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Arts & Entertainment

 Dito van Reigersberg, also known as Martha Graham Cracker, works through his act with director Elizabeth Stevens at the National Museum of Jewish History. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Cabaret at Jewish museum with Martha Graham Cracker

This week the National Museum of American Jewish History, on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, will be re-interpreted by a drag queen. ...

11 years ago

Philly Art Museum offers new look at Paul Strand, ‘master of modern photography’

Something rather strange happens when looking at Paul Strand’s photographs — an odd feeling of having seen them before. And, ...

11 years ago

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A year of The Pulse, and the science of food

WHYY’s The Pulse celebrates its first birthday this week, in a celebration topped off by a live broadcast on Thursday. On Frida ...

11 years ago

 Ashle Dawson teaches a class in contemporary floor work in the new Milenium Dance Complex (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)

Former South St. mecca for artists now hosting dance classes

At 40,000 square feet over four floors, the Pearl Art and Craft supplies store on South Street was one of the largest in Philadelphia. Af ...

11 years ago

 The cast of The Sincerity Project have made a 24-year commitment to the work. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

‘Sincerity Project’ begins 24 years of theater vérité

“Are you guys really wrestling, or are you just making the sounds of really wrestling?” Director Alex Torra, stopped r ...

11 years ago

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 The cast of 'Rodgers , Hammerstein's Cinderella,' in its national tour at the Academy of Music. (Photo courtesy of Carol Rosegg)
Shapiro on Theater

Review: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s different sort of ‘Cinderella’

Down Cinderella’s way, the folks are out of kilter. One of the nasty stepsisters talks back to her mom and reels in disbelief when ...

11 years ago

 Members of Bright Invention improvize on a film noir theme during warm ups at the White Pines Productions in Elkins Park. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Two Philly theater companies plan round-the-clock perfomances

At some point the inspiration will leave, the caffeine rendered useless, and the audience will dwindle down to the dregs. No sleep ...

11 years ago

Winterfest picks up where Spruce Street Harbor Park left off, repurposing themes and elements to create a ski lodge fantasy on the Delaware. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Recipe for Philly ‘mountain lodge’ on the river: Ice, fire and rockers

The threat of snow in the forecast makes those summertime days of lounging in a hammock seem like a distant memory. The wildly pop ...

11 years ago

 Doug E. Fresh, (left), and Slick Rick perform onstage at the 2013 Soul Train Awards at the Orleans Arena on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision/AP)

New radio station Boom lets Philly tune in to classic hip-hop

Philadelphians are listening to a bit more old-school hip-hop these days, thanks to a new FM radio station. Earlier this month, Ra ...

11 years ago

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 Christopher Patrick Mullen and Susan McKey in the new People's Light & Theater Company panto, 'Arthur and the Tale of the Red Dragon.' (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
Shapiro on Theater

Review: The goofy side of King ‘Arthur’

The once and future King Arthur has never had it as good (or as goofy) as he’s having it these days and nights at People’s Li ...

11 years ago

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 Clare Mahoney  and Peter DeLaurier in Lantern Theater Company's production of 'QED.' (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
Shapiro on Theater

Review: ‘QED’ and the nature of probability

Richard Feynman lived large, and what he got in return was large indeed. Feynman, who died in 1988 at the age of 69, was that most vision ...

11 years ago

Verner Panton chairs from the 1950s and 1960s. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Seats of honor celebrated at Philadelphia Museum of Art [photos]

Sometimes a chair is not just a chair. It’s a throne. It’s a cradle. It’s a basket. It’s a cardboard box. ...

11 years ago

Kensington Quarters head butcher Bryan Mayer, carving up some beef. (Nathaniel Hamilton/Newsworks.org)

A cut above the rest at Kensington Quarters [photos]

Boasting a relationship with local farmers, a connection to the animals and an inspired and educated approach to eating consciously in Ph ...

11 years ago

 David Nate Goldman, Kyle Klein II and Joy Franz in Bristol Riverside Theatre's production of 'Lost in Yonkers.'
Shapiro on Theater

Review: Seriously ‘Lost in Yonkers’

And now, Neil Simon – seriously. The playwright who gave us plenty of laughs in such New York-based shows as “Barefoot in the Par ...

11 years ago

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First for Friday, November 21, 2014

That’s a lot of chicken Last month, a World Trade Organization panel ruled that India violated international trade rules by ba ...

Air Date: November 21, 2014

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