Arts & Entertainment
A one-day symphony of harps brings Pa. players out of orchestral obscurity
Over the weekend, 34 harpists converged at Haverford School to become an army of 2,000 strings. The players ranged from amateurs t ...
11 years ago
ListenReview: ‘Accomplice’ to a crazy mix-up
What happens when the actors and the characters they portray get all mixed up? You get Rupert Holmes’ clever and bizarre “Acc ...
11 years ago
Celebrating two Latino luminaries from Philly on NYC stage
This weekend, two shining stars from Philadelphia’s Latino community will be honored. One is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwr ...
11 years ago
First for Friday, March 14, 2014
The future of manufacturing Last week Delaware’s Congressional Delegation hosted the latest in a series of job fairs. It ...
Air Date: March 14, 2014
Review: Broadway’s ‘Rocky,’ but still Philly’s fighter
Can a bum from the neighborhood ever be anything more? You sense the underlying sadness right away. It gave the original “Ro ...
11 years ago
Review: A ‘Skin & Bone’ with plenty of meat
Down in the Florida panhandle, where the Old South still reigns, two sisters and their house rapidly decline. The ladies’ knees and ...
11 years ago
A Yiddish take on the national pastime
The new exhibition at the National Museum of American Jewish History, “Chasing Dreams: Baseball and Becoming American,” featu ...
11 years ago
Local inspiration for Mr. Peabody, Sherman and the WABAC machine
Ted Key, a cartoonist from Valley Forge, is the creator of the characters that became “Mr. Peabody and Sherman.” ̶ ...
11 years ago
First for Friday, March 7, 2014
Port Impact As Delaware works to rebuild its blue collar work base, there’s one place that’s been a source of those ...
Air Date: March 7, 2014
Talking Phillies’ spring training with the mayor of Clearwater
For Philadelphians, the Phillies are a part of everyday life. But for the uninitiated, what’s it like when the Phillies come to tow ...
11 years ago
ListenAn unwise choice of pants can really put a damper on a second date
Each month, NewsWorks presents a story from the First Person Arts podcast. This time, Andrew Panebianco tells the story of ...
11 years ago
ListenReview: The daffy ‘Mystery of Irma Vep’
Never mind its little quotes from plays by Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe and Henrik Ibsen, “The Mystery of Irma Vep” is all fo ...
11 years ago
Arrangements in living color spring from frame to Philly Flower Show
In spite of the snow, the Philadelphia Flower Show continues. As the world’s largest indoor flower show, it can pretend winter does ...
11 years ago
How others’ stories change our own
Whether we know it or not, hearing someone else’s story changes us. And telling our own story does even more. But the two together ...
Air Date: March 3, 2014
ListenReview: The many games of ‘Circle Mirror Transformation’
In Annie Baker’s play “Circle Mirror Transformation,” the games we play become one with the lives we lead. The play, ge ...
11 years ago