
Arts & Entertainment
For 25 years, Art-Reach has helped open doors to culture
Marianne Lock is hard of hearing. She has a powerful hearing aid, and can read lips, but before Art-Reach she wasn’t able to attend ...
13 years ago
Artist’s mugs make fracking debate easier to grasp
An area artist is turning Marcellus Shale into coffee cups. Jennie Shanker digs shale out of the ground in central Pennsylvania, s ...
13 years ago
Strong tea, with Schubert, and a remarkable lady
The Curtis Institute of Music in Center City has been training the world’s best musicians for 87 years. In 1931, a young piano prod ...
13 years ago
Philadelphia’s Fleisher Art Memorial in national spotlight for work with kids
The director of the Fleisher Art Memorial and a South Philly teenager will be at the White House Wednesday as the guests of Michelle Obam ...
13 years ago
Legend of the Jersey Devil still haunts Pine Barrens
Longtime New Jerseyans will no doubt be familiar with the impish creature fabled to periodically terrorize the Garden State. New Jersey- ...
13 years ago
Verse case scenario: Researchers unlock poetic mystery
A collection of documents related to the birth of Philadelphia’s transit system has an unusual restriction—researchers wanting to ...
13 years ago
Screaming contest: Which one curdles your blood?
We went to the fright capital of the region, Eastern State Penitentiary’s, “Terror Behind the Walls“ in search ...
13 years ago
In 1947, DC Comics debuted one of the early female superheroes: Black Canary. Her superpower was her ability to scream. Both piercing and ...
13 years ago
Drexel, Academy of Natural Sciences join forces
Drexel University and the Academy of Natural Sciences have tied the knot. The Academy has changed its name to the Academy of Natur ...
13 years ago
Gospel according to Rosetta Tharpe: She blazed a trail with electric guitar
She was like Chuck Berry, but twice his size, 10 years older, and a lady who never left the church.
13 years ago
Philadelphia Orchestra hosts Lang Lang for worldwide performance
Saturday, the Philadelphia Orchestra will have its largest audience ever. The orchestra’s performance with one of the bright ...
13 years ago
Henry Rollins – portrait of a renaissance rocker
Henry Rollins gets around. He’s sung lead for rock bands, acted in movies, hosted radio shows, and written books. And ...
13 years ago
Chance of a ghost at Philadelphia museums
For the first time, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology is allowing ...
13 years ago
Bella Vista neighbors work to prevent ‘Autumn’ mural’s fall to development
The Mural Arts Program has launched a restoration fund, which will be used to maintain the more than 3,000 murals in Philadelphia, but it ...
13 years ago
17th century courtroom drama inspires hit play about Spinoza
A surprising hit of the new theater season is a play about Baruch Spinoza, a philosopher of the Enlightenment era. The Lantern The ...
13 years ago