
Visual Arts
Michael Nichols’ virtual safari remembers the magic of photography
Photographs used to be magic: prestidigitation performed by alchemists armed with white umbrellas, light meters, lenses, and endless roll ...
8 years ago
2017 Art All Night – Trenton [photos]
One of Trenton’s secrets is that it’s a fun place to see art. Probably the best example is its annual 24-hour festival ...
8 years ago
Fuel, oxygen, and ignition: the science of fireworks
A childhood pyromaniac grows up, becomes a chemist and makes sparks fly in the lab. Matt Cline, 43, is a chemical engineering lab ...
8 years ago
Listen 4:47Science can make blockbuster movies better
Hollywood directors have a direct line to consulting scientists. Let’s say you’re a filmmaker. You want to put a littl ...
8 years ago
Listen 7:49Calling all artists … or maybe not
When the Free Library put out a call for Philadelphia artists who are "seeking a wider audience for their work and would like to get paid for it," I was hopeful.
8 years ago
Graduating PAFA students prep for the big show
The Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts was the scene of intense activity in early May as students fi ...
8 years ago
They languished in storage for years, but now, the first mural project of famed illustrator Howard Pyle are back on display.
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Attacking the NEA does not put ‘America first’
I thought about my grandmother last week, when Donald J. Trump unrolled a federal budget proposal that, to no on ...
8 years ago
Game developer wants to take her cultural critique to Congress
Brianna Wu has been outspoken about sexism in male-dominated video game culture. Brianna Wu has loved video games ever since she w ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:06Quilts for the walls: Delaware artist goes from teaching biochemistry to making ‘art quilts’
Virginia Abrams was teaching biochemistry, when she discovered art quilts. She's since traded the lab for a sewing machine.
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Delaware man’s hobby strikes the right chord [video]
After suffering four heart attacks, Thom Allen retired from his stressful sales job and started making cigar box guitars.
8 years ago
Why can’t you tell me how you feel?
It's hard to communicate our emotions. The effects of this are harmful, and as a country, we are arguably the most overtly divided and disconnected we have been in years.
8 years ago
Now for our feature presentation: we’re going to explore the science of movie magic as seen on the big screen and behind the scenes ...
Air Date: October 14, 2016
Listen 51:39Human voice is key to unlocking movie magic for the blind
There’s a movement underway to make movies Oscar-worthy for people who can’t see. I met up with Sarita Kimble in the l ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:23Come with us as we step inside a time capsule of life on earth — the natural history museum. On this specia ...
Air Date: September 15, 2016
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