Arts & Entertainment
Museum looks at Lincoln’s legacy
A lot has been said about Abraham Lincoln today, his 200th birthday. A project by the Rosenbach Museum in Philadelphia attempts to answer
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15 years ago
Bartering art for massages… and bike tune ups… and cameras…
It’s not unusual for people to barter goods and services when economic times get tough, dental services for marketing help, a rug f
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15 years ago
Placido Domingo returns to Philadelphia after 25 years
Placido Domingo will spend one day in Philadelphia to sing here for the first time in 25 years. He’s performing a concert of arias,
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15 years ago
“What You Will” opens at Bristol Riverside Theater
The new play ‘What You Will’ opens at Bristol Riverside Theater today. It’s the first time the theatre has reached out
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15 years ago
Philly bids to be World Champs… of Printmaking
Philadelphia will attempt to become the worldwide nexus of contemporary printmaking when a new art biennial, Philagrafika 2010, commences
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15 years ago
New Fishtown art gallery helps revitalize a broken neighborhood
On this First Friday, a new art gallery opens in Fishtown. The Frankford Arts Corridor has revitalized a neighborhood full of vacancies a
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15 years ago
Nexus Art Foundation experiments with art on the radio
If you happened to be in Northern Liberties or old city over the past few months, and tuned your radio to a high frequency on the AM dial
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15 years ago
Governor’s schools could feel Governor’s cuts
Artistically and academically talented high school students in Pennsylvania may soon be looking for new ways to spend their summer vacati
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15 years ago
Temple University students are bringing the Ben Franklin Bridge indoors
By: Peter Crimmins
Temple University students have taken the Ben Franklin Bridge and brought it indoors. A gallery exhibit at Temp
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15 years ago
Wyeth’s “Goodbye” part of free weekend exhibition
By: Peter Crimmins
Andrew Wyeth’s last painting, called “Goodbye,” is on display this week at the Brandywine Riv
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15 years ago
With close of Michener in New Hope, artists look elsewhere
As of yesterday, the New Hope branch of the Michener Museum is no longer. Meanwhile, artists in New Hope have energies focused elsewhere.
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15 years ago
Wyeth’s “Christina’s World” comes home
This weekend, Christina’s World, Andrew Wyeth’s most famous painting, will be on view at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadd
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15 years ago
Life of Wyeth reflected in “time capsule” that is Chadds Ford, PA
This weekend, visitors will gather at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford. The museum hosts a memorial tribute to iconic painter A
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15 years ago
Iconic Center City independent book store bids farewell
This Saturday marks the closing of Philadelphia’s oldest independent book seller. After 73 years, Robin’s Book Store shuts it
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15 years ago
Fresh Artists seeks fresh arts funding
Schools across Philadelphia are chronically underfunded when it comes to the arts. Several have no art educators at all – and those
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16 years ago