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Arts & Entertainment

 In Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's production of 'The Three Musketeers,' the Musketeers are (far left) Zack Robidas, (on right) Alex Sovronsky and Ian Merrill Peakes. In between are Sean Patrick Higgins and Stephanie Hodge.(Photo courtesy of Lee A. Butz)
Shapiro on Theater

Review: For ‘The Three Musketeers,’ the fight is on … and on and on (Pa. Shakespeare Festival)

How strange: The Three Musketeers hardly ever use their muskets. They’re far more comfy flashing swords, and in Ken Ludwig’s ...

9 years ago

The Liberian Women's Chorus for Change
Radio Times
Home & Family
International

PA budget; Liberian Women’s Chorus for Change

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Air Date: July 20, 2017

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 Rider University professor Sheena Howard is co-author of a new comic book series, ''Superb,'' which features a teen superhero with Down syndrome. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Superhero with Down syndrome stars in new comic by N.J. prof

So, out in space, there’s this mysterious meteor — which may or may not be part of a sentient alien being. That part is not yet c ...

9 years ago

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 Harry Smith (in London) and Emma Gibson (in Philadelphia) in 'Perfect Blue,' a co-production from Philadelphia's Tiny Dynamite and Britain's Pursued by a Bear. (Photo courtesy of Kate Raines/Plate 3 Photography) 
Shapiro on Theater

Review: On both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, ‘Perfect Blue’ (Tiny Dynamite)

The dystopian drama “Perfect Blue” is not just touched by the digital world — the play and its production are defined b ...

9 years ago

Speak Easy
Aging
Music

How singing in the Pennsylvania Youth Chorale taught me to live

What we become is the sum of our childhood lessons. In my early years, I didn't notice, but as a 35-year-old aunt and stepmom, I recognize the shaping of my own years.

9 years ago

Enid Pagan's ''Praying Hands Breaking Free.'' (Emma Lee/WHYY)

In City Hall art display, former inmates offer inside look at what’s needed on the outside [photos]

Artwork by recently released prisoners is now on display inside Philadelphia City Hall. The hallways on its second and fourth floors are ...

9 years ago

First
Delaware
Visual Arts

Delaware artist’s camera is a doorway to ‘little worlds’ [video]

Alida Fish was given a camera as a child to capture her world. Now through her art, she creates worlds of her own.

9 years ago

 This year's pop-up park at Eakins Oval aims to help the Fairmount Park Conservancy learn more about how Philadelphians use their parks. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Summer events return to Oval Park in front of Art Museum steps

On Thursday, Philadelphia will open its annual pop-up park at Eakins Oval, on the Parkway. For the fifth consecutive year, The Ova ...

9 years ago

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The Bearded Ladies Cabaret blends a camp account of the French Revolution with a satirical look at current events during their annual Bastille Day performance at Eastern State Penitentiary. (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks)
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History
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

American politics provides ample material for satirical Bastille Day show

“And what do we say about historical accuracy?” a newly resurrected, glittering Edith Piaf asked the crowd assembled outside of Phila ...

9 years ago

 The Barnes Foundation (pictured) and the National Constitution Center are two of the museums accepting the passes (NewsWorks Photo, file)

Bringing a painting to life, with audience in tow, at Barnes Arboretum

A painting often has a story to tell. But that story can spill out beyond the canvas. What happened just before — or after — that sce ...

9 years ago

History
Military

Traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall replica in Bucks County this weekend

Over the weekend, a 300-foot replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be on display in a baseball field in Penndel, Bucks County. As ...

9 years ago

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 A view of Bartram's Garden (Peter Crimmins/WHYY, file)

On ‘Radio Times’: Cultural connections in urban farming

Beets, black eyed peas, collard greens, and cabbage sprawl across four acres at the Farm at Bartram’s Garden in Southwest Philadelphia. ...

9 years ago

 3's Company player/captain and coach Allen Iverson, (center), kneels on the sideline during the first half of Game 3 in the BIG3 Basketball League debut, Sunday, June 25, 2017, at the Barclays Center in New York. (Kathy Willens/AP Photo)

Big3, basketball’s newest curiosity, rolls into Philly

The basketball world’s biggest curiosity will be at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Sunday. The Big3 league, co-fo ...

9 years ago

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Bearded Ladies’ John Jarboe, playing Edith Piaf, greets the crowd at the the 2016 Bastille Day performance.
History
Philadelphia

Eastern State Penitentiary to host Trump-inspired retelling of Bastille Day

Bastille Day commemorates the 18th century storming of the infamous prison in Paris, a watershed moment in the French Revolution. All aro ...

9 years ago

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 Artist Kara Crombie with her 'Sample Philly' interactive sound sculpture. (Mural Arts Philadelphia)

Using Philly’s signature sounds, artist ‘sculpts’ music for Franklin Square

Artist Kara Crombie is inviting Philadelphia locals to jam out on her new interactive sound sculpture she calls “Sample Philly̶ ...

9 years ago

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