
Arts & Entertainment
Once again, Tindley Temple will make a joyful noise
Until the system broke down about 10 years ago, Tindley Temple, on Broad Street just below South, used to sound bells every Sunday mornin ...
9 years ago
Inside History While tickets to the National Museum of African American History and Culture are hard to come by, t ...
Air Date: October 21, 2016
Review: Emotional stirrings in ‘A New Brain’
My hat comes off, and my heart goes out, to director Matthew Decker and the classy cast of the emotionally icky musical “A New Brai ...
9 years ago
ListenNew community radio station sounds in Philadelphia
A new community radio station has gone live in Philadelphia. WPPM, a low-powered station at 106.5 FM, will transmit from Center Ci ...
9 years ago
Photos show the other side of Thomas Eakins
One of the best American painters of the 19th century, Thomas Eakins, was an early adopter of photographic technology. It turned out to b ...
9 years ago
ListenProfessional makeup artist has perfect recipe for homemade zombie
Terror Behind the Walls at Philadelphia’s historic Eastern State Pe ...
9 years ago
Powerline plans We hear a lot about infrastructure upgrades and the fight over how to pay for those improvements. ...
Air Date: October 18, 2016
25th annual Philadelphia Film Festival begins Thursday
Philadelphia film lovers can avail themselves of the more than 110 works comprising the 25th annual Philadelphia Film Festival. Philadelp ...
9 years ago
ListenKimmel Center to buy Merriam Theater from UArts
Changes are ahead for Philadelphia’s performing arts culture. “I call it Avenue of the Arts 2.0,” said David Ya ...
9 years ago
Clay tablets at Penn museum tell jokes from Sumeria
After 4,000 years of silence, the battle between the plow and the hoe will be rekindled at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Arche ...
9 years ago
PAFA opening super sized pop-up with classes and gifts in Chestnut Hill
When the Pennsylvania Academy for the Fine Arts’ new retail manager, Mary Lynne Mack, was hired just a month ago, her boss told her ...
9 years ago
ListenHandmade tableware designers exemplify the spirit of Philadelphia revitalization
Sustaining a business led by a fine artist, while retaining the integrity of one’s work, is not an easy task. I am an artist who gr ...
9 years ago
Interactive art installation at Moore aims to elicit unexpected reactions
Katie O’Neil is a senior at Moore College of Art, studying painting, performance, and video. She has spent years defending her artw ...
9 years ago
Philly celebrates Octavius Catto who was assassinated on Election Day 1871 [photos]
To mark the last day voters can register in Pennsylvania, the mayor of Philadelphia joined a discussion about a little-known civil rights activist from the 19th century.
9 years ago
ListenPhiladelphia Orchestra features Saint-Saens concerto — on celebrated cello [video]
This weekend, the Philadelphia Orchestra will perform a cello concerto by Saint-Saens, featuring a young soloist from Montreal playing on ...
9 years ago