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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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We’re gonna miss him: Roky Erickson brought soulfulness to psychedelia

Roky Erickson was rock music's ambassador to inner space.

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Successful Roots Picnic draws 25,000 to Fairmount Park, minor disruption near the end

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Pennsylvania’s heartbreaking ‘Kids for Cash’ scandal becomes a musical

‘Minors’ is a rock musical based on a pair of corrupt judges who sent children to prison in exchange for kickbacks. Both are now in prison.

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Members of the Nat Turner Rebellion ride in a parade during a Harambe Festival in Springfield, Mass., in the early 1970s. Pictured from left: Major Harris, Ron Hopper, Bill Stratley and Joe Jefferson (Courtesy of Reservoir Media)
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Rescued from the vault: Nat Turner Rebellion

Fifty years ago, the band Nat Turner Rebellion made a funky album in Philadelphia that could have been a total classic.

7 years ago

File photo: Members of the Afro-Brazilian band Batala perform at the Navy Yard during the Anti-Defamation League's Walk Against Hate Sunday morning. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
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Batalá, the ‘loudest show on Earth’ hitting Philly tonight

Drumming group with Afro-Brazilian roots brings ‘loudest show on Earth’ to Philadelphia Wednesday evening.

7 years ago

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Cellist and sometimes filmmaker Nicholas Canellakis will solo as part of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra’s season finale performance “Roman Hollywood.” (Matt Dine/DSO (left); Joe del Tufo, Moonloop Photography (right))
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Delaware Symphony ends season with cinematic flair

The Delaware Symphony Ochestra’s “Roman Hollywood” starts at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2019, at the Grand Opera House in downtown Wilmington.

7 years ago

Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, leads the Philadelphia Orchestra. (Courtesy of Jessica Griffin)
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Philadelphia Orchestra begins concert tour of China as Trump’s trade war escalates

Over 10 years, the Fabulous Philadelphians have built strong cultural ties with China. With trade diplomacy hitting a low note, will that good will dissipate?

7 years ago

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Michael Jackson in 1988. (Dave Hogan/Getty Images)
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Before and after: What it’s like listening to Michael Jackson now

The allegations against Michael Jackson in the documentary Leaving Neverland make listening to his songs a struggle, one that resists the comfort those songs once provided.

7 years ago

Members of the Nat Turner Rebellion ride in a parade during a Harambe Festival in Springfield, Mass., in the early 1970s. Pictured from left are Major Harris, Ron Hopper, Bill Stratley, and Joe Jefferson. (Courtesy of Reservoir Media)
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After 50 years, funk album recorded in Philly finally debuts

The Nat Turner Rebellion recorded the blistering funk-rock-soul album at Philly’s Sigma Sound Studios, but it sat forgotten on a shelf for a half-century.

7 years ago

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The pipe organ of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, one of the most famous in the world, was spared from the cathedral fire on April 15, but major restoration needs to be done on the instrument. (Stephane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images)
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After the flames, Notre Dame’s centuries-old organ may never be the same again

The main issues may be fixing the water damage to the organ's wind chest from when firefighters put out the blaze.

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Jillian Patricia Pirtle sings the patriotic medly made famous by Marian Anderson 80 years ago on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The tribute was hosted by the National Park Service at the Independence Visitor Center in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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80 years later, Philly holds tribute to Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson performed 80 years ago outside the Lincoln Memorial after she was barred by the Daughters of the American Revolution at Constitution Hall.

7 years ago

Yo-Yo Ma brought his Bach Project to the sister cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The project uses the music of Johann Sebastian Bach to explore connections between cultures. (Lauren A. Terrazas/Texas Public Radio)
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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach in shadow of border crossing

The world-renowned cellist brought his Bach Project to the sister cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, on Saturday.

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Bill Dietz is staging Maryanne Amacher's works inside the Holy Apostle and The Mediator Church in West Philadelphia this weekend. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
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Hear music made ‘using an entire building’ in a West Philly church

This weekend, a church in West Philadelphia will host performances of music composed by experimental sound artist Maryanne Amacher.

7 years ago

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Imparting the patterns of history and disaster repeating on Ruination Day

A Philadelphia artist takes cues from Gillian Welch and folk ballads to paint historic repetition.

7 years ago

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A still from Tierra Whack's video for 'Unemployed' (youtube)
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Philadelphia’s Tierra Whack serves up spuds with a side of horror in ‘Unemployed’ video

Philly rapper Tierra Whack's reputation as a surrealist and experimenter was sealed last year with the release of Whack World, her masterful debut.

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