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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.
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Despite some success stories, many of the region’s arts and culture organizations have not returned to pre-pandemic levels.
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Listen 1:16William Noel, groundbreaking librarian and open data advocate, has died
The Philadelphia native was honored at the White House for his advocacy of unrestricted digital information access.
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Listen 1:04Yo-Yo Ma awarded WHYY Lifelong Learning Award: ‘I’m doing my best’
The world-renowned cellist came to WHYY to be interviewed by Terry Gross. Of course, he brought his cello, Petunia.
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Listen 2:14Jim’s Steaks reopens this week, embracing Isaiah Zagar’s former home
Two South Street landmarks were destroyed in a 2022 fire: Jim’s Steaks and the neighboring Eyes Gallery. The two buildings are now one.
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Listen 2:33What would a future without guns look like? Ask an artist
Ten artists were asked to invent a future world that doesn’t have guns. Their responses range from spiritual to science fiction fantasy.
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Opera Philadelphia’s ‘Madame Butterfly’ evades ‘Puccini’s trap’ with an operatic puppet
The short story and opera is both beautiful and a problem. Opera Philadelphia designed a puppet to help it avoid orientalism.
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Listen 1:21Opera Philadelphia’s new leader comes into the office from the stage
The famed countertenor plans to keep performing while leading the opera company.
3 months ago
Listen 0:59The American Ornithological Society will remove people’s names from birds. Many of those birds are now named after prominent Philadelphia scientists.
3 months ago
Listen 4:59No Name Pops perform tribute to Peter Nero, former frontman of Philly Pops
Many members of the No Name Pops played under Nero when they were with the now-ailing Philly Pops.
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Listen 1:03Ghost riding: Dorney Park’s new roller coaster is a supernatural menace
Iron Menace, the Northeast region’s only zero-gravity drop coaster, tells the spooky story of the Lehigh Valley’s steel industry.
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Listen 1:15Scenes from the solar eclipse: Clouds obscure the Philly region’s moment with the sun
Uncooperative weather during the eclipse could not darken the Delaware Valley’s celestial spirit.
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Listen 2:44A giant glass box has landed at Philly’s Independence Mall. Who are those people inside?
A new pop-up installation in Center City advocates for clean slate laws using life-size stacks of paperwork.
4 months ago
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