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The Westminster Symphonic Choir, the Keystone State Boychoir, the Pennsylvania Girlchoir, and the Sister Cities Girlchoir, perform with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

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

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Thirteen of the 14 Democratic candidates for Pennsylvania's newly drawn 5th Congressional District debate at Upper Darby High School.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Political 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 4:31
File photo: Philadelphia kicked off April’s Jazz Appreciation Month by naming native son Jamaaladeen Tacuma as this year’s recipient of the Benny Golson Award. (Provided)
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia 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 5:10
After rioting in Wilmington following King's death, the governor ordered in the National Guard to restore order. The Guard stayed for nine months. (Photo Courtesy/Delaware  Historical Society)
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Community

1968: 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 5:22
Villanova championship parade is under way
Community

Villanova 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 1:34
A pilot program at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine gives students lessons on nutrition.
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

How 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
Aerial view of Graterford State Prison in Southeastern Pennsylvania. (Chris Gardner/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

‘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 1:53
Sheraton Hotel floor supervisor Alton Sawyer is fasting Wednesday to bring awareness to the issues facing workers of the Philadelphia hospitality industry. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

In 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

Pictured in this WHYY file photo are Mayor Jim Kenney and Joyce Wilkerson. Both Wilkerson and Christopher McGinley  (not pictured) were today named to the 9 member Philadelphia School Board. (WHYY, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

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 2:40
Bill Cosby, right, arrives for his sexual assault case spokesperson Andrew Wyatt, center, at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, in Norristown, Pa.
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Jury 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 2:27
Meghan Talarowski of Studio Ludo designed the climbing wall at the Cecil B. Moore library with the idea that children need
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

A 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 4:35
Model train displays on display at SEPTA's gift shop
PlanPhilly
Community

Why 35 grown men traveled hundreds of miles to ride a SEPTA trolley

These railfans are not messing around.

8 years ago

Listen 4:32
Candidate Pennsylvania Sen. Scott Wagner, R-York County, seeking the Republican Party's nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's re-election bid next year takes part in the Montgomery County Republican Committee gubernatorial forum in Blue Bell, Pa., Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017.
Politics & Policy

Is Pennsylvania swarming with illegal voters?

We explore the claim that there are 100,000 illegal voters in the commonwealth.

8 years ago

Listen 2:50
Bill Cosby arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. on Monday, April 2, ahead of jury selection for his upcoming sexual assault retrial. (Bastiaan Slabbers/ for WHYY)
Courts & Law

One 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 2:55
Inmates at Eastern State Penitentiary were expected to serve their time in solitude, but they found ways to communicate, and some even fell in love.
Arts & Entertainment

19th-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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