Arts & Entertainment
Philly’s Open Source project opens with massive mural by French artist JR
There’s a new face in Philadelphia. It’s four stories tall, peeking around a tall building in Center City. It’s ...
10 years ago
Mapping the cultural assets of Chester in story form [photos]
Members of the City Council in Chester, Delaware County, gave up their seats so that an acting ensemble could take the floor. Mayor ...
10 years ago
ListenReview: ‘Lulu’s Golden Shoes,’ smothered in fantasy
The play “Lulu’s Golden Shoes” displays urban poverty through the lens of fantasy, and I kept getting the feeling ...
10 years ago
Review: ‘Henry V,’ singing its way to war
William Shakespeare made a pre-emptive strike centuries before anyone ever used the phrase. In “Henry V,” he has to depict a ...
10 years ago
Review: ‘Henry V,’ singing its way to war
William Shakespeare made a pre-emptive strike centuries before anyone ever used the phrase. In “Henry V,” he has to depict a ...
10 years ago
Philadelphia artist finds inspiration on ocean floor
A Philadelphia artist has joined a team of scientists mapping the ocean floor off the coast of Baja, Mexico. Rebecca Rutstein, an ...
10 years ago
ListenReview: ‘Stella and Lou’ and something deeper
What’s up with Stella and Lou? Stella walks into Lou’s Philly bar after finishing her hospital shift as a nursing supervisor, ...
10 years ago
Tiniest Bay Residents When talking about Mid-Atlantic waterways, the Chesapeake Bay receives a majority of the att ...
Air Date: July 17, 2015
Review: First the rain, then ‘The Tempest’
The rain on Wednesday was nothing like a tempest, but enough to wet a swath of land at Morris Arboretum in Chestnut Hill and move “ ...
10 years ago
Review: ‘Closer Than Ever,’ smart as always
The angst of American middle-age – when many of us question the paths we’ve taken and the ones we’re moving toward – has ...
10 years ago
Review: ‘Closer Than Ever,’ smart as always
The angst of American middle-age – when many of us question the paths we’ve taken and the ones we’re moving toward – has ...
10 years ago
Comedy Central takes a foray into ‘Delco Proper,’ as defined by three comic denizens
On Monday, Comedy Central launched a new comedy show set in Pennsylvania’s Delaware County. ...
10 years ago
ListenWith new historical status, St. Augustine fresco may inspire greater veneration in Philly [photos]
The Philadelphia Historical Commission has granted historic designation to a series of fresco paintings on the ceiling of St. Augustine C ...
10 years ago
ListenWoodblock prints from first steps of Wharton Esherick’s career published again
The first carved woodblock prints by Wharton Esherick, an artist who was a major figure in American crafts, have just been republished. T ...
10 years ago
Transforming Eakins Oval into kaleidoscope of color for third summer of fun [photos]
By Wednesday, the parking lot on one end of the Parkway in Philadelphia will have been transformed into a temporary pop-up park, The Oval ...
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