From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Widely recognized as a master of wood-turning, Mark Sfirri of Bucks County is enjoying his first solo museum exhibition. “La Famiglia” opened last month at the Museum for Art in Wood in Philadelphia’s […]
The California Gold Rush. The very words evoked the strong reaction of an American populace driven by adventure and a lust for easy riches. Drawn inexorably west in the wake of the Jan. 24, 1848, strike at Sutter’s Mill were argonauts from every walk of life—shopkeepers, former soldiers, fallen women and those willing to parade […]