Arts & Entertainment
Review: Getting to know each other in ‘Chapter Two’
In Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical play “Chapter Two,” we’re asked to believe that two people in a whirlwind l ...
11 years ago
Guided by impression and free association, Dutch artists chart emotional map of Philly
Dutch artists Esther Polak and Ivar van Bekkum are visiting Philadelphia for the first time and are creating their own subjective map of ...
11 years ago
ListenLive from China, the Philadelphia Orchestra on your computer
Anyone in the world with an Internet connection can watch the Philadelphia Orchestra perform Mozart and Mahler on Sunday at the Shanghai ...
11 years ago
First for Friday, May 23, 2014
Child Predator Task Force Online child pornography is a national problem, but as technology advances, it has become of particula ...
Air Date: May 23, 2014
Sowing seeds of change, wildflowers along Amtrak corridor
Before Drew Becher moved to Philadelphia to head the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, he worked in both New York City and Washington, ...
11 years ago
Philadelphia sculptor specializes in ‘big hairy yetis’ and other movie monsters
On this edition of “Recap,” we check in with Philadelphia special effects and makeup artist Dylan Pecora to see how he spent ...
11 years ago
ListenHow to ensure a good time down the Shore? Patsy explains it all [video]
This weekend — Memorial Day weekend — marks the unofficial start of summer, when many people think about what to do during th ...
11 years ago
Review: ‘Altar Boyz,’ altered sound
Allow me, please, to be the heretic in the sanctuary. The many fans of 11th Hour Theatre Company will see its “Altar Boyz” pr ...
11 years ago
Philly storyteller taps unlikely muse for award-winning tale of awkward romance
Sixth-grade teacher and champion storyteller Steve Clark took the crown at Underground Arts in North Chinatown for his story about romant ...
11 years ago
ListenReview: ‘The Cat In the Hat’ and his fun that is funny
“So all we could do was to Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! And we did not like it. Not one little bit.” Aw, too bad for a gloomy brother ...
11 years ago
UPenn ‘Writers House’ building recording studio for treasure trove of spoken poetry
This week, the Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania will begin construction of a new recording studio. The buildi ...
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ListenReview: In ‘Woody Sez,’ a Guthrie of car-cars and wandering
One of the endearing qualities of the late Woody Guthrie, a man whose plain-talk songs are now well-woven into the fabric of our folk cul ...
11 years ago
Comedians say they like playing to big crowds in small Pa. towns
Jonathan Burns can get himself out of almost anything. The comedian, contortionist with a wiry frame can fold himself into a suitcase, an ...
11 years ago
First for Friday, May 16, 2014
Remembering Vietnam With Memorial Day right around the corner, it’s the right time to honor those who have fought t ...
Air Date: May 16, 2014
Animating ghostly landscape along Philly rail corridor with lustrous color
What once served the factories that made Philadelphia the “Workshop of the World,” the rail corridor between 30th Street Stat ...
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