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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Zoos coming out of hibernation
The Brandywine Zoo has been selling out. The Elmwood Park Zoo opens Friday. The Philadelphia Zoo will welcome visitors in July.
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Observing Juneteenth: A march to the Art Museum, a fashion show, ‘Jawnteenth’
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Portraits of Black fathers to light up Barnes Foundation this weekend
Portraits by West Philly photographer Ken McFarlane show the undersung love and strength of Black fathers.
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‘Mr. DuBois’ uses magic to weave a history of Black Philadelphia
An online staged reading of “Mr. DuBois: a Myth” brings 19th-century activism to life.
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Protesters call to divert police dollars; counter-protesters support South Philly police captain
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Kenney initiates process to consider removal of Columbus statue as clash gets violent
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Camden residents: City not a model for defunding police
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