Arts & Entertainment
Biking in Philly: Then and Now [photos]
Philadelphians love biking. A report issued by the Bicycle Coalition of Philadelphia this summer
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9 years ago
Review: ‘Great Expectations,’ especially for the plot
Arden Theatre glides steadily through the broad sweep of Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” – and when it comes to
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9 years ago
NJ museum displays massive mural a jailed man created from sheets, hair gel, and newspapers
A Pennsylvania man engineered his mental escape from prison through creation of a towering artwork, mailing it piece by piece beyond bars
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‘RIVERS’ celebrates course of Schuylkill, Delaware in shaping Philly
This weekend, a musical composition about the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers will premiere in Philadelphia, evoking both the movement of
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9 years ago
ListenReview: ‘Asking For It’ and dishing it out
The comedian and theater artist Adrienne Truscott immediately begins her one-woman “Asking For It” with a piece of shtik that
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9 years ago
Review: ‘Caught’ in an intriguing labyrinth
Is there such a thing as being close to the truth, or is that the definition of a lie? Well, it is not a matter of truth or fiction, but
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9 years ago
Review: ‘Newsies,’ when urchins helped make press lords rich
Too bad that the national tour of Disney’s “Newsies” is running at the Academy of Music only through the weekend, becau
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9 years ago
Special Edition: Decision 2014
The candidates for U.S. Senate from Delaware debate the issues from Widener University. Sen. Chris Coons, Kevin Wade, and Andrew Groff a
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Air Date: October 31, 2014
Pierre’s Costumes is not your run-of-the-mill Halloween store
Halloween is tomorrow. Do you have your costume?
If not and you’re short on ideas, there’s still time to stop by Pierr
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The Prince Music Theater’s template became the norm
The news that the Prince Music Theater, on Chestnut Street in the shadow of City Hall, will be shutting its doors and that its producing
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9 years ago
Congress Hall, one of the historic buildings in Independence National Historic Park, does not usually host lectures or debates. Once a ye
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The Barrymore Awards for Philly theater excellence, revived
(NOTE: A full listing of Barrymore Award winners follows this article.)
After a one-year hiatus while
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Review: ‘Richard II,’ the Naive
Richard II became King of England when he was 10, and in William Shakespeare’s account of the last year of his reign in 1399 before
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First for Friday, October 24, 2014
Vaccine debate
Whooping cough cases in Delaware skyrocketed this year with more than 200 reported cases, up from 57 last year.
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Air Date: October 24, 2014
Poetry takes center stage at Dodge festival in Newark, NJ
Truth and lies. Killing and survival. Sex, war, and rock and roll.
This weekend, thousands of people will be going on a three-day
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9 years ago