Arts & Entertainment
Review: ‘Ragtime’ and spectacle time
The stately production of “Ragtime” at Bristol Riverside Theatre does just what the show demands: With a good deal of spectac ...
11 years ago
Lost letters shed light on Lukens steel from Coatesville, Pa.
A trove of historic letters has been discovered in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, inside the walls of the home of one of the most powerful wo ...
11 years ago
First for Friday, March 20, 2015
New Expectations We begin with how the Delaware Department of Correction is changing the approach to addressing addiction and re ...
Air Date: March 20, 2015
Review: Tromping across the world with ‘Jason and the Argonauts’
Pity poor mythological Jason. He finds out his father was killed by his uncle, who’s become a cruel king. He sets out to aveng ...
11 years ago
‘Citizen’ a poetic take on American race relations
Claudia Rankine is angry, but not the kind of angry that gets people marching in the streets. During an interview in the lobby of the Dou ...
11 years ago
Review: A high old time at ‘Lafferty’s Wake’
Let’s raise a pint to Charlie Lafferty. He was easy with a joke, yet quick to anger. He was a good husband, except when he&nbs ...
11 years ago
Kevin Smith to shoot ‘Clerks III’ in Philly
This week, filmmaker Kevin Smith posted to Facebook that “Clerks III” – a sequel to his hit 1994 indie film – wil ...
11 years ago
Sculpture above Academy of the Fine Arts entrance packs a Punch
You don’t see too many buildings with a plinth about the door, anymore. The small platform built into a building façade to support ...
11 years ago
Review: The red-hot ‘Field Hockey Hot’
The new musical “Field Hockey Hot” is a hoot. It’s the first world premiere that the spunky 11th Hour Theatre Company h ...
11 years ago
First for Friday, March 13, 2015
The Player’s Knee The melting snow means the spring and summer season are right around the corner. For years, doctors and ...
Air Date: March 13, 2015
Review: ‘Macbeth’ newly faceted
It’s not just the three sisters who are weird in the current version of “Macbeth” at Arden Theatre Company. Alexander B ...
11 years ago
ListenReview: ‘Macbeth’ newly faceted
It’s not just the three sisters who are weird in the current version of “Macbeth” at Arden Theatre Company. Alexander B ...
11 years ago
ListenPhilly students take (many) steps to bring complicated world of Rube Goldberg to life
For several months, high school students across Philadelphia have been trying to figure out the most complicated way to erase a chalkboar ...
11 years ago
ListenWith city in flux, public art project seeks ideas for new Philly monument
A new public art and research project is posing this question to Philadelphians: What is your ideal city monument? ...
11 years ago
ListenContemporary artists find resonance in old folk tradition
“When you make a tweet and put an image with it, it has a lot more power,” said British artist Bob and Roberta Smith. “ ...
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