Arts & Entertainment
Making music this way could make you fat [video]
Tonight an exhibition at the Philadelphia Art Alliance in Rittenhouse Square will host an experimental dinner theater featuring electric ...
13 years ago
Low Philadelphia Flower Show attendance brings horticultural society layoffs
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society ― host of the Philadelphia Flower Show ― has laid off 22 of its 133 staff members to help deal ...
13 years ago
Civil War re-enactment a ‘hobby’ to many, a way of life for some
Scott Rader is an avid Civil War re-enactor. Re-enactors run the gamut from moderately extreme to obsessively devoted to authenticity. It ...
13 years ago
First for Friday, June 28, 2013
ILC Dover For decades every accomplishment made in the US space program included a contribution from ILC Dover. When the space ...
Air Date: June 27, 2013
With Bartlett’s ‘History,’ PAFA revisits a universe of shape and structure
“I kind of get crushes on mathematicians,” Jennifer Bartlett is quoted as saying in the catalogue accompanying “ ...
13 years ago
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival returns June 26 to 30
The sixth annual Philadelphia Independent Film Festival ...
13 years ago
Celebrating reopening of restored Pearl Buck house — and author’s birthday
Donna Carcaci Rhodes has been the curator at the Pearl S. Buck house for seven years, and is still discovering it. D ...
13 years ago
First Extra: Legislative Wrapup
The end of the Delaware legislative session is Sunday night. First Extra reviews what new laws were enacted. ...
Air Date: June 25, 2013
New Philly theater group revives Barrymore awards
The Barrymores are back. The annual regional theater awards for best plays and players were canceled when the presenting organizat ...
13 years ago
Laid-off music teachers perform farewell concert, hope for encore in Philly classrooms
An 80-piece orchestra performed a farewell concert Monday in the administrative offices of the Philadelphia School District, bidding adie ...
13 years ago
Review: Lending a tenor, down the shore
Attention all Philadelphians down the Shore and all Shore people down there, too: If you’ve never enjoyed the silly pleasures of ...
13 years ago
Philly classical ensemble Murmuration turns news into libretto — on the spot
If radio is “theater of the mind,” somebody needs to compose the soundtrack. Murmuration is a classical improvisation ...
13 years ago
Pianist to play a Beethoven ‘sonata-thon’ at McCarter
Ludwig van Beethoven began composing piano sonatas when he was a young man of 23, and continued composing them until he was 51, after he ...
13 years ago
Bucks County Playhouse: Rebuilding a reputation
Bucks County Playhouse, known about 60 years ago as a theatrical playground where high-level talent could flex muscles by trying out new ...
13 years ago
‘Make Music Philly’ involves whole city in harmony of performers, venues
The are plenty of music festivals and celebrations in Philadelphia, particularly in the summer. What sets ...
13 years ago