Arts & Entertainment
Setting right a composer’s ‘unjust malaise’
This month, the West Philadelphia organizations Bowerbird and the Slought Foundation are mounting “That Which is Fundamental,” a two- ...
9 years ago
ListenAfter three-year wait, Longwood Garden’s rebuilt illuminated dance water fountain opens [video]
This weekend Longwood Gardens — the historic botanical estate in Kennet Square, Pennsylvania — will re-open its centerpiece foun ...
9 years ago
From French to English to Spanish, ‘Happy Birthday’ from 1812 Productions
French may be the language of love, but it can also be the language of infidelity, romantic deception, and high jinks. The French ...
9 years ago
New app to weave Philadelphia voices into symphony music
The Philadelphia Orchestra has commissioned a new piece of music, to feature the voice of you. Everybody in Philadelphia is invite ...
9 years ago
Illuminated with music, ‘Arsonists’ set for Philly debut — and far beyond
A Philadelphia playwright will premiere her new work this week at the Drake Theater in Center City — and in four other cities. A n ...
9 years ago
Philly playwright reimagines slightly uneasy ‘Peaceable Kingdom’
Inspired by one of the most famous of Quaker paintings, a new play is being staged in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania folk artist Edwar ...
9 years ago
ListenCuban performance artist to wear suit made of dirt and nails in Philly streets
Today, a Cuban artist will walk the streets of Philadelphia dressed in a suit made of mud and nails. The Barnes Foundation invited the co ...
9 years ago
New mural to honor Philly native Ed Bradley of ’60 Minutes’
One of Philadelphia’s native sons — television journalist Ed Bradley — will be the subject of a public mural in West ...
9 years ago
ListenAnnenberg Center for the Performing Arts announces new season
This week, the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will release the schedule for the 2017-2018 season, beginning in the fall. It wil ...
9 years ago
Nature and the environment come together in an art lesson for Wilmington students [video]
A simple project like using colored pencils to draw their favorite animals could turn into a lifelong lesson for 5th graders in Mrs. Morris' art class.
9 years ago
For the first time, historic prison offers tours of the hospital [photos]
The caretakers of Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary keep the 19th-century prison in “suspended decay” — ...
9 years ago
On ‘Radio Times’: Yolanda Wisher and Patrick Rosal celebrate National Poetry Month
Earlier this morning, Marty Moss-Coane asked Yolanda Wisher and Patrick Rosal to share some of their poems. April is Nat ...
9 years ago
Patti LaBelle talks desserts, including that famous pie [photos]
Everybody knows Patti LaBelle is a musical icon. But in recent years, the Philadelphia native has come to be known for her food as m ...
9 years ago
Review: ‘Hand to God,’ with a puppet on it
I’m convinced that a special place awaits me in heaven because, feeling duty-bound, I went to see the play “Hand to God” ...
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