Arts & Entertainment
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 ...
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 ...
14 years ago
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 ...
14 years ago
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 ...
14 years ago
New tour illustrates Philadelphia’s African-American culture
Philadelphia has well over 3,000 murals, and now the Mural Arts Program has packaged some of them together as an African-American cultura ...
14 years ago
A photographer who shoots from the hip
Mark Cohen’s photographs are not always pretty, in fact they’re somewhat stark images and, at first glance, brutally imperson ...
14 years ago
Portraits of Black History Month
For Black History Month, teacher Peter Tobia sent his University of the Arts photography class out into the streets of Philadelphia with ...
14 years ago
Air apparent: Festival taps surprising sounds from historic organ
Local musicians will have a rare chance to play a historic pipe organ in one of Philadelphia’s iconic churches. But most hav ...
14 years ago
‘Discovering the real George Washington’
What did our first president leave behind? Teeth. This summer, George Washington’s dentures will be displayed at the Nationa ...
14 years ago
Chinese mummies, which had been blocked by Chinese officials are recently as a week ago, are now on display at the University of Pennsylv ...
14 years ago
Tuskegee Airmen archives donated to Temple University
Members of the Tuskegee Airmen have donated their archives to Temple University. The collection of photographs, letters and paper ...
14 years ago
Hip-hop in Philadelphia is as popular as ever, but many fans are asking, “Where’s the beat?” Finding a place to watch hip-hop a ...
14 years ago
Snowstorms, move to freeze funds don’t deter Barnes
Even though Philadelphia went into a deep freeze for about two months, it didn’t slow down construction of the Barnes Museum. Not m ...
14 years ago
Temple shows controversial film rejected by National Portrait Gallery
The Temple University art gallery is showing a controversial film that was removed from the National Portrait Gallery — a Smithsoni ...
14 years ago
Kareem uses film to teach Phila. students about the Harlem Rens
Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar visited a Philadelphia high school Tuesday morning to show his new documentary. The NBA’s all ...
14 years ago