Arts & Entertainment
Cabaret at Jewish museum with Martha Graham Cracker
This week the National Museum of American Jewish History, on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, will be re-interpreted by a drag queen. ...
10 years ago
Philly Art Museum offers new look at Paul Strand, ‘master of modern photography’
Something rather strange happens when looking at Paul Strand’s photographs — an odd feeling of having seen them before. And, ...
10 years ago
ListenA year of The Pulse, and the science of food
WHYY’s The Pulse celebrates its first birthday this week, in a celebration topped off by a live broadcast on Thursday. On Frida ...
10 years ago
Former South St. mecca for artists now hosting dance classes
At 40,000 square feet over four floors, the Pearl Art and Craft supplies store on South Street was one of the largest in Philadelphia. Af ...
10 years ago
‘Sincerity Project’ begins 24 years of theater vérité
“Are you guys really wrestling, or are you just making the sounds of really wrestling?” Director Alex Torra, stopped r ...
10 years ago
ListenReview: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s different sort of ‘Cinderella’
Down Cinderella’s way, the folks are out of kilter. One of the nasty stepsisters talks back to her mom and reels in disbelief when ...
10 years ago
Two Philly theater companies plan round-the-clock perfomances
At some point the inspiration will leave, the caffeine rendered useless, and the audience will dwindle down to the dregs. No sleep ...
10 years ago
Recipe for Philly ‘mountain lodge’ on the river: Ice, fire and rockers
The threat of snow in the forecast makes those summertime days of lounging in a hammock seem like a distant memory. The wildly pop ...
10 years ago
New radio station Boom lets Philly tune in to classic hip-hop
Philadelphians are listening to a bit more old-school hip-hop these days, thanks to a new FM radio station. Earlier this month, Ra ...
10 years ago
ListenReview: The goofy side of King ‘Arthur’
The once and future King Arthur has never had it as good (or as goofy) as he’s having it these days and nights at People’s Li ...
10 years ago
ListenReview: ‘QED’ and the nature of probability
Richard Feynman lived large, and what he got in return was large indeed. Feynman, who died in 1988 at the age of 69, was that most vision ...
10 years ago
Seats of honor celebrated at Philadelphia Museum of Art [photos]
Sometimes a chair is not just a chair. It’s a throne. It’s a cradle. It’s a basket. It’s a cardboard box. ...
10 years ago
A cut above the rest at Kensington Quarters [photos]
Boasting a relationship with local farmers, a connection to the animals and an inspired and educated approach to eating consciously in Ph ...
10 years ago
Review: Seriously ‘Lost in Yonkers’
And now, Neil Simon – seriously. The playwright who gave us plenty of laughs in such New York-based shows as “Barefoot in the Par ...
10 years ago
First for Friday, November 21, 2014
That’s a lot of chicken Last month, a World Trade Organization panel ruled that India violated international trade rules by ba ...
Air Date: November 21, 2014