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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. ...

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

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The sukkah ceiling is called the schach and is supposed to have spaces in it so the stars may be viewed at night. (Jennifer Lynn/WHYY)

Jewish congregations celebrate harvest season with Sukkot holiday [photos]

Some are the size of small sheds. Others as big as a large wedding tent. But what’s more important than the size of the sukk ...

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Soomi Kim spent two years studying the writings of Kathy Chang and interviewing those who knew her. The resulting play

Salute to activist’s quest for change sheds light on woman once a fixture on Penn campus [photos]

The life of Kathy Chang, a radical peace activist who went by “Kathy Change,” will be presented as “Chang(e),” a ...

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Sketches litter the paint-spattered floor of Andrew Wyeth's studio

Andrew Wyeth Studio designated National Historic Landmark

The Andrew Wyeth Studio in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, was named as a National ...

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Margaret and Jerrol Syme of Mapleton, Utah, are digitizing genealogical records at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

For these Mormons, getting Historical Society of Pa.’s trove of records online is religious work

Inside its building in Center City Philadelphia, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania has records predating Philadelphia. Twenty-one mi ...

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Carol Burnett gets Jimmy Stewart museum award

Actress and comedian Carol Burnett has been honored by a Pennsylvania museum dedicated to the actor she calls her idol — Jimmy Stewart. ...

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Soldiers traveling to Vietnam aboard crowded troop ships doodled on their canvas bunks, now on display at the Independence Seaport Museum. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Scraps of graffiti left by troops on voyage to Vietnam now at Seaport Museum

“This bunk is the death bed,” wrote a soldier while on a troop ship heading to Vietnam in 1967, scrawling the letters on the ...

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Citizen’s Police Academy Random shootings and unsolved crimes are a concern for many Wilmington residents. Some of those ...

Air Date: October 3, 2014

The Frankin Institute explores anatomy with two exhibits: Sesame Street Presents the Body and Animals Inside Out. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

From furry creatures to skinless animals, Franklin offers anatomy lessons [photos]

The Franklin Institute is opening “Body Worlds: Animal Inside Out,” an exhibition featuring dead animals that have been flaye ...

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Philadelphia's Schuylkill Banks Boardwalk (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Week-long bike tour launches from Philly’s Schuylkill Banks Boardwalk

This morning the annual Week-A-Year Tour of the East Coast Greenway kicks off in Philadelphia. Forty-one bicyclists will begin the ...

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Joe Guzmán and Kittson O'Neill as two competitive researchers in Lantern Theater Company's production of 'Arcadia.' (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
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Review: Nailing ‘Arcadia,’ brilliance, blather and all

It’s hard to tell what’s more impressive about “Arcadia” – Tom Stoppard’s brilliant boil-over of ideas or ...

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Schuylkill River Trail ‘boardwalk’ opens [video]

The new extension to the Schuylkill River Trail in Philadelphia opens today. After two years of construction, the Schuylkill Banks ...

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 Film and television star Alan Alda is shown speaking during an interview at Stony Brook University, on New York's Long Island, in 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)

Alan Alda blends passions for science and communication

Acclaimed actor, writer, and director Alan Alda continues his lifelong passion to probe the nexus between art and science.  He’ ...

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 Jennie Eisenhower as Morticia, Bill Vargus as the butler, and Jeffrey Coon as Gomez in Media Theatre's production of the musical
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Review: ‘The Addams Family’ values

Sometimes you just have to bring in the big guns to wake up the near-dead – and in “The Addams Family,” of course, plenty o ...

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