Arts & Entertainment
The Vietnam War: serving, then coming home
Guests: Ralph Galati, Ertell Whigh ...
Air Date: September 18, 2017
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Fans of Insane Clown Posse protest FBI’s classification of them as a gang
A diverse array of protesters descended on the nation’s capital for what promised to be a raucous day of freedom of expression. ...
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To mark 30th year of Philly’s Vietnam memorial, vets and families salute missing soldiers
Veterans and family members honored prisoners of war or those missing in action to mark the 30th anniversary of the Philadelphia’s ...
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Exhibit of tiny makeshift boats symbolizes plight of Syrian refugees
The University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has invited the public to help craft 2,379 toy boats for la ...
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‘Fireflies’ dance on the Ben Franklin Parkway
Pedicabs adorned with colorful lanterns danced on the Ben Franklin Parkway Thursday night as “Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireflies” made ...
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Philly Fringe reviews: ‘A Billion Nights on Earth’ and ‘These Terrible Things’
A Billion Nights on EarthLittle Winslow, a character who may be 5 or 6 years of age, just can’t get to sleep. Or won’t. He ...
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Architect of Philadelphia’s Vietnam memorial talks about why he served and why he protested
This story is part of a WHYY series examining how ...
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ListenStephen Greenblatt’s “The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve”
Guest: Stephen Greenblatt STEPHEN GREENBLATT, an Ame ...
Air Date: September 15, 2017
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Philly Fringe reviews: ‘Home,’ ‘Iphigenia at Aulis,’ and ‘Alchemist’
HomeIt all begins with a simple large frame. How it ends, I won’t say. With that frame, theater artist Geoff Sobelle begins to buil ...
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Princeton University opens Lewis Arts Complex
For several years, a construction fence barricaded the area opposite Princeton’s McCarter Theatre Center — it was an ugly sight t ...
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Opera Philadelphia’s new show reflects on black lives in the shadow of the 1985 MOVE bombing
Five years ago, Opera Philadelphia handed writer Marc Bamuthi Joseph a stack of 400 poems written by teenagers at the Art Sanctuary in No ...
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‘Afrofuturist’ play debuts at Fringe with look at gentrification and history
In a Center City rehearsal space, six student actors slowly begin to melt out of their seats and onto the floor. They come togethe ...
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Project underway to get Philadelphians to see public monuments in new way [video]
A three-month experiment in public memorials begins this week in Philadelphia. The Monument Lab will present work by 20 artists in ...
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Edith Windsor, woman who helped end federal gay marriage ban, dies at age 88
A woman who brought a Supreme Court case that struck down parts of a federal law that banned same-sex marriage has died. An attorn ...
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