Something New In America: Serious Opera, 1757
It was a musical winter in Philadelphia, as students of the College of Philadelphia, including Francis Hopkinson, put on the "Mask of Alfred" > more
Today, 1757: City’s First Public Concert
Some 30 years behind Boston, Charleston, and New York, the first concert was successful enough to draw at least one quite prescient concertgoer to the second > more
Hippest Street in Town, Circa 1766
South Street was Philadelphia's original performance district, starting with the Southwark, the first permanent theater in America > more
“Dr. Sangrado” in Hart’s Cemetery, Rattling the Dead
The Friends of Poquessing Creek work to salvage a forgotten 328-year old cemetery in the Northeast > more
Seashore of the Northeast
With a Wawa rising on the former site of Boulevard Pools, time to revisit one of the first great pool spots in the nation > more
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