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Easter Eggs
Things To Do
April 9 - 15, 2020

More programming from The Roots, Philly Theater online and how to celebrate Easter in the virtual realm

Easter moves online, the Roots have more programming, and Philadelphia's theater community moves onto the web.

6 years ago

Listen 4:09
After employee at the Shop Rite at 24th and Oregon Avenue in South Philadelphia tested positive for the coronavirus, Shop Rite disclosed it on social media. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Economy
Public Health

Grocery workers in Philadelphia are getting coronavirus. Will your store let you know?

One of the few public spaces open during business shutdowns, grocery stores are at an epicenter of disease anxiety.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Medical Reserve Corps volunteers (from left) Megan Boyle, Marina Spitkovskaya, Jamie Huot, and Stephen Bonett, all of whom are nurses, walk to the swabbing tent as the city's coronavirus testing site prepared to open next to Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on Friday, March 20, 2020. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Yo Philly! Can we get a nightly cheer for essential workers?

Show love for folks keeping the city going each day at 7 p.m.

6 years ago

Luanne Albertson (center) sews masks at Eric and Christopher, LLC in Perkasie, Pa. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Business
Public Health

Rebels with a cause: ‘Outlaw’ Pa. businesses make coronavirus masks without state approval

Pa. manufacturers say they want to make coronavirus PPE, but some have been stymied by the state’s waiver process during the shutdown.

6 years ago

Listen 3:35
(Courtesy of Cathy Coate)
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

Photo essay: 6 quintessentially Philly ‘views from my window’

People all over the world are sharing photos of the view from their windows as they quarantine. Philadelphians are sharing views of rowhouses, roosters and more.

6 years ago

Producing top-quality radio during a pandemic is no joke COURTESY WHYY STAFF
Media
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

How ‘Fresh Air,’ ‘Radio Times’ and other WHYY shows are keeping sound tight during the pandemic

So far, barking dogs have only caused an interruption once.

6 years ago

Because of the coronavirus, mail volume is down, and the U.S. Postal Service says it may run out of money by this summer. (Matt Rourke/AP)
NPR
Economy
Government Accountability
Public Health

You’ve got less mail: The Postal Service is suffering amid the coronavirus

If you've checked your mail lately, you may have noticed there's just not much of it. The U.S. Postal Service could be another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

Sandy Hook (National Park Service)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Outdoors
Public Health

Sandy Hook is now closed to all visitors

The federal government has ordered the immediate closure of Sandy Hook a day after New Jersey closed all county and state parks. 

6 years ago

In this file photo, a traditional Passover seder plate is seen at Congregation Beth El in Tyler, Texas, on the first night of Passover. (Dr. Scott M. Lieberman/AP Photo)
Public Health
Religion

This year is not like other years: Philly families learn new rules for Passover

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, families are adapting the traditional Seder meal for virtual gatherings.

6 years ago

Listen 2:54
John Prine, performing during Coachella on April 27, 2014. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
NPR
Music
National

John Prine, hero of ‘new’ Nashville, dies after developing COVID-19 symptoms

Prine was hospitalized last week after falling ill and put on a ventilator Saturday night, according to a statement from his family.

6 years ago

Margeaux Murphy of the Sunday Love Project at McPherson Square this week COURTENAY HARRIS BOND
Neighborhoods
Public Health
Billy Penn

Rumors fly in Kensington about coronavirus ‘immunity’ and early jail releases

That’s the word from the Sunday Love Project, which is feeding people in the neighborhood daily.

6 years ago

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Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Dancing Philly nurses’ ‘Level Up’ video goes viral, garners heartfelt thanks from celebs

Health care workers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have been boosting team morale by breaking it down.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of Shore Fresh Seafood Market)
Down the Shore
Business
New Jersey

Pop-up seafood market at Jersey Shore helps fishermen hurt by COVID-19 restaurant closures

A pop-up wholesale seafood market is helping to keep the fishing industry afloat in an Ocean County municipality. 

6 years ago

(VadimGuzhva/BigStock)
Media
Public Health
Technology

Comcast reports more than 30% spike in peak web traffic during coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus stay-at-home orders have led to a more than 30% spike in peak traffic, Comcast says. But the company says it’s able to keep up with demand.

6 years ago

 Rob Buscher (left on first row) seated with members of Calaca Flaca,Dia, the artist committee that organizes de Los Muertos altar in Fleisher's Sanctuary, the largest public event held annually at the nonprofit community art school. (Courtesy: Rob Buscher/ Photo credit: Gustavo Gonzales)
Economy
Performing Arts
Visual Arts

Coronavirus: The arts in Philly will need plenty of relief funding to survive

Rob Buscher, a recently laid-off arts administrator, reflects on the impact the coronavirus pandemic is having on the arts in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

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