Arts & Entertainment
First Extra: Legislative Hall Report
WHYY’s First team sits down with members of Delaware Legislature for an update on the pressing issues facing the First State –
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Air Date: March 21, 2016
Deadly Delaware roads
The arrival of spring also means Delaware pedestrians and drivers will be out to enjoy the w
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Air Date: March 18, 2016
Next ‘Hamilton’ may be among Polyphone Festival musical offerings
The hottest ticket on Broadway right now is “Hamilton,” a historical musical about American Founding Father Alexander Hamilto
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Please Touch Museum out of bankruptcy
The Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia emerged from bankruptcy court Wednesday. The 40 year-old children’s museum in Fairmount Par
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Nation’s top hockey prospects to play Philly in September
Philadelphia will host the All-American Prospects hockey game this fall.
USA Hockey, the organizing body of amateur and Olympic ho
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Philadelphia in Style: A Century of Fashion at the Michener
If you’ve got a passion for the history of fashion, check out a new exhibit at the James A. Michener Art Museum.
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Sanders mural inspires Philadelphians to share the Bern [photos]
Philadelphia graffiti artists have taken it upon themselves to paint a large mural depicting Bernie Sanders in the Graduate Hospital neig
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Art Museum future
After selling four works of art, the Delaware Art Museum is debt free and looking ahead. The museum recent
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Air Date: March 11, 2016
The science of realistic animated hair, Pixar at the Franklin
Last week, the animation company PIXAR won an Academy Award for its film “Inside Out,” it’s eighth Oscar for best anima
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Freeman family bidding adieu as auction house changes hands after 211 years
American’s oldest auction house, Freeman’s in Philadelphia, has been sold. The business had been family-owned since it launch
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Joe Tiberino, patriarch of artistic Philadelphia family, dies at 77
One of Philadelphia’s most prominent artists died a few weeks ago. Joe Tiberino, a painter and muralist, died in his Powelton Villa
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Experiencing Philly Flower Show through scent, touch, careful description
The Philadelphia Flower Show continues this week at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where a quarter-million people are expected to ex
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‘Downton Abbey’ fans say farewell at WHYY viewing party [photos]
Last night WHYY said goodbye to its beloved period drama Downton Abbey. Going out in style, “lords and ladies” flocked to the
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Model trains wend through scenic national parks at Philly Flower Show [video]
“I grew up in the era when we had trains at Christmas. I was 5 or 6 years old,” said Phil Hatrack, president of the Southeast
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National preservation groups enlist in fight over Princeton Battlefield
A new shot is fired in the battle over the Princeton Battlefield.
Nine preservationist groups have formed a coalition to save the
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