Arts & Entertainment
Bella Vista neighbors work to prevent ‘Autumn’ mural’s fall to development
The Mural Arts Program has launched a restoration fund, which will be used to maintain the more than 3,000 murals in Philadelphia, but it ...
14 years ago
17th century courtroom drama inspires hit play about Spinoza
A surprising hit of the new theater season is a play about Baruch Spinoza, a philosopher of the Enlightenment era. The Lantern The ...
14 years ago
Renovated Allentown museum reopens with dazzling new space
Construction of newly expanded galleries is nearly complete, and the Allentown Art Museum will open to the public Sunday. The down ...
14 years ago
Heroes to their country and heritage, World War II vets honored at Constitution Center
A new exhibition at the National Constitution Center features World War II veterans of minority races and nationalities. With inte ...
14 years ago
Speed-reading Dr. Seuss for charity in Philadelphia
First Book Philadelphia, a non-profit that distributes children’s books through schools and oth ...
14 years ago
Creating dangerously, reading collectively
This year’s selection for One Book, One Philadelphia is Edwidge Danticat’s “Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at ...
14 years ago
Troupe movement: Pennsylvania Ballet relocating to N. Broad space
The Pennsylvania Ballet will construct a new home soon in Center City Philadelphia as the classical dance company prepares to demolish bu ...
14 years ago
Pig Iron Theatre raises curtain on new school
One of Philadelphia’s most successful experimental theater companies has just become an institution. On Monday, Pig Iron Theatre wi ...
14 years ago
Some N.J. news absent from N.J. news show
When New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced earlier this week that he would not seek the presidency, it was carried live on almost ever ...
14 years ago
Disgruntled gym bans noisy weightlifter; ‘Daily Show’ gets the story
Did you hear the one about the guy from Clifton Heights, Pa., who got kicked out of his local gym for setting off the “lunk alarm ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia Orchestra, musicians reach tentative agreement
A week before the Philadelphia Orchestra begins its new season, the musicians and management have come to a tentative labor agreement. ...
14 years ago
Philly kids offer ‘building blocks’ for classical music, ballet
A classical composer and a modern ballet choreographer, looking for ideas on which to base their new work, are tapping kids’ imagin ...
14 years ago
$10 million gift helps pave way for Franklin Institute expansion
The Franklin Institute will soon break ground for a major expansion to its existing footprint. Construction of a 53,000-square-foot pavil ...
14 years ago
Parents can’t avoid sex ed, but they can help control it
The final of eight excerpts from the new book Letting Go with Love and Confidence. TV, movies, peers and the Int ...
14 years ago
Knight Arts Challenge seeks second round of creative proposals
The Opera Company of Philadelphia simulcast a performance of “Carmen” on a jumbo screen set up outdoors on Independence Mall ...
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