
Arts & Entertainment
Eakins portraits of bygone Philadelphia clerics going up for sale
Five paintings by the artist Thomas Eakins could be sold away from Philadelphia. St. Charles Borromeo Seminary of the Philadelphia ...
11 years ago
Philadelphia radio producer raising the bar on ‘elevator music’
When was the last time you heard music in an elevator? Was it any good? For a limited time, an elevator in a loft building in Nort ...
11 years ago
ListenReview: ‘Laughter on the 23rd Floor’ at times
Bah-da-BOOM! That’s the nutshell description of Neil Simon’s “Laughter on the 23rd Floor,” the compendiu ...
11 years ago
First for Friday, March 21, 2014
Countdown for Afforable Heathcare Act The March 31st deadline for enrolling in Obamacare is fast approaching and millions of Ame ...
Air Date: March 21, 2014
After three decades of teaching ‘secrets of the sound,’ Temple orchestra maestro stepping down
One of Philadelphia’s musical giants is bowing out. After 28 years, Luis Biava will step down as artistic director of the Te ...
11 years ago
Review: When ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ is a potent mix
If the Walnut Street Theatre, which is 205 years old, doesn’t know how to gently roast an old chestnut to bring out its taste, then ...
11 years ago
The woman who set the tone for animal rights in Philadelphia
To mark Women’s History Month, it’s worth taking a step back into 19th-century Philadelphia to look at the life and work of a ...
11 years ago
ListenReview: The demons and delusions of ‘Hinckley’
When your role model is Lee Harvey Oswald, you know you’re in trouble. Except that John W. Hinckley Jr. didn’t. He als ...
11 years ago
A one-day symphony of harps brings Pa. players out of orchestral obscurity
Over the weekend, 34 harpists converged at Haverford School to become an army of 2,000 strings. The players ranged from amateurs t ...
11 years ago
ListenReview: ‘Accomplice’ to a crazy mix-up
What happens when the actors and the characters they portray get all mixed up? You get Rupert Holmes’ clever and bizarre “Acc ...
11 years ago
Celebrating two Latino luminaries from Philly on NYC stage
This weekend, two shining stars from Philadelphia’s Latino community will be honored. One is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwr ...
11 years ago
First for Friday, March 14, 2014
The future of manufacturing Last week Delaware’s Congressional Delegation hosted the latest in a series of job fairs. It ...
Air Date: March 14, 2014
Review: Broadway’s ‘Rocky,’ but still Philly’s fighter
Can a bum from the neighborhood ever be anything more? You sense the underlying sadness right away. It gave the original “Ro ...
11 years ago
Review: A ‘Skin & Bone’ with plenty of meat
Down in the Florida panhandle, where the Old South still reigns, two sisters and their house rapidly decline. The ladies’ knees and ...
11 years ago
A Yiddish take on the national pastime
The new exhibition at the National Museum of American Jewish History, “Chasing Dreams: Baseball and Becoming American,” featu ...
11 years ago