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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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Decision 2014: The Delaware Attorney General Debate

Four of the five candidates running for Delaware Attorney General debated at Widener University Wednesday. WHYY and WDEL teamed up to br ...

Air Date: October 17, 2014

In Wilma Theater's production of 'Rapture
Shapiro on Theater

Review: ‘Rapture, Blister, Burn.’ Compare, contrast, discuss.

Theory is great for illuminating ideas, but it can’t hold a candle to reality. The proof – threatrically, at least – is at the ...

12 years ago

Rutgers Camden alumna Dionne Grooms-Fields belts out 'Goin' Crazy with the Blues' during rehearsal at the Walter K. Gordon Theater. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

RCA Victor-made ‘race records’ of ’20s infuse new musical premiering in Camden

An original musical theater production about the historic Victor Records recording studio in Camden premieres in Camden this weekend. ...

12 years ago

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Dr. Diane Turner is the curator of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University. (Jennifer Lynn/WHYY)

The Philly roots of the Civil Rights anthem ‘We Shall Overcome’

All this month, the Moonstone Arts Center in Philadelphia has been holding events that offer a historic overview of the Underground Railr ...

12 years ago

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The Rev. Joe Williams (left)

Underground Railroad expert decodes songs that held practical advice for fleeing slaves

The Moonstone Art Center in Philadelphia has coordinated a ...

12 years ago

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Free Library wants Philadelphians to climb aboard ‘Orphan Train’ for one-book program

“Orphan Train,” the 2013 best-selling novel by Christina Baker Kline, has been selected by the Free Library of Philadelphia f ...

12 years ago

Boyz II Men perform a private concert at the High School for the Creative and Performing Arts in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Boyz II Men perform at Philly alma mater

Boyz II Men performed a private concert for students at their alma mater, the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Ar ...

12 years ago

We Are Bandits

Humble tea vessel in a class of its own at Princeton museum

A 700-year-old jar at the Princeton University Museum of Art holds insight into modern art squabbles. If you passed it in a junk s ...

12 years ago

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J. Paul Nicholas is interrogated by Felicia Leicht and Isa St. Clair in the Inis Nua production of 'Ciphers.' (Photo courtesy of Katie Reing)
Shapiro on Theater

Review: Decoding ‘Ciphers’

In the intriguing and very cool “Ciphers,” which is getting its American premiere from Inis Nua Theatre Company in Center Cit ...

12 years ago

With encouragement from Techne's Suzanne Thorpe

Academy’s exhibit is music to kids’ ears: chocolate as fruit [photos]

Parents trying to instill healthy eating habits in their children, be warned: the new exhibition at the Academy of Natural Science of Dre ...

12 years ago

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First for Friday, October 10, 2014

Campaign for U.S. House There is less than a month before the mid-term elections. WHYY will televise two debates this month as ...

Air Date: October 10, 2014

Walt Blocker

Array of Philadelphia choirs lend grace notes to play with tragic core

A play has opened at the Annenberg Center in West Philadelphia with a central character – a choir ensemble – that will be performed b ...

12 years ago

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In the gathering darkness outdoors
Shapiro on Theater

Review: After ‘Macbeth,’ it’s back indoors

It’s difficult enough to produce a plausible “Macbeth” on a stage inside a theater, so hats off to Revolution Shakespea ...

12 years ago

West Philly mural tells tales of teens searching for home

On 42 Street in West Philadelphia, a block off Lancaster Avenue,  a green lawn marks the place where half a dozen houses once stood. ...

12 years ago

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Derbhle Crotty and Clifford Samuel in 'The Events' at Annenberg Center. (Photo courtesy of Actors Touring Company.)
Shapiro on Theater

Review: “The Events” and the backstory

You never hear anything about the terrible real event that led Scottish playwright David Greig to create “The Events,” which ...

12 years ago

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