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Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.

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Arts & Entertainment

Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age performs
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

AC/DC, Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age among rock acts coming to Philly area in summer 2026

Rock concerts in the Philadelphia region are shaping up for next summer as we near the end of 2025.

4 weeks ago

Philadelphia
Visual Arts

A look inside the ‘Dreamworld’ of surrealism at the Philadelphia Art Museum

The art movement originated in France in 1924 and quickly began influencing all forms of media across the globe.

4 weeks ago

An art piece by Jennifer Thoem
Community Events
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Philadelphia Art Museum’s 49th Contemporary Craft Show is this weekend

The show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center continues its tradition of connecting attendees directly to artists across mediums.

4 weeks ago

Girard College students rehearse with the Tempesta di Mare Baroque orchestra
Community Events
Music
Philadelphia

Philadelphia’s Tempesta di Mare honors the musical genius of 18th-century orphans

“Hidden Virtuosas” premieres Baroque music by the most downtrodden women of Venice, not heard in three centuries.

4 weeks ago

Listen 2:14
Marching bands including brass sections and bagpipes could be seen at the 2022 Philadelphia Veterans Parade. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
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Philadelphia

Veterans Day celebrations, West Philly’s Peoplehood Parade, Asian American Film Festival and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Nov. 6–9: Leslie Jones in Delaware, an “epic” singalong in Philly and Appel Farms' 65th anniversary in South Jersey are among the highlights.

1 month ago

Listen 4:50
Sasha Suda with merchandise of new art museum logo
Business
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Philadelphia Art Museum fires CEO Sasha Suda

Sasha Suda was hired just three years ago from Ontario. A reason for her termination was not given.

1 month ago

A display of costumes Ruth Carter worked on
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

‘Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design’ exhibit comes to the African American Museum in Philadelphia

Making its Philadelphia debut, the exhibit will display various aspects of Carter’s 40-year career as a designer.

1 month ago

Listen 0:46
Ribbon cutting ceremony for We Are All Bound Up Together mural
Gender
History
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Black suffragist Frances Watkins Harper rises in new Germantown mural

With help from Penn State’s Center for Black Digital Research, the mural draws attention to the activism of 19th-century Black women.

1 month ago

Listen 1:14
Peruvian artist Richi Olivera joined the Delaware Art Museum’s sixth annual Día de los Muertos celebration
Community Events
Delaware
Race & Ethnicity

Delaware Art Museum celebrates life and heritage during 6th annual Dia de los Muertos

The Delaware Art Museum brought together art, music and tradition to honor ancestors and celebrate Latin American culture for Día de los Muertos.

1 month ago

Listen 1:19
Charlee Heinz collects and cleans animal bones to use them in works of art. (Lise Peet)
The Pulse
Animals
Preservation

Animal skulls and bones get a second life in the art works of Boyertown creator

In Boyertown, PA, artist Charlee Heinz turns bones from forest finds into meaningful artwork that explores death and beauty.

1 month ago

Pierre Robert reading in Rittenhouse Square
Media
Music
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Pierre Robert: 10 things you should know about Philly’s iconic DJ

The WMMR fixture died early Wednesday, at age 70. Did you know he was a vegetarian for decades and kept a “no-play” list?

1 month ago

The Philadelphia Magic Gardens Dia de los Muertos
Things To Do
Community Events
Delaware
New Jersey
Philadelphia

Halloween weekend, Third Eye Blind, an Afrofuturism exhibit and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Oct. 30 - Nov. 2: Día de los Muertos celebrations in Delaware, a pierogi festival in Philly and John Fogerty in South Jersey are among the highlights.

1 month ago

Listen 4:53
The Billy Penn staff posing for a photo outside of Terry Gross' office wearing their bespoke unique halloween costumes, led by Nick Kariuki as the Phillies Karen
Media
Philadelphia
Sculpture
Billy Penn

DIY Philly Halloween costumes guide: 2025 edition

Struggling to imagine a good idea to dress up this year? Consider these options, pulled from the past year’s headlines.

1 month ago

a statue in front of Maguire Hall
History
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania
Visual Arts

An ‘exuberantly eclectic’ new building is set to open at Chestnut Hill’s Woodmere Museum

The new Maguire Hall is a 173-year-old industrialist’s mansion converted into a showcase of Philadelphia artists.

1 month ago

Listen 1:23
Professional boxer and Philly-native Jaron Ennis at WHYY studios
Billy Penn
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

‘I just love beating people up and putting on shows’: ‘Boots’ Ennis is latest champ in Philly’s rich boxing tradition

Billy Penn spoke to Ennis, 28, from Germantown’s Brickyard, who could be boxing’s best pound-for-pound fighter.

1 month ago

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