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Music

City officials and developers pray at Monday's announcement on the historic Met's reopening in Decemebr. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Curtain to rise again at Philly’s historic Met in December

Facility will host a variety of shows, entertainment and weekly church services.

7 years ago

Leo Zhang, a student at Mayfair Elementary, will learn to play on a flute repaired through the Broken Orchestra program. Behind him is Tobie Hoffman, who played the flute in the
Arts & Entertainment

Playing a different tune, repaired instruments return to Philly classrooms

Damaged instruments from the 'Symphony for a Broken Orchestra' are coming back into the Philadelphia School District, ready to play.

7 years ago

Pallbearers carry the casket out of Greater Grace Temple at the end of the funeral for Aretha Franklin, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Detroit. Franklin died Aug. 16, 2018 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76. (Jeff Roberson/AP Photo)
Community

Calls for respect for black America at Franklin funeral

Amid the gospel, personal reflections and grief were calls to register and turnout to vote.

7 years ago

Aretha Franklin fans line up outside Greater Grace Temple at 2:30 a.m., hoping to be one of the thousand members of the general public allowed in to the singer's funeral. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

PHOTOS: Aretha Franklin’s soul celebrated at funeral

Here is a visual recollection of the funeral of one of America's most celebrated artists.

7 years ago

Spectators gather daily to watch the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace in London. On Friday, a military band paid tribute to Aretha Franklin at the ceremony.
(Kirsty O'Connor/AP)
NPR
Community

To mark an American queen’s funeral, Buckingham palace plays ‘Respect’

Spectators gathered to watch the Coldstream Guards regiment perform the changing of the guard ceremony Friday.

7 years ago

A man listens to Rev. Jesse Jackson speak Aug. 19 at New Bethel Baptist Church, the church where Aretha Franklin's late father Rev. C.L. Franklin was a minister and where she began her singing career. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Watch the livestream — and fully appreciate — Aretha Franklin’s funeral

Watch or listen to the funeral live, Friday morning at 10 a.m.

7 years ago

Young students work on a dance number during Hamilton Camp at Music Theatre Philly.
Arts & Entertainment

Kids go ham for ‘Hamilton’ at Music Theatre Philly camp

A 'Hamilton' musical theater summer camp puts kids in the room where it happens.

7 years ago

Current members of the Dixie Hummingbirds and Ira Tucker Jr. (right), announce celebrations to mark the group's 90th anniversary. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Dixie Hummingbirds celebrate 90th anniversary with yearlong flight

In 2000, the Philadelphia-based gospel group was deemed a "national treasure" by the National Endowment for the Arts.

7 years ago

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Jamie Bernstein watches her father, Leonard Bernstein, conduct the New York Philharmonic at a rehearsal for one of his Young People's Concerts, circa fall 1962. (Bob Serating /New York Philharmonic Leon Levy Digital Archives)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Life with Leonard Bernstein

7 years ago

In this Jan. 19, 1993 file photo, singer Aretha Franklin performs at the inaugural gala for President Bill Clinton in Washington. Franklin died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, at her home in Detroit. AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)
Arts & Entertainment

Thanks to cultural appropriation, Aretha Franklin transcended categories dividing us

Her entire career was a testimony to the wondrous mixtape of America itself. She stands as a rebuke to cultural police who try to prevent that type of border-crossing.

7 years ago

Aretha Franklin was in her element with comedians John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd on the set of The Blues Brothers. (Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Aretha Franklin knew how to make us laugh, too

She could also be a bit of a hoot.

7 years ago

Kurt Vile (Jo McCaughey / couresty of Kurt Vile)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Kurt Vile parks for free in ‘Loading Zones’

In the video, Vile crisscrosses Philadelphia in a Chrysler convertible, running errands and avoiding the parking police

7 years ago

Aretha Franklin sings in the studio during during her early career at Columbia Records. (Frank Driggs Collection/Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Aretha Franklin: The ‘Fresh Air’ interview

Aretha Franklin was more than a woman, more than a diva and more than an entertainer.

7 years ago

Aretha Franklin sings as Pope Francis and others listen during the World Meeting of Families festival in Philadelphia, on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. (Tony Gentile/Pool Photo via AP)
Arts & Entertainment

Aretha Franklin, the ‘Queen of Soul’ dies at age 76

Aretha Franklin, 76, was the Queen of Soul. One of her final performances was in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Listen 4:06
The Philadelphia Orchestra will hold a workshop featuring the music of six women composers. 
Top row:  Eötvös, Hilary Purrington,  Xi Wang. Bottom row: Robin Holcomb, Chen-Hui Jen, and Nina C. Young. (Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Orchestra)
Arts & Entertainment

Addressing oversight, Philly Orchestra to present work by women composers

The Philadelphia Orchestra will bring in more women composers next season, including a workshop of six new pieces.

7 years ago

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