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Arts & Entertainment

Fans fight to save old-school Gettysburg map

In an age before iPhones and video games, an electronic map of the historic Gettysburg battlefield once inspired many visitors to learn m ...

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In China, Philadelphia Orchestra continues forging special relationship

Some members of the Philadelphia Orchestra are on their way in China for a 10-day residency. Some have already arrived. The trip i ...

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Barnes collection more than meets the eye

Unless you’ve avoided all forms of media this past week, you’ve probably heard that The Barnes Foundation’s new gallery ...

14 years ago

Last piece of the puzzle: Kimmel cuts rent for Philadelphia Orchestra

The Philadelphia Orchestra has cleared the last major hurdle in its bankruptcy proceeding, as the Kimmel Center has agreed to reduce the ...

14 years ago

Cliff Lee makes a pitch for better hitting from flagging Phils

What’s it like to be Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee right now? The Philly favorite has a 2.66 ERA with 40 strikeouts and has allowed on ...

14 years ago

Voices in the Family
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Genetic look-back

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Barnes move leaves tangled legal legacy, lingering hard feelings

The fight to move the Barnes collection from Lower Merion to Center City has divided Philadelphia — and the art world, generally — ...

14 years ago

Water colors: Schuylkill River serves as inspiration for Art in the Open

Behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art is a staircase that walks down to the Waterworks, where there is a small park. There are more, part ...

14 years ago

Change of scene brings Barnes collection to full radiance

The Barnes Foundation now has it world-famous collection of Impressionist paintings in place, and will finally restore them to public vie ...

14 years ago

JayZ organizing massive Labor Day music festival for Philly

One of the biggest stars in rap will put together a massive outdoor concert on Labor Day weekend. JayZ (aka Shawn Carter) is organ ...

14 years ago

Feathered soap opera playing out above Philadelphia

Here’s the list of characters: Dad: dedicated and attentive, but dead. He got hit by a c ...

14 years ago

New book has many more haikus from Camden’s Nick Virgilio

The most famous Haiku by Nick Virgilio is the one engraved on his tombstone. It goes like this: Lily: Out of the water̷ ...

14 years ago

Finally, an embracing of the art of craft

For most of the 20th century, fine art museums have eschewed craft as not worthy of being showcased in a gallery alongside revered artwor ...

14 years ago

‘The Happy Show’ gives prescriptions for the blues

Stefan Sagmeister is an Austrian Grammy-award winning graphic designer, who’s behind album covers for the Talking Heads, Lou Reed, ...

14 years ago

Twelve short stories inspired by the Mutter Museum

For the past few years the Mütter Museum has been eagerly opening itself to artistic interpretation. Philadelphia’s archive of mor ...

14 years ago

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