Arts & Entertainment
In time of trouble, Japanese students create art, forge bonds
Less than a week after a group of Japanese art students arrived at the University of the Arts for an exchange program, their home country
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Holocaust survivors take part in Shoah project
Itka Zygmuntowicz spent all of her teenage years in a Nazi concentration camp. Long afterward, in 1994, she sat down with an interviewer
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South by Southwest may be losing direction
The annual “South by Southwest” music festival begins in Austin, Texas, Friday. For Philadelphia musicians, it’s an essent
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14 years ago
Forest gumption: Goal to plant a million trees
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has launched a tree-planting program with an ambitious goal: 1 million trees throughout the tri-st
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Protest over mining blooms amid flower show
Visitors to the Philadelphia International Flower Show Wednesday got something they never expected: a protest.
Nine people from a
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Arts groups assess budget cuts
In their Center City conference room, the staff of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance was plugged in. While watching a video proj
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Closed churches have some success in plea to Vatican
Nine Catholic churches in the Diocese of Allentown may not close after all following a decision by the Vatican. It’s the latest ste
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State-of-the-art Convention Center devoid of art
Through the wall of glass towering over Broad Street, Convention Center visitors can see across the street into the windows of the scul
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Expanded Convention Center opens
The expansion of the Pennsylvania Convention Center is now complete. On Friday, Philadelphia officials cut the ribbon on the $786 milli
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Flower show imparts Parisian bouquet
The Philadelphia International Flower Show will open Sunday.
Taking up 10 acres inside the Convention Center, it’s one of th
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14 years ago
Magazines bow in print, online
With more journalism going online, magazines are trying to figure out where they should live.
One locally published maga
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The Onion rolls into town with new Philly edition
The newspaper famous for exaggeration and lies is launching in Philadelphia.
The Onion, a satirical humor paper distributed online
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14 years ago
Watson crashes against N.J. congressman
While the super-computer that won on “Jeopardy!” was taking a victory lap around the country, it was smacked down by U.S. Re
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Chagall exhibit is aperitif to Paris-inspired art festival
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is jumping the gun.
Next month, the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts descends on the
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Lighthearted opera rose from place of despair
A children’s opera created by Jews in a Nazi concentration camp will be performed in Philadelphia.
Photos by Nathaniel H
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