
Arts & Entertainment
Anonymous donor sets stage for rarely heard ‘Christmas Oratorio’ at Choral Arts Philadelphia
If you thought Christmas music was over for 2016, put your Santa hat back on: Choral Arts Philadelphia has one concert more concert up it ...
8 years ago
ListenPhilly celebrates golden years of David Bowie
Just as the year 2016 is ending with so many celebrity deaths, Philadelphia is getting ready to mark the anniversary of 2016’ ...
8 years ago
ListenSo you want to be a celebrity? You’ll need some Trumpian brashness; talent is optional
Malcolm Muggeridge, noted British television scourge and scold, told me that television will destroy journalism, ...
8 years ago
After sensitivity training, will Mummers rein in raucous antics?
On New Year’s Day in Philadelphia, the Mummers will march for the 116th time. This year, the oldest folk parade in the count ...
8 years ago
ListenJoe Beam’s memory and LGBT racism
It is ironic that the 30th anniversary of “In the Life, ...
8 years ago
Review: The dimensions of friendship in ‘A Year with Frog and Toad’
You have your frogs, you have your toads. They have their differences. Frog looks at a pond of cold water and says it’s ref ...
8 years ago
Despite safety risks, Philly artists gravitate to edgy venues
Philadelphia is full of old and abandoned manufacturing warehouses, and it’s just a fact of life that they will be used by artists ...
8 years ago
ListenFor more than 60 years, this classic six-ingredient casserole proves it’s easy being green. Back in 1955, when Dorcas Reilly of ...
8 years ago
Listen‘Sneetches’ inspire quartet of operas at Philly elementary school [photos]
Four new operas debuted at a Philadelphia elementary school Wednesday, each less than five minutes long, written and performed by 9-year- ...
8 years ago
ListenNativity scenes from around the world play out Christmas story at Bryn Athyn museum [photos]
A small religious history museum just north of Philadelphia has on display 39 Nativity scenes collected from around the world. It ...
8 years ago
Ronald McDonald Lights For this holiday edition of First we’re going to start in New Castle County. If the ...
Air Date: December 16, 2016
Trending on Twitter: Verification questions will test your Philly and Jersey cred
Another day, another trending hashtag, this time it’s all about the Philadelphia region. If you’ve perused Twitter in ...
8 years ago
Review: ‘Wilde Tales’ that Oscar wrote
I’ll now do something critics should do only on rare occasions: Review the audience. On a Sunday matinee produced by the Quintessen ...
8 years ago
ListenExamining U.S. Constitution on 225th anniversary of Bill of Rights
Thursday marks the 225th anniversary of the signing of the Bill of Rights. The National Constitution Center’s day of related ...
8 years ago
The Velvet Underground visit Philly with visions from 1966
Fifty years ago this month, visitors to the YMHA in Philadelphia were expecting to see an art exhibit by Andy Warhol. Instead, they were ...
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