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Music producer Quincy Jones poses for a portrait
Music

Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91

Over the past 60 years, it was hard to find someone in the music, television or movie industries who did not have some connection to Jones.

1 year ago

Filmmaker Steve McQueen's ''Static,'' a 7-minute helicopter shot of the Statue of Liberty filmed in 2009 when it reopened for the first time since the 9/11 attacks, occupies the Grand Staircase of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Politics
Visual Arts

Let’s be still: Philly Art Museum shows political art with the volume turned down

“What Times Are These?” is an antidote for election exhaustion.

1 year ago

Listen 1:06
Hamilton runs October 29 - November 23, 2024 at the Academy of Music (c) Joan Marcus 2024
Studio 2
History
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Studio 2 Extra: Hamilton hits the Philly stage

Hamilton is the epic saga that follows the rise of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton as he fight to shape the course of a nation. It's back on stage at the Academy of Music.

Air Date: November 1, 2024 12:00 pm

Listen 15:03
Images from the comic book
Books
Elections
Government
Philadelphia

Comic book heroes battle for democracy: Philly nonprofit uses comic books to inspire voter turnout

Konkret Comics, Show Up Strong and The Voter Project joined forces to create "Liberty Knights," to encourage and promote voter registration in Philadelphia.

1 year ago

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Peter Nero, a Grammy-winning pianist who interpreted pop songs through classical and jazz forms and served as the Philly Pops' conductor for more than three decades, died Thursday, July 6, 2023. He was 89. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

No Name no more: The name ‘Philly Pops’ is bestowed upon the No Name Pops

The family of the late Peter Nero has given the brand “Philly Pops” to the start-up orchestra.

1 year ago

Listen 1:10
Studio 2
TV

What to watch: TV critic reviews new shows and cult classics

We talk about the best shows on TV right now, from comedy to drama and everything in between. Melanie McFarland, Salon's award-winning senior culture critic joins us.

Air Date: October 31, 2024 12:00 pm

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A skeleton is seen dancing from a West Philly porch
Things To Do
Community Events
Delaware
New Jersey
Philadelphia

Halloween haunts, ‘Hamilton’ and André 3000 in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Oct. 31 - Nov. 3: Robert Cray Band in Delaware, Halloween hijinks in Philly and its burbs and a “haunted” ship tour in South Jersey are among the weekend’s highlights.

1 year ago

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Shanice and T.J. Wilkins
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Politics

As 2024 presidential race looms, the Obama musical ‘44’ goes back to 2008

A musical satire about the Obama administration, “44” comes to Philadelphia to be at the election’s inflection point.

1 year ago

Listen 1:49
Sheer Mag on stage
Music
Philadelphia

Photo essay: This year’s Philly Music Fest highlighted the city’s best, breakthroughs and next ones up

This year’s festival packed venues for six days in the metro area while raising funds for music education.

1 year ago

Gallery co-founder Chris Hammes demonstrates a puppet duck spinning on a motorized hook by Ollie Goss. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Elections
Philadelphia
Politics
Visual Arts

Big Ramp gallery scratches at politicized pet memes in ‘The Sublime Is Meow’

More than 40 Philly artists contributed work to an exhibition at Big Ramp in Kensington honoring the pets of so-called “childless cat ladies.”

1 year ago

Listen 1:08
Dr. Audrey Evans
Medicine
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Film on Dr. Audrey Evans, CHOP oncologist and founder of Ronald McDonald House, will be screened this weekend

Dr. Audrey Evans is the subject of new biopic “Audrey’s Children,” a film set and shot in Philadelphia and written and produced by Philadelphians.

1 year ago

Flavor Flav performs onstage
Things To Do
Community Events
Delaware
New Jersey
Philadelphia

A hip-hop summit, a haunted circus and Al Roker signs cookbooks in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Oct. 24–27: The second annual Hip-Hop Cultural Summit in Delaware, featuring Flavor Flav, and Halloween haunts in Philly and South Jersey are among the weekend’s highlights.

1 year ago

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Renée Mussai, who curated ''Mickaline Thomas: All About Love,'' gives a tour of the exhibit at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Mickalene Thomas’ homecoming at the Barnes is ‘All About Love’

The internationally recognized artist from Camden has her first solo exhibition in the Philadelphia region.

1 year ago

Listen 1:41
Rowan University
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

After the UArts collapse, Pig Iron Theatre finds a new home at Rowan University

The Pig Iron School for devised theater will remain in Philadelphia while becoming part of New Jersey’s Rowan University.

1 year ago

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Nils Lofgren and Bruce Springsteen perfrom
Elections
Philadelphia
Politics
6abc

Bruce Springsteen to headline concert in Philadelphia with Barack Obama in support of Kamala Harris

Springsteen will kick off the concert series in Atlanta with Kamala Harris and Barack Obama on October 24.

1 year ago

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