Kevin Taylor skates Paine's Park at Schuykill Banks for the first time. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
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Peter Crimmins, @petercrimmins
Creative Connectors
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NewsWorks Staff
NewsWorks and Leadership Philadelphia's Connectors project are shining a light on artistic leaders in the region. Spend some time getting to know them in our special section. More »
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Julian Fellowes may be the Baron Fellowes of West Stafford, but the English screenwriter, director and novelist says his background "was much more ordinary than the newspapers have made it."
Quentin Tarantino's film Django Unchained is a spaghetti western-inspired revenge film set in the antebellum South; it's about a former slave who teams up with a bounty hunter to target the plantation owner who owns his wife.
The Philadelphia Sound will continue to resonate in its 113th season under Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s baton – after conducting under the director-designate title for two years, he has officially become the eighth music
An entire block of Melon Street in West Philadelphia went through a profound transformation. A group of teenagers worked with artists, counselors and teachers to explore the meaning of "home." The young people's photos and stories inspired public health researchers to look closely at an aspect of urban teenage life that is dangerous and under-reported.
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On a Saturday morning in the off season at Cape May Point, a lone bicyclist stops and pulls out his smart phone to capture the spectacle before him: Four birdwatchers have abandoned their Prius in the middle of the street to pursue their elusive quarry. More »
