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Pennsylvania
Visual Arts

Hanging on the telephone: Maguire Museum tracks America’s disappearing payphones

The cell phone may have killed the payphone, but photographer Eric Kunsman seeks out people for whom payphones are a lifeline.

2 years ago

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Reporter Grant Hill (left) and host
Maiken Scott of WHYY’s “The Pulse” interact with virtual reality headsets and headphones showing a quintet playing Mozart.  (Alexis Branagan, Princeton University Concerts)
The Pulse
Higher Education
Music
New Jersey
Performing Arts
Technology

Virtual reality classical concert creates new experiences for fans

For four days, audience members were invited to experience performances by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra by strapping on virtual reality headsets and headphones.

2 years ago

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File photo: Norman Jewison (center) director of the 1967 film ''In the Heat of the Night,'' appears with his wife Lynne St. David before a 50th anniversary screening of the film at the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival in Los Angeles on April 6, 2017.
Movies
National

Norman Jewison, acclaimed director of ‘In the Heat of the Night’ and ‘Moonstruck,’ dead at 97

Throughout his long career, Jewison combined light entertainment with topical films.

2 years ago

A shirtless Jason Kelce roars out of a club box in Buffalo while watching his brother Travis and the Chiefs eek out a win over the Bills. (Courtesy NFL/Twitter.com)
National
Sports
Billy Penn

Kelce joins Bills Mafia, social media celebrates his bare chested antics

The Eagles center jumped out of a club box and partied with fans, setting off a blizzard of reactions online.

2 years ago

Two people smile as they talk over dinner at a restaurant
Things To Do
Community Events
Music
Performing Arts

Center City Restaurant Week, ‘Rhapsody in Blue,’ Ice Festival and an MLK Symposium in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Jan. 18 - 21: Center City Restaurant Week in Philly, Puppy Pals Lives in N.J. and OperaDelaware’s Studio Series are among the weekend’s highlights.

2 years ago

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Puppies compete in Puppy Bowl XII
Animals
Philadelphia
TV

Move over, Super Bowl: 9 Philly-area rescue pups are headed to Puppy Bowl 2024

On Sunday, Feb. 11, Puppy Bowl XX will feature a number of dogs from animal rescue organizations across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.

2 years ago

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Taylor Swift (left) wears a Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce jacket as she arrives before an NFL wild-card playoff football game between the Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. Kristin Juszczyk (right with husband 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk) designed the jacket.
National
Sports

Kristin Juszczyk, wife of 49ers FB Kyle Juszczyk becomes designing star thanks to Taylor Swift

All it took was pop superstar-turned-Chiefs fan wearing a puffy winter coat that looked like the jersey of Swift's boyfriend, tight end Travis Kelce.

2 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce
Community Events
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

From Mummers regalia to his Christmas crooning, Jason Kelce stands apart

Kelce’s national popularity has soared thanks to his podcast with brother Travis, but he’ll always be a Philadelphia fan favorite.

2 years ago

Quinta Brunson accepts the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series award for Abbott Elementary.
NPR
TV

6 takeaways from the return of the Emmys

The 75th Emmy Awards offered up nothing in the way of real surprise. Succession, The Bear and Beef dominated on a night steeped in television nostalgia.

2 years ago

File photo: Actress Joyce Randolph, who played ''Trixie'' on the TV series ''The Honeymooners,'' on Nov. 24, 1990, in New York. Randolph, who played Ed Norton’s sarcastic wife Trixie, has died at age 99. Randolph died of natural causes Saturday night, Jan. 13, 2024, at her home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, her son Randolph Charles told The Associated Press Sunday.
National
Performing Arts
TV

`The Honeymooners’ actress Joyce Randolph has died at 99; played Ed Norton’s wife, Trixie

She was the last surviving main character of the beloved comedy from television’s golden age of the 1950s.

2 years ago

A sign reads Vineland Speedway Entrance
New Jersey
Visual Arts

New Jersey art gallery opens an exhibit featuring places that no longer exist

A South Jersey art show features paintings of nostalgic locations that no longer exist.

2 years ago

The scene at Girard College on MLK Day in 2018.
Things To Do
Community Events
Music
Performing Arts
Visual Arts

MLK Day celebrations, Peabo Bryson, Ardmore Winter Beer Fest and ‘Love Notes 3’ in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Jan. 11 - 15: MLK Day in Philly, Marshall Charloff and the Purple Xperience in N.J. and a Whitney Houston tribute concert in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

2 years ago

Listen 5:20
Marin Alsop conducts the New York Philharmonic orchestra at We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert at The Great Lawn in Central Park in New York on Aug. 21, 2021.
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Marin Alsop to become Philadelphia Orchestra’s principal guest conductor next season

The 67-year-old was music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra from 2007-08 through 2020-21, the first woman to lead a top-level American orchestra.

2 years ago

Da'Vine Joy Randolph poses in the press room with the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role in any motion picture for ''The Holdovers'' at the 81st Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Movies
National
TV

‘Oppenheimer’ dominates Golden Globes, ‘Poor Things’ upsets ‘Barbie’ in comedy

Philly native Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Paul Giamatti both won for Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers.”

2 years ago

A person reads a picture book to children in front of a painting of a tree
Community Events
Kids
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

A Philadelphia museum is turning toddlers into art lovers by encouraging their artistic expression

Philly toddlers are looking at art, hearing stories about artworks and then creating their own unique art projects at Woodmere Art Museum.

2 years ago

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