Arts & Entertainment
First for Friday, June 5, 2015
Looking back: Beau Biden The former Delaware Attorney General and son of Vice President Joe Biden lost his battle ...
Air Date: June 5, 2015
‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ offers new insights into jazz legend’s life — and death
This week, Opera Philadelphia presents the world premiere of a work that provides a new look at jazz legend Charlie ...
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Skatable sculptures visit Paine’s Park
After decades of brightening Philadelphia with wall murals, the city’s Mural Arts Program is going 3-D. Its Open Source project wil ...
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Review: Inside the minds of ‘The Three Christs of Manhattan’
In Seth Rozin’s witty war of values — a new play called “The Three Christs of Manhattan” — the questi ...
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Gravesites and Graffiti in Vienna
As the “City of Waltzes,” Vienna has hosted, inspired, and commissioned a legion of classical composers to write songs, most notably ...
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Jewish Exponent will keep publishing despite laying off entire editorial staff
The Jewish Exponent has been publishing its weekly paper in the Philadelphia area s ...
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Constitution Center explores long, complicated struggle for gay rights
Beginning Friday, visitors to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia can take in a new exhibit dedicated to the storied history ...
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Orchestra roadies have their own show before the Fabulous Philadelphians can play [photos]
Before the Philadelphia Orchestra can play its music, the roadies must perfectly execute an intricate dance of moving millions of d ...
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At Arden Theatre’s gala to award Stephen Sondheim, surprises planned and unplanned [photos]
Everything was going swimmingly for the Arden Theatre Company as its gala evening was beginning last night. And it ended with an exhilara ...
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Paris full of friends, special experiences for Philadelphia Orchestra
Everybody seems to know somebody in Paris. As the Philadelphia Orchestra pulled into town, most of the musicians were busily tryin ...
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Philadelphia Orchestra pop-up quartet in Lyon, France (video)
While touring in Lyon, France, members of the Philadelphia Orchestra performed pop-up concerts in public places. A quartet of Juliette Ka ...
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Lyon applauds Philadelphians, and vice versa
LYON, France ― The audience at the Auditorium Lyons came to its feet for the Philadelphia Orchestra on Friday night, not letting piano ...
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Review: ‘Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits,’ all for fun
“Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits,” taken from the little revue that turned out to be an Off-Broadway mainstay with u ...
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Even the ‘geek-curious’ are welcome at J1-Convention on Sunday
Geeks of all stripes are readying for this Sunday’s J1-Convention. More than 1,000 fans of a ...
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Review: ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’ are very much alive
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? Two bit characters in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” They’re childhood friends of the prin ...
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