From Prints To Trivets, Art Imitates Life Of Manhole Covers
Contributor Jonathan Schmalzbach talks with a designer and a printmaker about their obsession with manhole covers and public utility as creative muse > more
Six Great Places To Be During Parkway 100 Kick Off Party
Parkway 100 kicks off a year-long celebration of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway this Friday. Here are our picks for the event > more
I’m Still Here: Saving The Work Of Robert Cornelius
In 1839, amateur chemist Robert Cornelius was experimenting with a new photographic process at his family's store in Center City. That fateful year, in an alley off of Chestnut Street, he would give birth to the world's first "selfie." Meet the conservator who is working to preserve the elusive portfolio of one of history's most influential photographers. Joe Brin has the story > more
Film Center At International House Set To Expand
After 40 years of screening independent films, the theater at International House expands programming and gets a new name. Joe Brin takes a look at Lightbox Film Center > more
Emma F-C’s Philadelphia Map: A Cut Above
Emma Fried-Cassorla's blog has provided an open platform for Philly Love Notes for two years now. To mark the occasion, she's meticulously cut a three-foot-by-three-foot map of the city out of paper by hand—and she's giving it away for free > more
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