
Arts & Entertainment
Abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly, creator of sculpture outside Barnes, dies at 92
One of America’s most prominent abstract artists, Ellsworth Kelly, died Sunday at his home in upstate New York. He was 92. K ...
9 years ago
First Experience: St. Johns Bible Its been 500 years since Benedictine monks took on the herculean task of illuminating a Bible ...
Air Date: December 18, 2015
Rare night tour of Fairmount Park mansions hosted by Scrooge, Cratchit and Fezziwig
Three historic houses in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park are part of a Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol tour. Characters from t ...
9 years ago
ListenCelebrating ‘Christmas on the Block’
“Christmas on the Block,” the second-most beloved Christmas song to come out of Philadelphia, has been around for more than t ...
9 years ago
ListenSolomonov wraps national book tour with WHYY event at Zahav
Guests packed the dining room at Zahav in Philadelphia on Sunday for an afternoon of Solomonov and salatim. Guests packed the dini ...
9 years ago
Review: Then and now, ‘Gentlemen Volunteers’
Pig Iron Theatre Company is celebrating 20 years of bold and unconventional work by restaging an early piece that created a buzz here, th ...
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ListenRoyal visit, Philly accent, Mummers infuse ‘Three Maries’ [photos]
A musical about the Mummers, the Philly accent, and the Queen of Romania: Why did it take so long? Longtime theater composer Micha ...
9 years ago
ListenInfluential drummer, filmmaker George Manney leaves trove of Philly rock archives
A longtime member of Philadelphia rock music scene has died. But he leaves an impressive legacy. George Manney, a drummer-turned-d ...
9 years ago
Forgotten cemetery gets new life According to a 2014 study by the US Substance and Mental Health Administration, 42 million Amer ...
Air Date: December 11, 2015
Opera Philadelphia’s production of ‘Yardbird’ moves on to Harlem’s Apollo
For the first time ever, the Apollo Theater in Harlem will be hosting opera, to be produced ...
9 years ago
19th-century Physick House sets scene for production of 19th-century ‘Hedda Gabler’
A Philadelphia theater company will stage a 19th-century play in one of Society Hill’s historic 19th-century mansions. “Hedda ...
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ListenSwarthmore College rescinds Cosby’s honorary degree
Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania has rescinded an honorary degree it awarded to Bill Cosby. The college joins a growing number o ...
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Philly kicks off ice skating season on the Delaware River at Winterfest [photos]
Thousands flocked to Penn’s Landing Friday for a night of fun winter festivities during the annual opening of the Blue Cross RiverRink ...
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A pair of firsts in architecture prize for Philly couple
The American Institute of Architects has given it highest award to two of Philadelphia’s most prominent designers, Robert Venturi a ...
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