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As the Free Library of Philadelphia continues its celebration of A Year of Dickens, WRTI's Susan Lewis considers the lasting appeal of the 19th-century… -
Trumpet virtuoso, singer and bandleader Louis Armstrong propelled jazz onto the mainstream stage, shaping the music with his own distinctive style. Jazz…
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Roberto di Candia, who charmed as the Barber of Seville last season, is back at the Academy of Music, with more tricks and a lot of padding to sing the…
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Julia Fischer, young, beautiful, and from Munich, is playing the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra. During Saturday's performance…
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The men in Lambarena, a dance inspired by music of the same name, leap like gazelles across the Serengeti Plain. But the venue is the Merriam Theater, and…
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First published in 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts recently chose Amy Tan's first novel, The Joy Luck Club, as one of its "Big Reads" for 2007.…
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One out of four household are affected, in some way, by drug and alcohol addictions. WRTI's Jim Hilgen looks at addiction and recovery options.Temple View…
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As Americans, on the whole, are getting older questions are bound to follow. Jim Hilgen takes a look at some of the issues facing older Americans today,…
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It may seem, to the casual observer, as though everyone has had some sort of cosmetic procedure. Jim Hilgen takes a look at some of the ins and outs of…
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Shipwrecks along our shoreline hold history and, some hope, treasure. Jim Hilgen looks at the sunken history along the Delaware and New Jersey…
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Jim Hilgen looks at the discussion on the merits, or lack thereof, of same sex education.…
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WRTI's Jim Hilgen looks at what has been called the "Largest Celebration of America's Birthday," Philadelphia's Welcome America Celebration.