Arts & Entertainment
Eastside rising WHYY has been following Wilmington’s Eastside Rising Project from the beginning. Two years ago, ...
Air Date: November 13, 2015
Review: The questions surrounding ‘Equivocation’
Ask me what the play “Equivocation” is about and I could give you lots of answers, including God, souls, religion, politics, ...
9 years ago
ListenOne day in Philadelphia captured in 1,412 photos on display
Do you remember what happened on Friday, Oct. 9, 2015? For the most part it was a pretty typical day in Philadelphia. It was kind ...
9 years ago
ListenMummers make strides to bring more diversity to Philadelphia tradition
With its New Year’s Day parade just seven weeks away, the Mummers organization is making changes to bring more diversity to the Phi ...
9 years ago
Listen‘Outcry!’ responds to deaths of African-Americans at hands of police
The African American Museum in Philadelphia has created an exhibition of work by contemporary artists and installed it somewhere else. Th ...
9 years ago
ListenCraft NOW brings extra dimension of material-based work to Philly
When art consultant Clara Hollander returned one year from Art Basel, a major art fair in Miami, she was buzzing with ideas about how to ...
9 years ago
ListenWilkes-Barre barkeep pours his last, as time runs out on Hourglass Lounge
In Northeastern Pennsylvania last weekend, bartender Joe Philistine served his last drink. “I was born to be a bartender, ...
9 years ago
ListenReview: ‘Lights Rise on Grace’ and set on a triangle
Chad Beckim’s flinty new play “Lights Rise on Grace” is as much about a clash of cultures as it is about trying, and fa ...
9 years ago
McDole family speaks out It’s been over 6 weeks since wheelchair bound Jeremy McDole was shot and killed by Wilm ...
Air Date: November 6, 2015
Dance troupe building cultural bridges in Mideast visits Philly
A Los Angeles-based modern dance troupe has been asked by the U.S. State Department to act as cultural ambassadors to Israel and Jordan. ...
9 years ago
ListenRizzo drama once again commands attention in Philly
“Frank Rizzo: The Last Big Man in Big City America,” a 1993 biography, is the basis of a new play, “Rizzo,” now a ...
9 years ago
Before razing North Philly apartments, telling its stories and history
In a few years, the Norris Apartments, a public housing project in North Philadelphia will be ...
9 years ago
Among Philly theater’s Barrymore winners, a wide swath of stage companies
The Barrymore Awards, celebrating the region’s professional theater, have been top-heavy with accolades to established, big-budget, ...
9 years ago
ListenThanks to democracy group and Philly artists, signs point to voting
Twenty voting sites in Philadelphia will feature artwork by 60 local artists — three pieces per site — in an effort to make polling p ...
9 years ago
ListenThe other temporary Philly office not on Tuesday’s ballot
Tuesday Philadelphia voters will be asked whether to make the city’s office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Affairs perm ...
9 years ago