Arts & Entertainment
Terry Gross to be awarded National Humanities Medal in White House ceremony
Next week, President Barack Obama will award the 2015 National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal to distinguished recipient
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8 years ago
First Extra: Congressional Debate Special
Five of six Democrats running to replace Congressman John Carney took part in a debate at Widener University’s Delaware Law School
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Air Date: September 14, 2016
Fringe reviews: ‘Exile 2588’ and ‘The Sincerity Project’
Exile 2588
For its originality alone, Almanac Dance Circus Theatre’s “Exile 2588” excels. T
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Fringe reviews: ‘Exile 2588’ and ‘The Sincerity Project’
Exile 2588
For its originality alone, Almanac Dance Circus Theatre’s “Exile 2588” excels. T
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8 years ago
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Choreographing the chaos of conflict, Boris Charmatz brings moving sculpture to Fringe
This year’s Fringe Festival is peppered with experimental dance spaces — some in studios, others in enormous spaces like the Drex
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Fringe review: ‘Notes of a Native Song’
It’s no wonder that the single-named theater artist Stew and his composer/musician partner Heidi Rodewald sold out their five sched
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In hunt for newest duck stamp, judges take a gander at 153 paintings
It may look like a duck and walk like a duck, but that doesn’t make it a duck stamp.
Five judges seated in the auditorium of
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The race for Governor
It’s been tough for Delaware Republicans to win statewide races with so many more regi
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Air Date: September 9, 2016
Exotic furniture exhibit tells story of rise and fall of Philadelphia’s Waln family
A new exhibition of old furniture at the Philadelphia Museum of Art tells the spectacular rise and sudden fall of one of the city’s
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What does ‘Fringe’ mean, anyway?
A man comes at you in an Old City alley and takes you by the hand as other folks dance toward you, then with you. A car in a multi-level
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Kensington closeup features hundreds of photos assembled block by block
The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center opened in Kensington in 2009, offering workshops and exhibitions for people interested in the discipli
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All about this year’s Philly Fringe Festival, 20 years on
The Old City neighborhood was buzzing with anticipation 20 years ago this month. Philly performers and directors had invaded its empty sp
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Albert Barnes collected records, too, not just eclectic art; they’re on display now for Fringe
When you think of the Barnes exhibit you probably think eclectic artwork. But, perhaps you should add eclectic music collection to that d
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The Fringe at 20: Looking ahead
The 2016 Philadelphia Fringe Festival program guide lists the more than 150 dance, theater, music, and interdisciplinary performances in
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From Mother to Saint, Teresa’s canonization mass in pictures
Mother Teresa is now St. Teresa.
Pope Francis has praised Mother Teresa as the merciful saint who defended the lives of the unborn
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