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We called for your jack-o’-lanterns — and you delivered!

From a contemplative cat face to Shiva to a fanged freak, these creative pumpkin transformations have gone every “witch” way.

8 years ago

Artist Cesar Viveros arranges paper petals on the floor of the Day of the Dead altar. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Day of the Dead festival to honor victims of natural disasters

Penn Museum hosts Dia de los Muertos celebration with traditional music, food, and painted skeletons while remembering those lost to recent earthquakes, hurricanes, and fires.

8 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Delaware Arts Calendar: 28th Annual Sea Witch Festival, Honk! and more to see and do in Delaware this week

From concerts and movies, to special events for the whole family, there is always something to see and do in Delaware. Here are some of our picks.

8 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Paper flowers bring messages of freedom from Berks Detention Center

A Monument Lab project brings to City Hall 1600 paper flowers made by detained immigrants and their supporters.

8 years ago

A warehouse covered in large grafiti art; In the foreground, a man shovels snow.
Courts & Law

Court weighing whether graffiti mecca was protected by law

An attorney specializing in intellectual property said the case is significant because no lawsuit under the statute has been tried by a jury before.

8 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Delaware arts calendar: Opera Uncorked, Halloween mini-con and more to see and do in Delaware this week

From concerts and movies, to special events for the whole family, there is always something to see and do in Delaware. Here are some of our picks.

8 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

For Delaware artist Robert Straight, inspiration begins with the canvas itself

Have you ever looked at a blank canvas? Really looked at it? Those tiny little threads, woven together, it's that pattern gives Robert Straight his inspiration.

8 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Wilmington artist creates jewelry with a twist

After being unsatisfied with jewelry that wasn't unique, a Wilmington entrepreneur took matters into her own hands and is now teaching others how to make their own jewelry.

8 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Delaware arts calendar: The art of Denise Dumont, Rubix Kube and more to see and do in Delaware this week

From concerts and movies, to special events for the whole family, there is always something to see and do in Delaware. Here are some of our picks.

8 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Delaware artist left the banking world to ‘get back to her bliss’

Denise Dumont traded her office job for the life of a professional painter. Now her office is wherever she sets up her easel.

8 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Major arts supporter in Princeton gets her first exhibit

There are many luxurious spots in which to sit and relax in the home Hella McVay shares with her husband Scott McVay.

8 years ago

The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts is hosting the first major exhibition in Philadelphia of the photographs of Chuck Close. The 183-inch-long ''Self-Portrait/Five Part'' was made in 2009.
Arts & Entertainment

After half-century, Chuck Close photographs make Philadelphia debut

"Chuck Close Photographs," now at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, is a large and meaty show with 90 images created over 50 years.

8 years ago

Although they're a hundred miles away, the murals in the Senate Chamber of the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg are a significant part of the new Violet Oakley exhibit at the Woodmere Art Museum. (Woodmere Art Museum)
Arts & Entertainment

Woodmere offers new look at Violet Oakley, whose murals stand timeless at Pa. Capitol

The Woodmere Museum in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill neighborhood will host an exhibit of the work by Violet Oakley, once one of Pennsylvania's most prominent artists.

8 years ago

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Is opera relevant to our IGen kids?

I know it doesn’t happen for every parent, so having a child who shares my passion for theater, music, books and arts and culture in general feels really good.

8 years ago

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With ‘no filters, no restraints,’ Terror Behind the Walls puts Eastern State at center of Halloween

What does it take to be hired as an intimidator or a creeper at one of the nation's top historic haunted attractions? A lot of energy and stamina.

8 years ago

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