All posts tagged "Philadelphia"
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Non-Fiction Reviews
September Swoon: Richie Allen, the ’64 Phillies, and Racial Integration by William C. Kashatus
January 18, 2025For Philadelphians over a certain age, the year 1964 evokes bitter memories of a Phillies team...
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Art
The Female Gaze and Modern Women at PAFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
October 2, 2024In Neel’s painting, the sitter’s beauty is not compromised by her pregnant condition and makes no...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: A History of Violence, #37
September 22, 2024Joey Cusack was the nastiest guy in Philadelphia’s Irish mob. He killed dozens, sometimes without the...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
A Toast to Tristan Egolf
August 10, 2024He would furiously lead anti-war marches weekly on our courthouse steps. He improvised chants and picket...
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Writers
Timothy Watts Interview
July 26, 2024"He's actually a pretty good mechanic and somewhere in Philadelphia he's running a pretty successful chop...
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Art
Art for a New Gilded Age
July 22, 2024Museums are designed – and public museums are mandated – to act as the stewards of...
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Art
Arizona and the Politics of Mural Painting
February 11, 2024Murals are designed to unite communities, create beauty and celebrate common values. The horrific reaction to...
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Movies
A CLR Interview with The New Year Parade Filmmaker Tom Quinn
January 25, 2024The New Year Parade: A taut, small-scale family drama from independent filmmaker Tom Quinn. Tom Quinn’s...
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Art & Design
The Barnes Foundation: Beauty Surrounded by Controversy
December 28, 2023And what a treasure trove! By the time of his death in 1951, Barnes had purchased...
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True Crime
Murdered by Mumia: A Conversation With Maureen Faulkner
November 14, 2023"The man lifted his arm and fired a single shot in Danny’s back. Danny was able...
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