Arts & Entertainment
Skateboarders having final fling in LOVE Park
It’s mere coincidence that the small window of time when Mayor Jim Kenney lifted the longtime ban on skating in Philadelphia’
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At Penn museum exhibit on treasures of King Midas, all that glitters is not gold
King Midas is known as the man with the golden touch. Legend has it that everything he grasped turned to gold.
The myth has been r
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ListenBorn to write: Springsteen memoir coming in September
The Boss has a book deal.
Simon & Schuster announced Thursday that Bruce Springsteen has spent the past several years working
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Amy Winehouse is muse for BalletX dance premiere
BalletX, the Philadelphia modern dance company, is premiering a new work based on the music of Amy Winehouse as the finale of a three-par
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Zavino group’s Tredici sure to be a Gayborhood sweetheart [photos]
Have you made reservations for Valentine’s Day yet? Consider this: Don’t.
Do yourselves a favor and play it by ear. Sk
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First Extra: The Delaware Congressional Delegation
Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coon, and Representative John Carney join WHYY’s Shirley Min for a discussion on issues ranging from ter
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Air Date: February 9, 2016
Philly museum serves as inspiration, setting for reinterpretation of classic film
The Wagner Free Institute of Science in North Philadelphia is a 19th-century natural history museum filled with fossils, minerals, and ta
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Flower show spotlights National Parks and features winter beer garden
In the dead of winter, the Philadelphia Flower Show can be a beacon, reminding us of the coming spring and this year will be more about w
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Kenney taps poet laureate for city
Mayor Jim Kenney has appointed Philadelphia’s new poet laureate. Yolanda Wisher will officially advocate for education and civic en
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Hope for reform
The desire for prison reforms have been coming from many corners of the state. Keeping young men f
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Air Date: February 5, 2016
Eligible retrievers take the field for Puppy Bowl [photos]
Super Bowl Sunday has developed its own series of rituals: chips and dip, the halftime show, the commercials, and, in the last several ye
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SS United States could be turned into luxury cruise ship
An ocean liner bigger than the Titanic that once carried celebrities across the Atlantic at record speeds may one day sail again.
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‘Cold Mountain’ finds fresh voice with Opera Philadelphia
It is a National Book Award-winning novel, an Academy Award-winning film, and now it’s an opera.
Opera Philade
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From Toynbee to Point Breeze, Philly rapper Lushlife steps forward in the city that sustains him
Raj Haldar is a Philly guy pretty much all the way through. Now he’s ready to release his third LP, “
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Young ‘Iron Man’ fan from South Jersey becomes part of hero’s comic book story [photos]
A 5-year-old boy in Voorhees, New Jersey, has become a global sensation for his appearance in an “Iron Man” comic book. Max L
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