
Arts & Entertainment
A tale of five auditions: Who will portray Dickens in Philadelphia?
For the planned year-long celebration of Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday, the Free Library of P ...
13 years ago
Turning humble plywood into art in Philadelphia
For the past 25 years, the Wood Turning Center in Philadelphia quietly has been bringing artists from around the world to work with wood. ...
13 years ago
First fruit from matchmaker for theaters and churches in Philadelphia
The First Baptist Church at 17th and Sansom Street has devoted a portion of its real estate exclusively to the making of plays.It’s ...
13 years ago
Recapturing the magic of that first camera
Remember your first camera and the sense of magic you got capturing the world on film? James Tralie, an eighth grader from Sandy Run Midd ...
13 years ago
Philly’s Roots make lasting impression in hometown
The Roots will show their roots. The Grammy-winning hip-hop band that originated in the Philadelphia High School for Creative and ...
13 years ago
Quick-change actors have clothes encounters in ‘Meanwhile…’
The real star of a play in the Northern Liberties may be the quick-change artistry that happens back stage. Watch a video ...
13 years ago
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