Arts & Entertainment
Review: At the Drake in Center City, an evolution and ‘#therevolution’
For InterAct Theatre Company – founded 28 years ago to stage works that speak to current issues – Wednesday night marked a new era. N ...
9 years ago
From opener to headliner, Rayland Baxter brings warm, weird country to World Cafe
Rayland Baxter’s sound is intoxicating — a stubborn adherence to a personal sonic aesthetic that scuffs up neat categorization. H ...
9 years ago
T.J. Tindall, a creator of the Philadelphia Sound, dies at 65
One of the architects of the Philadelphia Sound died Tuesday. T.J. Tindall was a guitar player who worked on major funk and R&B recor ...
9 years ago
Listen‘Dancin On Air’ spins off a reality show
Casey Reed, an afternoon drive-time DJ on Philadelphia’s Q102, has been holding down a second gig as a TV host of “Dancin On ...
9 years ago
ListenTemple and Chinese university partner with new Confucius Institute
Tonight, Temple University will hold a public demonstration about the nuances of Chinese tea. It will be the first public event of ...
9 years ago
Delaware’s State of the State First is coming to you from Legislative Hall in Dover this week. We begin the prog ...
Air Date: January 22, 2016
Review: ‘From the Depths,’ will the real Oscar Wilde please rise?
It’s a rare depiction, to my mind, that treats the playwright Oscar Wilde as an actual human being and not some cartoonish, foppish ...
9 years ago
ListenA tree grows at the Kimmel Center twice a day for PIFA
The third iteration of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) will feature a tree that more than doubles in height an ...
9 years ago
First Extra: Governor Markell’s State of the State Address
Governor Jack Markell reflected on Delaware’s economy and job growth, and the importance of creating opportunities for individuals of a ...
Air Date: January 21, 2016
Transforming Philly ballroom into an all-hours theater haunt
A week before two theater companies were to simultaneously christen downtown Philadelphia’s newest theater space with two new plays ...
9 years ago
ListenPhiladelphia Orchestra will bring to light music from City of Light as part of next season
Next season, the Philadelphia Orchestra will present a series of world premieres, the return of former chief conductor Charles Dutoit, an ...
9 years ago
Bruce Graham on his new play ‘Funnyman’, stand up comedy and the legacy of burlesque
At the first preview performance of his new play “Funnyman,” Bruce Graham sat at the top row of the theater at the Arden R ...
9 years ago
ListenWilma Theater grapples with ‘Hard Problem’ in dramatic fashion
The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia is staging the American premiere of “The Hard Problem,” a new play by Tom Stoppard that had ...
9 years ago
Harrington Detox Detox centers used to be places where you go to quit drugs and alcohol – cold turkey. The model ...
Air Date: January 15, 2016
Review: ‘The Hard Problem?’ For Wilma Theater, no difficulty
It’s been a heady week for the Wilma Theater. First, its co-founder and artistic director Blanka Zizka announced a $10 million camp ...
9 years ago