Arts & Entertainment
Art Museum future
After selling four works of art, the Delaware Art Museum is debt free and looking ahead. The museum recent
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Air Date: March 11, 2016
The science of realistic animated hair, Pixar at the Franklin
Last week, the animation company PIXAR won an Academy Award for its film “Inside Out,” it’s eighth Oscar for best anima
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Freeman family bidding adieu as auction house changes hands after 211 years
American’s oldest auction house, Freeman’s in Philadelphia, has been sold. The business had been family-owned since it launch
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Joe Tiberino, patriarch of artistic Philadelphia family, dies at 77
One of Philadelphia’s most prominent artists died a few weeks ago. Joe Tiberino, a painter and muralist, died in his Powelton Villa
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Experiencing Philly Flower Show through scent, touch, careful description
The Philadelphia Flower Show continues this week at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where a quarter-million people are expected to ex
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‘Downton Abbey’ fans say farewell at WHYY viewing party [photos]
Last night WHYY said goodbye to its beloved period drama Downton Abbey. Going out in style, “lords and ladies” flocked to the
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Model trains wend through scenic national parks at Philly Flower Show [video]
“I grew up in the era when we had trains at Christmas. I was 5 or 6 years old,” said Phil Hatrack, president of the Southeast
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National preservation groups enlist in fight over Princeton Battlefield
A new shot is fired in the battle over the Princeton Battlefield.
Nine preservationist groups have formed a coalition to save the
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Schooling the Workforce
When Amazon set up shop in Middleton a few years ago the hope was that it would have a pos
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Air Date: March 4, 2016
Philly’s Mary Lattimore sets the harp on a modern road
Mary Lattimore is a fascinating artist living in Philadelphia, and one you might not know about. On a road trip to California with her 85
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Horticultural Society’s new president readies for first Philadelphia Flower Show
Despite the wintry weather, the Philadelphia Flower Show opens this weekend. This year’s theme celebrates the National Parks Servic
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Neither cancer nor paralysis will keep Gooch from making music
Gooch has earned the right to sing the blues.
Ryan “Gooch” Nelson started playing guitar at 12 years old, fashioning h
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‘Fabulous Philadelphians’ plan concert tour including Mongolia
The Philadelphia Orchestra has entered an agreement with the government of Mongolia to be the first Western orchestra to tour that countr
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Philly musician behind Hawthorne clubhouse brings South American flavor
There’s something deeply charming about Ryan Tennis and the Tennis Family Cl
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Philly museum offers artists in its collection lifetime membership, cuts rates for others
The Philadelphia Art Museum is now the only major museum in the country to offer free lifetime membership to artists with work in its col
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