Elisabeth Perez-Luna
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With all the talk of simplicity surrounding Pope Francis, it could be easy to forget the Vatican’s artistic wealth and gilded exube ...
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ListenChester County’s immigrants look to Pope Francis for hope as they pray for policy reform
Nowhere is Pope Francis’ Latin influence more evident than at Chester County’s St. Rocco parish. The church is the center of ...
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ListenPhilly activists call attention to Haitians in danger of deportation [photos]
Haitian immigrants in Philadelphia are among many across the United States protesting the deportation of thousands of Haitians from their ...
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ListenFollowing a true American original: Horace Pippin
Self-taught, American artist Horace Pippin grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He lived through World War I, segregation and lo ...
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ListenZoning board closes curtain on plans for Hammerstein museum, theater in Bucks
Ambitious plans to save the historic Bucks County home where Oscar Hammerstein wrote some of his most famous Broadway musicals are in ser ...
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From the swimming pool to the hospital, one boy’s story of recovery post-stroke
Seven-year-old Bryan Sadowski spent the first three months of this year in the hospital fighting for his life, then fighting to regain t ...
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ListenAre Philly Latinos waiting for a candidate to ‘grab their hearts?’
Latino voters have a reputation of not turning out to vote, especially in local elections. The numbers are even lower than that of the ge ...
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Listen‘Intervals’ challenges visitors to consider what happened in between
Experimental, Puerto Rico-based artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla like to explore the spaces between the past and the pres ...
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ListenAn end, a beginning and a birthday — Orchestra 2001 salutes founder, composer [photos]
A new chapter is commencing in Philadelphia’s new music world. Orchestra 2001 is saying farewell to the man who founded it a ...
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ListenBright hallmarks of early German immigrants, fraktur collection goes to Philly art museum
Life was not easy for many of the German immigrants who arrived in Philadelphia in the 18th century. They dispersed throughout Southeaste ...
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ListenPhotographer captures the secret life of fourth graders
Photographer Judy Gelles was volunteering in a reading class at a fourth grade in a Philadelphia school when she realized that her studen ...
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Jim Thorpe’s ghost rises again at the Penn Museum
Jim Thorpe never stepped foot in the Pennsylvania town that was renamed after him. But his remains are buried there and how th ...
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