Arts & Entertainment
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 ...
15 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 ...
15 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 ...
15 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 ...
15 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 ...
15 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 ...
15 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 ...
15 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 ...
15 years ago
Valentine’s Day tradition continues with six weddings
Two violinists playing Mozart were jostling for elbow room near a cheese monger while the happy couples exchanged vows beneath a sign for ...
15 years ago
Mac or PC? ENIAC helped pave the way for both
On February 14, 1946, America’s love affair with the computer began. That is when John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert of the ...
15 years ago
Antique ads show the genesis of social networking
“A green youth from a country village, tired of having young ladies fall captive to his good looks, desiring to be loved for his go ...
15 years ago
Mummies return to ‘Silk Road’ exhibit
The missing mummies at the Penn Museum will be there soon. Last week, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Ant ...
15 years ago
Putting a portable dance floor through its steps
An empty retail space in the Gallery Mall in Center City Philadelphia is hosting a month of dance. Every weekday in February, the public ...
15 years ago
Pop-up studios rise to the artistic occasion
A former bicycle shop in Mount Airy has been transformed into a temporary art gallery as ephemeral as a paper moon. Edward Maeder ...
15 years ago
Beat poet uses ballpoints, not drum machines
Julius Wright is taking hip-hop down to its bones. The South Philadelphian, calling himself the Lyrical God, uses ballpoint pens to bang ...
15 years ago