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The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform during an air show at Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst in New Jersey. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
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Air show to draw thousands to Dover Air Force Base

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will headline two days of aerial entertainment celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Air Force. ...

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 ''The Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor'' opens in September at the Franklin Institute. The 6,000-square-foot exhibition will feature 10 life-size clay soldiers and 164 artifacts, interactive components, and augmented reality experiences. (The Franklin Institute)

10 Chinese terracotta warriors coming to Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute

In October, the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia will present a few of the ancient Chinese terracotta warriors that were discovered in ...

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Philly retains Army-Navy game, but Meadowlands gets it for 2021

The annual Army Navy football game is remaining in Philadelphia for five of the next six years. Philadelphia beat out other major ...

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Philly mural artists seek employment after spending time in custody

Some ex-offenders and men and women on work release are teaming up to paint a mural in Philadelphia’s Feltonville neighborhood. &nb ...

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Scenes from the 2017 Philadelphia Folk Festival

For more than 50 years, the annual Philadelphia Folk Festival has been drawing thousands of visitors to Old Pool Farm in Schwenksville, P ...

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The ensemble in 'Stupid F#*@ing Bird,' an Arden Theatre Company production that's nominated as best production of a play in this year's Barrymore Awards.
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Arden Theatre rides high in Barrymore Award nominations

Productions by Arden Theatre Company in Center City overwhelm the nominations for this year’s Barrymore Awards for excellence in Ph ...

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Revolution museum teaches how fife and drums were tools of war

The sounds of the fife and drum filled the air outside of the Museum of the American Revolution Saturday with standards like “Yank ...

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USAF Thunderbirds to headline 2017 AC Airshow

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will again soar at the shore when the Atlantic City Airshow celebrates its 15th year this Wednesday, Aug ...

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Geremy Jasper’s ‘Patti Cake$,’ a tale of working-class dreams, is pure New Jersey

Speaking after a screening of his latest film, “Patti Cake$,” Geremy ...

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Fife and drum players accompany celebration of Philly museum’s star attraction

On Saturday, fife and drum players from the Delawar ...

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See the solar eclipse using nature’s pinhole camera, tree leaves

Every sunny day — not just eclipse days — a tree canopy creates a pinhole effect with sunlight.

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Princeton opens exhibit of Howard Russell Butler’s solar eclipse paintings

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Pirates and Cardinals bring ‘major’ action to Little League World Series

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Confronting hate after Charlottesville

Guests: Reverend Mark Kelly Tyler, Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, Howard Stevenson Thousands of Philadelphians marched ...

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