
WHYY’s arts and culture reporter Peter Crimmins first became interested in radio in the fourth grade, when he smuggled a contraband crystal-diode radio into the Boy Scout summer camp. Subsequent radio projects were more successful.
Crimmins has been reporting on arts and culture for WHYY News since 2010, as well as filing award-winning radio and print stories locally and nationally. He started his career in the San Francisco Bay Area, cutting his teeth at community station KALX and producing syndicated radio programming for Ben Manilla Productions. He lives in Fishtown with his wife and two dogs.
More from the Contributor
Bilingual and trilingual theater take the stage at the Philly Fringe Festival
The Philly Fringe has never been shy about using multiple languages. This year, artists are pushing the envelope.
4 days ago
On the eve of Philly Fringe Fest, the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance surveys the behaviors of theatergoers.
1 week ago
Listen 1:26Jane Golden to step down from Mural Arts Philadelphia
Golden will stay on through 2026 to see 15 major projects to completion in time for the nation’s semiquincentennial.
1 week ago
Listen 1:37The Association for Public Art’s “Bar None” by Nicolo Gentile reflects on the history of the Parkway as a crucial site of public assembly.
3 weeks ago
Listen 1:1650 years and over 15,000 interviews: The history and legacy of WHYY’s ‘Fresh Air’
Terry Gross has helmed one of the longest-running interview programs in America, which has been embraced by generations of listeners.
3 weeks ago
Listen 5:59Shuttered Wanamaker Building will host Philly Fringe this fall
The Layaway, a program of queer-based performance and cabaret, will be staged in Wanamaker’s Greek Hall.
3 weeks ago
Listen 1:14History on a half shell: How Philadelphia was built on oysters
In colonial Philadelphia, oysters were a uniquely democratic food.
4 weeks ago
Listen 2:41UArts’ Anderson Hall has been sold to become a mixed-use development. Thunderbird Salvage is trying to rescue everything left behind.
1 month ago
Listen 1:14Opera Philadelphia will take over Macy’s this fall
Philadelphia Visitor Center will also bring the Wanamaker Light Show back for the holidays.
1 month ago
Listen 1:15Encore Series and Philadelphia Orchestra end lawsuits. Encore takes the blame
After filing a lawsuit against the orchestra, the mea culpa from the Philly Pops’ parent company may be its last gasp.
1 month ago
Listen 1:18First celebration of North Philadelphia history comes this weekend
The North Philadelphia History Festival will feature installations, workshops, walking tours and a musical procession of classic cars.
1 month ago
Listen 1:29Born of the COVID-19 pandemic, Barnes Foundation is now sharing its online education tech
The Visual Experience Platform is a unique way to teach object lessons. The Barnes is licensing it to other institutions.
1 month ago
Listen 1:17