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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports  – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.
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Sports in America

Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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Britt Anderson and Richie Schiraldi in Cannonball Festival's
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly Fringe shows explore joys and trials of fatherhood

Dads take center stage in four Fringe shows that range that mix comedy, drama and even a little circus.

1 month ago

Greig Sargeant, Will Brill and Jenny Seastone onstage
History
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

With ‘Kramer/Fauci,’ the Philly Fringe opens with a reminder of civic debate circa 1993

The play about Anthony Fauci and Larry Kramer takes its script directly from a C-SPAN broadcast on which they appeared 33 years ago.

1 month ago

a military helmet holds bullets and a pin reading WAITING FOR WESTY
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

These Philly Fringe shows focus on veteran stories with parallels to Iran, Vietnam and beyond

A pair of shows at Philadelphia’s Fringe Festival highlight past and current challenges facing members of the armed services.

1 month ago

In a large open classroom at Philadelphia Ballet, many ballet dancers are rehearsing.
Dance
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Ballet completes new building on North Broad

A black box theater and event space make the ballet’s new headquarters accessible by the public.

1 month ago

Listen 1:23
Lily Allen performing
Things To Do
Community Events
Delaware
New Jersey
Philadelphia

Labor Day in Philly: Pickleball outside City Hall, Lily Allen at the Mann and First Friday gallery hopping in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Sept. 3–6: From soul to pop, a strong concert lineup proves that Philly-area fans enjoy diverse genres of music.

1 month ago

Listen 5:31
the Academy of Natural Sciences exterior
Business
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences museum is closing

The Academy will continue scientific research and public education, but its museum will go the way of the dinosaur.

1 month ago

Listen 1:00
Artists pose for a picture
History
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Philadelphia City Hall art gallery remembers a federal act that put artists to work in the 1970s

The federal CETA program employed tens of thousands of artists with a 1973 jobs-training law. Its impact has been largely overlooked.

1 month ago

Listen 2:10
Blondshell performing
Music
Philadelphia

XPoNential Music Festival returns to Camden Sept. 18–20. Here’s who’s performing

For its 33rd iteration, XPNFest will set up shop at Wiggins Park on the Camden Waterfront with multiple acts, including Dawes and Little Feat.

1 month ago

Listen 0:46
Tim Curry, 1978
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

These Philly burlesque performers put on a Tim Curry tribute weeks before his death

On August 2, Dr. Frank N. Furter, Wadsworth, Pennywise and more put on a special one-night show.

1 month ago

Emily Wilson, professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania
Books
History
Philadelphia

A Penn professor’s ‘Odyssey’ became a cultural flashpoint. Now, she’s retranslating the whole thing

Emily Wilson's 2017 translation of “The Odyssey” is a million-seller. It's also not the end of the story.

1 month ago

Cooper DeJean smiles
Things To Do
Community Events
Delaware
New Jersey
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Cycling Classic returns, Chris Stapleton and a Cooper DeJean lookalike contest in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Aug. 27–30: Lady A in Delaware, a drone show in Delco and a satirical take on Sherlock Holmes take center stage.

1 month ago

Listen 5:12
John Coltrane
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly celebrates John Coltrane’s 100th birthday with $27,000 in grant funding for artists

Artists with a “soul-tie” to Coltrane’s music have the opportunity to showcase new ideas with Coltrane 100 Philly.

2 months ago

Dolly Parton waving to fans during a parade from a carriage, surrounded by pink and white flowers.
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

How Dolly Parton made her mark on Philadelphia

A look at some of the late country star’s most notable Philly appearances.

2 months ago

The Landmark Ritz Five movie theater
Business
Movies
Philadelphia
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

The Ritz Five movie theater in Old City is closed indefinitely

The city says the theater has violated Philadelphia’s fire code and needs to make appropriate changes before it can reopen.

2 months ago

Dolly Parton performs live for fans at Vector Arena on Feb. 7, 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand.
NPR
Music

Dolly Parton lived her motto: ‘More is more’

"I've always believed that a part of my magic, if there was any, was the fact that I look so artificial — but I am so totally real," Parton said in 2001.

2 months ago

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