forbidden garden – productions on t ...
9 years ago
Once again, Tindley Temple will make a joyful noise
Until the system broke down about 10 years ago, Tindley Temple, on Broad Street just below South, used to sound bells every Sunday mornin ...
9 years ago