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
Dance troupe building cultural bridges in Mideast visits Philly
A Los Angeles-based modern dance troupe has been asked by the U.S. State Department to act as cultural ambassadors to Israel and Jordan. ...
10 years ago
Listen
Rizzo drama once again commands attention in Philly
“Frank Rizzo: The Last Big Man in Big City America,” a 1993 biography, is the basis of a new play, “Rizzo,” now a ...
10 years ago
Before razing North Philly apartments, telling its stories and history
In a few years, the Norris Apartments, a public housing project in North Philadelphia will be ...
10 years ago
Thanks to democracy group and Philly artists, signs point to voting
Twenty voting sites in Philadelphia will feature artwork by 60 local artists — three pieces per site — in an effort to make polling p ...
10 years ago
Listen
The other temporary Philly office not on Tuesday’s ballot
Tuesday Philadelphia voters will be asked whether to make the city’s office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Affairs perm ...
10 years ago
Penn Museum exhibit encapsulates 5,000 years of sex in 30 objects
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology wants you to get your mind out of the gutter. ...
10 years ago
Listen
Honored on Walk of Fame, Questlove traces musical roots firmly planted in Philly
The Philadelphia Music Alliance has added seven more honorees to the Walk of Fame in front of the Kimmel Center on Broad Street, where em ...
10 years ago
Listen
Philly exhibit follows still-life movement over 150 years
“Flowers are restful to look at,” said Sigmund Freud. “They have neither emotions nor conflicts.” The pion ...
10 years ago
Trish Brown farewell tour takes final bow in Bryn Mawr
When Lisa Kraus danced with the Trish Brown company in the late 1970s and 1980s, she was performing pieces such as “Locus” (1 ...
10 years ago
Listen
Morning dance party sets the scene for ‘Best Day Ever’
Are you having a good day, today? Will it be the best day ever? Best Day Ever is a monthly dance party in Center City that st ...
10 years ago
Listen
Opera Philadelphia looks to 12-day festival to kick off 2017 season
Opera Philadelphia will soon launch its annual seasons with a fall opera festival, rather than a single opening production. Starti ...
10 years ago
Philadelphia Orchestra approves 1-year contract with musicians
After almost six months of negotiations, the board of the Philadelphia Orchestra has ratified a new labor contract hammered out between m ...
10 years ago