
Arts & Entertainment
National Constitution Center to explore changes wrought in 1968
The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia will host an exhibit about a pivotal year in modern American history. “The ...
10 years ago
Temple marching band ushers in ‘March Madness’ at Liberty Place [video]
Members of the Temple University marching band were on hand at Liberty Place in Center City Philadelphia to help celebrate the start of M ...
10 years ago
New book profiles legendary 1985 NCAA championship
This weekend, many college basketball teams will find out whether they’ve earned a berth to the NCAA tournament. Villanova Un ...
10 years ago
The Philadelphia story before she became Dolley Madison
Dolley Madison — one of America’s original first ladies and a Philly girl — has one of best rags-to-riches stories in America. ...
10 years ago
First for Friday, March 15, 2013
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: DRBA Deal 50 years ago, Delaware and New Jersey reached a landmark cooperati ...
Air Date: March 15, 2013
Singular approaches to collecting fine art in Philly
Right now, three large and midsized museums are exhibiting works from three major, private collections in the Philadelphia region. ...
10 years ago
Champion of sustainable food production speaks in Philly
Mark Bittman, a New York Times food writer and advocate of sustainable food production, will speak at a Philadelphia synagogue W ...
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Conductor Krajewski offers preview of post-Nero Philly Pops
This weekend, the Philly Pops will welcome its new music director-designate. Michael Krajewski will officially take over the podiu ...
10 years ago
‘Picturing Power’ reflects capitalism’s changing faces, phases
The Princeton University Art Museum now has on display painted portraits of rich, white men. “Picturing Power: Capitalism, D ...
10 years ago
First for Friday, March 8, 2013
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Blue Hen fever As Elena Delle Donne’s college career comes to a close ...
Air Date: March 8, 2013
Circus feats propel Plymouth Meeting fourth-graders toward life lessons
“It’s really hard because you go a little bit, then you fall,” says Clare Robinson, 9. “It’s really sad bec ...
10 years ago
After small trip of its own, N.C. Wyeth ‘Odyssey’ painting safe in Philly museum
“The Trial of the Bow” was thought missing for 30 years until it was recently discovered in the Philadelphia headquarters of ...
10 years ago
Exhibit shows how colonial trade routes influenced art in Spain, Portugal
If you want to talk global economy, trade expansion, outsourcing and growing new markets, don’t look at the present or even the fut ...
10 years ago
‘Silver Linings Playbook’ team won’t be back in Philly for new Abscam movie
In 1980, the FBI set up a sting operation in a hotel near New York’s JFK Airport. The agency hired a former con man to act as a Mid ...
10 years ago
Stretching ‘First Fridays’ out for whole weekend in Old City
The inaugural First Friday Weekend offers a nod to the concurrent opening of the Philadelphia Flower Show with a scavenger hunt for flowe ...
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