Arts & Entertainment
Civil discussion urged in ‘Can We Talk?’
This weekend, the National Constitution Center will host a public forum about the role of civility in a democracy. It aims to launch a di ...
15 years ago
100-year-old tragedy still reverberates
Friday marks the 100-year anniversary of the deadly fire in New York City that brought about workplace safety laws. In 1911, a fire in ...
15 years ago
Play’s the thing to bring Japanese moms together
There is a Japanese version of Facebook called Mixi.com, where Japanese mothers in Philadelphia found each other to form playgroups for t ...
15 years ago
Space exploration: Matching theater companies, venues
It may be that “all the world’s a stage”–as per Shakespeare–but in Philadelphia, many theater companies are ...
15 years ago
Farm springs up on North Philly lot to supply restaurant chain
There are untold numbers of urban gardens in Philadelphia: some are trespassing; some are large neighborhood collectives; some major oper ...
15 years ago
Japanese Noh theater comes to city for first time
You can’t tell by looking at the trees along Kelly Drive, but the annual Cherry Blossom Festival is officially under way. ...
15 years ago
Woman from iconic napalm photo speaks at Haverford
Haverford College is getting a visit from a woman who–for many–embodies the brutality of war. Kim Phuc Phan Thi was ni ...
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Inside the stone ruins of the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia are the remains of a chaplain’s office. Inside of that are ...
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Free Library scales back expansion plans
For years, visitors to the Free Library of Philadelphia on Race Street have seen a model of what the future building will look like with ...
15 years ago
In time of trouble, Japanese students create art, forge bonds
Less than a week after a group of Japanese art students arrived at the University of the Arts for an exchange program, their home country ...
15 years ago
Holocaust survivors take part in Shoah project
Itka Zygmuntowicz spent all of her teenage years in a Nazi concentration camp. Long afterward, in 1994, she sat down with an interviewer ...
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South by Southwest may be losing direction
The annual “South by Southwest” music festival begins in Austin, Texas, Friday. For Philadelphia musicians, it’s an essent ...
15 years ago
Forest gumption: Goal to plant a million trees
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has launched a tree-planting program with an ambitious goal: 1 million trees throughout the tri-st ...
15 years ago
Protest over mining blooms amid flower show
Visitors to the Philadelphia International Flower Show Wednesday got something they never expected: a protest. Nine people from a ...
15 years ago
Arts groups assess budget cuts
In their Center City conference room, the staff of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance was plugged in. While watching a video proj ...
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