Arts & Entertainment
Orchestral movement into the Nézet-Séguin era
This weekend, the Philadelphia Orchestra launches its 2012-2013 season with Verdi’s “Requiem,” a piece the orchestra ha ...
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Blending the sexy with the serious, Constitution Center presents full story of Prohibition
The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia has a new way of designing museum exhibitions. It just rolled out its first example. ...
13 years ago
Exhibit is fusion of Latino and Asian art in Chinatown
Hispanic culture is center stage in Philadelphia this weekend. City Hall is hosting “Dialogo 365,” an exhibition of 30 local ...
13 years ago
Prelude to a pivotal year: Philadelphia Orchestra members warm up for harmonious season
The Philadelphia Orchestra is putting on its top hat and brushing off its tails for the opening of the 2012-2013 season. We caught ...
13 years ago
ListenCatch ‘The Outgoing Tide’ before it heads to Off-Broadway
Catch “The Outgoing Tide” in Wilmington before it next comes ashore Off-Broadway. A drama by Barrymore Award-winning, local p ...
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As lights go out over Parkway, thousands of messages resound
The “Open Air” installation of spotlights intersecting over the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia attracted 5,500 rec ...
13 years ago
Penn Museum’s ‘touch tours’ offer blind visitors grasp of ancient history
“We are going to go back 5,000 years, to the first dynasty of Egypt,” said Theresa Joniec, setting her “wayback machine ...
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At long last, skate park under way in Philly
A lot of skateboarders thought this would never happen. After more than a decade of planning and fundraising, ground finally has been bro ...
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The Gatherings celebrates 20 years of ‘space music’ in Philadelphia
In music, when you say “Philadelphia,” you might think of the soulful Sound of Philadelphia from the 1970s, or the lush strin ...
13 years ago
ListenThey wore a symphony: Supremes’ gowns star in Philly museum display
“Tell your friends — especially the guys — it’s not about the gowns,” said Mary Wilson. “It really is ...
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Turmoil of war, memories of peace animate work of poet from Baghdad
Dunya Mikhail is generally known as a war poet. The native of Baghdad came of age during the Iran-Iraq war, one of the longest conflicts ...
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‘Angels in America,’ in its entirety, takes wing this weekend at the Wilma
The Wilma Theater on the Avenue of the Arts in Philadelphia is now staging Part Two of the landmark play, “Angels in America: A Gay ...
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U.S. State Department takes a turn as rock promoter
Thirty-two musicians from 21 countries have converged in the United States for a road trip, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. ...
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They think they can prevail in keeping old rail cars at Pemberton station
A New Jersey Superior Court judge has ordered that a collection of historic railroad cars in Pemberton, New Jersey, must be removed. ...
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Architect Frank Furness; he did the unthinkable
One hundred and forty years ago, Frank Furness designed what is now the Historic Landmark Building for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fi ...
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