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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

A person stands in a room with curtains and pink lighting.
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Erotic art softens up Asian Arts Initiative

Born of the pandemic, The Erotic Project book and exhibition invites visitors into radical sensuality.

2 years ago

Philadelphia Phillies' Bryson Stott (center) points to the crowd after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Sunday, April 16, 2023, in Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Sports

Phillies score 9 in first on way to 14-3 drubbing of Reds

The Phillies set a season high with 23 hits.

2 years ago

Dancers teach the crowd several styles of Japanese dance
Community Events
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

No blossoms? No problem! Sakura Sunday in Fairmount Park draws crowds

Another 600 cherry trees will be planted throughout Philadelphia in preparation of the upcoming semiquincentennial of America in 2026, parks and rec officials announced.

2 years ago

Listen 1:25
A young Angelina Jolie played Carangi in the 1998 HBO biopic ''Gia.''
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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

How a Philly hoagie maker’s daughter became the ‘world’s first supermodel’

Gia Carangi's life — and tragic death — was the subject of a 1993 book by journalist Stephen Fried and a movie starring Angelina Jolie.

2 years ago

Lady Gaga sings into a microphone.
NPR
Government
Music
National
Politics

Biden taps Lady Gaga to co-chair an arts advisory committee that dissolved under Trump

The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities will advise the president on cultural policy.

2 years ago

Harden celebrates on the court.
Philadelphia
Sports

Harden scores 23 as 76ers cruise past Nets 121-101 in Game 1

The Sixers are trying to win their first NBA championship since 1983 and advance past the second round for the first time since 2001.

2 years ago

The Phillie Phanatic rides on a cart on field with the hot dog cannon in hand.
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

A history of Phillies fans throwing hot dogs, a longstanding tradition

Philly’s got decades of experience with the meat-based, tube-shaped messages of disgruntlement.

2 years ago

A group of people wait outside the Electronic Eats gaming and food truck.
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Electronic Eats, Philly’s first gaming food truck, aims to become a platform for the community

In addition to hosting several arcades’ worth of titles, the truck's menu is designed in the spirit of gaming.

2 years ago

A close-up of a painted paper maché fantastical creature.
Business
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Sculpture
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

A new era begins for Eyes Gallery as it reopens on South Street

The Philadelphia gem, more than a half-century old, inaugurates its new location this weekend.

2 years ago

Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid poses for a photograph during media day at the NBA basketball team's practice facility, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, in Camden, N.J. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Philadelphia
Sports

Kate Scott talks Sixers playoffs, Embiid for MVP ahead of Nets matchup

The Sixers begin their postseason Saturday, hosting the Brooklyn Nets in Round 1 of the playoffs.

2 years ago

Listen 6:10
Indigenous artist Nathan Young is a member of the Delaware tribe of Indians. He returned to his ancestral homeland to create an immersive sound installation on the grounds of Pennsbury Manor, colonial estate of William PennIndigenous artist Nathan Young is a member of the Delaware tribe of Indians. He returned to his ancestral homeland to create an immersive sound installation on the grounds of Pennsybury Manor, colonial estate of William Penn
History
Pennsylvania
Visual Arts

Pennsbury Manor whispers the noisy history of the Lenape people

Sound artist and Lenape descendant Nathan Young has installed noise and avant-garde music at William Penn’s historic estate.

2 years ago

Listen 3:13
A Washington Commanders helmet and Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris
Business
Philadelphia
Sports

76ers owner’s group has agreement to buy Washington Commanders: AP sources

Harris and Rales are set to pay $6 billion for the storied NFL franchise.

2 years ago

Cherry blossoms at Fairmount Park along Kelly Drive. (Ella Lathan/WHYY News)
Things To Do
Community Events
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Music
Performing Arts
Visual Arts

Cherry Blossom Festival, Slow Art Day, Festival of Colors in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

April 14 - April 16: Wine & Daffodils in Del., Cherry Blossom Fest in Philly, Chicago Experience in South Jersey are among the weekend event highlights.

2 years ago

Listen 5:14
Confetti is visible in the air as people celebrate in front of a mural on a building.
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Visual Arts

A crane rises in Chinatown

Mural Arts Philadelphia developed a giant, iconic image on the new 21-story Crane Building that can be seen for miles.

2 years ago

Chelsea's Christian Pulisic reacts during the English Premier League soccer match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Chelsea
International
Philadelphia
Sports

Premier League preseason tournament matches coming to Philly this summer

Pa. native Christian Pulisic’s Chelsea will kick off the inaugural Premier League Summer Series on July 22 at Lincoln Financial Field.

2 years ago

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