Arts & Entertainment
Philadelphia crowd turns tables on N.Y. Times art critic
In a rare move for a newspaper critic, Ken Johnson faced friends and foes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on Sunday, at a pa
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N.Y. Times art writer faces his own critics in Philadelphia Sunday
A critical firestorm in the art world will touch down in Philadelphia this weekend, as the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts hosts a
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Newly unearthed ancient Roman mosaic on view at Penn Museum
An ancient Roman floor recently discovered in Israel has come to Philadelphia.
There are no human figures in the mosaic. No religi
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Film artist Tacita Dean premieres new work at Arcadia University
“Can everyone keep quiet for a minute?”
And so the soft-spoken artist, Tacita Dean, shushed a roomful of men installin
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Exhibit explores intersecting history of Jewish teachers, blacks of Jim Crow South
February is African American History month, and the National Museum of American Jewish History is now featuring an exhibit about a partic
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Curtain closes on stagehand strike at Suzanne Roberts Theatre
The stagehands of the Philadelphia Theatre Company have ended their strike. Management and the stagehands union negotiated an agreement e
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Expect ‘a feast of the senses’ at 2013 Philadelphia Flower Show
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society announced the 2013 Philadelphia Flower Show theme — “Brilliant!” — on Friday after
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Puppy Bowl is more than just a TV show for Chester County couple
When Marissa Eldridge goes to her mother’s house this Sunday, she’ll be forced to watch the Super Bowl.
“I hate
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Perusing the shops at Berlin Farmers Market
The Berlin Farmers Market is not really a farmers market.
Its name reaches back to the 1940s, when it was a livestock and pro
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Company unplugged: New leaner name better fits Opera Philadelphia
A new name for the old Opera Company of Philadelphia has been a long time coming.
“The Opera Company of Philadelphia —
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Philly museum offers reflections of Jewish urban life
There aren’t any showstoppers in “Jewish Artists In America: 1925 – 1945,” now on view at the National Museum of
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Maestro Nézet-Séguin to conduct young musicians in All-City Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s new music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, will face some of city’s youngest musicians this wee
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Pa. community chorus offers U.S. premiere of unpublished Baroque work
A small choral ensemble in Ottsville, Pa., near Doylestown, will present the U.S. premiere of a centuries-old piece of Baroque music.
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Camden’s past reflected clearly in exhibit; artistic future remains uncertain
“I’m a half-full kind of guy,” says Cyril Reade, the director for the Center of Art on the Rutgers-Camden campus. The r
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‘Mountaintop’ humanizes MLK in allowing him down from pedestal
Playwright Katori Hall started writing “The Mountaintop” in 2007, just as Barack Obama began running for president. But she h
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