
Arts & Entertainment
Meet the man behind Philly drag queen Martha Graham Cracker
There’s plenty of free late-night entertainment this month during Philadelphia’s Fringe Festival. But nothing screams Philly ...
11 years ago
Listen‘Keys to Collection’ app opens interactive experience with Barnes collection [photos]
There is no “fun” in “museum.” For decades fine-art museums have largely relegated gaming and interactivit ...
11 years ago
ListenGrandmother’s dementia is hard on my family, but sometimes my Mom Mom shines through
“This disease is really hard on the people who surround it, but every once in a while, it gives you flashback to the person that yo ...
11 years ago
ListenThe fringiest of the Philly Fringe Festival (we think)
A friend complained that the trouble with the Fringe Festival, the heady conglomeration of theater, dance and art that opens on Friday ni ...
11 years ago
17 shows I want to see at the 2014 Fringe Festival
It’s a crap shoot – and that’s one of the best things about the Fringe Festival. So often, you don’t know what you’re going to ...
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ListenSpruce Street Harbor Park will pop up again in 2015
The Spruce Street Harbor Park, floating on the Delaware River near Penn’s Landing, has extended its residency for an extra month, a ...
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Why parts of West Philly not getting the boost from attracting artists
The West Philadelphia neighborhoods of Mantua and Powelton Village have a surprisingly large arts sector, says a new study by Drexel Univ ...
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No longer ‘nomadic,’ Fringe Arts debuts new building for this year’s festival
Philadelphia’s Fringe Festival officially begins Friday. This year’s menu of theater, dance, music and other artistic ...
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ListenFirst for Friday, August 29, 2014
Achieving financial independence New economic statistics will be released next week, and with elections looming in the fall, the ...
Air Date: August 29, 2014
Philly theater’s Barrymore Awards are back, with a batch of nominees
The Barrymore Awards – the way Philadelphia’s theater community celebrates its accomplishments in a glittery night out – are back a ...
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Seaside Heights iconic carousel may be nearing its final spin
As this summer unofficially comes to a close this weekend, it may be the last summer for the historic carousel on the boardwalk in Seasid ...
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ListenPhiladelphia Theater Company gets $2.5 million for restructuring
The ailing Philadelphia Theater Company has received a shot in the arm from its longtime benefactors to the tune of $2.5 million. ...
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Audience to choose their own adventure with 1812 Productions’ ‘Intimate Exchanges’
“I looked at this play because I wanted something simple,” said Jennifer Childs, founder of 1812 Productions. “Just two ...
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First for Friday, August 22, 2014
Unaccompanied minors At least 117 school-aged children who illegally entered the country at the border with Mexico have been pla ...
Air Date: August 22, 2014
Giovanni’s Room to reopen as second Philly AIDS Thrift location
When Ed Hermance, the owner America’s oldest gay bookstore, announced earlier this year that after 35 years he was getting out of t ...
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