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Fans spell out BOWIE with their bodies outside Sigma Sound Studios on 12th Street in 1974 while David Bowie was recording songs for the album
Arts & Entertainment

Philly loves Bowie — the second time around

The second annual Philly Loves Bowie Week will feature a new book and documentary film.

7 years ago

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Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Poet Nikki Giovanni / Writer Adam Valen Levinson

Guests: Nikki Giovanni, Adam Valen Levinson We begin today’s show listening to Marty’s conversation with poet ...

Air Date: January 1, 2018

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Radio Times
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Poet Nikki Giovanni

Guest: Nikki Giovanni In poet NIKKI GIOVANNI’s ne ...

7 years ago

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Radio Times
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Adam Levinson’s ‘The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah’

Guest: Adam Valen Levinson ADAM VALEN LEVINSON ...

7 years ago

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Writers are shown seated at a session during the Independent Authors Conference in Philadelphia
Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

Authors going indie — it’s a Philly thing

Being “indie” once defined a creative project as not being backed by a major producer. It is a way of life, and it is ingrained in the spirit of the City of Brotherly Love.

7 years ago

Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in
Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

The reason fans who should love ‘The Last Jedi’ most are the only ones who hate it

The first step to understanding the reaction is realizing that, to many fans, there has already been a trilogy to follow 1983's "Return of the Jedi."

7 years ago

Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Adam Levinson’s ‘The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah’

Guest: ADAM VALEN LEVINSON ADAM VALEN LEVINSON is on a miss ...

7 years ago

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Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

‘The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah’ / Meek Mill update

Guests: Bobby Allyn, Adam Valen Levinson ADAM VALEN LEVI ...

Air Date: December 6, 2017

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Hillary Clinton elaborates on stage at a book tour stop at the Academy of Music in Center City Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

‘How deep the rot goes’: Fake news follows Clinton to Philly stop

At a talk at the Academy of Music in Center City Thursday night, Hillary Clinton said "the forces at work in 2016 are still with us."

7 years ago

Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Hidden City / Broken Symphony

Guests: Joseph B. Elliot, Nathaniel Popkin, Peter Woodall, Robert Blackson Philadelphia is filled with unseen spa ...

Air Date: November 27, 2017

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Radio Times
Lifestyle

‘Wonderland’ / ‘The Aisles Have Eyes”

Guests: Steven Johnson, Joseph Turow In his book, Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World, ...

Air Date: November 24, 2017

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This weekend's Nerdtino Expo in Philly is being billed as the first-ever Latino-focused comic book convention on the East Coast.(https://www.nerdtino.com/)
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

As geek media diversifies, Philly expo celebrates Latino contributions

On Saturday, "Nerdtinos" — or Latino nerds — will converge at the Nerdtino Expo in Philly, the first-ever Latino-focused comic book convention on the East Coast.

7 years ago

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Former Vice President Beau Biden and novelist Lea Carpenter promoted Biden's book Thursday. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Biden brings book tour, tales of Beau, to University of Delaware

About 500 students, longtime friends and political allies packed the student center for Joe Biden's talk with Lea Carpenter, a Wilmington native who grew up with Beau Biden.

7 years ago

Cover of the book, “Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden City”, by Joseph E. B. Elliott, Nathaniel Popkin, and Peter Woodall.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Chronicling accretion of time, change on streets of Philadelphia

Nathaniel Popkin, Joseph E.B Elliott and Peter Woodall have complied a richly illustrated and detailed look at the present-day city.

8 years ago

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Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Isabel Allende’s “In the Midst of Winter”

Guest: Isabel Allende Novelist ISABEL ALLENDE h ...

Air Date: November 10, 2017

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