
Arts & Entertainment
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14 years ago
Romance and robots inspire Philly Fringe performances
Philly Fringe is under way, along with its sister festival, Live Arts. For the next 15 days, hundreds of performances will be staged thro ...
14 years ago
USS Olympia hosts historic re-enactors this weekend
The USS Olympia will soon be changing hands. Thursday marked the deadline for proposals to acquire the historic cruiser, and by 2013, tou ...
14 years ago
An audio exhibit of not-so-quiet moments of silence
The curator at the Tyler School of Art, at Temple University, has been quietly doing research on the history and aesthetics of quiet. He ...
14 years ago
Rachael Ray brings show–and a garden–to South Philly
“The Rachael Ray Show” is coming to Philadelphia Tuesday, and leaving behind a garden. Last week the producers of the ...
14 years ago
Stores wiped out of French toast essentials
Many people in South Jersey and Philadelphia are preparing for Hurrican Irene by stocking up on essentials. On Friday, the Home De ...
14 years ago
Hurricanes mean it’s time for windswept TV reporters
This weekend’s extreme weather means it’s time for television reporters to be whipped by the wind as they shout over the roar ...
14 years ago
Temple kicks off football season with TV series
Temple University starts its football season this year with a new TV show. It’s called “Temple TUFF,” and will consist ...
14 years ago
Giant paint brush now part of Philadelphia’s outdoor art scene
On Saturday, Philadelphia newest public sculpture was installed at Broad and Cherry Streets. On Monday many people working in Cent ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia Orchestra to add more performances to the season
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, the Orchestra’s music director designate, says he will conduct more performances than previously scheduled to ...
14 years ago
WYSP giving up rock for sports
A classic rock station bites the dust. The day after Labor Day, classic rock station WYSP will begin broadcasting the all-sports c ...
14 years ago
Songwriter Ray Evans’ bonanza of papers goes to Penn
For the next two years, librarians at The University of Pennsylvania will catalogue letters, sheet music, recordings and notebooks of Ray ...
14 years ago
New parklet has real curb appeal in University City
A new concept in urban public space has been installed in West Philadelphia. It’s called a parklet. It resembles a short boa ...
14 years ago
‘SlutWalk’ protest set for Saturday in Philadelphia
This weekend, Philadelphia will become the latest venue for a women’s rights demonstration that has been circling the world. On Sat ...
14 years ago
When the saints come laughing in
The new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art includes some paintings by Rembrandt that depict Jesus Christ with a faint smile. ...
14 years ago