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The main hallway of the SafeStart program, an early head start program on the campus of Allentown State Hospital in Allentown, Pa, is a play area for kids. (Jessica Kourkounis/for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Allentown Headstart program focuses on kids dealing with trauma

It's the only early Headstart program in the nation to enroll students directly from local county welfare offices.

7 years ago

Listen 04:57
Philadelphia Orchestra composer-in-residence Hannibal Lokumbe meets with inmates at Philadelphia Detention Center, an experience that will inform his work.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Seeking the music of ‘Healing Tones’ within Philly prison

Philadelphia Orchestra musician in residence visits inmates to hear about their lives, experience their surroundings.

7 years ago

Listen 3:18
Katharine Powell as Nora and Cody Nickell as Torvald in Arden Theatre Company's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Rethinking life inside ‘A Doll’s House’

Ibsen's characters, warring again in another version of the play.

7 years ago

Listen 2:47
In this file photo, Sen. Bob Menendez talk to reporters as he arrives to court for his federal corruption trial in Newark, N.J., (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Prosecutors say they will retry New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez

The government has told a federal judge in New Jersey it will seek a retrial of Sen. Bob Menendez, whose 11-week corruption trial ended in a hung jury in November.

7 years ago

Listen 1:11
Puerto Rican piano prodigy Paola Calderon performs during a master class at Philadelphia Performing Arts String Theory School. The 14-year-old relocated to Philadelphia in November after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico.
Education

Puerto Rican prodigy finds a piano in Philly

After fleeing hurricane devastation, a young pianist gets back on the ivories in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

Metropolis Farms

Metropolis Farms Producer: Monica Rogozinski Metropolis Farms ...

7 years ago

Protesters chant slogans inside the terminal at Philadelphia International Airport.
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Huge protests of ’17 lead to individual activism, expectations of bigger rallies

The protests were fast and furious once Donald Trump became president. Some say that momentum has slowed considerably, while others forecast larger demonstrations.

7 years ago

Listen 3:39
President Donald Trump at the podium
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Local addiction specialists still waiting for federal support to trickle down

Elana Gordon, a reporter for WHYY’s The Pulse, joined NewsWorks Tonight to weigh in on the local response to federal action.

7 years ago

Listen 5:09
Jamar Williams (center) and Anthony Martinez-Briggs in the Wilma Theater production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘Passing Strange,’ and grandly

The Wilma Theater production takes a musical to a new level.

7 years ago

Listen 3:00
 Shown is the skyline in Philadelphia, Thursday, March 5, 2009. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Urban Planning

In next round of Amazon HQ2 competition, Philly’s strong pharma industry may give the city an edge

When Amazon announced, last fall, that it was looking for a city to host a second headquarters, the company said it wanted pretty much what everybody wants in a home.

7 years ago

Listen 1:57
Sita and cub, Bandhavgarh National Park, 1996; from A Wild Life (Aperture, 2017)
The Pulse
Science

Braving the wild for the perfect shot

Wildlife photographer Nick Nichols remembers a close call with a tigress.

7 years ago

Listen 4:10
Elk graze at dawn on reclaimed mine land in Kentucky's designated elk zone. The animals were reintroduced to the state in 1997 and have flourished. (Irina Zhorov/The Pulse)
The Pulse
Science

Returning wild animals to wild-ish places

We reintroduce animals to their native habitat as part of an impulse to re-create “wilderness” — a place untouched by man. The result is more like the feeling of wilderness.

7 years ago

Listen 10:37
(Courtesy of Adam Ford)
The Pulse
Science

In Banff, design helps critters safely cross the highway

A hidden world of pathways leads wild animals safely across busy roads, keeping ecosystems connected even as human use fragments and disturbs them.

7 years ago

Listen 6:36
Tommy Fisk cuts down a black oak outside Eminence, Missouri on Dec. 14, 2017
The Pulse
Science

Did logging help reclaim Missouri wilderness?

Since the 1950s, a timber company has used conservation-driven logging to balance productive use and wild forests.

7 years ago

Listen 6:21
Singer/songwriter Sam Baker (right) sits with 16-year-old Andrew Hart, who suffers from severe depression, and has struggled with homelessness and abuse. He taught himself to play the guitar.
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Musician visits Pa. school to help kids find their way beyond trauma

Valley Day School in Bucks County takes a trauma-informed approach to its students who have behavioral or emotional issues. Singer/songwriter Sam Baker can relate.

7 years ago

Listen 1:50
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