Arts & Entertainment
Students make video odes to the elements
Daniyal Khan does not think of himself as a scientist. The junior at Berlin High School in Connecticut is more interested in shooting and ...
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Photographer evokes ‘Ephemeral Existence’ in images of urban Japan
As Japan reels from the aftershocks of its devastating earthquake, an art gallery in Rittenhouse Square is exhibiting large-scale photo ...
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Philadelphia’s cherry blossoms near bloom for festival
While cherry blossoms are out now in Cherry Hill, N.J., in Philadelphia they are only just starting to emerge. The organizers of the ann ...
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Gritty in pink: ‘Yarnbomber’ outfits iconic Rocky statue
The statue of Rocky Balboa in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art was outfitted with a pink sweater over the weekend. Local graffiti ...
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Suspenseful ‘Source Code’ shows off a versatile Gyllenhaal
We cannot change the past. But in Source Code, a film opening this weekend, director Duncan Jones reminds us we can learn from i ...
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In time of war, ‘Ajax’ resounds with modern audiences
“Ajax, Ajax…my name is a sad song. Who would have thought it would someday become the sound a man makes in despair.” ...
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A master mascot, Phillie Phanatic energizes crowds
At 48 years old, Jeff Lecious still gets a laugh out of the Phillie Phanatic. “I remember the first game the Phanatic appear ...
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Philadelphia enlists homeowners to help spruce up the city
It takes about $435 to plant a tree along the sidewalk–that accounts for the truck, a guy with a shovel, and the tree itself. But g ...
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Setting sale: USS Olympia now on the market
The USS Olympia is now officially on the market. The caretaker of the floating museum–the Independence Seaport Museum in Phi ...
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Opponents again try to stop Barnes move
The construction of the Barnes Museum on the Parkway in Philadelphia is well under way, and the neighborhood group opposed to moving the ...
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Doctor prescribes ‘Waiting Room Reader’ as impatient treatment
A book publisher in New Jersey is trying to crack the doctor’s office market with an anthology of poetry designed to reduce anxiety ...
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Civil discussion urged in ‘Can We Talk?’
This weekend, the National Constitution Center will host a public forum about the role of civility in a democracy. It aims to launch a di ...
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100-year-old tragedy still reverberates
Friday marks the 100-year anniversary of the deadly fire in New York City that brought about workplace safety laws. In 1911, a fire in ...
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Play’s the thing to bring Japanese moms together
There is a Japanese version of Facebook called Mixi.com, where Japanese mothers in Philadelphia found each other to form playgroups for t ...
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Space exploration: Matching theater companies, venues
It may be that “all the world’s a stage”–as per Shakespeare–but in Philadelphia, many theater companies are ...
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