Arts & Entertainment
‘Yellow Birds,’ called first great novel of Iraq War, is Philly’s pick for ‘One Book’
Buried on Page 14 of “The Yellow Birds,” author Ke
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Review: The ‘Cock’ of two different walks
John is having the quandary of his young-adult life. He’s fallen in love unexpectedly with a divorced woman who also loves him and
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Review: ‘The Devil’s Music’ is in the details
When we first see blues singer Bessie Smith descend the stairs of an after-hours joint in the show “The Devil’s Music,”
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First for Friday, October 18, 2013
Port impact
There has been a lot of discussion in recent years about building up the manufacturing and the blue collar work base
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Air Date: October 18, 2013
Eakins Oval brings beasts, robots, and killer cars to drive-in enthusiasts
“Godzilla has a brain about this size,” said a scientist, or someone who plays one in the movies, while holding up something
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Crowdfunding to restore bits of Pennsylvania history
Thaddeus Stevens entered the strata of popular culture when he appeared as a character in the Steven Spielberg film, “Lincoln,̶
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Review: It’s ‘4000 Miles,’ but the characters couldn’t be closer
Every now and then, a grandma will tell you how great it is to have grandkids – they come, they share the love, and after a while their
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Old ice cream truck serves as nomadic museum of Philly stories and objects
A couple weeks ago, a new museum opened on Boston Street in the East Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. This weekend, the same muse
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How a street artist became a memorial builder in North Philly
Dino Vazquez was known in his North Philadelphia neighborhood for his street art until the day the family of Cesar Vera asked him to make
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Philly film festival has everything from Hollywood suspense to indie docs
First, the numbers. In this, its 22nd year, the Philadelphia Film Festival (October 17–27), boasts 28 shorts and 96 feat
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New Jersey, muse of avant-garde art scene
Walking the gamut of sculptural figures in George Segal’s enormously long studio in South Brunswick, New Jersey, is a little like w
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Review: ‘Blink’ and you might miss the theatrical part
If a play called “Blink” were a short story, I might even read it twice — it
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Teens get free passes to Philly museums
Philadelphia teens can now visit the city’s museums for free. The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance is giving out museum passe
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In painting, sculpture and film, Léger saw cubism in the urban landscape
Today the Philadelphia Museum of Art opens a new exhibit of paintings by the first great painter of the modern urban city.
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Review: Softly, the FringeArts building opens, with a fitting show
The new FringeArts building at Race Street and Columbus Boulevard, the first permanent home of the organization that runs the annual Phil
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