Arts & Entertainment
Temporary playground going up on Parkway in Philadelphia
A temporary playground is opening along the Parkway on Saturday. During the summer a grassy lot at 21st Street will have a concrete ping ...
15 years ago
In his previous job, Maestro Nezet-Seguin conducts a large cast in a random act of culture at a Montreal mall. ...
15 years ago
Academy of Natural Sciences and Drexel strike deal to share resources
The Academy of Natural Sciences was established in 1812. It’s the oldest natural science research institution in America, with auth ...
15 years ago
Despite economy, Philadelphians are watching and making more art
Philadelphians are attending more cultural events, according to a report from the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance measuring the ...
15 years ago
End-of-the-world believers try to convince skeptics
There are hundreds of billboards around the country. Thousands of people wearing neon-green T-shirts. There are caravans of RVs looping t ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia Orchestra launches marketing campaign
The Philadelphia Orchestra has rolled out a campaign to encourage ticket sales and donations during the organization’s bankruptcy p ...
15 years ago
Phila. school faces loss of dedicated music teacher
To cover an expected $629 million budget shortfall, the Philadelphia School District will likely make deep cuts in kindergarten and busin ...
15 years ago
PIFA attendance: In a word, magnifique
After the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts swept through the city in April, many people are left asking, “What just ...
15 years ago
Horror film screening aids disaster relief in Japan
The Japanese earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident may have been pushed off of the front pages, but a group of Philadelphia event pro ...
15 years ago
Civil War troupe joins Colonial regulars in tourism mission
In the tourism trade, Philadelphia owns the Colonial era. No other city can match the heft of the birth of the nation as it is represente ...
15 years ago
Knights Challenge makes the day of artists, organizations
The Knight Arts Challenge has named 36 individuals and organizations that will split $2.7 million in grants. Most of it will go to Philad ...
15 years ago
Orchestra, Pops tangle in bankruptcy court
The Philadelphia Orchestra was back in bankruptcy court Monday, where Judge Eric Frank is trying to keep up with the orchestra’s re ...
15 years ago
Another change of command at Seaport Museum
The Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia has once again named a new CEO. John Brady will replace John Gazzola who had been ...
15 years ago
Celebrating South Philly’s circles of life
Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program has unveiled a new public art project that has nothing to do with murals. The four-part installat ...
15 years ago
‘Freegal’ has landed: Library offers digital downloads
The Free Library of Philadelphia is now offering the entire Sony Music digital catalog as free digital downloads. Through the libraryR ...
15 years ago