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WATCH: New William Shatner, Jason Segel Commercials For Philly Arts

Do you love Philadelphia? Star Trek? How I Met Your Mother? Scratch that itch. “The Big Bang / The Magic Flute” – AIP040113b from Arts […]

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Video: How to Build a Time Machine in 4 Minutes

The theme for this year’s Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) is the “time machine.” Which is why there a giant, snaking metallic portal […]

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Hottest Philadelphia Neighborhoods: Avenue of the Arts

Here we are with another installment of the April 2013 Philadelphia Magazine Real Estate issue, which focuses on the area’s hottest neighborhoods. This next pick […]

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Inside the Barnes Foundation’s Attempt To Fix A Broken Piece Of Ancient History

The New York Times takes readers inside the Barnes Foundation’s attempt to fix a Greek pyxis—an earthenware box from around 750 B.C.—that was broken in […]

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Welcome to Sbragadome

Michael Rouleau and Greg Garbacz competing at Cook | Photo by Yoni Nimrod At Sbraga, chefs compete for bragging rights and to keep their minds […]

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Phillie Phanatic Smothers Carl Dranoff at Southstar Groundbreaking

Groundbreakings are always exciting, what with the crowds and the photo ops and the smell of new construction in the air. Inviting the Phillie Phanatic […]

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Here’s What the New Southstar Lofts at Broad and South Will Look Like

Today is a press conference to commemorate, among other things, the groundbreaking of Southstar Lofts, the newest project from Dranoff Properties (Carl Dranoff will soon […]

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FBI: Isabella Gardner Art Heist Has Philly Connection

The FBI today launched a new website to track developments in the 1990 art heist at the  Isabella Steward Gardner Museum in Boston, adding new […]

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“Mysterious” N.C. Wyeth Painting Donated to Philadelphia Museum of Art

Associated Press reports: “Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has donated a painting with a mysterious past to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The work by N.C. Wyeth was […]

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A Collaboration Dinner For The Ages

Art in the Age is all about collaboration this month. First, it was the First Friday Prohibition affair with the Constitution Center and now it’s […]

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Giant Time Machine Being Built at the Kimmel Center for Arts Festival

AP reports on a “time machine”—100 feet long and 16 feet across—being built at the Kimmel Center for the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, March […]

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George W. Bush Has Embarked on a Second Career as a Painter

Some crafty hacker has infiltrated the Kennebunkport server, unearthing intimate correspondence and photos belonging to the Bush family. A photo of W. with (Polo) Ralph […]

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R.I.P. Philly Jazz?

Later this month, Sansom Street’s 27-year-old Chris’ Jazz Cafe will change its name and trade in its longstanding six nights a week of live jazz […]

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Tonight: Art In The Age Of Prohibition Reception

To kick off its Prohibition-themed art and ephemera exhibition, Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction is partnering with the National Constitution Center to host […]

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Philadelphia Wax Museum: Sleek or Just Plain Ugly?

Earlier this month, I told you about the as-yet-to-be-built Philadelphia Wax Museum, whose founder, Robert Avery, wants to showcase Philadelphia luminaries like Tina Fey, Michael […]