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 Augustus Rose is the author of ''The Ready-Made Thief,'' his first novel. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

New novel paints picture of sinister Philly cult obsessed with artist Marcel Duchamp [audio]

A new novel is released this week about an underground cult obsessed with the work of the artist Marcel Duchamp, and a runaway teenager s ...

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ay Z, left, and Beyoncé.  (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)
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In vulnerable and brutally honest ‘4:44,’ Jay-Z’s unexpected challenge to black men

In hip-hop, ego is the main ingredient in some of the best songs of all time. You’d be hard-pressed to find an emcee who doesn̵ ...

8 years ago

Artist Timothy Schmalz sits beside his sculpture, ''Homeless Jesus,'' outside St. John's Hospice on Race Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

In Philadelphia, ‘Homeless Jesus’ sculpture embodies message of compassion

The Catholic Archdiocese in Philadelphia has erected a new public sculpture downtown, depicting Jesus as a homeless man sleeping on a ben ...

8 years ago

Bajhat, an Iraqi bulbul, is singing as part of the celebration of Radio Silence. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

‘Radio Silence’ weaves stories of Iraq into show outside Independence Hall [photos]

Imagine a large theater set depicting a Mesopotamian Ziggurat, decorated with Iraqi national symbols and you’ll get an idea of the ...

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 A scene in from Comedy Central's web series Delco Proper. (Image Comedy Central)

Comedy Central working on Delaware County based sitcom

This week, Good Good Comedy Theater, a small comedy club in Philadelphia’s Chinatown, will host two comedians who might have the ne ...

8 years ago

Ed and Kathleen Nader sit in their living room with a statue of St. Pantaleone that has been in Ed's family for four generations. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Missing Saint Pantaleon statue found in South Philly

This Thursday is the feast day of Saint Pantaleon, a third-century physician from the region that is now Turkey, who is known as the patr ...

8 years ago

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Visual Arts

Were these cartoons too funny for The New Yorker magazine?

Since its inception in 1925, the New Yorker has published some 70,000 cartoons featuring the likes of Charles Addams, George Booth, Saul ...

8 years ago

Henry Lee of Art Wear serves water-ice at the 4th annual Hoodstock Festival in North Philadelphia on July 22, 2017.
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North Philly’s Hoodstock celebrates art, agriculture and community [photos]

Life Do Grow Farm is an oasis in North Philadelphia, a former dumping ground reclaimed for use by the community. Here, young peopl ...

8 years ago

 In disguise, Rosalind (Marnie Schulenburg) woos Orlando (Zack Robidas) as Celia(Stella Baker) looks on in Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s production of 'AsYou Like It.' (Photo courtesy of Lee A. Butz)
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Review: It certainly is ‘As You Like It,’ (Pa. Shakespeare Festival)

“As You Like It,” Shakespeare’s tale of outcasts who flee to the forest and proceed to ruminate deliciously on love, co ...

8 years ago

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 Erik Petersen (right) is shown with a broken wrist at a show in Brooklyn, where the author (left) volunteered to play guitar. (Image courtesy of Julian Root)
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Music

Remembering Erik Petersen and an ‘artless’ imagination we can all hope to find in ourselves

The Italians have a word that does not have an English counterpart. It is sprezzatura — the art of artlessness. Erik Petersen embodied sprezzatura perfectly.

8 years ago

 Brandi Burgess (left), playing a Volscian lieutenant, and Alexandra Palting, playing a Roman soldier, rehearse their battle scene for Shakespeare in Clark Park's production of Coriolanus. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)

Shakespeare in Clark Park enlists local residents to go to war

This week, Clark Park in West Philadelphia will host its annual free, outdoor performance of a Shakespeare play.  This year the play ...

8 years ago

Emiulie Krause as Henry V in Delaware Shakespeare's production of 'Henry V.' (Courtesy of Alessandra Nicole)
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Review: ‘Henry V’ in the forest (Delaware Shakespeare)

Delaware Shakespeare’s spirited production of “Henry V” has plenty of plusses. The biggest of these is a bold choice to ...

8 years ago

Tracy K Smith
Radio Times
Poetry

New poet laureate Tracy K. Smith

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Air Date: July 21, 2017

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On ‘Radio Times’: Local Liberia community thanks ‘Princess’ Fatu Gayflor

There are between 15-30,000 Liberian immigrants living in the Philadelphia region, many of whom fled after the Liberian civil wars. ...

8 years ago

 Chris Perks, president of the Camden County Historical Society, stood in front if an image of the Hugg-Harrison house. He filed a lawsuit against the NJDOT. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)

Historical society sues N.J. for demolishing Revolutionary War-era home

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