Peter Crimmins
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Arts+Culture reporter for WHYY
Philadelphia
Joined July 2009
With more than 15,000 interviews in the books, WHYY's "Fresh Air" is turning 50 years old. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/kdNxhhxLLw
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Terry Gross has helmed one of the longest-running interview programs in America, which has been embraced by generations of listeners.
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UArts’ Anderson Hall has been sold to become a mixed-use development. Thunderbird Salvage is trying to rescue everything left behind. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/VzlW1WAsgJ
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UArts’ Anderson Hall has been sold to become a mixed-use development. Thunderbird Salvage is trying to rescue everything left behind.
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Selections of Live Aid — the massive 1985 concert held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and the old JFK Stadium in South Philly — will be re-created in Philadelphia this weekend. via @petercrimmins
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Like the original, Philly’s anniversary Live Aid performance will also be a fundraiser, this time benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
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The revolutionary moment that gave birth to the United States 250 years ago had many stories. Philly-area historical organizations aim to bring tens of thousands of them to life. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/qn73iORx26
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A massive digitization and artificial intelligence platform gives free access to multiple historic archives and thousands of documents.
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Laurel Raczka, the longtime leader of the Painted Bride Art Center, is stepping down after 26 years with the arts organization. Raczka said she will stay on until her successor is identified, likely within the next six months. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/CK3CpGJf74
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Laurel Raczka, the longtime leader of the Painted Bride Art Center, is stepping down after 26 years with the arts organization.
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Drill dance troupe Maci Lago Universe is competing for a national championship while changing lives back at home. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/0tWvKo7I5E
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Maci Lago Universe is competing for a national championship while changing lives back at home.
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Tucked into Philly’s largest tract of wild forest, “TERRA” explores ecofeminism and the disruptive forces of gravity. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/5BwFRxWwpA
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Tucked into Philly’s largest tract of wild forest, “TERRA” explores ecofeminism and the disruptive forces of gravity.
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After catching fire in 2018, a Cape May church associated with the Underground Railroad is now a theater space. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/xoE9zeV20H
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The church associated with the Underground Railroad was sold to Cape May after it burned in 2018. It’s now the home of East Lynne Theater Company.
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"Giovanni's Room," the revered gay literature classic by James Baldwin, was always held tightly by the author and his heirs. Now in previews at Germantown's Sedgwick Theater is the first production sanctioned by his estate. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/4zoY77uxI2
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Philadelphia’s Quintessence Theatre has produced the only adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1956 novel approved by his estate.
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After 22 years of covering every nook and cranny of Philadelphia’s gallery scene, TheArtBlog is closing down. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/Sjx2BQqYdl
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What started as a passion project against disappearing arts coverage turned into one of Philly’s most regular and reliable art news portals.
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Arts organizations in Philadelphia and elsewhere scramble to cope with an abrupt cancellation of promised federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/l3QSdcn3cE
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Arts organizations in Philadelphia and elsewhere scramble to cope with an abrupt cancellation of promised federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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LOVE Park's empty visitor center shaped like a flying saucer comes to life with nightly film projections about Philly immigrants. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/R7eD5NeDRx
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The empty visitor center shaped like a flying saucer comes to life with nightly film projections about Philly immigrants.
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This weekend, the filmmakers are teasing the first season, which starts in June, at Bryn Mawr College. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/46Nx4sKe9e
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The show about fathering started as a pilot last year. This weekend, the filmmakers are teasing the first season, which starts in June, at Bryn Mawr College.
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“Don’t Forget to Remember (Me)” by Nekisha Durrett is a landscaping monument challenging the college’s racially exclusionary past. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/aBMf16PMRS
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“Don’t Forget to Remember (Me)” by Nekisha Durrett is a landscaping monument challenging the college’s racially exclusionary past.
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The Museum of the American Revolution shows how the shifting ideals of American liberty can be traced in the historic flags of militias. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/R4HHlECBQo
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The Museum of the American Revolution shows how the shifting ideals of American liberty can be traced in the historic flags of militias.
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Peacocks and giraffes and snails, oh my! Giant, plant-based sculptures are strewn around the @phillyzoo to drive home the connections between plants and animals. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/Q8FdgrVP3D
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The five “ZOOtopiaries” drive home the connections between plants and animals.
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In "Rift," a play from InterAct Theatre, the two actors playing brothers trying to bridge irreconcilable racial differences switch roles every night. via @petercrimmins
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The two actors playing brothers trying to bridge irreconcilable racial differences switch roles every night.
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This weekend, Philadelphia says goodbye to Macy’s department store in the Wanamaker Building. The iconic building has been a department store for 149 years. The legacy of Philly’s proud retail history is scattered around the city. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/7riilZ43tM
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The building at 13th and Market streets has been a department store for 149 years. The legacy of Philly’s proud retail history is scattered around the city.
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An ice-skating drag show about climate change was pilloried on national television. Philly’s @KnowYourBeards holds that as a badge of honor. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/okplRRrgMx
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“Beards on Ice,” about climate change, was mocked on Fox News in December. The cabaret group's artistic director hopes the negative attention heightens her message.
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Amid the shifting legal status of Trump's executive orders, Philly arts organizations are struggling to keep up. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/B7sk461PJl
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As the National Endowment for the Arts tries to comply with the shifting legal status of Trump’s executive orders, arts organizations are struggling to keep up.
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