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Poetry

Through April 2023, Elixr Coffee is printeing poems on their beverage sleeves. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

A Philly coffee shop is serving up orders with a side of poetry

The six-month-long project seeks to offer a moment of “surprise and delight.”

2 weeks ago

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File - In 2022 The Cherry Street Pier  hosted ''Freshwater,'' a sculptural fountain by Jean Shin that uses Delaware River water and living freshwater mussels. Other sculptural elements were made from recycled plastic and shells collected from the Delaware. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

New leadership at Philadelphia Contemporary, to help the arts nonprofit better ‘reflect the diversity’ of the city

Harry Philbrick, who in 2016 founded Philadelphia Contemporary using arts to connect communities, is stepping down.

1 month ago

Lindo Jones, aka LindoYes!, with one of his gumball machines dispensing poetry and information for mental health resources, at the new headquarters of the Painted Bride in West Philadelphia. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Chew on this: Philly gumball machines dispense poetry and mental health care

Local poet LindoYes! Is distributing free positive poetry and access to city behavioral health resources through nostalgic gumball machines.

4 months ago

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Airea D. Matthews poses for a photo outside
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Bonus Interview: Poet Airea D. Matthews

Listen back to our interview with Philadelphia's poet laureate, Airea D. Matthews, who was recently awarded $50,000 by the Academy of American Poets.

Air Date: August 13, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 17:15
Airea D. Matthews poses for a photo outside
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s poet laureate awarded $50,000

Airea D. Matthews will use the money to put poetry written by local writers who have experienced violence onto public billboards.

8 months ago

Two women stand together, facing the camera and smiling, with trees and a brick building visible in the background.
Arts & Entertainment

Black women poets will gather this weekend to build their legacy

This weekend’s The Clearing in a Germantown arboretum is part of a project to identify, celebrate, and memorialize Philly’s Black women poets.

8 months ago

Looking east toward City Hall from Eakins Oval.
Arts & Entertainment

Wawa Welcome America to capture ‘expressions of freedom’ in storytelling event

The interactive event will feature a number of renowned artists, storytellers, and poets.

9 months ago

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Nina Elizabeth Ball poses for a photo in front of the Sanctuary Exhibit at AAMP.
Community
Love Now Media

Respect on her name: AAMP’s new director of programming has deep roots in activism and the arts

Poet Nina Elizabeth Ball taps into her love for the arts as director of programming and education at the African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP).

11 months ago

Anthony Mohamed performs at Camden's IDEA Center
Arts & Entertainment

Camden’s IDEA Center celebrates National Poetry Month by honoring late poets

Jazz on Market in Camden celebrates the late Sandra Turner-Barnes and Lamont Dixon and their artistic contributions. It’s the first event at their new Market Street home.

12 months ago

Operatic soprano Angel Blue rehearses with the Philadelphia Orchestra for a performance of ''This Is Not a Small Voice.'' The poem by Sonia Sanchez was put to music by Valerie Coleman. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Sonia Sanchez poem ‘This is Not A Small Voice’ is now a piece of orchestral music

Composer Valerie Coleman said the words of Sanchez’s poem about the innocence of Black children naturally translated to notes for a new work by the Philadelphia Orchestra.

1 year ago

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DeeSoul Carson (left), performs a group poem at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI). (Photo courtesy of DeeSoul Carson)
The Pulse
Arts & Entertainment

Does the feedback in creative writing workshops make for better writing?

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and scie ...

1 year ago

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Airea D. Matthews poses for a photo outside
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s new poet laureate wants to bring poetry to the public

Airea D. Matthews’ road to honored poet was a winding one, having left behind a career in the business world to pursue her art.

1 year ago

File photo of Sonia Sanchez on board the Norwegian Escape during day 1 of the Summit at Sea cruise on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 in Miami. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Arts & Entertainment

Sonia Sanchez wins $250,000 prize for lifetime achievement

Poet, educator, and activist Sonia Sanchez is this year's winner of the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize.

1 year ago

Larry Robin stands in front of a wall full of books
Arts & Entertainment

Moonstone mounts 6-day poetry reading marathon with 300 poets

Larry Robin will publish the 25th anniversary edition of the annual anthology Poetry Ink, and stage a marathon poetry reading event via Zoom to celebrate.

2 years ago

Community Conversations
Arts & Entertainment

Spoken Wordsmiths: Celebrating Philly’s poets

WHYY convened and celebrated Philadelphia’s spoken wordsmiths by amplifying their works and exploring their inspirations in a Community Conversation.

2 years ago

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