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Arts & Entertainment
Catch ‘The Outgoing Tide’ before it heads to Off-Broadway
Catch “The Outgoing Tide” in Wilmington before it next comes ashore Off-Broadway. A drama by Barrymore Award-winning, local p ...
12 years ago
As lights go out over Parkway, thousands of messages resound
The “Open Air” installation of spotlights intersecting over the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia attracted 5,500 rec ...
12 years ago
Penn Museum’s ‘touch tours’ offer blind visitors grasp of ancient history
“We are going to go back 5,000 years, to the first dynasty of Egypt,” said Theresa Joniec, setting her “wayback machine ...
12 years ago
At long last, skate park under way in Philly
A lot of skateboarders thought this would never happen. After more than a decade of planning and fundraising, ground finally has been bro ...
12 years ago
The Gatherings celebrates 20 years of ‘space music’ in Philadelphia
In music, when you say “Philadelphia,” you might think of the soulful Sound of Philadelphia from the 1970s, or the lush strin ...
12 years ago
ListenThey wore a symphony: Supremes’ gowns star in Philly museum display
“Tell your friends — especially the guys — it’s not about the gowns,” said Mary Wilson. “It really is ...
12 years ago
Turmoil of war, memories of peace animate work of poet from Baghdad
Dunya Mikhail is generally known as a war poet. The native of Baghdad came of age during the Iran-Iraq war, one of the longest conflicts ...
12 years ago
‘Angels in America,’ in its entirety, takes wing this weekend at the Wilma
The Wilma Theater on the Avenue of the Arts in Philadelphia is now staging Part Two of the landmark play, “Angels in America: A Gay ...
12 years ago
U.S. State Department takes a turn as rock promoter
Thirty-two musicians from 21 countries have converged in the United States for a road trip, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. ...
12 years ago
They think they can prevail in keeping old rail cars at Pemberton station
A New Jersey Superior Court judge has ordered that a collection of historic railroad cars in Pemberton, New Jersey, must be removed. ...
12 years ago
Architect Frank Furness; he did the unthinkable
One hundred and forty years ago, Frank Furness designed what is now the Historic Landmark Building for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fi ...
12 years ago
Mastering the art of energy conservation at the Barnes
The city of Philadelphia is in a race against other major cities like Boston and Chicago to achieve the most “green” building ...
12 years ago
You can’t rush topical humor, even in an election year
There’s something funny going on in America: There will be a presidential election in 5 1/2 weeks. A local theater company, ...
12 years ago
Remembering PAFA’s Murray Dessner
Murray Dessner, one of Philadelphia’s beloved artists, died last Saturday. Dessner was a longtime teacher at the Pennsylvani ...
12 years ago
Not even a town crier to announce Barrymore winners
The winners of the annual Barrymore Awards were announced Tuesday, with neither ceremony nor fanfare. Mary Martello, an actress wh ...
12 years ago