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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Concertgoers at People's Light
Arts & Entertainment

‘It’s the new normal’: Drive-in concertgoers embrace a new summer venue

Drive-ins are the socially distant live music venues of the summer of 2020. “I don’t ever want it to stop,” said one concertgoer at People’s Light in Malvern.

5 years ago

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Members of the Delaware State Fair Junior Fair Board
Community

Delaware State Fair opens in ‘uncharted waters’

One year after celebrating its 100th birthday, the Delaware State Fair cautiously opens with lots of restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

5 years ago

Workers set up for Parking Lot Social, a series of drive-in shows taking place at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Drive-in concerts arrive in Philadelphia

Parking lots in the region are gearing up to host in-person, on-stage performances.

5 years ago

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Emiulie Krause as Henry V in Delaware Shakespeare's production of 'Henry V.' (Courtesy of Alessandra Nicole)
Things To Do
Community
July 23 - 29, 2020

Del. Shakespeare celebration, tailgate concert series and a big virtual music festival in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Now in our fourth month of social distancing, venues continue to slowly reopen around the Delaware Valley — with lots of public health protocols in place.

5 years ago

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Skeletons on display at the museum
Things To Do
Community
July 16 - 22, 2020

Outdoor concert series, the area’s museums, attractions return, and how to fight racism in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

This week, more cultural institutions are reopening around the Delaware Valley.

5 years ago

Listen 5:14
Things To Do
Community
July 9 - 15, 2020

Museums reopen, virtual summer camps for kids and spraygrounds galore in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

There is good news this week in the arts and culture community as some of Philadelphia’s most popular museums announced their plans to reopen.

5 years ago

Listen 5:41
(Billy Penn illustration)
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Visit Philly is dissolving Uwishunu, ending a 13-year run for the popular arts and culture blog

The content won’t go away, says the CEO — it’ll be folded into the parent brand.

5 years ago

Philadelphia sprayground summer camps
PlanPhilly
Community

Spraygrounds a relatively safe way to cool off, experts say

As Philadelphia reopens its park spraygrounds, experts say they’re a relatively safe way for kids to play and stay cool during the summer heat.

5 years ago

(Marple Newton Facebook page)
Community

With pyrotechnic shows mostly canceled, a few traditions are trying to adapt this Fourth of July

Coronavirus concerns have led many small towns to cancel or postpone festivities, with a few long standing traditions getting a socially distant twist

5 years ago

Philadelphia's Schuylkill River Trail
Community

Philly is in a modified ‘green’ phase now. Here’s what you can and can’t do

The soonest Philly can now enter the unrestricted green phase is August 1, Farley said.

5 years ago

4th of July fireworks
Things To Do
Community
July 2 - 8, 2020

A ‘chill’ Fourth, ‘Hamilton’ is here, indoor and outdoor holiday fun in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Welcome America events continue online with its biggest concerts of the week and more outdoor attractions are reopening just in time for the holiday. 

5 years ago

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Fireworks seen from the Lincoln Memorial explode over the Potomac River for Independence Day, Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Community

July Fourth celebration will include East Coast flyovers

The exact timing of the flyovers is still being worked out, but they will begin in Boston and proceed to New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore.

5 years ago

The Roots perform during the annual Roots Picnic at the Mann Center
Things To Do
Community
June 25 - July 1, 2020

The Roots Picnic online, America’s birthday celebration goes virtual, and walking for a cure in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

This week, the Delaware Valley holds its collective breath as businesses start to reopen.

5 years ago

Listen 5:46
Philadelphia Zoo Sebastopol goslings
Community

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.

5 years ago

The Juneteenth Parade in West Philadelphia
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment
June 18 - 24, 2020

A virtual opera extravaganza, Pride online, Juneteenth celebrations and Father’s Day in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

This week is a busy one as businesses around the Delaware Valley start to reopen now that all of Pennsylvania’s counties are in the yellow or green phase.

5 years ago

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