Arts & Entertainment
Seeking ‘oxygen,’ filmmaker Demme to auction off Haitian art trove in Philly
In Philadelphia this weekend, a huge trove of folk art will be auctioned off from the collection of filmmaker Jonathan Demme. The ...
11 years ago
First for Friday, March 28, 2014
Clean water future Delaware’s water is dirty. Most of it is too dirty to swim in or eat fish from. You will probably fin ...
Air Date: March 28, 2014
Review: Winning ‘The West’ with shtik and bravura
Here’s how the West was won: with toe-tapping music, old-fashioned bravura, a good deal of mime and plenty of movement. And ...
11 years ago
Review: Still at war, ‘Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq’
What do you leave out? That may be a question for Paula Vogel, the celebrated playwright whose new work opened in a world premiere at Wil ...
11 years ago
TEDx touts second act for ‘workshop of the world’
On Friday regional business leaders, thinkers, and “makers” will congregate for TEDxPh ...
11 years ago
Review: From Bucks County to Broadway, ‘Mothers and Sons’
“Mothers and Sons,” has gone the way of several plays that first came to life on the Bucks County Playhouse stage: Broadway. ...
11 years ago
Eakins portraits of bygone Philadelphia clerics going up for sale
Five paintings by the artist Thomas Eakins could be sold away from Philadelphia. St. Charles Borromeo Seminary of the Philadelphia ...
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Philadelphia radio producer raising the bar on ‘elevator music’
When was the last time you heard music in an elevator? Was it any good? For a limited time, an elevator in a loft building in Nort ...
11 years ago
ListenReview: ‘Laughter on the 23rd Floor’ at times
Bah-da-BOOM! That’s the nutshell description of Neil Simon’s “Laughter on the 23rd Floor,” the compendiu ...
11 years ago
First for Friday, March 21, 2014
Countdown for Afforable Heathcare Act The March 31st deadline for enrolling in Obamacare is fast approaching and millions of Ame ...
Air Date: March 21, 2014
After three decades of teaching ‘secrets of the sound,’ Temple orchestra maestro stepping down
One of Philadelphia’s musical giants is bowing out. After 28 years, Luis Biava will step down as artistic director of the Te ...
11 years ago
Review: When ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ is a potent mix
If the Walnut Street Theatre, which is 205 years old, doesn’t know how to gently roast an old chestnut to bring out its taste, then ...
11 years ago
The woman who set the tone for animal rights in Philadelphia
To mark Women’s History Month, it’s worth taking a step back into 19th-century Philadelphia to look at the life and work of a ...
11 years ago
ListenReview: The demons and delusions of ‘Hinckley’
When your role model is Lee Harvey Oswald, you know you’re in trouble. Except that John W. Hinckley Jr. didn’t. He als ...
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