Arts & Entertainment
Expect ‘a feast of the senses’ at 2013 Philadelphia Flower Show
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society announced the 2013 Philadelphia Flower Show theme — “Brilliant!” — on Friday after
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11 years ago
Puppy Bowl is more than just a TV show for Chester County couple
When Marissa Eldridge goes to her mother’s house this Sunday, she’ll be forced to watch the Super Bowl.
“I hate
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11 years ago
Perusing the shops at Berlin Farmers Market
The Berlin Farmers Market is not really a farmers market.
Its name reaches back to the 1940s, when it was a livestock and pro
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11 years ago
Company unplugged: New leaner name better fits Opera Philadelphia
A new name for the old Opera Company of Philadelphia has been a long time coming.
“The Opera Company of Philadelphia —
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11 years ago
Philly museum offers reflections of Jewish urban life
There aren’t any showstoppers in “Jewish Artists In America: 1925 – 1945,” now on view at the National Museum of
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12 years ago
Maestro Nézet-Séguin to conduct young musicians in All-City Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s new music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, will face some of city’s youngest musicians this wee
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12 years ago
Pa. community chorus offers U.S. premiere of unpublished Baroque work
A small choral ensemble in Ottsville, Pa., near Doylestown, will present the U.S. premiere of a centuries-old piece of Baroque music.
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12 years ago
Camden’s past reflected clearly in exhibit; artistic future remains uncertain
“I’m a half-full kind of guy,” says Cyril Reade, the director for the Center of Art on the Rutgers-Camden campus. The r
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12 years ago
‘Mountaintop’ humanizes MLK in allowing him down from pedestal
Playwright Katori Hall started writing “The Mountaintop” in 2007, just as Barack Obama began running for president. But she h
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12 years ago
Inaugural ball at Penrose Elementary
Penrose Elementary in Southwest Philadelphia threw an Inaugural Ball for their student body this afternoon to celebrate the swearing in o
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12 years ago
Cultural Alliance launches initiative to extend reach of arts
If you bought a ticket to the theater, or recently took an art class, or somehow participated in a cultural event, you might be hearing f
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12 years ago
Shedding light on both sides of the shale story
A photographic exhibit of Marcellus Shale drilling is making at stop at the Gershman Y in Center City Philadelphia. Six accomplished and
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12 years ago
Eyesore or icon? Old Gettysburg Cyclorama building slated for wrecking ball
A historic building, on historic grounds, will be demolished in Gettysburg this winter.
The Cyclorama building was erected in 1962
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12 years ago
Musical compositions complement Andrew Wyeth’s art
“His paintings are just bristling with sound,” said Van Stiefel, the composer of a three-song cycle based on paintings by And
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12 years ago
‘Silver Linings Playbook’ draws diners to special booth at Llanerch
A key scene from Oscar-nominated “Silver Linings Playbook,” starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, takes place in a r
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12 years ago