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Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.

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A screenshot from Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance’s Social Impact Database. (Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance)
Mental Health
Philadelphia
Social Justice

Social Impact Database tracks how cultural sector engages Philly

The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance created the online survey tool to support its advocacy of the arts as a civic solution.

12 months ago

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Ena Barton plays piano
Music
New Jersey

From the world stage to local hearts: Acclaimed pianist shares her music with Mercer County neighbors

Ena Barton is an internationally acclaimed pianist who retired in New Jersey. She now teaches piano and plays the occasional concert in her 55-and-older community.

12 months ago

Listen 1:14
Instruments at Bucks County Folk Music Shop
Music
Pennsylvania

‘Music from the heart’: Bluegrass tradition blossoms at a family-owned music shop in Bucks County

In an on-demand economy, the kind of experience the shop offers is rare — and has cultivated a thriving bluegrass community throughout the region.

12 months ago

Listen 4:58
a watercolor depicts a person fishing, a waterfall and two buildngs
History
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

This painting found in a Glenside thrift store came out of Philly’s 19th-century Black cultural elite

A painting from a thrift store in Glenside is by William H. Dorsey, of Philadelphia’s elite Black society circa 1864.

12 months ago

Listen 1:53
The casts of
Billy Penn
Philadelphia
TV

2 superfans offer thoughts on what will make a great ‘Sunny/Abbott’ crossover episode

This Wednesday, two of Philly’s most prominent representations on TV will merge in the first crossover episode of “Abbott Elementary” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia."

12 months ago

Baritone Joshua Hopkins
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Orchestra to premiere ‘Songs for Murdered Sisters’

The song cycle was created in response to an intimate partner killing spring in Canada in 2015.

12 months ago

Member of Kaos Mas band poses
Community Events
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

‘A warm welcome’: Mummers look to include more communities, groups into the tradition

One Mummer club’s partnership with a Caribbean Carnival band could pave the way for more collaborations in the future.

12 months ago

The Mummers Parade in Philadelphia. (6abc)
Community Events
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
6abc

2025 Mummers Parade steps off as Philadelphia rings in the new year

At Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in South Philadelphia, a Mummers Mass was held late Tuesday afternoon.

12 months ago

John Walhausen plays the organ in the church while Benjamin Boyle turns the pages on a music book
Music
Philadelphia
Religion

St. Joe’s Prep in North Philly debuts its newly repaired pipe organ with a century-old liturgical controversy

The debut concert of the newly restored pipe organ at the Church of the Gesu evokes a 1903 papal ruling for the soul of Catholicism.

12 months ago

Listen 1:45
A member of the Ferko String Band plays the saxophone at the 2024 Mummers parade in Philadelphia.
Community Events
Philadelphia
6abc

Philadelphia Mummers Parade: What you need to know about road closures and more

The 125th Mummers Parade will strut down Broad Street on New Year's Day. Here's everything you need to know — from road closures to tickets.

12 months ago

Hazami Sayed's links
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Al-Bustan exhibition links Lebanon to Philadelphia

Founding director Hazami Sayed makes musical chains that tie her Arabic heritage to her life in Philly.

12 months ago

Listen 1:24
Dayle Haddon attends the Dior Pre-Fall 2024 fashion show at the Brooklyn Museum on Monday, April 15, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Pennsylvania
Performing Arts
6abc

Canadian model, actress found dead after suspected CO leak at Bucks County, Pa. home

Real estate records show the home belongs to actor Marc Blucas and his wife, journalist and producer Ryan Haddon Blucas.

12 months ago

Michael K. Wilson curated Shaheed Rucker's exhibit at the African American Museum in Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

Philly’s African American Museum eats its Wheaties in new pop art exhibition

Artist Shaheed Rucker puts Negro baseball leagues athletes on re-creations of the iconic cereal box.

12 months ago

Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng and her mother Jona are seen at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo
Animals
National

One good thing: This is what made us happy in 2024

Take a look at some of the stories that made us smile.

1 year ago

Erin Elman smiles next to her painting
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Former UArts students, faculty and alumni exhibit on the walls of Philly City Hall

Dozens of artists impacted by the closure of the University of the Arts submitted work to what might be their last collective exhibition.

1 year ago

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