Arts + Culture
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Last piece of the puzzle: Kimmel cuts rent for Philadelphia Orchestra
By Peter Crimmins
May 22, 2012
The Philadelphia Orchestra has cleared the last major hurdle in its bankruptcy proceeding, as the Kimmel Center has agreed to reduce the orchestra's rent by $1 million a year. More »
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Cliff Lee makes a pitch for better hitting from flagging Phils
By Shai Ben-Yaacov
May 22, 2012
What's it like to be Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee right now? The Philly favorite has a 2.66 ERA with 40 strikeouts and has allowed only five home runs, but his record would suggest otherwise. More »
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'Unmasking of fraud' helped in discovery of John F. Peto
By NewsWorks Staff
May 22, 2012
John F. Peto was born in 1854 in Philadelphia, where he was raised. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and is today renowned and highly regarded as an important American still life artist. But such was not the case while he was alive. More »
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Parody of life in Mt. Airy coming to Allens Lane Art Center
By Alaina Mabaso for NewsWorks
May 22, 2012
A long-time fan of Garrison Keillor and his "A Prairie Home Companion" radio show, Mt. Airy native Jim Harris, well-known to locals as a humor columnist for the Chestnut Hill Local newspaper, has decided to take a page out of Keillor's book and bring the fun to Mt. Airy. "Mount Airy Home Companion", an original radio-style live variety show hosted by Harris, will debut fo... More »
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Clarence Clemons spiritual life revealed in new documentary
By Peter Crimmins
May 21, 2012
"Who Do I Think I Am?" -- a documentary film about the late Clarence Clemons will be screened in Philadelphia at the National Consitution Center Wednesday as part of the center's current exhibition, From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen. More »
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Barnes' opening night gala draws the who’s who of Philadelphia
By Peter Crimmins
May 19, 2012
Once a quiet home to a great art collection in Lower Merion, the Barnes Foundation loudly tooted its own horn at its inauguration gala Friday night. The social event of the year, capping a decade of planning, building, and controversy, attracted the who's who of the city, including the philanthropic elite (Lenfest, Hamilton, Neubauer) and the arbiters of the city's cultural establishment... More »
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Settlement Music School receives $25,000 Philadelphia Cultural Fund Grant
By Yasmein James for NewsWorks
May 18, 2012
Mayor Michael Nutter and the Philadelphia Cultural Fund announced on Thursday that the Settlement Music School had been awarded a $25,000 Youth Enrichment Arts Grant. The grant was created to support arts programs and projects which seek to enrich the lives of the youths in and out of school. The Settlement Music School is the country's largest and oldest community school of arts dedicated ... More »
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British Food Network TV crew films Philly food truck
By Lane Blackmer for NewsWorks
May 18, 2012
A Mt. Airy food truck vendor came under the spotlight yesterday after the British Food Network dropped by to tape a segment for its program American Street Feast. More »
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Barnes move leaves tangled legal legacy, lingering hard feelings
By Peter Crimmins
May 18, 2012
The fight to move the Barnes collection from Lower Merion to Center City has divided Philadelphia — and the art world, generally — into opposing camps. Some fought in public, some fought in court. More »
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Weekly Entertainment Guide — The Barnes reopens in Philadelphia
By Robin Bloom
May 18, 2012
WHYY's Arts Calendar curator Robin Bloom sorts through hundreds of listings each week to find out what's happening in the Delaware Valley. Here are her picks and listings. More »
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