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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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Performing Arts

Art for Philadelphia Young Playwrights production of 'Pandemic' by Katie Lu. (Courtesy of Philadelphia Young Playwrights)
Arts & Entertainment

Teenager traces continuum of anti-Asian racism in ‘Pandemic’ play

A teenager pens an intergenerational drama about anti-Chinese racism, presented by Philadelphia Young Playwrights.

2 weeks ago

Chick Corea, seen here performing in Turin, Italy, in 2018, died Feb. 9. (Giorgio Perottino/Getty Images for OGR)
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Chick Corea, jazz fusion pioneer, has died of cancer at 79

The keyboardist, composer and bandleader died Feb. 9. He was one of the fathers of jazz fusion, with his work spanning from acoustic jazz to his own Mozart interpretations.

3 weeks ago

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Community

The Urgency of Now: A Spoken Word Experience

WHYY convened Black poets from Camden, Pennsauken, and Willingboro to explore the urgency of now.

3 weeks ago

Quiara Alegría Hudes
Arts & Entertainment

24-hour online performance art marathon rallies support for city arts funding

This will be the second online marathon rally. The first happened last June in response to a city budget proposal that eliminated arts funding.

4 weeks ago

Born in Toronto, Christopher Plummer made his name as a classical actor -- performing Shakespeare at the Stratford Festival in Canada and the Royal Shakespeare Company in England. He began acting in films in the 1950s. He's pictured above in 2011.
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Christopher Plummer, star of stage, screen, ‘Sound Of Music,’ dies at 91

The Oscar, Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor died Friday at his home in Connecticut. He was 91.

4 weeks ago

BalletX
Arts & Entertainment

BalletX explores interracial romance and post-election anxiety in new dance films

Francesca Harper choreographed 'THAW’ for BalletX, inspired by interracial love, the poetry of Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and the post-election political crisis.

1 month ago

Grayce Hoffman, Sara Vanasse, and Taiwo Sokan perform in the Paper Doll Ensemble's production of “Marry, Marry, Quite Contrary.
Arts & Entertainment

Local theater company got caught in Facebook’s sweep of QAnon

The tiny Paper Doll Ensemble used Facebook to promote an anti-Trump discussion event, triggering an automated ban from the platform.

2 months ago

Promo for The Philly Festive: Celebrating music & the creative spirit
Arts & Entertainment

Highlights from The Philly Festive, a celebration of local music

For “The Philly Festive,” Amir Richardson curated performances from some of Philly’s most unique independent musicians.

2 months ago

Renaissance band Piffaro perform their 17th-century English masque concert in the Episcopal Cathedral in West Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

Musicians of Piffaro bring back the masque…with masks

The renaissance band is staging a COVID-safe version of the elaborate 17th-century performance from a West Philly cathedral.

2 months ago

An aerial rending of Times Square, imagined in the possible future with trees taking over the urban space. That speculative future is part of the sound art piece Times3. (Courtesy of Prototype opera festival)
Arts & Entertainment

After New Year’s, Times Square will become part of a sound art opera

The Prototype opera festival will debut ‘Times3’ by Geoff Sobelle and Pamela Z, a sound art composition about the past, present, and future of Times Square.

2 months ago

The Grand Opera House's Winter in Wilmington light show at night
Arts & Entertainment

Wilmington’s Grand Opera House finds new stage to shine light on the arts

Stages in Wilmington have been dark since the pandemic started in mid-March, but the Grand Opera House has found a new way to connect with its audience.

2 months ago

Director of music and operations Arreon Harley helps a young singer get ready for a Choir School of Delaware performance.
Education

In-person performance is the ‘best Christmas gift’ Delaware choir can give

Students at the Choir School of Delaware return to the stage at Winterthur Museum for their first live performance together since the start of the pandemic.

3 months ago

Listen 4:02
Damien J. Wallace, playing Underground Man in EgoPo’s production of “Underground.”
Arts & Entertainment

‘Underground’ brings Dostoevsky to pandemic-era Philadelphia

The classic Dostoevsky novel “Notes from Underground” is retold online as a Black man emerging from decades of self-isolation.

3 months ago

Dancers in the 'Hip Hop Nutcracker'
Arts & Entertainment

Need a little Christmas? There are several ways to see the Nutcracker this year.

Philly performers find novel ways to present classic holiday shows during the pandemic.

3 months ago

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The virtual edition of the Penn Med Symphony Orchestra.
Arts & Entertainment

Philly doctors, medical pros perform music for a pandemic Thanksgiving

The Penn Med Symphony Orchestra has created a virtual performance of a short piece by Edward Elgar as a Thanksgiving gift.

3 months ago

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