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Grace-Flood Flees To Philly
You can still read what Nora Grace-Flood is finding out — now from Philadelphia rather than New Haven. Nora, a reporter for the New Haven Independent the past three years, has taken up residence as the Philadelphia bureau chief of the Independent Review Crew, a new national network of locally based in-person arts reviewers.
Imagine Dragons announce 2024 ‘Loom’ tour. Get tickets today
You won’t have to imagine an Imagine Dragons tour this year. The “Radioactive” rockers just announced a nationwide tour in support of their upcoming seventh studio album “Loom.” Starting in late July, the high-octane trio will kick off the run with back-to-back stops at Camden, NJ’s Freedom Mortgage Pavilion on Tuesday, July 30, Wantagh, NY’s Jones Beach Theater on Friday, Aug. 2 and Holmdel, NJ’s PNC Bank Arts Center on Sunday, Aug. 4. While fans will likely hear cuts from their sizable stable of hits — as well as tracks from the new record which is due out June 28 — the band wants their...
Kensington Barber Gives Support, Finds Peace One Haircut At a Time
Joshua Santiago is the founder of Empowering Cuts, and has provided free haircuts to thousands. For the past nine years, Josh Santiago has run a three-days-a-week mobile barbershop, writes Max Marin for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Santiago is the founder of one-man nonprofit, Empowering Cuts, in which he provides free haircuts...
‘A chance to tell their own stories’: New documentary tackles environmental racism in Camden
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. To mark Earth Day, three Rutgers University-Camden students will host a screening of “A Narrative on Camden’s Resiliency: The Unspoken Housing and Environmental Issue,” a documentary that explores “the racialized narratives of environmental and housing conditions” in Camden.
Black Turtle Coffee pours into second location for artisanal beans and more
If you're looking for coffee in Center City, Black Turtle is a new Rittenhouse spot by a married couple who traded the Big Apple for the beach -- reinventing their lives and career paths in the process.
A New Restaurant and Speakeasy is Coming to Northern Liberties in the Next Few Months
The Newsroom, the New-York based restaurant and speakeasy, is opening a second location and has selected Philadelphia as its host city. A new speakeasy and restaurant is coming to Northern Liberties as New York-based Rose Hospitality plans to enter the Philadelphia market, writes Emma Dooling for the Philadelphia Business Journal.
Several birds named after Philadelphians will be renamed as part of an effort to stop honoring enslavers and racists
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. For more than two centuries, American ornithologists have been naming birds after people. The first two species to have honorific American names were given in 1811: Lewis’ woodpecker and Clark’s crow, now called Clark’s nutcracker.
Country singer Cody Johnson adds dates to ‘The Leather Tour’ including 2 this fall in Pa.
Cody Johnson has added dates to his “The Leather Tour” that includes two concerts in Pa. this fall. He will perform on Nov. 15, 2024, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, and on Nov. 16 at the Bryce Jordan Center at Penn State in State College. Ten...
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