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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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Visual Arts

Five local artists contributed to the making of the 'Camden Invincible'' mural at 16th Street and Admiral Wilson Boulevard. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

An ‘Invincible’ mural gets a new life in Camden

The ‘City Invincible’ mural was refurbished with the work of five local artists to become ’Camden Invincible.’

4 years ago

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 06: Lynn Nottage attends A Broadway Celebration at The Times Square EDITION on December 06, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Jenny Anderson/Getty Images for CAA  )
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Arts & Entertainment

Two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage’s new play is inspired by Reading, Pa.

4 years ago

A statue of Harriet Tubman is unveiled on the North Apron of City Hall
PlanPhilly
Community

Harriet Tubman statue arrives in Philadelphia in time for her 200th birthday

The nine-foot-tall sculpture will reside on the apron of City Hall until the end of March when the city will celebrate the anniversary of her birth in March of 1822.

4 years ago

Listen 1:26
Equipment for print-making at The Plastic Club (Kimberly Paynter, WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

125 years after women founded The Plastic Club to break into a men-only scene, the arts group is thriving

With headquarters in Center City and a popular exhibit on Instagram, the club is recruiting new members.

4 years ago

''Young Americans,'' a photography exhibit at InLiquid gallery at the crane Arts Building, presents new work from Ada Trillo along with work from students of Photography without Borders (PWB), a group of Latinx teens whom Trillo mentored in 2020-2021. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Teenage photographers taught to speak their minds in ‘Young Americans’

Teenage photographers were mentored by immigration photojournalist Ada Trillo to express their own lives through pictures.

4 years ago

Esperanza Arts Center in North Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

Relief funds and pivots: How Philly’s small arts organizations are surviving COVID

While short-term emergency relief funds have gone a long way for smaller arts groups in Philly, that money is starting to dry up.

4 years ago

Listen 3:31
File photo: In this May 8, 2004 file photo, David Bowie performs at Chastain Park Amphitheatre in Atlanta.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

For the love of Bowie, dining at a discount, ‘Pretty Woman’ onstage, and a tribute to Philly soul in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Jan. 6 - Jan. 9: Weekend options in the Delaware Valley

4 years ago

Listen 3:42
Students wear face masks outside of their school in Philly
Community

Photos from 2021: Looking back on the year of the new normal

2021 saw a return to some things we love. The Philadelphia area also faced catastrophic flooding and tornadoes, and a rampant gun violence epidemic.

4 years ago

2019 Mummers Parade (Michael Reeves/Billy Penn)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Ringing in the new year with music, Mummers, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Dec. 30 - Jan. 2: Things to do for New Year’s in and around Philly.

4 years ago

Listen 5:14
''Hard Candy - View from Santa’s Castle'' by John Winter. (Woodmere Museum)
Arts & Entertainment

Christmases past: Remembering the grandeur that was Wanamaker’s

The Woodmere Museum recently acquired the midcentury design concepts by John Winters, staff artist with Wanamaker’s Department Store for 25 years.

4 years ago

A stolen pair of Revolutionary War era French military pistols are returned to the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Stolen 50 years ago, FBI returns antique guns to their rightful museums

Stolen 50 years ago by one man, a trove of antique Revolutionary War guns is returned to the museums they belonged to.

4 years ago

Street Corner Symphony (City Winery)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Jazmine Sullivan, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and The Crossing celebrate the holidays through music in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Dec. 16 - Dec. 19: Things to do in Pa., Del., and N.J.

4 years ago

Listen 5:07
Dozens of students enrolled in University of Pennsylvania's introductory anthropology course ''Anthropology, Race, and the Making of the Modern World'' made plaster casts of their own faces. In the exhibit ''Rotten Foundations, Dangerous Footholds'', each is accompanied by a QR code that leads viewers to discover details about the individual.
Arts & Entertainment

UPenn students visualize scientific racism in ‘Rotten Foundations’

A group of students at UPenn make the racist history of anthropology visible through class projects, now on display at the Slought Foundation.

4 years ago

A view of the exterior of the Eastern State Penitentiary.
Arts & Entertainment

Night Tours: Winter Holidays at Eastern State Penitentiary

Eastern State Penitentiary has found ways to celebrate the holidays that also honors its mission of criminal justice reform advocacy.

4 years ago

Eric Pryor smiles for a photo
Education

PAFA names its first Black president for a time of significant transition

Eric Pryor, current president of Harlem School of the Arts, will lead PAFA through the school’s transition from the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 years ago

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