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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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Arts & Entertainment

 David Nate Goldman, Kyle Klein II and Joy Franz in Bristol Riverside Theatre's production of 'Lost in Yonkers.'
Shapiro on Theater

Review: Seriously ‘Lost in Yonkers’

And now, Neil Simon – seriously. The playwright who gave us plenty of laughs in such New York-based shows as “Barefoot in the Par ...

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First for Friday, November 21, 2014

That’s a lot of chicken Last month, a World Trade Organization panel ruled that India violated international trade rules by ba ...

Air Date: November 21, 2014

‘Touch of Evil’ lends touch of inspiration to BalletX premiere piece [video]

This week, Philadelphia’s modern dance company, BalletX, premieres a new choreography based on the 1958 film noir, Touch of Evi ...

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 Jon Bon Jovi will receive the Marian Anderson Award at the Kimmel Center Tuesday night. (AP photo/Matt Rourke)

Jon Bon Jovi to receive Marian Anderson award for humanitarian work

About 10 years ago Jon Bon Jovi was staying at the Ritz-Carlton in Philadelphia when he noticed a homeless man, shivering in the cold out ...

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50 years of papal visits to the United States

Pope Francis is scheduled to attend the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia 50 years after Pope Paul VI made the first papal visit ...

11 years ago

 Corinna Burns and Griffin Stanton-Ameisen in Azuka Theatre's production of 'The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence.' (Photo courtesy of AustinArt.com)
Shapiro on Theater

Review: The curious play of ‘The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence’

“The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence,” being given an able production by Azuka Theatre, is supposed to be a play ab ...

11 years ago

 Taney star pitcher Mo'ne Davis rides in a parade celebrating the team after their return from the Little League World Series. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Mo’ne Davis memoir coming next March

A memoir when you’re still a teenager may seem premature, but not for Mo’ne Davis, the first female pitcher to win a Little L ...

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Pope Francis confirms he’ll visit Philadelphia for World Meeting of Families in 2015

Pope Francis has announced he’ll visit Philadelphia next year for the World Meeting of Families.   The announcem ...

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A skater dressed as Rocky Balboa cuts a figure in the center of the ice. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Hundreds turn out to take a spin on Philly’s new ice skating rink [photos]

For the first time in four decades, people can ice skate in downtown Philadelphia. The Rothman Institute Ice Rink in the newly red ...

11 years ago

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First for Friday, November 14, 2014

Pop-up businesses There is some interesting economic news in Delaware this week. Pop-up businesses are a big part of the small b ...

Air Date: November 14, 2014

 J. Hernandez and Victoria Rose Bonito in Philadelphia Artists Collective's production of 'Blood Wedding,' in cooperation with Drexel University. (Photo courtesy of Plate 3 Photography)
Shapiro on Theater

Review: ‘Blood Wedding’ with poetry and song

You’ve heard of the jilted bride. Now consider the instantly abandoned husband. In Federico García Lorca’s “Blood ...

11 years ago

 In Walnut Street Theatre's production of 'Mary Poppins,' from left: Cameron Flurry, David Elder (as Bert), Lindsey Bliven (as Mary Poppins) and Jacob Wilner. (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
Shapiro on Theater

Review: A ‘Mary Poppins’ that flies high

“I’m practically perfect in every way,” Mary Poppins sings to her two young charges, but she could be describing the Wa ...

11 years ago

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Members of the Keystone State Boychoir practice for a performance of Chants of the East, sung in Arabic. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Keystone Boychoir learns Arabic to bridge boundaries with song

The Keystone Boychoir singers, ranging from 8 to 18 years old, gathered Wednesday evening at a Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia to reh ...

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 Ira Glass attends the George Foster Peabody Awards in May 19. He will appear Saturday at the Kimmel Center. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Ira Glass brings ‘Reinventing Radio’ show to Kimmel

Ira Glass began producing and hosting “This American Life” in 1995, a time when public radio was pretty boring. His si ...

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Peter Blume was well known for keeping his sketches that would lead him to his final peace of work. Also on display threw out the exhibit. “Tasso’s Oak” 1957-1960. (Nathaniel Hamilton/Newsworks.org)

PAFA exhibit on American surrealist who didn’t want to join the club [photos]

Is the work of Peter Blume the first major work of American surrealism? Like a lot of surreal things, it is and it isn’t. ...

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