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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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Fresh Air Weekend

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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Arts & Entertainment

a mural of Tuskegee airmen
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

How Philly became the ‘Mural Capital of the World’

Jane Golden walks Billy Penn through Philadelphia’s 40-year journey as a public art pioneer.

1 month ago

The Jazz Age Illustration exhibition celebrates the creative spirit and dynamic energy of that time period.
(Johnny Perez-Gonzalez/WHYY)
Delaware
History
Visual Arts

Delaware Art Museum revives the roaring ‘20s with public murals for its Jazz Age Illustration exhibition

The exhibition hearkens back to the visual style of the early 20th century, with art from magazine covers and album art to cartoons.

1 month ago

Sinta Penyami Storms performs the Tari Cendrawasih, the Birds of Paradise dance. (Emily Neil/WHYY)
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Dance
Pennsylvania
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

‘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
Katy Bodenhorn Barnes looking at items in the exhibit
History
Income Inequality
Kids
Philadelphia

Historical Society of Pennsylvania shows how Philadelphia took care of its own

An exhibition of the long history of charity and philanthropy in Philadelphia shows its cracks and possibilities.

1 month ago

Jason Kelce
Philadelphia
Sports
TV

Here’s Jason: Kelce will host late-night show on ESPN beginning final week of NFL season

The show will originate in front of a live audience from Union Transfer in Philadelphia.

1 month ago

people walk by a mural and a sign reading your dreams are the wings of your liberation
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Streets & Roads
Visual Arts

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

The 30th AACR Philadelphia Marathon saw thousands of people pack the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Sunday to pursue the 26.2 mile journey in front of them.
Things To Do
Community Events
Delaware
New Jersey
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Marathon weekend, holiday light shows, ‘Symphonie fantastique,’ and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Nov. 21- Nov. 24: The holidays arrive in full force! Yuletide at Winterthur in Del. and Christmas Underwater in South Jersey are among the weekend highlights.

1 month ago

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Drag performer Mabeline Diorio
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

TKTS discount theater tickets has opened in Philadelphia

Twenty regional theater companies have embraced the rush ticket seller’s new outpost in the Independence Visitor Center.

1 month ago

Listen 1:21
the Giant Heart
Biology
Philadelphia

At the heart of it all is a heart: Franklin Institute built a state-of-the-art exhibition around an old-fashioned favorite

The “Body Odyssey” exhibit makes visitors’ own bodies part of the show.

1 month ago

Listen 1:19
Nia Tate-Ball speaks
Community Events
History
Philadelphia

Philadelphia’s disabled community honors trailblazers featured in ‘American Masters: Renegades’ docuseries

The PBS documentary series “American Masters: Renegades” features five disabled figures who made history in the arts, parental rights and civil rights.

1 month ago

Listen 1:12
Neighbors by a new mural
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Transportation
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

Newly unveiled mural helps to protect Cedar Park pedestrians

Unveiled this week, this vibrant art project helps to close off a former turning lane.

1 month ago

Valerie Gay speaks behind a podium
Philadelphia

‘The arts have never been more urgent’: Philly arts leaders make case for their role in civic life

The Cultural Dynamics Summit convened hundreds of arts leaders at Drexel University to discuss the civic role arts can play in government.

1 month ago

Ella Ponizovsky Bergelson by her work
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Visual Arts

An Israeli muralist has been selected for Philly’s Holocaust Memorial Plaza

Ella Ponizovsky Bergelson, based in Berlin, will design a Holocaust mural for a prominent intersection on the Parkway.

1 month ago

Listen 1:14
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley (26) runs for a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Washington Commanders Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia
Sports

Saquon Barkley runs for 2 TDs, Eagles beat Commanders 26-18 to stretch NFC East lead

The Eagles won their sixth straight since their bye to improve to 8-2.

1 month ago

Three versions of Alice Tierney, portrayed by (from left) by Niamh Kelly, HaYoung Nam, and Anastasia Groden, perform on stage at West Chester University's Asplundh Concert Hall during a rehearsal for Melissa Dunphy's opera about the 19th century murder of a sex worker in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

An Old City archeologist writes an opera for a murdered 19th century woman

Composer Melissa Dunphy discovered an unsolved murder at her home from 144 years ago. She brings her back to life with “Alice Tierney.”

1 month ago

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