
Arts & Entertainment
Guests: Neil Oxman, Gary Thompson 2018 is winding down, which means it’s time to take a look at the best movies ...
Air Date: December 27, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Sewing for strutting: Next generation helps Mummers step up their costume game
The Avalon String Band — a Mummers club on Two Street — recruited a design graduate to upgrade their costumes and save them money.
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Dark and dreary? Light and peppy? ‘Oliver!’ at Quintessence Theatre Group
The script to the musical isn't so sterling, and the production tries to make it something it's not. So come for the show's well-written music.
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Seeing what really matters at Christmas
In Philadelphia, there's a very special song that reminds us of what Christmas is really all about.
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Black Power Afro pick sculpture takes root at Philadelphia museum
The piece engaged 80,000 passers-by who stopped specifically to look at the sculpture or ask about it over three months.
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Listen 1:36Museum honoring Harriet Tubman destined for Cape May
The museum will include a permanent exhibit on Harriet Tubman, who spent time in Cape May during the 1850s raising money for helping slaves escape from the South.
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Krampus brings dark winter magic to Northern Liberties
New traditions blend with old in Northern Liberties' Parade of Spirits.
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A fresh, new look at ‘A Christmas Carol’ (Lantern Theater Co.)
Anthony Lawton is the storyteller in this recreation of the tale of transformation.
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In Walnut Street Theatre’s ‘Matilda,’ being smart is not enough
The musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's fantasy brings the book's cartoonish — and nasty — characters alive.
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Delaware Theatre’s ‘A Sign of the Times’ is nostalgic, but timely
“A Sign of the Times” offers a perfect break from the holiday rush: thoughtful but not overly so, nostalgic but timely … and just plain fun.
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Bible Museum breaks ground at Independence Mall
A forthcoming Bible museum at Independence Mall will add scriptural perspective to American history.
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Last hurrah: Space 1026 pulls out the stops for final Arch St. art auction
A landmark artists collective in Philadelphia — Space 1026 — is gearing up to move out of its building of 21 years. This weekend's art auction pulls out the stops.
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Listen 2:06Politics, pottery and pickle trays: A history lesson at the Museum of the American Revolution
Radical porcelain: the Museum of the American Revolution will host a workshop to demonstrate the uses of ceramics toward political ends.
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Two graduate students, into their work but aloof from themselves
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Gamers unplug at Philly PAX convention
Deep in the dark corners of the Pennsylvania Convention Center, something is stirring. Orcs, elves, and adventurers of all kinds are gath ...
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