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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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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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Flutist Elizabeth Rowe, performing as a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2016. (Winslow Townson/Courtesy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra)
NPR
Money

Top flutist settles gender pay-gap suit with Boston Symphony Orchestra

Elizabeth Rowe was among the first women to file a gender pay-equity claim under the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act.

7 years ago

The Uptown Theater, located at 2227 N. Broad Street, after the Marquee lighting on February 16, 2019. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
Community

Why the marquee lights are back on at North Philly’s shuttered Uptown Theater

North Philadelphia’s Uptown Theater celebrated 90 years since it first opened its doors. Now, community organizers hope to fully reopen the theater by 2020.

7 years ago

Listen 1:53
Lady Alma is a Philadelphia-based, house music singer whose career is restarting after an international viral video. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Lady Alma put music aside until viral South African video of her song revived it

A stranger lip-syncing to one of her songs in South Africa has propelled a Philadelphia singer to resume her career.

7 years ago

Listen 4:55
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Remembering The Beatles’ rooftop gig, 50 years later, with someone who was there

Fifty years ago today, on Jan. 30, 1969, The Beatles gave what would be their final concert.

7 years ago

The Philadelphia Orchestra Group of the United States was welcomed by the Chinese audience as it gave a concert in Peking on Sept. 14, 1973.
The Why
Arts & Entertainment

From Mao to Mozart: The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 80-year relationship with China

Despite the U.S. and China's complex and often tense relationship, why has the bond between China and the Philadelphia Orchestra has endured for almost 80 years?

Air Date: January 28, 2019

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Seventh Principle will perform at the Free Library of Philadelphia's Central Branch on Sunday. (Courtesy of Seventh Principle)
Arts & Entertainment

African music, dance kick off 2019 Sundays on Stage at Philly Free Library

The decades-old series “Sundays on Stage” begins 2019 season at Free Library of Philadelphia with Seventh Principle performing African music and dance.

7 years ago

#MuteRKelly supporters protest outside R. Kelly's studio, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019 in Chicago. Lifetime's
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community

An open letter to R. Kelly: We hear your accusers

Meet our outrage. Much of the black community is sickened by what we saw in the Lifetime documentary, “Surviving R. Kelly."

7 years ago

A plaque marks the site of the original Woodstock festival in Bethel, N.Y.
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Woodstock will return this summer, for its 50th anniversary

The event will be held over three days — Aug. 16-18 — on a 1,000-acre green space in Watkins Glen in upstate New York, near the Finger Lakes.

7 years ago

(#HUNNUROCK via YouTube/Screengrab by NPR)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

How a Mongolian heavy metal band got millions of YouTube views

The Hu — from the Mongolian root word for human being: "Hu." The band spent seven years putting together their first album, which they expect to release this spring.

7 years ago

Marquise Bradley, a founding member of the Center City Chamber Orchestra, plays during rehearsal at Settlement Music School. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly youth making their own way in the classical world

Young people are learning the notes and bolts of running their own orchestra in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

This 1,200 lb. bell, just slightly smaller than the Liberty Bell, sits inside Delaware Symphony Orchestra music director David Amado's garage in Greenville, Delaware. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Delaware Symphony Orchestra rings in the holidays with large bell donation

Seven bells collected as a memorial to victims of 9/11 have a new home with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra.

7 years ago

45 RPM sleeve for 'Christmas On The Block' - Alan Mann Band (1984). (Image via Flickr Creative Commons, uploaded by Brian of Retroland U.S.A.)
Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

Seeing what really matters at Christmas

In Philadelphia, there's a very special song that reminds us of what Christmas is really all about.

7 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock becomes first musician to receive Ben Franklin Medal

"I'm not a musician": Jazz legend Herbie Hancock opens up about music, science, and his relationship with Benjamin Franklin.

7 years ago

George Lakey takes a turn at soloing in the
Community

A home-grown ‘Messiah’ sing-along marks 50 years in Philly

For 50 years, George Lakey has been organizing sing-alongs of George Frideric Handel's iconic oratorio, a beloved part of the holiday soundtrack.

7 years ago

Listen 3:23
U.S. Navy CPO Graham Jackson, with tears of grief, plays
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

How the ‘New World’ symphony introduced American music to itself

Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, subtitled "From the New World," has become one of the world's most beloved orchestral works.

7 years ago

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