Arts & Entertainment
Exploring an illustrated history of tattoos at Philly museum
The inaugural show at the Independence Seaport Museum’s Community Gallery features art by pioneers of American sailor tattoos and t ...
14 years ago
Drawing on digital age, Moore to issue iPads to art students
Incoming freshmen will be required to go digital as Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia incorporates the iPad into its core c ...
14 years ago
Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday celebrated
This year marks 200 years since the birth of Charles Dickens, the great Victorian author who bequeathed the world such literary masterpie ...
14 years ago
Mob scenes: Philly students create play from random city violence
This weekend, another flash mob is coming to Philadelphia — this time as documentary theater. For three days, Thursday throu ...
14 years ago
Van Gogh exhibit in Philadelphia focuses on his last years
The new exhibition “Van Gogh Up Close” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is not about exploring the Dutch artist’s tum ...
14 years ago
Celebrating Henry Ossawa Tanner’s legacy of art, inspiration
Henry Ossawa Tanner was a turn-of-last-century African-American artist who became one of the most important painters of his time. ...
14 years ago
Thousands gathered in State College to pay tribute to JoePa
The campus buses flashed “Paterno Proud” on their hood marquees. The creamery showed a spike in sales of its Peachy Paterno i ...
14 years ago
Printmakers rescue stories long imprisoned for Moore exhibit
“Doing Time/Depth of Surface” uses prints to transport the walls of a Philadelphia prison into a gallery. The ...
14 years ago
Space craft: Artist brings lessons down to earth for Philly kids
At first, Astronaut Tim is little more than a floating head appearing on a computer monitor. “So, I’m here, in the Int ...
14 years ago
New era begins for Philadelphia Orchestra
Thus, the Yannick era begins. The Philadelphia Orchestra has announced its 2012-2013 season, the inaugural season for its highly a ...
14 years ago
Curbed takes up where Brownstoner left off
Remember Brownstoner.com? That Brooklyn-based neighborhood blog with a hip and smart angle on real estate and urban development us ...
14 years ago
Documentary edited by Temple student in running for Oscar
One of the movies nominated for an Oscar was edited by a grad student at Temple University. Fiona Otway cut together “Hell and ...
14 years ago
Pollan: Healthy eating less about knowing the right answers than asking the right questions
The modern obsessions with eating organic, eating local, and eating whole foods can largely be traced back to the writings of Michael Pol ...
14 years ago
Play On, Philly! nurtures musical possibilities
An after-school music program in Philadelphia is trying to create better citizens, one musician at a time. Stanford Thompson and h ...
14 years ago
Cartoonist nominated to New Jersey Hall Fame stirs controversy
Any day now, New Jersey governor Chris Christie will announce this year’s inductees into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. The list of 5 ...
14 years ago