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Movies

The reason fans who should love ‘The Last Jedi’ most are the only ones who hate it

The first step to understanding the reaction is realizing that, to many fans, there has already been a trilogy to follow 1983's "Return of the Jedi."

8 years ago

Community members and students from Kensington High School for the Creative and Performing Arts stood and walked on the B Street Bridge during a dedication ceremony for the recently-completed mural on the bridge. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
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Addiction
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Mural symbolizes new start, new life for former Kensington heroin camp

City Hall and neighbors hope the new mural on B Street Bridge will spur pride and revitalization in one of Philadelphia's most troubled places.

8 years ago

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Standing on the bench, new girl Ericka is portrayed by Nabiyah Be. Ericka is from Ohio and she's biracial. Her lighter skin puts her in the lead when a recruiter for the Miss Ghana pageant comes calling. (Joan Marcus)
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Performing Arts

‘African Mean Girls’ are the toast of New York theater

Critics are heaping praise on a new off-Broadway play about life in modern Africa. But if you're assuming the topic must be war or disease or famine, you're in for surprise.

8 years ago

in the theatre
New Jersey
Performing Arts
Politics

N.J. may relax rule on serving drinks at nonprofit productions

The measure calls for allowing a theater with 100 seats or more, limited to the performance and two hours before or after, to be able to serve alcohol.

8 years ago

Nicholas Kripal's collection of terracotta sculptures,
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Pa. Convention Center art collection far from conventional

Seven years after completion, the Pennsylvania Convention Center expansion has installed a worthy art collection.

8 years ago

Architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown had a residency at Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia in 1984. (Fabric Workshop and Museum)
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Business
Philadelphia

Fabric Museum bares all for 40th anniversary

Philadelphia's Fabric Workshop and Museum looks back on 40 years of artist residencies.

8 years ago

Listen 2:06
First
Delaware
Kids
Music

More than just music, Choir School of Delaware hits all the right notes

For over 100 years the Choir School of Delaware has trained people of all ages to sing, but for the kids who attend, the lessons learned will shape their lives.

8 years ago

Daniel Ison and Lee Minora perform an except from their upcoming show “The Art of Swimming,” at Tiny Dynamite.
NewsWorks Tonight
History
Performing Arts

Learning ‘The art of swimming,’ in one act

“The Art of Swimming” runs through Sunday at The Headhouse Café.

8 years ago

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In this Feb. 3, 2007, file photo, Pat DiNizio of Smithereens poses for a photograph in New York. DiNizio, lead singer and songwriter of the New Jersey rock band died at age 62. The band announced on Facebook that DiNizio died Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper, FIle)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Pat DiNizio, lead singer of N.J. band Smithereens, dead at 62

The band announced on Facebook that DiNizio died Tuesday. The cause of death was not announced.

8 years ago

Jazz singer Nina Simone, shown in London, Dec. 5, 1968; and members of Bon Jovi (front row from left), Tico Torres, Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, (back row from left), Phil X, and Hugh McDonald  (AP Photo and Drew Gurian/Invision/AP)
New Jersey

Nina Simone, Bon Jovi, Moody Blues join Rock Hall 2018 class

Iconic singer Nina Simone and New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi lead the 2018 class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, which includes four first-time nominees.

8 years ago

Personal items that once belonged to Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber, are displayed for an online auction with proceeds to benefit the victims' families Wednesday, May 18, 2011 in Atlanta. The items include handwritten letters, typewriters, tools, clothing and several hundred books. (David Goldman/AP Photo)
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History
TV

The real ‘Fitz’ talks about taking down the Unabomber

The former Bensalem cop is at the center of a new Discovery Channel series called "Manhunt: Unabomber."

8 years ago

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The phoenix catches fire at the 14th Annual Firebird Festival in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.
View Finders
Neighborhoods

Town joins in celebrating story firing up Phoenixville’s resurgence

14th Annual Firebird Festival draws thousand to witness once again re-enactment of the story that symbolizes their Chester County town.

8 years ago

Daisy Ridley as Rey in
Speak Easy
Movies

How does ‘Star Wars’ endure through the generations?

Many have tried, a few have found some success, but no one has been able to surpass the popularity and influence of Star Wars.

8 years ago

Members of the Philadelphia Boys Choir sing at the opening of the Dilworth Park ice skating rink in 2014.
Pennsylvania
Performing Arts

Philadelphia Boys Choir celebrates 50th year

The choir, recognized as one of the finest in the world, is in the midst of its busiest time of year.

8 years ago

In this Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017 photo, people watch interstellar bodies move through space during a media preview at the planetarium at Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, N.J. The  newly refurbished planetarium is the largest in the western hemisphere and uses ten advanced projectors to produce an 8K resolution. It opens to the public on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
New Jersey
Space

New planetarium seeks to put New Jersey science center on travel map

New Jersey's Liberty Science Center in Jersey City is aiming to take visitors into space in what they are billing as the largest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere.

8 years ago

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