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Orchestra’s new crowdsourced choral work features ‘Philadelphia Voices’
The Philadelphia Orchestra will premiere a new choral work based on sounds and poems crowdsourced from area residents.
8 years ago
Listen 3:35Political pageant for Delaware County Democrats
After years in the wilderness, the Delaware County Democratic Party can pick a congressional candidate — and it has 14 to choose from.
8 years ago
Listen 4:31Philadelphia bassist kicks off Jazz Appreciation Month with award, festival
Philadelphia kicked off April’s Jazz Appreciation Month by naming native son Jamaaladeen Tacuma as this year’s recipient of the Benny Golson Award.
8 years ago
Listen 5:101968: MLK assassination, riots, and the National Guard occupation of Wilmington
April 4 marked the 50th anniversary of the death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The disciple of nonviolence was gunned down in Memphis, Tennessee.
8 years ago
Listen 5:22Villanova fans descend on Center City to celebrate NCAA championship
The Villanova Wildcats — and their devoted fans — have made their way into Center City this afternoon for a victory rally.
8 years ago
Listen 1:34How to help patients eat better? One Philly med school says, teach their doctors to cook
A new nutrition course for students at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine meets in the kitchen.
8 years ago
Listen 3:10‘This is not ordinary’: 5 inmate suicides in 3 months at Graterford
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is under pressure to act after five inmates at Graterford Prison have committed suicide in the last three months.
8 years ago
Listen 1:53In spirit of King, Philly hospitality workers continue to press for economic justice
The gathering marked the 50th anniversary of MLK’s death in Memphis as he supported the rights of black sanitation workers — including their right to unionize.
8 years ago
Mayor Kenney picks his starting nine for new Philly school board
Kenney's board will replace the state-controlled School Reform Commission on July 1.
8 years ago
Listen 2:40Jury selected in Cosby retrial after defense team accuses prosecutors of racial bias
The 12 people who will decide whether Bill Cosby should be convicted of sexual assault have been selected.
8 years ago
Listen 2:27A Philadelphia library gets ‘risky’ with a new play space
It all started with an idea the library had to create play spaces where they could get out some of that pent-up energy.
8 years ago
Listen 4:35Why 35 grown men traveled hundreds of miles to ride a SEPTA trolley
These railfans are not messing around.
8 years ago
Listen 4:32Is Pennsylvania swarming with illegal voters?
We explore the claim that there are 100,000 illegal voters in the commonwealth.
8 years ago
Listen 2:50One juror selected, 11 to go in Cosby retrial, with signs #MeToo will figure prominently
More than half of the potential jurors in Bill Cosby's criminal retrial say they've already formed an opinion about whether he's guilty of sexual assault.
8 years ago
Listen 2:5519th-century love letters between Eastern State inmates document story of resistance
Love letters sent between inmates at Eastern State Penitentiary during the Civil War tell the story of an interracial love affair and social resistance.
8 years ago
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