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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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Music

a mosaic at the John Coltrane House
Arts & Entertainment

Work and funding underway to repair and program John Coltrane’s Strawberry Mansion house

A new nonprofit created by descendants of the jazz legend will take over stewardship of the future Philadelphia cultural space.

6 days ago

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Yuva Gambhir at the 2019 Napa Wine Series Gala
Health

Penn senior and family host 10th annual fundraiser for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Between classes at Penn and DJ gigs, Yuva Gambhir manages the rare degenerative disease with grit and determination.

1 week ago

Kiss guitarist Paul Stanley, right, guitarist Ace Frehley, center, and bassist Gene Simmons play during the band's farewell concert
Community

Ace Frehley, Kiss’ original lead guitarist and founding member, dies at 74

Frehley's agent says he died peacefully Thursday surrounded by family in Morristown, New Jersey, following a recent fall.

1 week ago

D'Angelo performs at the
Arts & Entertainment

D’Angelo, Grammy-winning R&B singer who became an icon with ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel),’ dies

D'Angelo's real name was Michael Eugene Archer. His family confirmed in a statement that he died after a prolonged battle with cancer.

2 weeks ago

Dr. Dog
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Music Fest 2025: New venue, back-to-back performances, same local spirit

The annual festival returns Oct. 13–19, bringing R&B, indie, funk-pop and more to some of the city’s most intimate venues.

2 weeks ago

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Hundreds gathered for a daylong organ concert on Saturday, March 22, 2025 at the Wanamaker Building in Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

Despite setbacks, Opera Philadelphia to press on with Wanamaker building performances

Overdue inspections threw a wrench in Opera Philadelphia’s plans to activate the vacant Macy’s building.

3 weeks ago

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Clarence Spady and The Philly Blues Kings will be playing at the first-ever Philadelphia Blues Society Blues Festival on Oct. 11, 2025. (Emily Neil/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

The Philadelphia Blues Society to host its first-ever annual blues festival this month

Six sets from local artists and internationally renowned musicians will feature acoustic and electric blues.

3 weeks ago

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The entrance to the building at WHYY's office
Community

WHYY wins Mid-Atlantic Emmy awards for Arts and Interview programs

Programs featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma and dancer Angel Corella earned top industry honors.

1 month ago

Melanie Hsu plays a ukulele
Billy Penn
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

The new season at Journey Arts explores themes of identity, community in Philadelphia

The West Philly-based arts organization kicks off its season on Nov. 6, with “Miwa.”

1 month ago

YHWH Nailgun playing a Making Time set
Arts & Entertainment

Weekend of packed concerts in Philadelphia sees thousands ‘transcend’ and connect with artists along the Delaware River

Making Time ∞ at Fort Mifflin and XPoNential Music Festival in Camden closed out a busy weekend of Philly-area concerts.

1 month ago

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The Water Orchestra on display with jets of water coming up from the ground
Arts & Entertainment

‘Water Orchestra’ allows visitors to control City Hall fountains and channel their inner ‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice’

The splash fountains of Dilworth Plaza are now a temporary public art installation that allow people to conduct water like an orchestra.

2 months ago

Karen Moore and Taylor Alexander
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Music is the common language of two very different Fringe productions

Nina Simone and Amy Winehouse are source material for two shows that touch on race, identity, sobriety and more.

2 months ago

(Elizabeth Margulis, photo credit, Russell Cothren)
The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane
Science

Music and memory

Princeton professor Elizabeth Margulis explains why music has the power to affect our emotions, transport us to far away places and connect us to others.

Air Date: August 29, 2025 12:00 pm

Listen 49:59
closeup photo of an engagement ring
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Taylor Swift’s engagement ring is pretty extravagant, but it pales compared to this Philadelphia icon’s

While experts are guesstimating the price of the singer’s ring, Princess Grace Kelly’s famous rock still reigns supreme.

2 months ago

Sylvester Stallone wears a suit
Arts & Entertainment

Trump names Stallone and Kiss for Kennedy Center Honors and says he’ll host the awards show

President Donald Trump is now chair of the Kennedy Center and revealed the names during a Wednesday press conference at the Washington cultural institution.

2 months ago

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