Arts & Entertainment
City Hall to serve as venue for Philly summer concert series
Philadelphia’s historic City Hall building will double as a performance venue every week this summer. “C ...
12 years ago
Hidden City reveals Philadelphia wood shop frozen in time
Tucked among the art galleries and boutiques on 2nd Street in Philadelphia’s Old City is a boarded-up building, held upright by iro ...
12 years ago
Dragon boats look to return to Schuylkill
The Schulkill Dragons, an all-women dragon boat team, has high hopes of qualifying to compete on the international level. With a few nati ...
12 years ago
Review: ‘Spring Awakening’ awake yet groggy
Hormones are erupting all over the place at Theatre Horizon’s “Spring Awakening” in Norristown – I nearly slipped and ...
12 years ago
First for Friday, May 24, 2013
Chapter 1: Open Chapter 2: Adjusting to marriage equality Joining same sex couples in holy matrimony has been a ...
Air Date: May 24, 2013
Review: ‘Lend Me a Tenor’ but give me a romp
Someone asked me if I’ve seen the current local production of “Lend Me a Tenor,” and I burst out laughing. That pretty ...
12 years ago
Review: “Lysistrata,” still protesting
The women of ancient Athens are feeling repressed. They have equal rights, they even have the vote, but now the all-male Senate is trying ...
12 years ago
Celebrating hidden history of Philadelphia can lead to revitalization of festival sites
The Hidden City Festival, celebrating Philadelphia’s overlooked historical s ...
12 years ago
Performance art teaches dancing and being social in analog world
On Monday, Mark Desman from Exton, Pennsylvania, brought his son to Independance Mall in Center City, Philadelphia, to see the Liberty Be ...
12 years ago
Library Company will continue going digital despite departure of director Van Horne
The director of the Library Company of Philadelphia has announced he is stepping down next year. For 28 years, John Van Horne has ...
12 years ago
New skate park opens in late May for freestylers and Sunday strollers
Ten years in the making, $4.6 million spent, and over 70,000 square feet of skateable surface: Paine’s Park is unique among America ...
12 years ago
First for Friday, May 17, 2013
Chapter 1: Open Chapter 2: Post-Sandy sand Awarded $30 million in federal dollars, Delaware will use the money t ...
Air Date: May 17, 2013
Black comic heroes and the artists who dream them descend on West Philly
The first super-hero, arguably, was an ancient Egyptian character named Horus, also known as Heru. With the head of a falcon and the body ...
12 years ago
Bucks County Playhouse impresario takes leading role as president of Lincoln Center
The man who helped bring the Bucks County Playhouse back to life has been tapped to lead the Lincoln Center in Manhattan. Next yea ...
12 years ago
Drexel’s MAD Dragon record label turns out hits, careers in music business
Friday, a Drexel University student program will celebrate 10 years of working in one of the most tumultuous industries: the music busine ...
12 years ago