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Fire Museum Presents: A quarter century of ‘all music for everybody’
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (1105+ words) The DIY concert series, founded by Steven Tobin, pairs global folk traditions with underground local artists " and keeps shows accessible to everyone. The Akkarai Sisters performed at The Rotunda in April 2025 as part of a Fire Museum Presents concert. (Richard…...
Philadelphia Museum of Art to experiment with pay-what-you-wish tickets
12+ hour, 30+ min ago (685+ words) Weekend Edition Saturday, hosted by NPR's Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon, wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories. An earlier trial…...
How Philly Fashion Week is expanding access for homegrown creatives
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (828+ words) For two decades, the event has become a launchpad for local designers, turning a grassroots experiment into an enduring creative institution. Soku Massimo takes a bow at the culmination of February's Philly Fashion Week. (Rana Rastegari/WHYY) Philly Fashion Week…...
Philadelphia opens an LGBTQ+ tourism center in the Gayborhood
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (657+ words) The Philly Pride Visitor Center offers advice for things to explore in the city and across Pennsylvania, along with a serving of local LGBTQ+ history. Neil Frauenglass, of Visit Philadelphia, speaks at the grand opening of Philly Pride Visitor Center…...
Philadelphia’s Chinatown brought ‘big fire energy’ to Lunar New Year Parade
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (588+ words) Before the rain turned to snow Sunday, thousands packed Philly's Chinatown for the parade celebrating the Year of the Horse. Thousands packed Philadelphia's Chinatown on Sunday for the annual Lunar New Year Parade, even as the region frantically prepares for…...
Pennsylvania Hospital will transform its original 1751 building into a museum
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (558+ words) Pennsylvania Hospital, founded in 1751, treated patients in the Pine Building. The museum will feature the original surgical theater and other exhibits. Pharmacist Mildred Carlisle worked at Pennsylvania Hospital in the early 1900s. (Courtesy of Penn Medicine) More than two decades before…...
More Huzzahs in Old City: Historic Philadelphia adding more performers this year
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (636+ words) Weekend Edition Saturday, hosted by NPR's Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon, wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories. Historic Philadelphia has…...
N.J. reports 1,100+ dead birds, Pa. dealing with millions affected by bird flu
1+ week, 2+ day ago (529+ words) More than 1,100 dead or sick wild birds were reported in New Jersey within three days. No human cases have been reported. Wildlife officials are investigating a possible bird flu outbreak after thousands of dead geese were reported throughout New Jersey…...
3 Philly-area museums collaborate on a retrospective of Syd Carpenter
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1467+ words) The Woodmere, Maguire and Berman museums each take on different aspects of the sculptor's five-decade career. Well into a 50-year career as an artist, sculptor Syd Carpenter still takes big chances. She has said she prefers the glorious failure over…...
Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1465+ words) The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time'presidential candidate'who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's assassination, died Tuesday. He was 84. As a young organizer in Chicago, Jackson was…...