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It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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 Members of Team Sunshine Performance Corporation rehearse for their First Person Arts Festival contribution, The Sincerity Project. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

RAW and sincere, but by design no plot in First Person performance

“The way I watch theater, I’m excited and troubled by how things feel true, and things feel false,” said Alex Torra of ...

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The chaperone is minding the kids, but who’s minding the chaperone?

Each month, NewsWorks presents a story from the First Person Arts Podcast. In this edition, public school teacher Jaso ...

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 JaBen Early and Aimé Donna Kelly  in InterAct Theatre Company's production of
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Review: ‘We Are Proud to Present’ with misgivings

There’s not much difference between real life and acting — that’s what playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury ultimately sugg ...

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FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010 file photo, Bobby McFerrin performs at the jazz festival in Kiev, Ukraine.  Paul Simon probably never had a vocal partner quite like Bobby McFerrin, who coaxed him onstage for an impromptu performance of a Simon and Garfunkel hit _ the highlight of opening night of Jazz at Lincoln Center's 25th anniversary season, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

McFerrin is happy to honor faith, father in new CD

Bobby McFerrin, whose 1988 hit “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” has become shorthand for light, feel-good pop, has released a ne ...

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Philadelphia theater celebrates with cash awards and a posthumous honor

A production of a musical about mental illness, a theater artist with a broad interest in performance, and a spunky stage company devoted ...

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 Kids visiting Ringing Rocks Parks use their hammers to find the rocks — about one in six — that produce sounds almost like wind chimes. (Emma Jacobs/WHYY)

Ringing Rocks Park intrigues visitors to Bucks County geological marvel

{jcomments on}Bucks County, Pa., is home to an unusual park, where visitors walk the trail carrying hammers. The centerpiece of Ringing R ...

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 Jered McLenigan and Dan Kern in the ActII Playhouse production of
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Review: ‘The Woman in Black’ — are you scared yet?

Shouldn’t “The Woman in Black” send chills through you? I thought that’s what this theatrical ghost story was all ...

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 Michael Halling as Mr. Darcy and Hannah Kahn as Elizabeth Bennet in Bristol Riverside Theatre’s production of
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Review: ‘Pride & Prejudice’ sealed with a kiss

Ahhhh, the kiss. The kiss seals the deal for Jon Jory’s adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” at Bristol Riverside Theatr ...

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 Principal flutist Jeffrey Khaner performs a new concerto by Behzad Ranjbaran Friday and Saturday with the Philadelphia Orchestra.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)

Ranjbaren flute concerto rounds out Philadelphia Orchestra micro-festival of new works

Several years ago, flutist Jeffrey Khaner came off stage at the Philadelphia Orchestra’s annual summer residency in Saratoga Spring ...

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First for Friday, November 1, 2013

Closing the learning gap Raising the education bar in Delaware is key for the Department of Education and closing the gap betwee ...

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Philadelphia Orchestra bassoonist explores instrument’s ‘spiritual side’

The Philadelphia Orchestra’s principal bassoonist Daniel Matsukawa believes the 20th century, for the most part, has been rough on ...

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Review: ‘Once.’ Enough.

Could I be the only person who viscerally dislikes “Once?” Its many fans talk about the Broadway musical, whose national tour ...

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Opera Philadelphia extends wedding invitation with ‘Svadba’

After opening with “Nabucco,” a 19th-century chestnut by Verdi, Opera Philadelphia continues its season with something younge ...

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 Elizabeth Hainen, principal harp player for the Philadelphia Orchestra, plays a matinee Live Connections show at World Cafe Live.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)

A secret language inspires music performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra

This weekend the Philadelphia Orchestra will perform a micro-festival of newly composed classical music, written specifically for three o ...

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 It's been five years since Phillies fans celebrated their team's victorious moment after the final out of the 2008 World Series.  The Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in game 5 of the series for their first world championship since 1980. (AP Photo/Mark Stehle)

Sports fans used to Philly teams ‘almost always going to almost win’

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