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Major arts supporter in Princeton gets her first exhibit

There are many luxurious spots in which to sit and relax in the home Hella McVay shares with her husband Scott McVay.

8 years ago

A man with a mic in the foreground, middle-school musicians stand on a stage in the background
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Philadelphia

New musical ensemble helps Barnes Foundation mark fifth year in Philly

Robert Whalen is both conductor and co-creator of the Barnes Ensemble with his wife Katherine Skovira.

8 years ago

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Paul Jost smiles
Music
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Finding your voice — at any age

This month's edition of WHYY's television magazine program, Friday Arts, includes a profile of musician Paul Jost.

8 years ago

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The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts is hosting the first major exhibition in Philadelphia of the photographs of Chuck Close. The 183-inch-long ''Self-Portrait/Five Part'' was made in 2009.
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

After half-century, Chuck Close photographs make Philadelphia debut

"Chuck Close Photographs," now at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, is a large and meaty show with 90 images created over 50 years.

8 years ago

Newly accredited museum sites run by the state are John Dickinson Plantation near Kitts Hummock, the Johnson Victrola Museum and Old State House in Dover, the New Castle Court House Museum, and the Zwaanendael Museum in Lewes. (photos courtesy Div. of Historical and Cultural Affairs)
Delaware
History

Five Delaware state museums achieve national accreditation

The sites join Hagley Museum and Winterthur as the only accredited museums in Delaware.

8 years ago

Man Forever performs at WHYY Studios
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Music
Philadelphia

Pushing musical boundaries with the October Revolution

The October Revolution of Jazz and Contemporary Music showcases musicians who defy easy categories.

8 years ago

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Jill Scott, a Philadelphia native and a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, is honored with a plaque on the Philadelphia Music Walk of Fame during a ceremony outside the Kimmel Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Music
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Sound investment as Philly honors more artists with plaques on Music Walk of Fame

Philadelphia has honored its musical legacy in the sidewalk along South Broad Street. The Music Walk of Fame is now embedded with eight new plaques, representing 16 artists.

8 years ago

Julie Lythcott-Haims (TED Conference)
Radio Times
Books

Julie Lythcott-Haims’ “Real American: A Memoir”

Guest: Julie Lythcott-Haims Growing up as the only child of an African American father and a white British mothe ...

Air Date: October 4, 2017

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Delaware
History
Transportation
Travel

Keeping model railroading alive in southern Delaware

The Delaware Seaside Railroad Club has two goals, educate children about model railroading and keep the hobby alive.

8 years ago

A trumpeter warms up in the Lee Music Performance and Rehearsal Room. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Architecture & Design
Higher Education
New Jersey

Arts center at heart of massive Princeton redevelopment — and rethinking — of aspirations

The recently completed, $330 million Lewis Center for the Arts complex is the largest single development in Princeton University history.

8 years ago

Although they're a hundred miles away, the murals in the Senate Chamber of the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg are a significant part of the new Violet Oakley exhibit at the Woodmere Art Museum. (Woodmere Art Museum)
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Woodmere offers new look at Violet Oakley, whose murals stand timeless at Pa. Capitol

The Woodmere Museum in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill neighborhood will host an exhibit of the work by Violet Oakley, once one of Pennsylvania's most prominent artists.

8 years ago

Harry Azoff, 93, checkered shirt in an easy chair
Aging
Medicine
Performing Arts

Serious illness gives way to comic relief as Philly hospice patient helps craft comedy

Despite his 93 years and end-stage renal disease, Harry Azoff is surprisingly active.

8 years ago

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Author Salman Rushdie poses for photographers at a book signing in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2017. (Grant Pollard/Invision/AP)
Books

On ‘Radio Times’: Salman Rushdie, over the rainbow

Novelist Salman Rushdie may be best known for his novel, “The Satanic Verses,” which forced him into hiding after Iran’s Ay ...

8 years ago

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The Kit Kat Club players in Arden Theatre Company's production of 'Cabaret.' John Jarbow, the emcee, is in the middle. (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
Shapiro on Theater
Philadelphia

Review: A ‘Cabaret’ for this moment (Arden Theatre Company)

I'm swept away by Arden Theatre Company's new production of "Cabaret."

8 years ago

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Author Salman Rushdie poses for photographers at a signing for his new book 'Home',  in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2017. (Photo by Grant Pollard/Invision/AP)
Radio Times
Books

Salman Rushdie, “The Golden House”

Guest: Salman Rushdie SALMAN RUSHDIE’s new novel, ...

Air Date: September 28, 2017

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