Arts & Entertainment
Review: Looking at ‘Rizzo’ through many lenses
The run of the play “Rizzo” was extended before it even opened on Wednesday, and why not? If any play is tailored to people w
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Philadelphia Orchestra walks out on opening night
With a Verizon Hall filled with fans for the opening night performance, musicians with the Philadelphia Orchestra went on strike Friday e
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Rearrangement of ancient Hindu temple helps cast new light on museum’s Asian collection
Seventy-five years ago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art installed an entire 16th century Hindu temple into its galleries, shipped to Phila
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First Look
The impact of Hurricane Sandy is still seen in Delaware nearly 4 years after the storm hit. While the
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Air Date: September 30, 2016
Philly fans greet Springsteen at public library
The Boss was in town today, holding court at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Twelve-hundred ticket-holding fans lined up around the blo
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Review: Running past the Fringe Festival, ‘King John’ rules in the park
Shakespeare is a persistent guy. The Philly Fringe Festival ended last weekend, but one show hangs on – his “King John,” a
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Checking out banjos, guitars, and mandolins, but not pianos at the Free Library of Philadelphia
What happens when the Free Library of Philadelphia announces it will begin lending out musical instruments? It immediately get lots of ca
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Last week, Opera Philadelphia opened its new season by producing three operas simultaneously, including two premieres, and a tried-and-tr
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Piper’s miracle
Innovations and breakthroughs in the medical world often come from unexpected places. Our F
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Air Date: September 23, 2016
Review: That ‘Stupid F#*@ing Bird’ is surely a Seagull
Oh, the pain of it! And the angst. But, hey … what about the fun? The fun is not what you expect from Anton Chekhov’s “
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Terry Gross receives National Humanities Medal
“Historically, this has been a much more staid affair,” said President Obama in the East Room of the White House, where he we
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Composer and art historian with Philly ties win MacArthur ‘Genius Grants’
It is a dream come true: A congratulatory call from out of the blue with a no-strings-attached $625,000 gift.
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Acclaimed writer James McBride honored, humbled by National Humanities Medal honors
James McBride’s books have been bestsellers; they’ve earned him a National Book Award and been made into a movie.
But he s
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At Philly museum, Nauman’s slices of life explore classical ideals
Marking art is often a process of breaking down life into parts, then reassembling those parts into something resembling life again — b
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Iverson is the Basketball Hall of Famer that Philadelphia and the Sixers deserve
When the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced in April that Allen Iverson would be inducted in the class of 2016, I knew that I had to be there to see it.
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