Arts & Entertainment
Water colors: Schuylkill River serves as inspiration for Art in the Open
Behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art is a staircase that walks down to the Waterworks, where there is a small park. There are more, part
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12 years ago
Change of scene brings Barnes collection to full radiance
The Barnes Foundation now has it world-famous collection of Impressionist paintings in place, and will finally restore them to public vie
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12 years ago
JayZ organizing massive Labor Day music festival for Philly
One of the biggest stars in rap will put together a massive outdoor concert on Labor Day weekend.
JayZ (aka Shawn Carter) is organ
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12 years ago
Feathered soap opera playing out above Philadelphia
Here’s the list of characters:
Dad: dedicated and attentive, but dead. He got hit by a c
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12 years ago
New book has many more haikus from Camden’s Nick Virgilio
The most famous Haiku by Nick Virgilio is the one engraved on his tombstone. It goes like this:
Lily:
Out of the water̷
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12 years ago
Finally, an embracing of the art of craft
For most of the 20th century, fine art museums have eschewed craft as not worthy of being showcased in a gallery alongside revered artwor
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12 years ago
‘The Happy Show’ gives prescriptions for the blues
Stefan Sagmeister is an Austrian Grammy-award winning graphic designer, who’s behind album covers for the Talking Heads, Lou Reed,
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12 years ago
Twelve short stories inspired by the Mutter Museum
For the past few years the Mütter Museum has been eagerly opening itself to artistic interpretation. Philadelphia’s archive of mor
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12 years ago
Black Civil War major celebrated
A little-known civil rights activist from the 19th century is being honored in Philadelphia this month.
Martin Delany was the high
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12 years ago
Philadelphia artists celebrate old railroad building they call home
Since 1981, an estimated 500 artists have come and gone through the five floors at the former railroad building and warehouse at 915 Spri
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12 years ago
Exploring the feminine side of Civil War
The 28th Virginia Infantry, Company D, has a website. On it are tips for women to pass as men on the battlefield: Cut hair short, or tuck
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12 years ago
Weekly Entertainment Guide — Wine and tradition; Center City Jazz Fest; Cape May Spring Fest
WHYY’s Arts Calendar curator Robin Bloom sorts through hundreds of listings each week to find out what’s happening in the Del
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12 years ago
A Fuller appreciation: Inventor and visionary ‘Bucky’ to be honored at International House
Amy Smith is a dancer and choreographer with the Headlong Dance Company. In 2004, when she proposed to her husband that they build a geod
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12 years ago
Philadelphia Orchestra readies for 10-day tour of China
Next month, the Philadelphia Orchestra will be in China for an unprecedented cultural exchange that should strengthen its global reach.
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12 years ago
Wyeth’s World: Revered artist’s private studio open to visitors
For almost 70 years, Andrew Wyeth worked in a converted country schoolhouse in Chadds Ford, Pa. Now the studio of one of the most revered
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12 years ago