
Arts & Entertainment
News channeling: Actor assembles the story of digital media’s impact on national identity
Dan Hoyle has been crisscrossing the country, talking with reporters and news consumers, and looking at what happens when people only get ...
13 years ago
As Cherry Blossom Festival begins, wintry weather threatens springtime display
A chilly wind blew as Manzairaku, a traditional Japanese performance troupe, danced in Love Park on Monday. After weeks of unseasonably ...
13 years ago
Gen. Stanley McChrystal in Philadelphia: ‘Strategic Challenges Facing America’
Retired four-star General Stanley McChrystal speaks in Center City tonight as part of Widener University’s Philadelphia Speake ...
13 years ago
Festival ventures ‘Outside the Frame’ for monthlong performance series
A monthlong series of mostly solo performances springing from wide range of backgrounds, begins this week. “ ...
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Philadelphia arts group runs out of funds
One of Philadelphia’s art organizations is close to broke. Philagrafika, which held a huge, citywide festival in 2010 called ...
13 years ago
Academy of Natural Sciences displays 200 years of curiosities — including ‘Frankensquid’
For its 200th anniversary, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia is unveiling “Frankensquid.” The flying squ ...
13 years ago
Curtain rising on Arden Theater expansion
The Arden Theater in Philadelphia’s Old City is ready to expand by half. The longstanding theater company — an anchor ...
13 years ago
From comfort station to exhibit space in Fairmount Park
Two historic buildings in Fairmount Park that had been neglected for decades are being restored. Over 200 buildings were construct ...
13 years ago
Quartet of nightclubs take part in inaugural Center City Jazz Festival
Four downtown nightclubs in Philadelphia will be hosting a jazz festival on April 28. The Center ...
13 years ago
Fleisher van: art classes on wheels
If you’re high-brow, it looks like a painting by Piet Mondrian. If you’re low-brow, it looks like the Partridge Family bus. ...
13 years ago
Honoring each Philadelphia homicide victim with art
Five local artists are working to memorialize each Philadelphian killed in 2012. But with 78 homicides already and the total growing more ...
13 years ago
Grammy-winning jazz bassist back in Philly to help young musicians
A contemporary jazz great is coming back home to Philadelphia to teach high school kids. Grammy-winning bass player Christian McBr ...
13 years ago
Vineland’s historic Landis Theater now under Appel Farm’s management
The historic Landis Theater in Vineland, N.J., is under new management. The 700-seat art deco movie palace has been struggling to stay af ...
13 years ago
Flamenco Festival opens traditional form to new expression
Elba Hevia y Vaca wants to pull flamenco into the 21st century. “Traditional flamenco is very limited — a wonderfully ...
13 years ago
The other war with a big anniversary this year
Events surroounding the 150th anniversary of the Civil War are in danger of eclipsing the anniversary of another American military action ...
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