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Despite storms, Mary J. Blige, fireworks light up Welcome America in Philly

Mary J. Blige, Mandy Gonzalez, and Boyz II Men performed as part of the Wawa Welcome America Festival on the 4th of July.

9 years ago

 Miss America Savvy Shields waves at patriotic crowds in Philadelphia's Fourth of July parade. (Newsworks photo/Kimberly Paynter)

Philly does the Fourth right [photos]

Philadelphia celebrated its status as the crade of liberty with a ceremony and parade at Independence Historical Park, and Mayor Kenney w ...

9 years ago

 After 52 years, Philadelphia gallery owners Rick and Ruth Snyderman are closing. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)

After helping reshape Philly neighborhoods and culture, revered art gallery to close

One of Philadelphia’s landmark art galleries will soon be closing after 52 years. The Snyderman-Works gallery had once drive ...

9 years ago

 Former Cincinnati Reds player Pete Rose speaks during his statue dedication ceremony before a baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, June 17, 2017, in Cincinnati. (John Minchillo/AP Photo)

Pete Rose’s record-breaking ball fetches $403,000

The baseball Pete Rose swatted to left-center field for his record-setting 4,192th hit has sold at auction for more than $403,000. ...

9 years ago

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How old is too old to sing in public?

As every Baby Boomer knows, as we grow older we face an ever increasing array of ...

9 years ago

U.S. Army band plays Collingswood on way to Fourth of July concert with Boston Pops

The U.S. Army Field Band is now on a 10-city tour of the Northeast, heading toward Massachusetts to play a Fourth of July concert with th ...

9 years ago

Mohamed Bourouissa staged an elaborate equestrian event with North Philadelphia's Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club.

Urban horse riding club inspires latest Barnes exhibit

The Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club is no stranger to media attention — mostly from photographers and filmmakers who are attracted to ...

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Mark McCloughan (left) and Jaime Maseda of No Face Performance Group will premiere ''Abbot Adam: Matins / Lauds'' at the Barnes. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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An overnight performance comes to the Barnes

There’s a call-out to aficionados of the night life. Make that the overnight night life.  Thursday, Friday and Saturday th ...

9 years ago

 Brooke Davis Anderson is the new director of the museum at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts hopes to expand appeal under new director

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has a new museum director on the job. The selection of Brooke Davis Anderson was announc ...

9 years ago

 The artists' studio and gallery space on North 11th Street, known as the Vox building, has been shuttered by a fire that broke out in a stairwell. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Philly artists displaced by fire hope to return to Vox building

Following a fire, one of the main hubs of Philadelphia’s community of underground and emerging artists has been shut down by the ci ...

9 years ago

''Subversion and Surrealism in the art of Honoré Sharrer'' at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts examines in depth the artist's overtly political work and life. Pictured is Sharrer's best known work,''Tribute to the American Working People'' (1946-51). (Emma Lee/WHYY)

PAFA hopes to reintroduce America to surrealist painter Honoré Sharrer

Honoré Sharrer is a figure of contradictions. As a teenager she was the May Queen of her private high school in San Diego. A few years l ...

9 years ago

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Journalism in the Trump age

Guests: Will Bunch, Paul Farhi, Josh Dawsey “So they caught Fake News CNN cold, but what about NBC, CBS & A ...

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The Winter exhibit features a snow-covered slide for tubing. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Winter at the Philadelphia Zoo

Want to experience the joy of a snowball fight without having to claim the parking spot you just spent two hours shoveling with a folding ...

9 years ago

Elisabeth Garson of Steel Owl Room Adventures introduces the Island Escape room at the Franklin Institute. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Franklin Institute brings escape artistry to new levels [photos]

The lower level of the Franklin Institute used to hold the Kid Science Center, a 4,000-square-foot space filled with hands-on games to te ...

9 years ago

Boyz II Men Boulevard brings the group to South Philadelphia Saturday.
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Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Boyz II Men Boulevard is more than a street name for Philadelphia natives

How does Boyz II Men Boulevard sound? A portion of the Avenue of the Arts South now has a name other than Broad Street. The stretc ...

9 years ago

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