Arts & Entertainment
NFL’s ‘big football fan fest’ includes community improvements for Philly [photos]
The NFL draft doesn’t start until Thursday night, but NFL draft week is officially upon us. On Tuesday, public officials and ...
9 years ago
On ‘Radio Times’: Blues artist Ruthie Foster credits her grandmother for her music
Earlier this morning, Marty Moss-Coane talked to Foster about the poems her grandmother, affectionately known as “Big Mama,” made her ...
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As I inch my car around the Art Museum circle, through a maze of orange cones and forklifts, I try to remember why this is happening. Why ...
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Ruthie Foster’s Joy Comes Back
Blues artist RUTHIE FOSTER said she wanted to slow down and get back to t ...
Air Date: April 25, 2017
Listen 00:49:28Dueling jazz festivals bring Philadelphia Jazz Appreciation Month to a crescendo
Just when you thought Philadelphia’s event schedule couldn’t get any busier (as we gear up for the NFL draft and the Penn Rel ...
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Review: ‘I and You,’ confined to a room
It’s a rare play that suddenly gathers steam the way Lauren Gunderson’s “I and You” does. At People’s Light ...
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Philadelphia Theatre Company sets year-long intermission from production
The Philadelphia Theatre Company will not produce a 2017-2018 theater season. Instead, the company occupying the Suzanne Roberts T ...
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The American Revolution museum aims to feel more like a movie than a book [photos]
The Museum of the American Revolution is filled with every trick in the curatorial bag —from digital touch screens that let you explore ...
9 years ago
ListenMuseum of the American Revolution tour; then, N. Korea
Guests: Phillip Mead, Scott Stephenson, Jenny Town George Washington’s executive tent, a piece of the bridge fr ...
Air Date: April 19, 2017
Listen 00:49:30As new museum opens, other Revolutionary revelations await at historic sites in region
Wednesday marks the grand opening of Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution in the Old City neighborhood. The $120 ...
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ListenNarberth woman makes tiny sculptures from scraps [photos]
A cement truck, a pinball machine, a beam scale, a cash register, several cars, and a trapeze all fit inside Lydia Ricci’s cozy, messy ...
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ListenThey languished in storage for years, but now, the first mural project of famed illustrator Howard Pyle are back on display.
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What you’ll see at the new Museum of the American Revolution [photos]
Next week, the Museum of the American Revolution will open in Philadelphia. The $120 million museum is the newest addition to the city ...
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ListenPoetry pops up at 30th Street Station
If you find yourself at Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station at 4:52 p.m. all next week, you might hear some sounds other than the us ...
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