Skip to content
Here! Now! In the moment! Paddling in the middle of a fast moving stream of news and information. Here & Now is a daily news magazine, bringing you the news that breaks after

Here and Now

Listen Live

Listen Live

Today, Explained is Vox's daily explainer podcast. Hosts Sean Rameswaram and Noel King will guide you through the most important stories of the day.
Next

Today Explained

Today, Explained is Vox's daily explainer podcast. Hosts Sean Rameswaram and Noel King will guide you through the most important stories of the day.

WHYY
rewind
play
fast-forward
 
 
 
Radio Schedule
WHYY
  • DONATE
Primary Menu
  • News
  • Radio & Podcasts
    • Radio Schedule
    • Ways to Stream
    • WHYY Listen App
  • TV
    • WHYY TV Schedule
    • WHYY Watch App
    • Live TV
    • Watch on Demand
    • Stream PBS Kids
  • Arts
  • Events
  • Education
    • WHYY Youth Media
    • WHYY Media Labs
    • WHYY Early Education Programs
    • For Students
    • Pathways to Media Careers
    • Youth Media Awards
  • Support
    • Membership
    • WHYY Passport
    • WHYY Member Portal
    • Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donation Program
    • Volunteer
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE

Arts & Entertainment

Dance troupe members rehearse onstage.
Dance
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

On the Day of the Dead, Philly’s oldest Aztec dance troupe turns 20

On the Day of the Dead, Brujo de la Mancha celebrates two decades of advocating for and celebrating his Indigenous culture.

3 years ago

Listen 1:22
Eric Blanco leaps through the air during a dance performance as part of the Puerto Rican Day Parade
Elections
Philadelphia

What Philly arts leaders want to see from the city’s 100th mayor

Leaders in the cultural sector realize the arts aren’t a magic wand. The city’s next mayor, they say, should instead view the arts as a tool to be utilized.

3 years ago

Listen 3:24
The hands of Alvin Pettit's Harriet Tubman statue are folded in prayer, or perhaps clenched. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Sculpture
Visual Arts

Design for Philly’s new Harriet Tubman statue unveiled

The statue shows the fierce abolitionist and former slave as a reverent warrior for liberation.

3 years ago

Listen 1:12
Eagles teammates Jordan Mailata, Jason Kelce, and Lane Johnson are back for an all-new holiday album, this time dubbed
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

A track-by-track review of the new Eagles Christmas album, which should have enough vinyl for everyone

We took an early listen through Jason Kelce, Jordan Mailata, and Lane Johnson’s 11-song sequel to “A Philly Special Christmas.”

3 years ago

Cinnamon sticks, wraps, and breakfast sandwiches from Day Break Eggs
Food & Drink
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

There’s a hidden food court in Grays Ferry, with breakfast sandwiches, BBQ, burritos, pizza, and more

The venture is an offshoot of catering company Chef’s Table. It serves breakfast sandwiches, BBQ, burritos, pizza, and more.

3 years ago

Matthew Perry died on Saturday at age 54 at his Los Angeles home, multiple outlets report. The actor is pictured in 2009 at the L.A. premiere of The Invention of Lying.
NPR
Movies
Performing Arts
TV

‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry dies at age 54

Perry, who won an Emmy nod and enormous fame for his starring role as Chandler Bing in the hit sitcom, was found dead at his Los Angeles home, multiple outlets reported.

3 years ago

Taelyn Gray holding the book she wrote
Business
Kids
Pennsylvania
Sports

Young North Wales tennis player designs and creates athletic apparel brand

11-year-old Taelyn Kelsey Gray’s self-designed tennis apparel brand is inspired by her grandmother, who passed away from cancer.

3 years ago

The Día de los Muertos procession in 2019. (Photo by Justin Mayer/Fleisher Art Memorial)
Things To Do
Community Events
Food & Drink
Music
Performing Arts

Halloween fun, The Kims of Comedy, Día de los Muertos, Beer at the Pier, and Head of the Schuylkill in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Oct. 26 - 29: Halloween celebrations in Philly and N.J., The Kims of Comedy, and “Rigoletto” in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

3 years ago

Listen 5:03
A combo Taylor Swift-Halloween dance party at Underground Arts on Oct. 20 was just one of several Swift-themed events this month in Philadelphia.
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Taylor Swift dance parties are super popular, and Philly event promoters are leaning in

Promoters and DJs are increasingly hosting themed events, and attendees are enjoying spaces that “embrace and empower women.”

3 years ago

The Palmer family as characters from Disney's
Community Events
Kids
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

It’s fall festival weekend in Philadelphia, with outdoor Halloween fun throughout the city

Paint pumpkins, go trick-or-treating, take a night bike ride, or compete in a costume contest (even with your dog).

3 years ago

File photo: Richard Roundtree attends the premiere of ''Shaft'' on June 10, 2019, in New York. Roundtree, the trailblazing Black actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective “Shaft” in several films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. Roundtree died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, at his home in Los Angeles, according to his longtime manager. He was 81.
Movies
National
Performing Arts
Race & Ethnicity

‘Shaft’ star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, has died at 81

Roundtree was considered as the “first Black action hero.”

3 years ago

Sister duo WeRRedemption performed at the finale of WHYY’s Lifting Voices in Praise gospel competition on Saturday. (Zane Irwin/WHYY)
Music
Philadelphia
Religion

WHYY’s Lifting Voices in Praise competition celebrates the legacy of gospel music in Philadelphia

The grand finale of WHYY’s Lifting Voices in Praise competition showcased gospel’s rich history, thriving present, and bright future in Philadelphia.

3 years ago

Listen 2:04
Mark Rollins sitting on a bench. A Dox Thrash painting in the background.
History
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

A Philly family shares its huge collection of art by Dox Thrash

The renowned printmaker had befriended a blind boy from the neighborhood in North Philly. Now his descendants keep Thrash’s legacy alive.

3 years ago

File photo: Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra perform. (Chris Lee for Philadelphia Orchestra)
Employment
Music
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Orchestra and musicians agree to 3-year labor deal with 15.8% salary increase

The deal with Local 77 of the American Federation of Musicians covers Sept. 11 this year through Sept. 13, 2026.

3 years ago

An actor on a stage
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

With an immersive performance in Old City, ‘Les Blancs’ takes on African colonization

The show, based on a script by “Raisin in the Sun” playwright Lorraine Hansberry, stimulates all your senses — including your mind.

3 years ago

Page 71 of 451« First«...6970717273...»Last »
Arts & Entertainment Community Courts & Law Education Health Lifestyle Money Politics & Policy Science Urban Planning Weather
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Latest News

  • Judge overturns ruling on Philadelphia vote-counting rules

    1 hour ago

  • SEPTA releases updated plan for Philly’s FIFA World Cup games

    1 hour ago

  • Who let the cats out? A catwalk through Philly’s Cedar Park neighborhood

    1 hour ago

  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal

Donate
Learn about WHYY Member benefits
Ways to Donate
WHYY

WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news and information and world-class entertainment to everyone in our community.

WHYY offers a voice to those not heard, a platform to share everyone’s stories, a foundation to empower early and lifelong learners and a trusted space for unbiased news. Learn more about Social Responsibility at WHYY. It’s how we live.

Contact Us

Philadelphia

215.351.1200
talkback@whyy.org

Delaware

302.516.7506
talkback@whyy.org

Our Programs

  • Albie’s Elevator
  • Ask Governor Meyer
  • Billy Penn at WHYY
  • Check, Please! Philly
  • The Connection
  • The Declaration’s Journey
  • Delishtory
  • Flicks
  • Fresh Air
  • Good Souls
  • Hittin’ Season
  • Jukebox Journey
  • On Stage at Curtis
  • Peak Travel
  • PlanPhilly
  • The Pulse
  • Sports In America
  • Studio 2
  • Things To Do
  • Voices in the Family
  • WHYY News Climate Desk
  • You Oughta Know

Inside WHYY

  • About
    • Social Responsibility at WHYY
    • Board and Executives
    • Community Advisory Board
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Employment
    • Internships
    • Press Room
    • Meet Our Newsroom
    • WHYY News Style Guide
    • WHYY Productions
    • WHYY Spaces
    • Submissions
    • History
    • Directions
    • Coverage Area
    • Financial Statements
    • WHYY Community Report
    • Supporters
    • Privacy
  • Mobile Apps
  • Meet Our Newsroom
  • Employment
  • Lifelong Learning Award
  • Bridging Blocks
  • Contact Us
  • Sponsorship
  • Directions
  • FCC Public Files
  • FCC Applications

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Sign up for a Newsletter

© 2026 WHYY

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use for WHYY.org