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 The Philadelphia Singers will fold at the end of the season, due mostly to the loss of William Penn Foundation money. (Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Singers)

Lack of funding forcing Philadelphia Singers to disband

Earlier this week, as the members of the Philadelphia Singers were warming up their voices to rehearse a holiday program, board vice pres ...

11 years ago

Mosaic master Isaiah Zagar offers small taste of latest art space [photos]

After eight years of working in near-isolation, the creator of the legendary Magic Garden on South Street in Philadelphia unveiled his ne ...

11 years ago

The display case housing the Bill of Rights is carefully climate controlled and secure. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Constitution Center touting side-by-side display of rare copies of founding documents

On Monday, the National Constitution Center will unveil a new exhibition space carved out of its building on Independence Mall in Philade ...

11 years ago

A.I. DuPont Hospital
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First for Friday, December 12, 2014

Addiction treatment We are devoting our First Look this week to the issue of addiction. As Delaware and the nation have fought ...

Air Date: December 12, 2014

 Philadelphia artist James Dupree succeeded in preventing the city from seizing his studio in Mantua. (Emma Lee/for Newsworks, file)

West Philly artist keeps studio as city drops plan to seize it for grocery store development

An artist in the Mantua neighborhood of West Philadelphia has blocked the city from seizing his studio through eminent domain. Sev ...

11 years ago

Alan Harler, musical director of the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia for 27 years, will retire at the end of the winter season. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

After nearly three decades, a final ‘Feast of Carols’ for Mendelssohn Club director

Christmas decorations go up immediately after Thanksgiving, but, for many, the season does not really start until it sounds like Christma ...

11 years ago

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The Gifts of The Magi — A holiday play

Happy holidays, and welcome to this presentation of The Gifts of the Magi, WHYY’s annual holiday radio play.  Written by ...

11 years ago

 Steve Solomon, performing his 'My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, I'm Home for the Holidays' at Delaware Theatre Company in Wilmington.
Shapiro on Theater

Review: Italian, Jewish and ‘Home for the Holidays,’ both of them

Steve Solomon is performing his own “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish, I’m Home for the Holidays” at ...

11 years ago

 Emilie Krause as Belle and Matteo Scammell as The Beast in Arden Children’s Theatre production of 'Beauty and the Beast.' (Photo courtesy of Arden Theatre Company)
Shapiro on Theater

Review: ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ straight-up

In modern times, we say “don’t judge a book by its cover,” but in 1740 a French woman named Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de ...

11 years ago

 Dance/UP administrative staff gather at a team meeting. Pictured (from left) are Danielle Currica, Greg Holt, Lois Welk, Marcel Foster, (Computer- Kathryn TeBordo), Ann-Marie Gover, and Gabrielle Revlock. (Photo courtesy of Dance/UP)

Can DanceUP’s show go on without money from William Penn Foundation?

Dance/USA Philadelphia, an artist support and advocacy organization, will fold at the end of the year after losing its biggest benefactor ...

11 years ago

 The members of Team Sunshine Performance Corporation's 'The Sincerity Project' at FringeArts: In the center is Melissa Krodman. The other cast members, who have her back, from left: Ben Camp, Jenna Horton, Mark McCloughan, Rachel Camp, Makoto Hirano and Aram Aghazarian.
Shapiro on Theater

Review: ‘The Sincerity Project’ is how you define it

An ambitious undertaking called “The Sincerity Project” might be the most insincere thing going on a stage these days – whi ...

11 years ago

 The cast of 1812 Productions' 'This Is the Week That Is,' cheering for their own political perspectives. From left (left position, not necessarily political perspective): Scott Greer, Tabitha Allen, Don Montrey, Dave Jadico, Susan Riley Stevens and Aimé Donna Kelly. (Photo courtesy of Mark
Shapiro on Theater

Review: The winter return of ‘This Is the Week That Is’

Why are “The Supremes” — Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, Sonya Sotomayor and Elena Kagan —  boogeying like that? And wh ...

11 years ago

First

First for Friday, December 5, 2014

Stolen Art Time is running out to catch a unique art exhibit of stolen Italian artifacts making its US debut, right here in Dela ...

Air Date: December 5, 2014

 Author Tara Murtha sits in on a rehearsal at Retro City Studios in Germantown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Delving into the mysteries of ‘Ode to Billie Joe’ and the elusive Bobbie Gentry

In 1967, the Beatles’ “All You Need is Love” was knocked out of the No.1 spot on the charts by a slow, plaintive ballad ...

11 years ago

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 David Howey and Kathleen McNenny in Philadelphia Theatre Company's production of 'Outside Mullingar.' (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
Shapiro on Theater

Review: ‘Outside Mullingar’ and thoroughly inside Ireland

For an American playwright, John Patrick Shanley writes one heck of an Irish play. “Outside Mullingar,” in a radiant producti ...

11 years ago

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