Arts & Entertainment
Taking on a new role, the theater temporarily known as Prince reopens
The Prince Music Theater will reopen Friday for the first time since emerging from bankruptc ...
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$765 million settlement in NFL concussion lawsuits
The NFL has reached a settlement with thousands of former players, who accused the league of ignoring evidence about the dangers of head ...
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New water slide at Dorney Park to open in 2014
Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom is ...
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‘Documentary’ that broke sound barrier plays a part in Penn’s ‘Year of Sound’
As the University of Pennsylvania begins its new academic year, students are being encouraged to participate in the “Year of Sound. ...
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Beyonce, Nine Inch Nails headline Made in America concerts in Philly
The city of Philadelphia has released a few more details about the Made in America Festiv ...
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First for Friday, August 23, 2013
No-kill Delaware Delaware is in the process of setting up a state-funded Office of Animal Welfare. Some believe this is t ...
Air Date: August 23, 2013
Garden State Film Festival rolling to Atlantic City
Atlantic City has attracted a new film festival to its Boardwalk. The Garden State Film Festival, which had been in Asbury Park fo ...
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Review: The ‘Allergist’s Wife’ breathes freely
Boyd Gaines is an actor in films, but with four Tonys—his most recent for his role in the revival of “Gypsy”—his career h ...
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No more Slimline phones at reinvented Ben Franklin Museum
There are interactive, talking touch screens, collage animation videos, and first-person voice-overs. There is the sound of type being se ...
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Once upon a time, the world was sweet on Philly’s sugar industry
To pedestrians and motorists crossing the Ben Franklin Bridge, the sign is unmistakable: “WILBUR’S” painted in ghostly ...
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Philly Drum Project looks to bring kids back to basics
At a classroom at the University of the Arts in Center City Philadelphia, a new venture is aiming to give kids access to music education. ...
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First for Friday, August 16, 2013
This episode is a rebroadcast of First for May 17, 2013 Chapter 1: Open Chapter 2: Post ...
Air Date: August 16, 2013
Review: ‘Macbeth’ as a stage company’s added attraction
The no-nonsense staging and smooth interpretation that Commonwealth Classic Theater Company is giving “Macbeth” in West Phila ...
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Review: A gender-swapped ‘Earnest,’ in all but name
A decade or so back, a stage production that bent the genders of that most delicious boy-chases-girl comedy, “The Importance of Bei ...
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Michener’s Bertoia exhibit focuses on monoprints taking shape in sculpture
Harry Bertoia made enormous architectural sculptures for buildings around the country and tiny jewelry pieces the size of your finger. Bu ...
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