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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.
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Fresh Air Weekend

Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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Arts & Entertainment

File photo: David McCallum, star of the NBC-TV series ''The Invisible Man,'' is shown during an interview with Jay Sharbutt at NBC studios in New York, Aug. 28, 1975.
Music
Performing Arts
TV

David McCallum, star of hit TV series ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ and ‘NCIS,’ dies at 90

McCallum’s work with “U.N.C.L.E.” brought him two Emmy nominations. He returned to television in 2003 in another series with an agency known by its initials — CBS’ “NCIS.”

2 years ago

Gabriela Sánchez is executive director of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund.
Changing Communities
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

‘Exactly what I need to be doing’: At 32, artist Gabriela Sánchez is leading the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

A Philly native, Gabriela Sánchez is focused on funding projects that advance social justice, equity and bilingualism.

2 years ago

Usher performs at the 51st annual Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards gala at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on Thursday, June 16, 2022, in New York.
Music
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Sports

Usher to headline the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas

The music megastar, who has won eight Grammys, said he’s looking forward to performing on the NFL’s biggest stage.

2 years ago

Orion Kerkering throws a baseball as he warms up before a game.
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

Meet the Phillies’ newest pitcher, Orion Kerkering

After a very short stint in the minors, the South Florida high school phenom is landing in the big leagues.

2 years ago

Phillies right fielder Nick Castellanos catches Orlando Arcia's fly ball and throws it home in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Atlanta.
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

Dissecting the Phillies-Braves play that almost broke John Kruk

Should Nick Castellanos have let the foul ball drop? John Kruk thought so, but statisticians say the outfielder did the right thing.

2 years ago

Models stand for a group photo backstage at Philadelphia Fashion Week, held at Dilworth Park. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
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Music
Performing Arts

Philly Fashion Week, XPoNential Music Fest, Opera Philadelphia O23, and Montco Jazz Fest in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Sept. 21 - 24: Philly Fashion Week in Philly, XPoNential Music Fest in N.J., and Bill Bellamy in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

2 years ago

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Steve H. Broadnax III is a playwright and resident director at People's Light in Malvern. His play, ''Bonez,'' will launch the theater company's Queerways PA, a program to develop new plays through community engagement
LGBTQ
Pennsylvania
Performing Arts
Race & Ethnicity

People’s Light launches queer playwriting program with a horror story

People’s Light will foster new plays written about the intersection of race and sexuality. It starts with “Bonez,” a blood-splattered horror play.

2 years ago

Listen 1:28
You can get a free ''Schwarbeer'' — aka Yards Philly Standard — every time Kyle Schwarber hits a home run
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

Free little treats you can get when Philly sports teams do well, from beer to burgers and more

When local teams do well, there are several complimentary deals you can unlock for food and drink on the house.

2 years ago

File photo: Artist Roberto Lugo, who created the mural, ''The Talented Mr. Trotter: You Can Be Anything'' reads a poem about the hardships of growing up in Kensington and the importance of arts education. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

‘Transforming the art form of ceramics’: Philly artist Roberto Lugo wins $250,000 Heinz Award

The Heinz Award, with its quarter-million dollar purse, was given to the Philly artist who makes ceramics depicting urban life.

2 years ago

Listen 1:11
Oyewumi Oyeniyi posing for a photo
Philadelphia
Poetry

‘I’m gonna show us the way forward’: Philly names Oyewumi Oyeniyi its new Youth Poet Laureate

Oyeniyi writes poems about what it feels like to be young and Black in Philadelphia.

2 years ago

Recording studio
Music
Philadelphia
Sports

‘We try to make it our own’: War on Drugs drummer and Eagles players step up the Christmas spirit in their second holiday album

Eagles players teamed up with local musicians to produce their second holiday album — featuring classic Christmas carols and an original track by center Jason Kelce.

2 years ago

Listen 1:45
Dick Miles poses on a motorcycle
Community Events
Pennsylvania
Sports
Streets & Roads

Coatesville vintage racers shifted into high gear during annual grand prix

The annual event is meant to promote tourism and downtown revitalization in Coatesville.

2 years ago

John Jarboe performing
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Philly Fringe performer imagines eating her twin sister: ‘It gave me a lot to digest’

John Jarboe invents “Rose,” a genderqueer performance about her twin sister who vanished in utero.

2 years ago

Listen 1:38
Eagles fans in the foreground, the Philly skyline visible in the background.
Philadelphia
Sports

Photo essay: Eagles fans flock to Lincoln Financial Field for home opener

From decorated vans to green beards, Eagles fans turned out in style for the season’s home opener.

2 years ago

Listen :57
Cesar Viveros stands on a performance stage he helped dreate at the Cesar Andreu Iglesias Garden in Kensington.
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

From Tejería to Philadelphia, how muralist César Viveros found a life of art

The native of Veracruz has created more than 40 works for Mural Arts, plus numerous fresco paintings, sculptures, mosaics, and altars.

2 years ago

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