Arts & Entertainment
Doing it their way, Philly Pops musicians will marry during Sinatra tribute
This weekend the Philly Pops will open its concert season with Ol’ Blue Eyes — and a wedding. The Pops will perform th ...
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Philly group finds new way to couch discussions of plight faced by homeless LGBT youth
You might see a couch on the streets of Philadelphia these days, but it’s not free for the taking. It’s there to raise awaren ...
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Taking cues from Mexican artists of ’90s, Moore forum focuses on bolstering artist collectives
In Mexico City, the 1990s were the best of times, and the worst of times. The country was in an economic and political tailspin, w ...
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Review: The one-dimensional images in ‘Photograph 51’
They can be brilliant and they can be cynical, petty, cutthroat hypocrites. I’m not referring to the usual suspects – I’m t ...
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Oyster Aquaculture Oyster harvests were big business along the coastal US up until the 1900’s when disease and w ...
Air Date: October 2, 2015
Philadelphia public spaces are canvas for Open Source art exhibit
Open Source, a citywide public art exhibition under way in Philadelphia right now, features ...
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‘Cold Mountain’ selected for One Book, One Philadelphia
The bestselling book set during the Civil War, “Cold Mountain” by Charles Frazier, is the selection for the Free Library̵ ...
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Nézet-Séguin leads Philadelphia Orchestra into a new season
The Philadelphia Orchestra is tuning up for a new season that e ...
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Princeton historian wins MacArthur grant for study of Jewish life in medieval Cairo
Twenty-four fellowships from the MacArthur Foundation — the “genius” grants — have been announced for 2015. They w ...
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Posters for new Fillmore Philadelphia are NOT psychedelic, thank you
The Fillmore Philadelphia — a new music venue owned by Live Nation and named after the famous clubs in San Francisco and New York — w ...
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Woodmere exhibit follows Philly’s black artists through a tumultuous half-century
Hanging on a wall of the first gallery of the Woodmere Museum’s exhibition “We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia 1920s to ...
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First for Friday, September 25, 2015
Tappin’ Thru Theatre The Delaware Theatre Company became the first building that began the development of wh ...
Air Date: September 25, 2015
Philadelphia’s Print Center celebrates a century
The Print Center in Philadelphia has given over half of its second-floor exhibition space on Latimer Street to artist Gabriel Martinez. ...
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New doc spotlights Latinos who served in Vietnam
During this Hispanic Heritage Month, WHYY-TV will broadcast the PBS documentary “On Two Fronts: ...
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Review: ‘High Society,’ high times
They don’t make musicals like they used to – but then, Cole Porter is no longer around. In fact, he wasn’t around in 1998 e ...
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