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DN sports columnist Marcus Hayes weighs in on Sixers ahead of tonight’s Draft

As the Philadelphia 76ers prepare to make the first pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, Philadelphia Daily News sports columnist Marcus Hayes joi ...

8 years ago

On what would have been Andrew Wyeth's 100th birthday, the Brandywine Museum takes a fresh look at the artist's life and works. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Brandywine art museum opens largest Wyeth exhibit to date

The artist Andrew Wyeth would have been 100 years old July 12. To mark the occasion, the U.S. Post Office will release a postage stamp in ...

8 years ago

 Author and filmmaker Sherman Alexie gives the keynote address at a celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, at Seattle's City Hall. (Elaine Thompson/AP Photo)

Sherman Alexie on ‘Radio Times’: ‘We’re all storytellers’

In his new memoir, You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, author Sherman Alexie writes about his complicated relationship with his mother. ...

8 years ago

 Allison Vulgamore,  Philadelphia Orchestra's president and CEO, pictured in this May 2010 file photo greeting Chinese students from local girl's middle school in Shanghai, China, is stepping down. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

CEO of Philadelphia Orchestra to step down in December

The leader of the Philadelphia Orchestra has announced she will step down. Allison Vulgamore, who has been the president and CEO f ...

8 years ago

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 Before Theodor Geisel became Dr. Seuss, he began work on an array of faux taxidermy sculptures that foreshadowed the characters in his children's books. Resin reproductions can be seen and purchased at Ocean Galleries in Avalon. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Before Thing 1: Early Dr. Seuss inspirations on display at Jersey shore gallery

Dr. Seuss, the legendary children’s book author, not only drew whimsical creatures for his stories, he sometimes sculpted them as t ...

8 years ago

People express their pride by holding banners at Art All Night in Trenton. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
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2017 Art All Night – Trenton [photos]

One of Trenton’s secrets is that it’s a fun place to see art. Probably the best example is its annual 24-hour festival ...

8 years ago

This is an example of facadism, preservation of the look and feel of a building while allowing new uses. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Audio tour highlights historic preservation flash points in Philly’s Old City

A new audio walking tour of Philadelphia’s Old City guides people through historic preservation hot spots with their phones.  ...

8 years ago

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On ‘Radio Times:’ Author of ‘American Eclipse’ examines the scientific frenzy of 1878

People in the Delaware Valley will have a chance to see a solar eclipse this summer. On August 21, a total solar eclipse will pass, coast ...

8 years ago

 Sergio Cea and his partner Paul Miller at Grounds for Sculpture in New Jersey to celebrate Miller's birthday. (Photo by Jen Twigg)

Observing traditional holidays in updated ways, new expressions

For LGBTQ couples, celebrating Father’s Day or Mother’s Day can be tricky. And as more children are raised in nontradi ...

8 years ago

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On ‘Radio Times’: ‘Songs in the Key of Free’ helps prisoners find redemption through music

On Wednesday’s Radio Times, guest-host Mary Cummings-Jordan spoke to one inmate, Cody, who said the program “is telling me that I am ...

8 years ago

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‘Songs in the Key of Free’ helps prisoners find redemption through music

Redemption through music. This is the mission of Songs in the Key of Free, and organization that is showing solidarity with incarcerated ...

8 years ago

 Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth (PMAY) students (from left) Marquise Bradley, David Heister, and Malinda Voell, perform in the Mayor's Reception Room. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

With $2.5 M, seeking to discover Philly’s next classical generation

To find the next generation of talent, a coalition of organizations in Philadelphia devoted to classical music education has been given $ ...

8 years ago

 Terry Brennan in Tribe of Fools' production of 'School Play.' (Photo courtesy of Nick Mazzuca)
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Review: ‘School Play’ and playing at being schooled

Lucky Terry Brennan – he gets to play not just a fourth grader, but one who celebrates life with abandon. Or, as his teacher Miss Jacks ...

8 years ago

 Drexel graduate student Jeff Gregorio connects an array of drums that are sounded by electromagnets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Drexel to reveal magnetic drums to the world

This weekend, Drexel University will reveal a new musical instrument it has been working on for a year. It’s a drum kit played w ...

8 years ago

‘Project Dawn’ brings reality-based court drama to Malvern

Philadelphia’s innovative treatment court for people repeatedly arrested for prostitution is now the subject of a play, “Proj ...

8 years ago

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