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Sandbox VR Philadelphia Grows Experience Portfolio with Stranger Things Collaboration

Sandbox VR, the world’s premier destination for virtual reality, is expanding its partnership with Netflix with the release of its new experience, Stranger Things: Catalyst, available to book now...

Philadelphia Art Museum Announces Daniel H. Weiss as Director and CEO

The Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Art Museum (“art museum”) announced today the appointment of Daniel H. Weiss as the George D. Widener Director and CEO, effective December...

Prepare now for a rough hurricane season

Ready for the next big storm?Did you just shrug?The tough thing about persuading people to prepare for the kind of weather that will flood basements, knock...

River Wards events for the week of June 12

Penn Treaty Park eventsThe Friends of Penn Treaty Park invite you to Movie In The Park night tonight at 7 p.m., to see “Thunderstruck.” This...

A bid to buy the blight

Shaukat Ali, 71, with his two granddaughters, lives next door to landlord Robert Coyle’s former office, which has been decaying blight for years. SAM...

First Friday on Frankford

A crowd of people at 3rd Ward on First Friday stand before artist Emily Erb’s “Garden of Earthly Delights.” SAM NEWHOUSE / STAR PHOTOFrankford Avenue...

Public school staffs are slashed

In what could prove to be the largest jobs cut in almost 40 years, more than 3,700 school employees will be laid off July...

‘We’re all going to have to pray together’

Rev. William E. Grogan outside of All Saints Parish, in Bridesburg, which will close July 1 as part of a merger. SAM NEWHOUSE /...
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