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
African American Museum in Philadelphia unveils plans for MLK weekend
Free admission, “Selma” screening and radical art-making are on the docket for the long weekend.
7 months ago
Listen 1:17
Chester Springs preserves the site of the only military hospital built during the Revolutionary War
While George Washington’s army waged war against Britain, Yellow Springs Hospital fought a deadlier enemy: contagious disease.
7 months ago
Listen 3:39
Barnes Foundation removes a prized Renoir for overdue conservation
“The Henriot Family” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir is the “apogee of impressionism” but is often overlooked.
7 months ago
Listen 1:15
A class-action lawsuit claims Encore Series and The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center defrauded ticket buyers.
7 months ago
Listen 1:16
After 47 years, ‘Fresh Air’ executive producer Danny Miller retires
Miller joined “Fresh Air” as an intern in 1978 when the show was finding its feet. He has led the show through many periods of evolution.
7 months ago
‘Stranger Things’ and Philly’s Arden Theatre share an affinity for ‘A Wrinkle in Time’
The hit Netflix show channels the classic 1962 young adult novel, just as the Arden Theatre puts it on stage.
7 months ago
The Brandywine Museum offers a tiny peek into a Wyeth family Christmas
The Chadds Ford museum has been collecting dollhouses for years. The holiday exhibition features its latest acquisition.
7 months ago
Listen 1:16
Philly’s Roberta Fallon, TheArtBlog co-founder and WHYY community news partner, has died
Fallon was a tireless champion of Philly arts and artists. She succumbed to injuries after being struck by a driver.
8 months ago
Listen 1:16
A Perkasie family’s cancer journey inspired this sci-fi fantasy choral music
The Pennsylvania Youth Choral Ensemble will premiere a song based on a tale about pandas written by the daughter of a cancer patient.
8 months ago
Listen 3:28
Fans wrap around the block for the last days of Philly’s Wanamaker Light Show
More than 73,000 visited Wanamakers in the first three weeks of the revived Christmas light show, for what could be its final season.
8 months ago
Listen 1:22
In 2026, Philadelphia neighborhoods will show off with bells on
The statewide Bells Across PA project will highlight towns and neighborhoods to celebrate America’s 250th birthday.
8 months ago
Listen 1:05
Philadelphia Ballet dancer makes his ‘Nutcracker’ solo debut after recovering from cancer
At this time last year, Nicholas Patterson could barely walk from chemotherapy. Now he is dancing with the Sugar Plum Fairy.
8 months ago
Listen 2:23