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Thousands descended upon Chinatown on Jan. 22, 2023 to celebrate the Lunar New Year. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Valentine’s Day celebrations, Super Bowl watch parties, Winter Jawn and Lunar New Year in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Feb. 8 - 11: Galentine’s and Valentine’s Day events, “Ghetto Gods of Divineland” in N.J., and Wilmington’s Children’s Chorus in Del. are among the weekend’s highlights.

2 years ago

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Debuting on Broadway, Jackson Hayes from Middletown, Delaware, plays the role of Little Michael Jackson in MJ: The Musical.
Arts & Entertainment

From Young Simba to Little Michael Jackson, Broadway’s doors open for 12-year-old Delawarean

After touring the country as Simba in “The Lion King,” Jackson Hayes is now playing a young Michael Jackson in Broadway’s “MJ: The Musical.”

2 years ago

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Toby Keith is seen performing
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Country music star Toby Keith dies at 62

Keith announced on social media in 2022 that he had been having chemotherapy and radiation treatments for stomach cancer.

2 years ago

Brittany Davis, Patricia Floyd and Walter DeShields in the Bristol Riverside Theater production of
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Black History Month, NoLibs Restaurant Week, Freezefest and ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Feb. 1 - Feb 4: NoLibs Restaurant Week in Philly, “Escape to Margaritaville” in N.J. and Bob Marley's birthday celebration in Del. are among the weekend’s highlights.

2 years ago

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File photo: Chita Rivera arrives at the 72nd annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 10, 2018, in New York. Rivera, the dynamic dancer, singer and actress who garnered 10 Tony nominations, winning twice, in a long Broadway career that forged a path for Latina artists, died Tuesday. She was 91. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Arts & Entertainment

Chita Rivera, revered and pioneering Tony-winning dancer and singer, dies at 91

Rivera first gained wide notice in 1957 as Anita in the original production of “West Side Story.” In August 2009, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

2 years ago

U.S. singer Madonna performs
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Tattoo Fest, Madonna, Lunar New Year and Dinos After Dark in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Jan. 24 - 28: Tattoo Fest in Philly, “The Producers” in N.J., and Common in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

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Reporter Grant Hill (left) and host
Maiken Scott of WHYY’s “The Pulse” interact with virtual reality headsets and headphones showing a quintet playing Mozart.  (Alexis Branagan, Princeton University Concerts)
The Pulse
Arts & Entertainment

Virtual reality classical concert creates new experiences for fans

For four days, audience members were invited to experience performances by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra by strapping on virtual reality headsets and headphones.

2 years ago

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Two people smile as they talk over dinner at a restaurant
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Center City Restaurant Week, ‘Rhapsody in Blue,’ Ice Festival and an MLK Symposium in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Jan. 18 - 21: Center City Restaurant Week in Philly, Puppy Pals Lives in N.J. and OperaDelaware’s Studio Series are among the weekend’s highlights.

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The scene at Girard College on MLK Day in 2018.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

MLK Day celebrations, Peabo Bryson, Ardmore Winter Beer Fest and ‘Love Notes 3’ in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Jan. 11 - 15: MLK Day in Philly, Marshall Charloff and the Purple Xperience in N.J. and a Whitney Houston tribute concert in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

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Marin Alsop conducts the New York Philharmonic orchestra at We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert at The Great Lawn in Central Park in New York on Aug. 21, 2021.
Arts & Entertainment

Marin Alsop to become Philadelphia Orchestra’s principal guest conductor next season

The 67-year-old was music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra from 2007-08 through 2020-21, the first woman to lead a top-level American orchestra.

2 years ago

A painting of a violin visible in a window
Arts & Entertainment

National Liberty Museum amplifies the liberating power of music

The Old City museum explores the intimate, fraught connection between music and liberty.

2 years ago

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Actress Glynis Johns is shown, Sept. 11, 1982. Johns, a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie ''Mary Poppins'' and introduced the world to the bittersweet standard-to-be ''Send in the Clowns'' by Stephen Sondheim, has died, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2023. She was 100.(AP Photo/Carlos Rene Perez)
Arts & Entertainment

Glynis Johns, ‘Mary Poppins’ star who first sang Sondheim’s ‘Send in the Clowns,’ dies at 100

Johns’ greatest triumph was playing Desiree Armfeldt in “A Little Night Music,” for which she won a Tony in 1973.

2 years ago

Performers dancing onstage
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Loves Bowie Week, ‘Ain’t Too Proud,’ Tree-Cycling, cheer competition, and ‘Amplified’ exhibit in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Jan. 4 - 7: Philly Loves Bowie Week, Van Halen Nation in N.J., and ‘Princesses and Heroes’ in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

2 years ago

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Two photos of Charles Stuart Davidson
Community

An Elkins Park cantor and world-class composer recently passed away. His music lives on

Dr. Charles Stuart Davidson helped earn Congregation Adath Jeshurun a reputation as the “singing synagogue.” Ilana Davidson joined WHYY to remember her late father.

2 years ago

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Maurice Hines, seen in 2005, appeared alongside his younger brother Gregory Hines during the first part of his career. (Frank Franklin II/AP)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Broadway actor, dancer and choreographer Maurice Hines dies at 80

Maurice Hines, who started tap dancing at the age of five, starred alongside his late brother Gregory Hines in the 1984 Francis Ford Coppola movie The Cotton Club.

2 years ago

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