Peter Crimmins
Arts and Culture Reporter at WHYY-TV (Philadelphia, PA)
Arts+Culture reporter for WHYY
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3 weeks ago |
phillytrib.com | Peter Crimmins
Emily Dempsey, 89, has been a member of the Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church in Cape May, New Jersey, her entire life. Born in November 1936, she was baptized a few months later in the one-room church on Franklin Street. She was there when it caught fire in 2018. Dempsey said that only quickened the inevitable demise of the 130-year-old church. “The congregation was down to just a handful. It was very hard,” Dempsey said. “It was leaking all around the bell tower. The ceiling was dropping in.
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3 weeks ago |
whyy.org | Peter Crimmins
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. From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!Emily Dempsey, 89, has been a member of the Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church in Cape May, New Jersey, her entire life.
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1 month ago |
whyy.org | Peter Crimmins
The photo exhibit aims to humanize public sector work, which is often seen as a faceless bureaucratic wall. From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!“I love watching the protests through my window,” said one anonymous Philadelphia city employee.
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1 month ago |
whyy.org | Peter Crimmins
Clifford Ward has quietly crafted two dozen African fantasy warriors. They are the centerpiece of his first exhibition in a decade. From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover?
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1 month ago |
whyy.org | Peter Crimmins
The empty visitor center shaped like a flying saucer comes to life with nightly film projections about Philly immigrants. From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!The old visitor center building in LOVE Park has been dark for 10 years.
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RT @WHYYNews: After catching fire in 2018, a Cape May church associated with the Underground Railroad is now a theater space. via @petercr…
RT @WHYYNews: "Giovanni's Room," the revered gay literature classic by James Baldwin, was always held tightly by the author and his heirs.…
RT @WHYYNews: After 22 years of covering every nook and cranny of Philadelphia’s gallery scene, TheArtBlog is closing down. via @petercrim…