Arts & Entertainment
Barnes Foundation appoints native son as new leader
After the Barnes Foundation completed its controversial move to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, the art institution looked ...
11 years ago
The Olde Bar is new edition of iconic Bookbinder’s
The Old Original Bookbinder’s, once the go-to place for politicians, mobsters, and movie stars, opens Friday as The Olde Bar. < ...
11 years ago
Bruce Katsiff’s photos explore the grotesque beauty that living bodies can hide [photos]
I witnessed photographer Bruce Katsiff’s fascination with death and the beauty of decay when I accompanied him to Austin, Texas, in ...
11 years ago
Film insiders worry about Western Pennsylvania losing role in industry
Western Pennsylvania’s film industry is having growing pains. It just wrapped up a blockbuster year that included the simultan ...
11 years ago
New Philly residency program combines endeavors artistic, altruistic
Two-hundred artists from around the world applied for a series of three-month residencies in West Philadelphia this year. Fifteen were se ...
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Blogging about bringing humanity to the workplace
Susan Richardson describes her Human At Work blog at NewsWorks.org to NewsWorks Tonight host Da ...
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ListenOut from the crossing’s shadow, Battle of Princeton gets re-enactment of its own
For several years the Princeton Battlefield in New Jersey has been home of a clash between developers and preservationists — a fight on ...
11 years ago
Golden Sunrise, the last fancy club, prepares to Mummer it up for 2015
Two days before New Year’s Day, the Golden Sunrise fancy club set up a roadblock on Greenwich Street in South Philadelphia, to have ...
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ListenAbandoned America website spawns book on crumbling beauties
When Matthew Christopher enters an abandoned building, he looks for grand architecture in decay, and random stuff people left behind: cha ...
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Vintage railroad again on track to bring prosperity to Pa. towns
A historic train line used to service iron forges in Pennsylvania’s rural Berks and Montgomery counties has been revived to serve a ...
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ListenDavis wins AP Female Athlete of the Year honors
Little League star Mo’ne Davis is The Associated Press 2014 Female Athlete of the Year. A vote by U.S. editors and news dire ...
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Review: ‘Les Misérables’ with imagery
Once upon a time anyone who wanted to professionally produce “Les Misérables” had to obey strict mandates that included usin ...
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Review: The wham-bam “1.1 Holiday Revue Special’
“The 1.1 Holiday Revue Special” is 1.1 hours of swooping and swirling fun, a kinetic and athletic display by five dancers in ...
11 years ago
Tapping two Pa. brewers for ideas on what makes a great holiday beer
Getting together with family and friends this holiday season may send many of us reaching for a drink. Or, more specifically, a beer. ...
11 years ago
ListenWURD and Painted Bride Art Center holding ‘live in’ Saturday morning
As protesters continue to stage die-ins in reaction to deaths of African-Americans at the hands of police officers, a group in Philadelph ...
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