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Sculpture
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From trash to treasure: Magic Gardens event encourages recycling through creativity

Ricky Boscarino started creating art out of recycled plastic around eight years ago, which he says changed his view on how plastics are used daily.

3 years ago

An overhead view of the Goshen County Fair in Chester County, which continues to this day. Philly's last county fair was in 2004. (Goshen County Fair/Facebook)
Community Events
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

100 acres of horses, pumpkins, and aviators: The history of the Philadelphia County Fair, and its modern Fairmount Park cousin

The sweet potato pie contests in the early 2000s were 🔥.

3 years ago

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Philadelphia
Poetry

Bonus Interview: Poet Airea D. Matthews

Listen back to our interview with Philadelphia's poet laureate, Airea D. Matthews, who was recently awarded $50,000 by the Academy of American Poets.

Air Date: August 13, 2022 10:00 am

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Anne Heche arrives at the 74th annual Directors Guild of America Awards, Saturday, March 12, 2022, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Emmy Award-winning actress died following a car crash on Aug. 5 that left her in a coma. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
NPR

Anne Heche legally dead at 53, a week after a fiery car crash

The actress, best known for her roles in 'Donnie Brasco' and the 1998 'Psycho' remake, leaves behind two sons.

3 years ago

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Books
National
Public Safety

Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York

His agent, Andrew Wylie, said the writer was on a ventilator, with a damaged liver, severed nerves in an arm and an eye he was likely to lose.

3 years ago

Bernard ''Billy'' Brown hugs a tree in Haddington Woods near Cobbs Creek. Brown is the author of a new guide book, ''Exploring Philly Nature.'' (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Animals
Books
Environment
Philadelphia

Bugs, birds, and plants: This writer wants you to embrace nature in Philly

Urban wildlife exists all around us, and Bernard Brown is on a mission to get people to enjoy it with his new book, “Exploring Philly Nature: A Guide for All Four Seasons."

3 years ago

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File photo: Bill Russell, (left) star of the Boston Celtics is congratulated by coach Arnold ''Red'' Auerbach after scoring his 10,000th point in the NBA game against the Baltimore Bullets in Boston Garden on Dec. 12, 1964. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis, file)
National
Race & Ethnicity
Sports

Russell’s No. 6 being retired across NBA, a 1st for league

NBA players who currently wear No. 6 — including the Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James — may continue doing so. But the number cannot be issued again.

3 years ago

Wiz Khalifa performs in concert during ''The Decent Exposure Tour'' at the BB&T Pavilion on Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Camden, N.J. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)
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Food & Drink
Music
Performing Arts
Visual Arts

Musikfest, Shakespeare in the ’burbs, Wiz Khalifa, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Plus: Daddy Daughter Dance, Jon Lovitz and Afrodanze! share the same weekend the Eagles make their preseason debut at the Linc.

3 years ago

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A viral video shows the Rosita character at Sesame Place refusing to interact with two Black children.
Business
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity

Sesame Place announces diversity, inclusion training after viral video sparks backlash

The park’s announcement comes in the wake of several allegations of discrimination against the amusement park.

3 years ago

FILE - Singer Diana Ross, second from left, joins songwriters, from left, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland after the writing team was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York on Jan. 17, 1990. Dozier, of the celebrated Holland-Dozier-Holland team that wrote and produced “You Can’t Hurry Love,” “Heat Wave” and dozens of other hits and helped make Motown an essential record company of the 1960s and beyond, has died at age 81.  (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File)
Music

Legendary Motown songwriter-producer Lamont Dozier dead at 81

He was part of the iconic Holland-Dozier-Holland team that wrote and produced dozens of hits and helped make Motown an essential record company of the 1960s.

3 years ago

Olivia Newton-John arrives for G'Day USA's Los Angeles Black Tie Gala January 27, 2018. (Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Movies
Music

1980s pop goddess Olivia Newton-John has died at age 73

Olivia Newton-John, one of the biggest pop stars in the 1970s and early 1980s, has died at the age of 73.

3 years ago

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Community Events
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

Philly culture on a budget: Where to find discounts on arts, nature, and history

Pointers for exploring the city without breaking the bank.

3 years ago

''Grumman Greenhouse'' has occupied Lenfest Plaza at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts since 2011. The sculpture features a Navy war plane that has been converted into a greenhouse. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Sculpture
Visual Arts

Crash-landed in Philly 11 years ago, ‘Grumman Greenhouse’ is finally saying goodbye

After 11 years, the “beloved” sculpture by Jordan Griska, “Grumman Greenhouse,” is making way for a major John Rhoden retrospective at PAFA.

3 years ago

70 of the world's best golfers will play at Wilmington Country Club.
Delaware
Sports

PGA tour stop to bring some of the world’s best golfers to Delaware

The top 70 players in the PGA’s FedEx Cup standings will compete at Wilmington Country Club. It’s the biggest sporting event ever to be held in northern Delaware.

3 years ago

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Books
Business
National

Authors and bookstore owners worry a big publishing merger will affect diversity

The proposed merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster will likely change things for authors and readers - for better or worse.

3 years ago

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