Arts & Entertainment
Nativity scenes from around the world play out Christmas story at Bryn Athyn museum [photos]
A small religious history museum just north of Philadelphia has on display 39 Nativity scenes collected from around the world. It ...
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Ronald McDonald Lights For this holiday edition of First we’re going to start in New Castle County. If the ...
Air Date: December 16, 2016
Trending on Twitter: Verification questions will test your Philly and Jersey cred
Another day, another trending hashtag, this time it’s all about the Philadelphia region. If you’ve perused Twitter in ...
9 years ago
Review: ‘Wilde Tales’ that Oscar wrote
I’ll now do something critics should do only on rare occasions: Review the audience. On a Sunday matinee produced by the Quintessen ...
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ListenExamining U.S. Constitution on 225th anniversary of Bill of Rights
Thursday marks the 225th anniversary of the signing of the Bill of Rights. The National Constitution Center’s day of related ...
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The Velvet Underground visit Philly with visions from 1966
Fifty years ago this month, visitors to the YMHA in Philadelphia were expecting to see an art exhibit by Andy Warhol. Instead, they were ...
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Taking a page from ‘Nutcracker,’ historic Delaware mansion decked out in Christmas style
This is the time of year for “The Nutcracker,” the ballet about armies of mice and sugarplum fairies. This is the 200t ...
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ListenReview: ‘The Carols,’ but not the ones you might sing
A new musical called “The Carols,” set during World War II in a hicksville town with too few guys available to cast the annua ...
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Veterans coming home For the past few months WHYY has focused on the soldier transition to civilian life. We calle ...
Air Date: December 9, 2016
On eve of Nobel honors, La Salle collection tangled up in clues to Dylan enigma
This weekend in Sweden, the Nobel Prizes will be conferred for physics, chemistry, medicine, and peace. But most people have been paying ...
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Latino cultural center rises in North Philly as a beacon of connections, commerce [photos]
A cultural center has taken its place in the North Philadelphia neighborhood of Fairhill, designed to be the inspiration for a financiall ...
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Ascent of machines in modern world gives rise to performance of dancers and drones [photos]
A New York dance company has choreographed a fleet of robotic drones to interact with human dancers. It premieres at the Prince Theater i ...
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ListenConfiscated ‘War Throne’ back in owner’s possession after legal battle
After two years of litigation, the controversial arms chair has been delivered to its Philadelphia buyer. A piece of contemp ...
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Baylor names Temple’s Matt Rhule as new football coach
Baylor hired Matt Rhule on Tuesday, hoping the highly successful Temple coach can rebuild the Big 12 Conference program hit hard by scand ...
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How this year’s election caused Philly theater to swap years for ‘The Carols’
In show business, Christmas often starts in July. That’s when plays are written and performances start being planned. This s ...
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