Arts & Entertainment
Cartoonist uses old school technique to produce modern art
Cartoonist Jamar Nicholas, a native of West Philadelphia, knows a thing or two about paper.
So the fact that he’s drawing hi
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11 years ago
Review: Sex and angst in the ‘Summer of ’42’
Chelsea Packard is a lovely woman with a big singing voice, and also the best reason to go see the musical version of “Summer of
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11 years ago
West Philly’s Clark Park an enchanted island for an evening of Shakespeare
Shakespeare in Clark Park continues an eight-year tradition of bringing free performances to the masses with its production of “The
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11 years ago
First for Friday, July 26, 2013
Mortgage mediation impact
Over the last five years in Delaware, at least 25 thousand people have been foreclosed upon. In 2010
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Air Date: July 26, 2013
Review: In ‘The Tempest,’ every man for herself
There’s plenty of magic afoot on the far-out island where the sorcerer Prospero stirs up “The Tempest” that is the
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11 years ago
Seeking paragons — and touchstones — of Philadelphia ideals
The art gallery at Temple University is asking all of Philadelphia: What are the fundamental ideals of this city, and who best upholds th
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11 years ago
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Taking classical music in stride, runners ‘beat Beethoven’
When runners choose something to put into their ears while they run, they commonly pick something that keeps them going — something
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11 years ago
First Special: The History of Delaware Farming
In place of First for this week, we are happy to present a special produced by our content partner Content Delaware. A look at
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Air Date: July 19, 2013
Penn professor animates silkscreens with glowing, changing light
What if Andy Warhol’s iconic silkscreen prints could glow and change color? That’s the effect that Orkan Telhan is going for
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11 years ago
Eakins Oval becomes vacation spot for Philly residents
Two sandboxes built inside the parking lot at Eakins Oval, on the Museum end of The Parkway in Philadelphia, contain about 1000 cubic fee
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11 years ago
Elfreth’s Alley backstory yields clues to life of Philly immigrants
Here are some of the 6,000 objects Deirdre Kelleher has dug up in the lot behind the Elfreth’s Alley Museum: Clay marbles. Buttons.
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11 years ago
Germantown gallery show gathers local community
Photographer Tieshka Smith has been taking photographs of Germantown for two years, documenting the changes in the area, but
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11 years ago
Review: ‘Noises Off’ and on, too
By now Michael Frayn’s farce about a dumb troupe of actors called “Noises Off,” which opened in Britain in 1982 and hit
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11 years ago
Review: ‘The Importance of Being Earnest,’ earnestly
For a play as juicy as Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” – among the greatest comedies in our language
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11 years ago
Porn and aspartame’s artistic union
Leslie Friedman loves Coke Zero. A lot.
For her installation “Tastier,” she fabricated dozens of giant cans of Coke Ze
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11 years ago