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 Mary Mattingly's 'WetLand' looks like a rowhouse sinking into the Delaware, surrounded by floating gardens. (Elisabeth Perez-Luna/WHYY)

As Fringe installation, ‘WetLand’ floats ideas of crisis, survival and adventure

Alongside the river wall on Delaware Avenue, outside Philadelphia’s Independence Seaport Museum, visitors will encounter a strange ...

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La Peg, a new restaurant in the Fringe Arts Building, will soon open to the public. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

FringeArts offers double feature: Dining and theater

When the Fringe Festival begins after Labor Day in Philadelphia, it will launch a new combination theater and restaurant as the hub of ye ...

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 Peach Music Festival rocks  The Poconos (Paul Parmelee/for NewsWorks)

Allman Brothers Band leads all-star lineup at Scranton’s Peach Music Festival

Thousands of music fans took to the hills of Scranton this past weekend for the 3rd annual ...

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Jason Richardson, the 2014 Philly Geek of the Year, is organizing a podcast festival at the Tatooed Mom. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Second annual Philadelphia Podcast Festival sets up in South Street bar

This week in Philadelphia, producers of independent media will gather for the second annual Philadelp ...

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 Fans gather in the Philadelphia City Hall courtyard to watch the Taney Dragons play in the Little League World Series. (Emma Jacobs/WHYY)

Taney comes from behind for second World Series victory

Philadelphia’s Taney Dragons pulled off another victory in Williamsport on Sunday night in the second round of the Little League Wo ...

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 Awards await their forever homes at the 2013 Geek Awards. (Jackie Sauer/Clever Girl Photography)

2014 #PhillyGeekAwards winners [updated with photos]

This year’s Geek of the Year award goes to… Jason Richardson, community builder and creator of ...

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First Extra: Stopping the Violence

A look at the causes and some solutions for the violence taking place on the streets of Wilmington. ...

Air Date: August 15, 2014

 The Philadelphia Folk Festival is back for the 53rd year, August 15-17. (Peter Tobia/for NewsWorks)

Philadelphia Folk Festival going back to its roots

The 53rd annual Philadelphia Folk Festival returns to the Old Pool Farm in Schwenksville this weekend.   For decades t ...

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Tina Fey (right) and friends, circa 1987-88 outside the Upper Darby Performing Arts Center (Image courtesy the Upper Darby Summer Stage)

Tina Fey headlines fundraiser for summer stage where she got her start

The Upper Darby Performing Arts Center will host a 10th anniversary screening of “Mean Girls,” the breakout comedy by Tina Fe ...

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 Hummus with Matbucha is one of four varieties served at Dizen Goff. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Celebrated Philly restaurateur reveals addiction as new eateries debut

When Michael Solomonov was creating the award-winning and career-establishing Zahav restaurant in Society Hill, he was at the same time f ...

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 Villanova professor Jean Marie Lutes edited a new anthology of work by reporter Nellie Bly, <em> Around the World in Seventy-Two Days and Other Writings</em>. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Pa.-born Nellie Bly, pioneer of ‘stunt journalism,’ was the story of her time

In the late 1800s when female journalists were shunned in most newsrooms, Pennsylvania-born reporter Nellie Bly helped change the world b ...

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 Alex Kryger (left) and Chris Melohn in 'The Haunted Host,' part of Quince Productions' GayFest!(Photo courtesy of John Donges)
Shapiro on Theater

Review: The reappearance of ‘The Haunted Host’

It’s obvious that “The Haunted Host” – now 50 years old, and among the first openly gay-themed plays staged in what w ...

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 A Pennsylvania player is shown running home in this still image from ESPN coverage of the LLWS Mid-Atlantic Final between Delaware and Pennsylvania on Sunday.

Taney Dragons arrive in Williamsport for Little League World Series

Editor’s note: This story has been updated from an earlier version. The Taney Dragons have arrived in Williamsport, ...

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Little League pitcher wants more girls to play

Mo’Ne Davis may be the first American girl heading to play in the Little League World Series in a decade. But rather than focusing ...

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 Around the seance table, left to right: Thomas Grube, Isabella Knight, Julian Elfer, Jennifer Harmon and Michelle Eugene, in Cape May Stage's production of 'Blithe Spirit.' (Photo courtesy of Aleksey Photography.)
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Review: Conjuring up ‘Blithe Spirit’

Ghosts are nothing new to Cape May – you can even take walking or trolley tours to hear about their alleged Victorian and post-Victoria ...

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