
Arts & Entertainment
‘Magdalene’ and the modern woman, from Tribe of Fools
The character we see on stage is Mary Magdalene. And more.
7 years ago
Documentary ‘Albatross’ shows how our obsession with plastic is killing this bird
The film, screening April 14, will be a featured selection of this year’s Princeton Environmental Film Festival.
8 years ago
On Broadway, they wear pink: ‘Mean Girls’ is now a musical
The 2004 movie was so influential that screenwriter Tina Fey and producer Lorne Michaels figured, why not a musical?
8 years ago
Cheers! It’s time, once again, to celebrate the end of Prohibition
Grin and beer it: On April 7, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt legalized the sale and consumption of beer in the U.S. after 13 years of Prohibition.
8 years ago
Listen 5:37Composer’s 14-hour final work set for Philadelphia premiere
Karlheinz Stockhausen's Klang will have performances on Saturday and Sunday at FringeArts.
8 years ago
Listen 4:49Syrian-American hip-hop artist bridges rap and Arabic poetry
The Syrian-American poet and hip-hop artist Omar Offendum spent this week in Philadelphia and will perform at the International House this Sunday.
8 years ago
Listen 2:04Orchestra’s new crowdsourced choral work features ‘Philadelphia Voices’
The Philadelphia Orchestra will premiere a new choral work based on sounds and poems crowdsourced from area residents.
8 years ago
Listen 3:35Philadelphia bassist kicks off Jazz Appreciation Month with award, festival
Philadelphia kicked off April’s Jazz Appreciation Month by naming native son Jamaaladeen Tacuma as this year’s recipient of the Benny Golson Award.
8 years ago
Listen 5:10‘V to X’ at the Arden an education in the inhumanity, inequity of mass incarceration
This brutal look at a life spent languishing in a privately operated "correctional facility" comes from theater artist Kash Goins.
8 years ago
‘Paterno’ movie a polarizing story with unanswered questions
The HBO movie directed by Barry Levinson debuts Saturday and stars Oscar winner Al Pacino as Joe Paterno.
8 years ago
Churchill had a tendency to tipple, but the ‘British Bulldog’ was no boozehound
'The Darkest Hour seems to show the prime minister with a whisky in every scene, but as he famously said, 'I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.'
8 years ago
Blockbuster ‘Ready Player One’ a natural next step for Spielberg’s relentless career
Spielberg’s success has made him such a quintessential figure that, if you asked 10 people on the street to a name a film director, all 10 might very well identify him.
8 years ago
Delaware carver brings out the personality in fruits and vegetables
For more than three decades, Craig Trostle has made the food taste better with his unique carvings.
8 years ago
Diverse casting helps us understand the richness of the human story
The production of "The Diary of Anne Frank" at People’s Light and Theatre in Malvern, Pa., which included a multiracial ensemble of actors, stirred controversy.
8 years ago
Finally, a movie about the Chappaquiddick scandal
When I heard that Hollywood was making a movie about Chappaquiddick, I said to myself, "Hallelujah. It's about time."
8 years ago