Arts & Entertainment
Philly classical ensemble Murmuration turns news into libretto — on the spot
If radio is “theater of the mind,” somebody needs to compose the soundtrack.
Murmuration is a classical improvisation
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11 years ago
Pianist to play a Beethoven ‘sonata-thon’ at McCarter
Ludwig van Beethoven began composing piano sonatas when he was a young man of 23, and continued composing them until he was 51, after he
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11 years ago
Bucks County Playhouse: Rebuilding a reputation
Bucks County Playhouse, known about 60 years ago as a theatrical playground where high-level talent could flex muscles by trying out new
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11 years ago
‘Make Music Philly’ involves whole city in harmony of performers, venues
The are plenty of music festivals and celebrations in Philadelphia, particularly in the summer. What sets
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11 years ago
Philly Art Museum’s ‘Diana’ sculpture to be regilded
“Diana” is getting the gold leaf touch.
The 13-foot sculpture of the Roman goddess was done by Augustus-Saint-Gaudens
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11 years ago
First for Friday, June 21, 2013
Up in smoke?
Two years ago, Governor Markell signed Delaware’s medical marijuana law. But after threats from the federal
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Air Date: June 20, 2013
Philly Cultural Alliance leader Tom Kaiden stepping down
The head of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance will step down in July. Tom Kaiden, who has been with the region’s primary c
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11 years ago
Rosenbach Museum and Library shows off two copies of America’s oldest book
Of the 1,700 copies of the very first book printed in what would become the United States, only 11 exist today. On Wednesday the Rosenbac
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11 years ago
Review: You’re doin’ fine, ‘Oklahoma!’
There’s no skimping in the big-theater production of “Oklahoma!” that opens this season’s Pennsylvania Shakespear
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11 years ago
‘Barefoot Artist’ documents Lily Yeh’s journey through the ‘broken places’
As a young girl in Taiwan, Lily Yeh studied Chinese landscape art. The monochrome ink paintings of trees, rocks, and water remain the tou
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11 years ago
Podcast: Brush up your Shakespeare
Philadelphia’s most produced playwright this season is eloquent and groundbreaking and his themes are universal.
He’s
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11 years ago
Celebrating glamorous past of the SS United States in hopes of preserving its future
The giant ocean liner that has been moored in South Philadelphia for almost two decades is being given a party in Love Park Tuesday after
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11 years ago
Poll: Catholic Church stance on same-sex marriage causing Philly-area parishioners to leave
Not surprisingly, a high percentage of area Catholics have left the church over the sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the organization
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11 years ago
Magazine leaves Brewerytown space due to some of the problems it chronicled
An online magazine based in Philadelphia has relearned a hard truth: brick-and-mortar business is not easy.
Next City is a magazin
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11 years ago
Review: The ‘Mothers and Sons’ reunion, in a Terrence McNally premiere
In Terrence McNally’s “Mothers and Sons,” a taut, terrific new play getting the world-premiere it deserves at Bucks Cou
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