
Arts & Entertainment
The cost of war reporting at Act II Playhouse
The Broadway drama “Time Stands Still” took to the stage this past weekend at Act II Playhouse in Ambler, Pa., with an emotio ...
13 years ago
Philly library balks at realignment of Pa. services for the blind
The Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in Philadelphia faces a reduction of many of its services for the blind beginning in ...
13 years ago
Students speak out after Villanova cancels workshop by gay performance artist
Tim Miller is used to adversity. He was part of a handful of artists (the NEA 4) in the center of a culture war in the 1990s, when ...
13 years ago
The art of egg tempera: Thin veils of color mask ‘hidden realities’ at Michener
So, how do you like your eggs? The Michener Museum in Doylestown has served up an exhibition of paintings using egg tempera, an an ...
13 years ago
Finally, Penn names W.E.B. Du Bois honorary professor
On Friday, the University of Pennsylvania named W.E.B. Du Bois an honorary professor, 49 years after his death. The Harvard-traine ...
13 years ago
Ignite Philly: using powerpoint for inspiration and laughs
Every couple of months, a crowded bar in Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood becomes the place to spot what’s fresh and insp ...
13 years ago
Shuttered Bucks County Playhouse hopes for summer revival
Theater people are a scrappy bunch. They do whatever it takes to get through the show. That philosophy works well for summer stock ...
13 years ago
Philadelphia firm unveils vision for New York’s Met
A Philadelphia firm’s vision will guide major renovations at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The museum unveiled a ...
13 years ago
Digitizing some Native American recordings while keeping others sacred
There are 3,000 recordings, representing languages and songs of more than 40 Native American tribes, in the archives of the American Phil ...
13 years ago
Tattoo convention descends on Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention was last weekend at the Pa. Convention Center. Tattoo artists from Amsterdam, Austin, Texas, Ne ...
13 years ago
Philly museum reopens with new name & old treasures
The first thing visitors see when they enter the newly renovated Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent (formerly the Atwater Ke ...
13 years ago
Give us your questions for renowned Iranian author Azar Nafisi
Azar Nafisi, the Iranian academic author of “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” will address ...
13 years ago
Exploring an illustrated history of tattoos at Philly museum
The inaugural show at the Independence Seaport Museum’s Community Gallery features art by pioneers of American sailor tattoos and t ...
13 years ago
Drawing on digital age, Moore to issue iPads to art students
Incoming freshmen will be required to go digital as Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia incorporates the iPad into its core c ...
13 years ago
Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday celebrated
This year marks 200 years since the birth of Charles Dickens, the great Victorian author who bequeathed the world such literary masterpie ...
14 years ago