Arts & Entertainment
Celebrating hidden history of Philadelphia can lead to revitalization of festival sites
The Hidden City Festival, celebrating Philadelphia’s overlooked historical s
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11 years ago
Performance art teaches dancing and being social in analog world
On Monday, Mark Desman from Exton, Pennsylvania, brought his son to Independance Mall in Center City, Philadelphia, to see the Liberty Be
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11 years ago
Library Company will continue going digital despite departure of director Van Horne
The director of the Library Company of Philadelphia has announced he is stepping down next year.
For 28 years, John Van Horne has
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11 years ago
New skate park opens in late May for freestylers and Sunday strollers
Ten years in the making, $4.6 million spent, and over 70,000 square feet of skateable surface: Paine’s Park is unique among America
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First for Friday, May 17, 2013
Chapter 1: Open
Chapter 2: Post-Sandy sand
Awarded $30 million in federal dollars, Delaware will use the money t
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Air Date: May 17, 2013
Black comic heroes and the artists who dream them descend on West Philly
The first super-hero, arguably, was an ancient Egyptian character named Horus, also known as Heru. With the head of a falcon and the body
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11 years ago
Bucks County Playhouse impresario takes leading role as president of Lincoln Center
The man who helped bring the Bucks County Playhouse back to life has been tapped to lead the Lincoln Center in Manhattan.
Next yea
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Drexel’s MAD Dragon record label turns out hits, careers in music business
Friday, a Drexel University student program will celebrate 10 years of working in one of the most tumultuous industries: the music busine
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Penn professor explores the history of Philly’s museums
Early humans drew on cave walls; ancient Egyptians preserved cultural relics in pyramid tombs; and wealthy Renaissance men displayed curi
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Buoyant Ferrer sculpture again enlivens North Philadelphia park
A long-lost public sculpture is now back where it belongs, in North Philadelphia.
“El Gran Teatro de la Luna,” by cele
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World Series of Birding calls the young and old to criss-cross N.J.
Despite heavy rains, hundreds of bird watchers – from grizzled veterans to sprightly novices – spread out all over New Jersey
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‘Listen to Your Mother’ show in Wilmington examines many facets of motherhood
What’s the best way to celebrate mom this weekend? How about talking about motherhood in all of its glorious and messy details! A W
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First for Friday, May 10, 2013
This special First Extra edition features the members of the WHYY Health and Science Desk reporting on how technology is influen
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Air Date: May 10, 2013
World Series of Birding takes off in New Jersey
Thirty years ago, Pete Dunne was drinking in a Cape May bar when a great idea struck him: a marathon birding event called The Big Day (in
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Reviews: “The Misanthrope” and “Othello” — thoroughly modern, thoroughly not
Who says you have to be old-fashioned to be classic? Heck, who says you need to be classic to be … classic?
Moliere wrote
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