All posts tagged "Philadelphia"
Architecture
An Interview With Louis Kahn Biographer Carter Wiseman
May 28, 2026"I think the most powerful common thread running through Kahn’s work was his humanity. He seems...
Non-Fiction Reviews
September Swoon: Richie Allen, the ’64 Phillies, and Racial Integration by William C. Kashatus
May 18, 2026For Philadelphians over a certain age, the year 1964 evokes bitter memories of a Phillies team...
Art
The Female Gaze and Modern Women at PAFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
February 5, 2026In Neel’s painting, the sitter’s beauty is not compromised by her pregnant condition and makes no...
100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: A History of Violence, #37
January 27, 2026Joey Cusack was the nastiest guy in Philadelphia’s Irish mob. He killed dozens, sometimes without the...
Biography
A Toast to Tristan Egolf
December 14, 2025He would furiously lead anti-war marches weekly on our courthouse steps. He improvised chants and picket...
Fiction Reviews
Timothy Watts Interview
November 30, 2025"He's actually a pretty good mechanic and somewhere in Philadelphia he's running a pretty successful chop...
Art & Design
Art for a New Gilded Age
November 26, 2025Museums are designed – and public museums are mandated – to act as the stewards of...
After Image
Arizona and the Politics of Mural Painting
May 28, 2025Murals are designed to unite communities, create beauty and celebrate common values. The horrific reaction to...
The Fourth Wall
A CLR Interview with The New Year Parade Filmmaker Tom Quinn
May 8, 2025The New Year Parade: A taut, small-scale family drama from independent filmmaker Tom Quinn. Tom Quinn’s...
Art & Design
The Barnes Foundation: Beauty Surrounded by Controversy
April 8, 2025And what a treasure trove! By the time of his death in 1951, Barnes had purchased...
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