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Review: A ‘Mary Poppins’ that flies high
“I’m practically perfect in every way,” Mary Poppins sings to her two young charges, but she could be describing the Wa ...
11 years ago
ListenKeystone Boychoir learns Arabic to bridge boundaries with song
The Keystone Boychoir singers, ranging from 8 to 18 years old, gathered Wednesday evening at a Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia to reh ...
11 years ago
ListenIra Glass brings ‘Reinventing Radio’ show to Kimmel
Ira Glass began producing and hosting “This American Life” in 1995, a time when public radio was pretty boring. His si ...
11 years ago
PAFA exhibit on American surrealist who didn’t want to join the club [photos]
Is the work of Peter Blume the first major work of American surrealism? Like a lot of surreal things, it is and it isn’t. ...
11 years ago
ListenReview: Spooking the Marquis de Sade and his ‘Quills’
What has Halloween done to the play “Quills,” the fictionalized account about the chief doctor of an asylum who orders an abb ...
11 years ago
Mission to preserve Revolutionary War site in Princeton enlists further support
A Revolutionary War battlefield in Princeton, New Jersey, has gotten reinforcements from the Civil War. The Civil War Trust has, i ...
11 years ago
ListenOnce part of ‘Band of Brothers,’ South Philly World War II vets to live on in bronze
Two World War II veterans from South Philadelphia, who parachuted with Easy Company into Europe to combat German forces in 1944, will be ...
11 years ago
First for Friday, November 7, 2014
Election Day impact First Look this week dives into the impact of Tuesday’s vote. Will the Republican strategy make a dif ...
Air Date: November 7, 2014
Work of Barnes friend, artistic guide William Glackens featured at foundation
The Barnes Foundation, on the Parkway in Philadelphia, is exhibiting the work of an artist who played a critical role in the cr ...
11 years ago
ListenReview: ‘Red Speedo,’ white-hot lies
The difference between right and wrong doesn’t figure into the ways the characters think in “Red Speedo.” But what& ...
11 years ago
Review: Peering into a crystalline ‘Glass Menagerie’
The stunning production of “The Glass Menagerie” at Act II Playhouse in Ambler is all the more stunning because it never trie ...
11 years ago
Biking in Philly: Then and Now [photos]
Philadelphians love biking. A report issued by the Bicycle Coalition of Philadelphia this summer ...
11 years ago
Review: ‘Great Expectations,’ especially for the plot
Arden Theatre glides steadily through the broad sweep of Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” – and when it comes to ...
11 years ago
NJ museum displays massive mural a jailed man created from sheets, hair gel, and newspapers
A Pennsylvania man engineered his mental escape from prison through creation of a towering artwork, mailing it piece by piece beyond bars ...
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