
Arts & Entertainment
Too much music: A failed experiment in dedicated listening
In the interest of trying to experience all music, I was fast approaching a saturation point that was rendering me numb.
8 years ago
Bring out those oldies: ‘A Few of Our Favorite Things’ (Act II Playhouse and 1812 Productions)
Comedy bits from the past, offered by two artistic directors who specialize in having fun.
8 years ago
Gospel star Edwin Hawkins, known for ‘Oh Happy Day,’ dies at 74
Hawkins, whose 1970 Grammy-winning hit, "Oh Happy Day" became a crossover pop and r&b hit, died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Pleasanton, California.
8 years ago
The Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan dies at 46
Dolores O'Riordan, the lead singer of the band The Cranberries, has died suddenly at age 46.
8 years ago
The doll and the denial: ‘All the Dead Biddles’ (Underbite Theatre Co. and Plays & Players)
A mother has a most unusual way of grieving for her dead son.
8 years ago
Artist finds still life is more than just bowls and flowers
For Robert Jackson, still life became a boring subject to paint. He wanted to be different and with the help of balloon dogs and childhood memories, he achieved his goal.
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Revolutionary War army comes to life in newly discovered painting
The Museum of the American Revolution displays a newly acquired, 7-foot watercolor of the Continental Army, circa 1782, that was painted from life.
8 years ago
Netflix brings Letterman back to the interview chair — with a few twists
It's called My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman — and it's excellent.
8 years ago
Handpainted MLK statues debut on Philly streets
A set of temporary statues of Dr. Martin Luther King, jr., painted by local high school artists, debut in Philadelphia over MLK weekend.
8 years ago
Princeton art exhibit inspired by fears of a nuclear war
In commemoration of the human catastrophe in Japan, multimedia artist Marion Held has made ceramic masks, as well as evocative kimonos of organdy and paper.
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Phoenix Best, straight to Broadway and now playing her home town
The actress, from Philadelphia's Mt. Airy, graduated from DeSales University and became a Broadway understudy only a month after arriving in New York.
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Listen 4:38Eagles’ playoff hopes; Sixers in London; Flyers’ flaws
Guest: Ray Didinger and Mike Sielski Philadelphia Eagles fans everywhere are anxious as the team is just days aw ...
Air Date: January 10, 2018
Listen 49:26Parx opens concert venue in Bensalem
Parx Casino opens the Xcite Center, the largest seated concert venue in Bucks County.
8 years ago
Listen 1:53Philadelphia names new poet laureate
Raquel Salas Rivera, a gender-fluid, Puerto Rican writer, has been named Philadelphia's new city poet laureate.
8 years ago
Listen 2:24If movie franchises rule the box office, what can we learn from the exceptions?
Out of the 31 films to gross at least $100 million last year at North American box offices, 25 were based on some form of IP. But what about those other six?
8 years ago