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We talk about the best shows on TV right now, from comedy to drama and everything in between. Melanie McFarland, Salon's award-winning senior culture critic joins us.

Air Date: October 31, 2024 12:00 pm

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Halloween haunts, ‘Hamilton’ and André 3000 in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Oct. 31 - Nov. 3: Robert Cray Band in Delaware, Halloween hijinks in Philly and its burbs and a “haunted” ship tour in South Jersey are among the weekend’s highlights.

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As 2024 presidential race looms, the Obama musical ‘44’ goes back to 2008

A musical satire about the Obama administration, “44” comes to Philadelphia to be at the election’s inflection point.

2 years ago

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Photo essay: This year’s Philly Music Fest highlighted the city’s best, breakthroughs and next ones up

This year’s festival packed venues for six days in the metro area while raising funds for music education.

2 years ago

Gallery co-founder Chris Hammes demonstrates a puppet duck spinning on a motorized hook by Ollie Goss. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
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Big Ramp gallery scratches at politicized pet memes in ‘The Sublime Is Meow’

More than 40 Philly artists contributed work to an exhibition at Big Ramp in Kensington honoring the pets of so-called “childless cat ladies.”

2 years ago

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Film on Dr. Audrey Evans, CHOP oncologist and founder of Ronald McDonald House, will be screened this weekend

Dr. Audrey Evans is the subject of new biopic “Audrey’s Children,” a film set and shot in Philadelphia and written and produced by Philadelphians.

2 years ago

Flavor Flav performs onstage
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A hip-hop summit, a haunted circus and Al Roker signs cookbooks in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Oct. 24–27: The second annual Hip-Hop Cultural Summit in Delaware, featuring Flavor Flav, and Halloween haunts in Philly and South Jersey are among the weekend’s highlights.

2 years ago

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Renée Mussai, who curated ''Mickaline Thomas: All About Love,'' gives a tour of the exhibit at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Mickalene Thomas’ homecoming at the Barnes is ‘All About Love’

The internationally recognized artist from Camden has her first solo exhibition in the Philadelphia region.

2 years ago

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After the UArts collapse, Pig Iron Theatre finds a new home at Rowan University

The Pig Iron School for devised theater will remain in Philadelphia while becoming part of New Jersey’s Rowan University.

2 years ago

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Bruce Springsteen to headline concert in Philadelphia with Barack Obama in support of Kamala Harris

Springsteen will kick off the concert series in Atlanta with Kamala Harris and Barack Obama on October 24.

2 years ago

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A digital archive of Philly artists with disabilities finds physical form at the Painted Bride

Created by a collective of artists and activists, the Undue Burden archive catalogs the creative lives of disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill Philadelphians.

2 years ago

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Philly’s first permanent mural about voting is all about hope

“Legacy in Bloom” in West Philadelphia is for future generations to celebrate civic engagement.

2 years ago

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Two rural museums outside Philadelphia partner to present the work of Wharton Esherick

The Brandywine and Wharton Esherick museums — both tucked into the woods 30 miles apart — exhibit the work of the master craftsman, together.

2 years ago

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Philly Bike Ride, a coffee festival and Afro-Cuban All-Stars in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Oct. 17–20: Philadelphia Film Festival, Debbie Gibson in New Jersey and “The Winter’s Tale” gala in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

2 years ago

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Philadelphia Orchestra pianist Kiyoko Takeuti
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The Philadelphia Orchestra is packing for China, and voting in advance

Musicians of the orchestra made a public display of absentee voting to encourage others to make a plan.

2 years ago

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