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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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Arts & Entertainment

A sculpture on display at the Lewis Tanner Moore Exhibit
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

Lewis Tanner Moore spent his life collecting Black art. His legacy is on view at Doylestown’s Michener Art Museum

Moore, who died last year, championed Black artists and left an indelible mark on the art world. His collection numbered in the "hundreds, maybe thousands."

3 months ago

Listen 1:06
Key of She
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Calling all young jazz enthusiasts for a free female-led jam session

Key of She is leading jazz workshops at the Settlement Music School this Sunday for female and nonbinary students of all levels.

3 months ago

The entrance to Grounds for Sculpture
New Jersey
Visual Arts

Sculpture garden in Hamilton, N.J. receives $3M gift

Grounds for Sculpture, a 42-acre sculpture garden in Mercer County, received the gift from the late Betty Wold Johnson, who was connected through family.

3 months ago

Listen 1:14
Tariq Trotter, known as Black Thought
Books
Music
Philadelphia

The memoir of The Roots’ Black Thought is this year’s selection for One Book One Philadelphia

Tariq Trotter’s 2023 memoir about growing up in Philadelphia will be the focus of the Free Library’s all-city reading program.

3 months ago

Voletta Wallace poses
Music
Pennsylvania

Voletta Wallace, Notorious B.I.G.’s mother and keeper of his legacy, dies at 78 in Pa.

When her son first emerged on the scene as one of rap's most distinctive talents with songs that expertly detailed street life in Brooklyn, Wallace labeled his music “noise.”

3 months ago

Museum of the American Revolution
Philadelphia
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

Museum of the American Revolution preparing for its big moment

2 leaders share museum’s plans to shine light on nation’s 250th anniversary, coming in 2026.

3 months ago

a model poses
Things To Do
Community Events
Delaware
New Jersey
Philadelphia

Philly Fashion Week, ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ and a Thelonious Monk tribute in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Feb. 20–23: Triple Bill in Del., Schomburg Symposium in Philly and Rod Stewart in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.

3 months ago

Listen 4:45
the audience watches the play
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

‘This one hit close to home’: Philadelphia Theatre Company opens a musical about cancer

“Night Side Songs” by Daniel and Patrick Lazour takes on palliative care as an audience sing-along.

3 months ago

Listen 3:01
Cedar Park Pedestrian Plaza has a new mural
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Grant money to help Pa. artists struggling financially due to the pandemic

The $3,000 payment will be awarded to artists or arts and culture professionals who suffered financial losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

3 months ago

books on shelves
Books
Higher Education
Philadelphia

Philly’s UArts library has been sold to the Forman Arts Initiative

The 60,000-volume library in the University of the Arts’ Anderson Hall will be moved intact to Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood.

3 months ago

Michelle Cann and Karen Slack smile
Gender
Music
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

A historic moment: Philadelphia musicians win Grammy for album showcasing unpublished songs of Florence Price

It was the first time an award for best classical solo vocal album went to music composed entirely by a Black woman.

3 months ago

Listen 3:24
people hold Puetro Rican flags at an event
Community Events
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

Philadelphia’s Puerto Ricans celebrate Bad Bunny’s new album in community

Philly Boricuas brought together people from the local Puerto Rican community for a night of music, film and cultural pride.

3 months ago

Barbara Shermund (right) is pictured with her mother, Fredda Cool, who died in the flu epidemic of 1918. After that, Shermund left San Francisco to pursue a cartooning career in New York. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Media
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

The bad girl wins: An original New Yorker cartoonist gets her due at the Brandywine Museum

The Brandywine Museum’s exhibition of Barbara Shermund’s cartoons aligns with the New Yorker magazine’s 100th anniversary.

3 months ago

Cheri Oteri attends the SNL 40th Anniversary Special at Rockefeller Plaza on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Studio 2
Philadelphia
TV

Studio 2 Extra: Delco’s Cheri Oteri reflects on journey from Upper Darby to SNL to hard-fought career in Hollywood

As Saturday Night Live celebrates 50 years this weekend, we caught up with former cast member and Upper Darby native Cheri Oteri.

Air Date: February 14, 2025 12:00 pm

Listen 20:55
The Moyers family is seen at the Eagles victory parade
Philadelphia
Sports

‘This team is special.’ Eagles thank fans who packed along the parkway to celebrate Super Bowl 59 win

Eagles players thanked the fans and their teammates as they celebrate Super Bowl 59 on the art museum steps after parading through the city.

4 months ago

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