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Every week listeners hear stories about race and identity that expand their minds, and learn practical ways to make their lives better. It's lifelong learning that ranges from the big picture to tiny details and everything in between.

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Arts & Entertainment

Flavor Flav performs onstage
Things To Do
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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.

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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

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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
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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

a fabric shows a pattern of hands, circles and plus signs
Health Care
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

A digital archive of Philly artists with disabilities finds physical form at the Painted Bride

Created by a collective of artists and activists, the Undue Burden archive catalogs the creative lives of disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill Philadelphians.

1 year ago

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The
Elections
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Philly’s first permanent mural about voting is all about hope

“Legacy in Bloom” in West Philadelphia is for future generations to celebrate civic engagement.

1 year ago

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two pieces side by side
Pennsylvania
Visual Arts

Two rural museums outside Philadelphia partner to present the work of Wharton Esherick

The Brandywine and Wharton Esherick museums — both tucked into the woods 30 miles apart — exhibit the work of the master craftsman, together.

1 year ago

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bikers on MLK Drive
Things To Do
Community Events
Delaware
New Jersey
Philadelphia

Philly Bike Ride, a coffee festival and Afro-Cuban All-Stars in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Oct. 17–20: Philadelphia Film Festival, Debbie Gibson in New Jersey and “The Winter’s Tale” gala in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

1 year ago

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Philadelphia Orchestra pianist Kiyoko Takeuti
Elections
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Politics

The Philadelphia Orchestra is packing for China, and voting in advance

Musicians of the orchestra made a public display of absentee voting to encourage others to make a plan.

1 year ago

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school children at a protest
Gun Violence
Movies
Philadelphia

Young filmmakers document gun violence in Philly’s Kensington neighborhood

Student filmmakers from North Philadelphia document gun violence in a new PBS documentary airing tonight on WHYY-TV 12.

1 year ago

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a circle of people around the raised bed
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Curio Theatre gets its hands dirty for the Lenape Nation

The West Philly company is using a garden bed to urge people to petition state legislators into recognizing the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania.

1 year ago

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Ed Crimi, owner and curator of VAMPA
Community Events
Pennsylvania

Doylestown’s VAMPA Museum: Where history meets the paranormal

Vampire stakes, exorcism chairs and dolls that move: The Vampire and Paranormal Museum in Bucks County displays a rich history of the supernatural.

1 year ago

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John Legend
Movies
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Film Festival highlights local filmmakers with ‘Filmadelphia’ programming

Director Bill Nicoletti’s “The Philly Sound…Heard ‘Round the World” will screen at this year’s festival. The film documents the history of Sigma Sounds Studio.

1 year ago

students sitting for a commencement ceremony
History
Music
Philadelphia

The Curtis Institute has been Philly’s musical bedrock for 100 years

The Curtis marks its 100th birthday this weekend with concerts and an open house of its historic Rittenhouse Square campus.

1 year ago

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people dancing
Community Events
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Photo essay: YèShì Chinatown Night Market dazzles thousands of people through art, food and dance

Through 10th and Race streets, Chinatown residents, restaurants and artists gave visitors an escape from the everyday experiences of Philadelphia.

1 year ago

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