Arts & Entertainment
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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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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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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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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Once internationally acclaimed, Le Bec Fin closes doors for good
Some regulars came on Friday to squeeze in one last lunch. Some younger diners came to experience the legend for the first time before th
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First for Friday, June 14, 2013
Designs on health: Smokeless housing
A decade ago Delaware was the first state east of the Mississippi to establish smoke free
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Air Date: June 14, 2013
From patchwork miniskirts to Huey helicopters, showing all sides of 1968
The National Constitution Center’s new exhibit, The 1968 Exhibit, begins in a tastefully appointed, middle-class living room, with
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Philly label Arctic Records’ legacy is ‘cooler than ice’
The Philadelphia Sound first gained traction in 1965 with “Yes, I’m Ready,” a song written in about 10 minutes in the F
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Review: ‘Glass: Shattered’ is jagged, indeed
Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” is a memory play, and the new “Glass: Shattered” — a shaky and self-consci
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Chekov meets Bucks County in Tony award-winning play
The Tony Award for Best Play was awarded on Sunday to “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” a comedy set in Bucks County, by
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A Tony-winning show, coming to a theater near you
Philadelphia audiences will have a chance to see Sunday’s night’s Tony winner for best new play – “Vanya and Sonia an
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Philly ‘happening’ in a 21st century context
“This is my happening and it freaks me out!”
In the 1970 film “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls,” Z
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First for Friday, June 7, 2013
Flying high in Delaware
While most college graduates face a daunting job market after graduation, there’s one Delaware in
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Air Date: June 7, 2013
Review: Under the skin of ‘Some Other Kind of Person’
Sometimes, it’s just no good to be good. If there’s any lesson for the clueless jerk who thinks he’s a hero in the enjo
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