Arts & Entertainment
Review: ‘The Screwtape Letters’ from Hell to the stage
If the devil really is in the details, then C.S. Lewis got it right. His 1942 book, “The Screwtape Letters,” is a point-by-po ...
11 years ago
Kimmel celebrates pipe organ and its music; puppet performance, silent film score [photos]
On Saturday, the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia will offer a free, all-day festival of organ music to celebrate its own Fred J. Cooper Mem ...
11 years ago
Review: ‘Michael the Rebel,’ justice and the power of obsession
A new theater company called Humble Treasure Productions, supported by donors to the Web’s Kickstarter and founded by a young theat ...
11 years ago
First for Friday, June 6, 2014
Brown vs. Board plus 60 Sixty years ago, the US Supreme Court’s major accomplishment was the end of separate but equal sch ...
Air Date: June 5, 2014
Review: ‘The Real Thing,’ the real Stoppard
The heavy-hitting playwright Tom Stoppard has a special way of thinking, and that’s what makes him a singular voice. He ties ...
11 years ago
Playing Google’s nontraditional recruitment game
NewsWorks presents a story from the First Person Arts podcast. Justine Parks Cuny describes her trip to Seattle during a manic episode fo ...
11 years ago
ListenAt Eastern State, massive sculpture points to exploding U.S. incarceration rate
A 3-D infographic illustrating the rise in American incarceration rates now stands at Philadelphia’s historic Eastern State Peniten ...
11 years ago
Curtis Institute graduates to devote a year of service to community
This fall, the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia will inaugurate a new service year for graduates from the renowned music conservatory. ...
11 years ago
Cooking up a new approach to teaching at Philly Free Library
The fourth floor of the Main Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia has a gorgeous roof terrace overlooking Logan Square with an inti ...
11 years ago
Commemorative Maya Angelou exhibition opens in NYC
The New York Public Library is presenting an exhibition commemorating the life of Maya Angelou. The monthlong exhibition opened Fr ...
11 years ago
Review: ‘How to Succeed in Business’ by trying anything you can
Let’s take a moment to consider the mismanagement that defines American business leadership in the new century. On second thought, ...
11 years ago
ListenFirst for Friday, May 30, 2014
A Good Start We are less than a month away from a final state budget for Delaware. One of the programs Gov. Markell wants to add ...
Air Date: May 30, 2014
A tree grows in Philly, adding to sculptural luster along Parkway [photos]
Jostling for attention between two other major works, a new sculpture has taken its place along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadel ...
11 years ago
Review: ‘Incorruptible’ and in stitches
What’s a poor believer to do? The abbey is falling apart. No one in the village seems able to contribute even a penny for prayer. ...
11 years ago
Bidding farewell to proud, sad remnant of Philadelphia’s past with ‘Funeral for a Home’
The house at 3711 Melon St. in Philadelphia’s Mantua neighborhood was never grand. Built in 1872, it was first the home of I ...
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