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Shapiro on Theater

Review: ‘Venus in Fur’ nearly gets kinky

Is it hot in here, or is it just me? Hoo-boy! It’s not just me. It’s the entire Suzanne Roberts Theatre, where the Phi ...

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Artist lobbies A.C. to host his Sandy debris sculpture

Lennox Warner is as much an artist as beachcomber. The longtime Atlantic City resident trawls the sands of the beaches looking for materi ...

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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

Shapiro on Theater

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

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

Shapiro on Theater

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

Shapiro on Theater

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

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

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