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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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Race & Ethnicity

Michael K. Wilson curated Shaheed Rucker's exhibit at the African American Museum in Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s African American Museum eats its Wheaties in new pop art exhibition

Artist Shaheed Rucker puts Negro baseball leagues athletes on re-creations of the iconic cereal box.

16 hours ago

Artifacts in the exhibit
Arts & Entertainment

‘African American history is American history and world history’: Blockson Collection celebrates 40th year

The curator of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection spoke about the importance of the collection and its significant milestone.

5 days ago

dolls and ceramics on a table
Community

La Expo Tianguis y Posada connects generations of Latino businesses in Philly

Thirty businesses and artisans set up tables and showcased various talents in the basketball gym at the Bok Building.

6 days ago

A Wilmington police car
Community

New study: Young Black men say they need a gun for survival in Wilmington

A recent study found young Black men in Wilmington feel they need protection to stay alive. Work is being done to provide hope.

7 days ago

Listen 1:11
Art Haywood speaks at Philly's 4th annual Palestine Day
Community

Philly’s 4th annual Palestinian solidarity day commemorates contributions of local residents

“The sole purpose of this day is to recognize the longstanding contributions historically, economically, socially of Palestinians,” said Jude Husein, a Palestinian American.

1 week ago

students looking at pieces of art at the museum
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Philadelphia Museum of Art brings students to latest exhibition with free buses

Students in the region can get a guided tour of “The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure” till February.

2 weeks ago

Supporters standing and clapping in the audience
Urban Planning

New Sixers arena could improve diversity in Philly construction, union says

The arena proposal is expected to receive full City Council approval this week.

2 weeks ago

A building that formed part of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School campus
Community

Biden creates Native American boarding school national monument to mark era of forced assimilation

The monument at a former boarding school site in Carlisle, Pa., commemorates tribes whose children were forced to attend the school and similar abusive institutions.

3 weeks ago

Mike Africa Jr.
Community

‘It is criminal’: Africa family wants MOVE bombing victims’ remains returned and Osage Avenue home back

Victims of the 1985 MOVE bombing accuse museum officials of not being forthcoming about turning over remains of their family members.

3 weeks ago

Listen 1:11
A scrabble board with the letters A and I. (Pixels/Markus Winkler)
The Pulse
Science

How some endangered language speakers get creative with AI for preservation efforts

Revitalizing endangered Indigenous languages that have little or no digital presence is challenging with artificial intelligence—but not impossible.

3 weeks ago

Listen 11:05
entrance to the Charles L. Blockson
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Charles L. Blockson Collection at Temple turns 40

The collection at Temple University honors the legacy of one of America’s foremost historians and collectors of artifacts on the global Black experience.

4 weeks ago

Lawnside residents look on and four signs read LOVE
Community

Lawnside community holds vigil to shine light on love in the face of hate incident

Neighboring residents gathered in support for the historically Black borough of Lawnside, New Jersey, where a resident became a victim of racist graffiti.

1 month ago

Sinta Penyami Storms performs the Tari Cendrawasih, the Birds of Paradise dance. (Emily Neil/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Dreaming together’: Philly’s Indonesian community celebrates gamelan music, dance

“We want to empower the community, and part of empowering the community is talking about our cultural traditions,” Sinta Penyami Storms said.

1 month ago

Listen 1:07
Sign on a building for The Philadelphia Tribune
Community

The Philadelphia Tribune celebrates 140 years as the oldest continuously publishing African American newspaper in U.S.

The Philadelphia Tribune’s special 140th anniversary edition, which highlights crucial coverage throughout the publication’s history, will publish Nov. 24, 2024.

1 month ago

people walk by a mural and a sign reading your dreams are the wings of your liberation
Arts & Entertainment

Afromation Avenue comes to Philly’s historically Black 7th Ward

“Like seeds embedded in the soil, Black families and communities have nurtured this neighborhood,” said one of the project's co-curators.

1 month ago

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