Alaina Mabaso

PlayPenn artistic director Paul Meshejian

July 10-29, 2018

Peek behind the curtain at 6 new plays in progress

For the theater-loving public, PlayPenn’s annual conference, where new plays are workshopped, offers a peek behind the curtain.

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Visitors peruse the offerings at Art for the Cash Poor

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Start your (affordable) art collection — June 16, 2018

Because the walls of your apartment aren't going to decorate themselves.

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Courts & Law

If people get interracial marriage wrong, it can be worse with divorce

My first real clue that things actually weren't as rosy as I thought came when people anxiously wanted to know if I would keep my married name.

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Speak Easy

Politics & Policy

Don’t dismiss Saturday’s march as ‘thoughtless excitement’ of ‘angry women’

When you step onto a subway train, there are a lot of things you could smell that are worse than Sharpies, so on Saturday morning, I didn ...

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Speak Easy

Lifestyle

When dog adoption is hindered by racism

Many of us who want to make a rescue animal part of the family have experienced the flip-side to the problem of abandoned pets: foster gr ...

8 years ago

Martín Espada: If you thought poetry was dead, you’re wrong

Nationally renowned poet Martín Espada said he’s surprised eve ...

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Roxborough’s annual toad detour has arrived

So far this year, the Schuylkill Center’s annual amphibian love-fest has more help than ever: it’s drawn about two-thirds as ...

9 years ago

Plans underway to build a new visitors center at Laurel Hill

Laurel Hill Cemetery is quietly exploring big news for a sprawling 19th-century landmark that serves the living and the dead alike, said ...

9 years ago

Haiku workshop led by poet Sonia Sanchez explores social fabric of Northwest Philly

“I want to be five,” a little boy in the corner of the Johnson House room announced, by way of introduction. That is a ...

9 years ago

Mt. Airy Art Garage honors International Women’s Day

At Sunday’s Mt. Airy Art Garage panel honoring International Women’s Day, a diverse group of leaders in the local arts and cu ...

9 years ago

Germantown-based theater company takes latest performance to Center City stage

After eight years of cooperatively created full-scale original musicals each winter, the Germantown-based Yes! And… Collaborative A ...

9 years ago

$25K grant for Germantown to go towards bridging gaps in community engagement

What’s the trouble with the term “civic engagement”? It’s “grant-speak,” said Just Act theater group ...

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