Arts & Entertainment
Shining a light on “home insecure” youth
In West Philadelphia, a group of teenagers have been working with artists, counselors and teachers exploring what “home” mean ...
14 years ago
How teens see ‘home,’ even when they lack one
How do you describe what home means? One way is by sharing stories that speak of the many ways we live. When a group of West Phila ...
14 years ago
As Comic-Con nears, downloadable zombie girls boost local company
The annual Philadelphia Comic Convention arrives in town this weekend, attracting fan boys and fan girls of monsters, super heroes, and s ...
14 years ago
Rising stars shine at Jazz Fest
This weekend the West Oak Lane Jazz Festival presents the final round of the Rising Star Talent Show. The three finalists will batt ...
14 years ago
Saving face: Mutter preserves relic of Grover Cleveland
Part of the macabre collection of medical abnormalities at Philadelphia’s Mutter Museum is a piece of President Grover Cleveland ...
14 years ago
Those loyal to Stiffel Center rally to preserve it
Everybody in the neighborhood used to call the Stiffel Center by its address: “Marshall and Porter.” For 83 years, the Jewish ...
14 years ago
Nominate Philly’s ‘Creative Connectors’
Take the ‘Creative Connector’s’ survey to identify Philadelphia’s most influential artists, musicians, and design ...
14 years ago
In depths of Philadelphia, the garden plot beckons
Philadelphia’s newest urban garden is as urban as it gets. Downtown, alongside one of Center City’s busiest traffic co ...
14 years ago
Puerto Rican group incensed over parade approach
The Latino social-services organization called Concilio is changing the way it will market the 49th annual Puerto Rican Parade. Concilio ...
14 years ago
All the room’s a stage: SoLow Festival offers intimate theater
Theater performers producing work with little or no money are using the cheapest venues they can find. This week, the SoLow theater festi ...
14 years ago
Crack house becomes ‘A Place to Call Home’
A former crack house in Mantua has been transformed into an art installation by the Mural Arts Program. Addressing issues about homelessn ...
14 years ago
Richard Dreyfuss starting contest for playwrights to promote civics lessons
An Academy Award-winning actor with a passion for civics wants to use the arts to get more class time for lessons on government. ...
14 years ago
No skulduggery, but Penn scientist’s conclusions still invalid
A collection of more than 1,000 skulls at the University of Pennsylvania Museum is at the center of a debate about scientific objectivit ...
14 years ago
Dead reckoning: 45 mummies arrive in Philadelphia
Six men in black suits, wearing sunglasses and earpieces, stood on the loading dock of the Franklin Institute looking like pallbearers. W ...
14 years ago
A banner day for fashion in Philly
Like a scene from “The Sound of Music,” advertisement banners that had fluttered from poles along Broad Street were pulled d ...
14 years ago