Arts & Entertainment
Following a true American original: Horace Pippin
Self-taught, American artist Horace Pippin grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He lived through World War I, segregation and lo ...
10 years ago
ListenRaising high the roof beam — in the name of art and community
A West Philadelphia artist collective housed in an old warehouse space large enough to create monumental sculptures now has an exhibition ...
10 years ago
White House to allow photos, social media on public tours
The White House says visitors can now take photos or use social media during public tours of the building. That announcement comes ...
10 years ago
Stepping away from the microphone, WXPN’s Michaela Majoun restarts her screenwriting career
When she first moved to Philadelphia, WXPN host Michaela Majoun didn’t intend to stay very long. “My plan was to come ...
11 years ago
ListenPhilly playwrights collective plans three-year run
“If you want a happy ending,” filmmaker Orson Welles once said, “that depends, of course, on where you stop your story. ...
11 years ago
Annual Gettysburg reenactment postponed because of rain
Officials have postponed the annual Gettysburg battle reenactment because of rain and flooding. Reenactors usually gather on farm ...
11 years ago
One of a kind performance at the Waterworks
Rain is forecast this weekend, but that won’t stop Philadelphia’s Mendelssohn Club from going outside to perform its world pr ...
11 years ago
ListenFirefly 2015 It’s been quite a June around the Dover International Speedway. Nascar kicked things off, the B ...
Air Date: June 26, 2015
Thirteen tall ships parade on Delaware River [photos]
On Thursday a dozen old-time sailing ships tacked up the Delaware River to Philadelphia for a tall ship festival, continuing through the ...
11 years ago
ListenMural majority take part in painting to mark Pope Francis visit to Philly [photos]
As Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and other delegates meet with Vatican officials in Rome, painting has started on a mural to commemor ...
11 years ago
Daughter chronicles Bertoia’s artistic journey from shaping metal to awakening its sound
Artist Harry Bertoia was fascinated by metal. His interest took him from making jewelry to designing furniture to creating sculpture. ...
11 years ago
ListenPhila. museum lauds man who made us love Monet, Manet, Degas
Much of the Impressionist art collected by wealthy Philadelphians passed through the hands of a single art dealer in France — a man who ...
11 years ago
First for Friday, June 19, 2015
Livable Lawns Just look around outside and you can see why many of us are in a summer mood – everything is green ...
Air Date: June 19, 2015
Philly’s All City Orchestra plays Kimmel Center, then Italy [photos]
“Trombones, I want you to make me lose more hair than I’ve already lost,” said Don Liuzzi while rehearsing the young mu ...
11 years ago
ListenYoko Ono promoting show of John Lennon’s drawings at Jersey Shore gallery
The artwork of John Lennon will be on display this week at an art gallery at the Jersey Shore. Ocean Galleries in Stone Harbor will ...
11 years ago
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