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Filmmaker Ken Burns (WHYY, file)
Education

Ken Burns joins Constitution Center for online education

The PBS documentary filmmaker will join an online home-school series to discuss Constitutional history.

6 years ago

Listen 1:38
The Mann Center was a new location for the Roots Picnic last yearTWITTER / @ROOTSPICNIC
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

2020 Roots Festival postponed to Aug. 1 because coronavirus

All original tickets will be honored.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of the Philadelphia Zoo)
Things To Do
Community
March 26 - April 1, 2020

A museum’s March Madness, the Boss in concert and the Met online

Unlike the residents of the Philadelphia area in 1918, who suffered through the devastating Spanish flu pandemic, we can turn to online entertainment.

6 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline can be seen from Fairmount Park's Belmont Plateau (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Things To Do
Community
March 19 - 25, 2020

Art, music, movies and resources online for parents and kids in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

This week’s edition is obviously altered as we band together to come to terms with the impact of the COVID-19 virus.

6 years ago

Listen 4:30
Dancers from the McDade-Cara School of Irish Dance warm up in their competition dresses for a dress rehearsal for the 2020 St. Patrick's Day Parade. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Irish dancers keep on stepping despite St. Patty’s Day Parade cancellation

Luckily for the dancers, step season continues through the year, so at least these extra rehearsals were not for nothing.

6 years ago

Members of Philly Roller Derby practice a dance routine at the start of Philadelphia Pride Parade and Festival in 2017. (Branden Eastwood for WHYY)
Things To Do
Community
March 12 - March 18, 2020

Teen artists showcase, remembering the Beatles, and Philly Roller Derby in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Despite the uptick in coronavirus cases and event cancellations in the Philly region, there’s still plenty of music, art and comedy in the Delaware Valley.

6 years ago

In this file photo, retired Philadelphia police Sgt. Chuck Warren struts down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia dressed as a leprechaun for the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. (Jim Graham/AP Photo, file)
Health

Philadelphia’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade canceled because of coronavirus

Philadelphia's annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been canceled, amid concerns about the novel coronavirus. The city announced its first positive case.

6 years ago

Teacher Nora Melley in front of the Lincoln High School exhibit at the Philadelphia Flower Show. (The Notebook)
Community
The Notebook

Philly students shine at the Flower Show

Horticulture classes from Lincoln High made an urban garden, complete with a compost heap and worms. Art students also contributed.

6 years ago

(AngelinaBambina/BigStock)
Things To Do
Community
March 5 - 11, 2020

Women’s History Month celebrations, Frank Sinatra’s musical twin and restaurant week in A.C. in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

What’s happening in Philly, New Jersey and Delaware: “Sinatra” in Wilmington, Int’l Women’s’ Day celebrations, dinosaur domination and dining for less in A.C.

6 years ago

Listen 3:48
Two very different but equally striking displays at the 2020 Philadelphia Flower Show (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

25 colorful scenes and splendor at the 2020 Philadelphia Flower Show

It’s a bit pricey this year, but there’s lots to absorb.

6 years ago

An Andean Condor at the Brandywine Zoo in Wilmington. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Lemurs, flamingos and more: Big changes coming to Delaware’s only zoo

Three species of lemurs and some tortoises will make a new Madagascar exhibit their home later this year at the 115-year-old Wilmington attraction.

6 years ago

Flowers atop the main exhibit of the 2020 Philadelphia Flower Show, themed “Rivera Holiday.” (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Flower Show opens with a trip to the Cote d’Azur

The annual floral extravaganza has a Mediterranean theme, “Riviera Holiday,” recalling one of its famous native daughters.

6 years ago

Tulips on display at the 2018 Philadelphia Flower Show. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Things To Do
Community
February 27 - March 4, 2020

Celebrate Leap Day with food, flowers and music in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

What’s happening in Philly, New Jersey and Delaware: Philly Flower Show, Kennett Square’s Winterfest, Shine A Light concert in Wilmington and St. Paddy’s Day kicks off in N.J.

6 years ago

Listen 4:15
Outside Mullingar (courtesy Delaware Theater Company/Matt Urban, NUPOINT Marketing)
Things To Do
Community
February 20 - 26, 2019

African American artistry revealed, French composers at the forefront and a Philly-born hip-hop trio reunited in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

What’s happening in Philly, New Jersey and Delaware: African American film pioneer homored, French composers night out and Tony nominated play at DTC

6 years ago

Listen 4:52
A mural on Germantown Avenue celebrates Harriett Tubman and other heroes of the Underground Railroad. (Mural Arts/ Painting by Sam Donovan, Photo by Jack Ramsdale)
Education
Billy Penn

This one-of-a-kind conference celebrates the real people behind the Underground Railroad

The gathering at Temple is totally free and open to the public.

6 years ago

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