Arts & Entertainment
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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The Big Bling has renewed interest in sculptor Martin Puryear’s drawings
A visitor to the Print Center on narrow Latimer Street in Center City Philadelphia might see images on the walls that seem familiar — a ...
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Philly Fringe reviews: ‘Strange Tenants,’ ‘The Hand Job’ and ‘Gatz’
Strange TenantsArresting in its weirdness and impressive in its quivers, jerks and writhing, “Strange Tenants” is about the w ...
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On ‘Radio Times:’ Famed trumpter Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah: I hate the sound of the trumpet
Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, a New Orleans native, Grammy nominated trumpeter and two-time ...
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ArtistYear expands beyond Philadelphia, sending art teachers to schools in need
A civil service organization that started in Philadelphia three years ago will go national this fall. ArtistYear is a kind of gap- ...
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Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah; Trump charging for access
Guest: Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah For a century, jazz has been recognized as an innovative genre of music. S ...
Air Date: September 11, 2017
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‘Fresh Air,’ NPR host share stage and stories at LGBTQ journalists’ conference in Philadelphia
When two famous radio interviewers share a stage, things can get a little complicated, but Ari Shapiro and Terry Gross easily worked it o ...
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Philly Fringe reviews: ‘Fishtown’ and ‘Hello Blackout!’
FishtownHoly wireless tamale! We’ve given our credit cards to online sites, our Social Security numbers to Equifax and now, Interne ...
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