
Arts & Entertainment
Critics still hate revised design for Museum of the American Revolution in Philly
The Philadelphia Art Commission has given preliminary approval to the design plans for the future Museum of the American Revolution in Ph ...
11 years ago
150 years ago, America’s favorite sport was … walking
In 1860, two men made a friendly wager over whether Abraham Lincoln would win the upcoming presidential election. The result was a ...
11 years ago
ListenThey’ll have what everyone’s having: Coffee bar co-op planned for the Eraserhood
A new eatery opening in Center City in Philadelphia will have an unusual business model. The founders are creating the business as ...
11 years ago
ListenBlack comic book art showcased at City Hall
There are heroes in Philadelphia’s City Hall. They fight crime, protect the poor, and channel the spirits of Egyptian gods. ...
11 years ago
Historic Philly prison exhibit focuses on victims, not murderers
At the invitation of Eastern State Penitentiary, artist Cindy Stockton-Moore painted ink portraits of fifty victims. The old Easte ...
11 years ago
From love potions to chimpanzee hands, if you seek Voodoo magic, bring your wallet
Each month, NewsWorks presents a story from the First Person Arts podcast. This time, Jarret Beaudoin is studying abroad i ...
11 years ago
ListenPhilly playwrights resurrect the company ensemble at Arden, Wilma
Two Philadelphia theaters are bringing back an old tradition that has more or less disappeared in professional regional theater: the comp ...
11 years ago
Review: ‘The Rise and Fall of Little Voice,’ but mostly the fall
For perhaps 10 minutes, an actress named Ellie Mooney gets, and grabs, her place in the spotlight. In a remarkable explosion of ve ...
11 years ago
The Pine Barrens aren’t big enough for Sasquatch and the Jersey Devil
There might be a Bigfoot in South Jersey. The cable TV show “Chasing Bigfoot,” on the Animal Planet channel, recently ...
11 years ago
ListenWhere is Anton Chekhov when you need him? The great 19th-century Russian playwright is probably tucked soundly into some celestial ...
11 years ago
Seeking ‘oxygen,’ filmmaker Demme to auction off Haitian art trove in Philly
In Philadelphia this weekend, a huge trove of folk art will be auctioned off from the collection of filmmaker Jonathan Demme. The ...
11 years ago
First for Friday, March 28, 2014
Clean water future Delaware’s water is dirty. Most of it is too dirty to swim in or eat fish from. You will probably fin ...
Air Date: March 28, 2014
Review: Winning ‘The West’ with shtik and bravura
Here’s how the West was won: with toe-tapping music, old-fashioned bravura, a good deal of mime and plenty of movement. And ...
11 years ago
Review: Still at war, ‘Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq’
What do you leave out? That may be a question for Paula Vogel, the celebrated playwright whose new work opened in a world premiere at Wil ...
11 years ago