Stormwater pumps, underground ventilation shafts, subway tunnels, electrical substations, and generating turbines are built to make cities habitable — but the design of these systems are often the least people-friendly forms of architecture.
Playing a role that has been done before by some of the best in the business can be daunting for some actors but not for Comedienne Kim Wayans. When the former “In Living Color” actress takes on the role of God in Bristol Riverside Theatre’s Act of God, she’ll have a trick up her sleeve, sel…
LONDON — Styles fans in high heels, skinny jeans and dragon-themed jackets have descended on London with Friday's start of Fashion Week.
If rosé was the unofficial drink of Summer then bourbon is fall’s alcoholic mascot. There are plenty of reasons to fall for bourbon as the seasons change and the temperatures drop but for many people the amber colored spirit remains a mystery. Here are some facts to help you get more acquainted.
NEW YORK — Twice a year, the New York fashion world trudges to the Upper East Side and the cavernous Park Avenue Armory to see what new tricks Marc Jacobs has up his sleeve.
NEW YORK — There were no flag outfits, but Michael Kors' show for New York Fashion Week was very much a patriotic tribute as he saluted American fashion with a collection that ran from nautical chic to classic glamour-girl gowns to whimsical polka-dot designs.
LONDON — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has launched a clothing line for a British charity that helps unemployed women find work.
The “Negro Motorist Travel Guide” was created with one goal in mind: to help African-Americans navigate Jim Crow laws in the South and racial segregation in the North.
NEW YORK — Big Sean, A$ap Ferg, Halsey and Migos rocked Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty crowd Tuesday from a color-saturated stage at the Barclays Center as Normani and Laverne Cox joined an army of supermodels and dancers in a showcase of her latest loungewear and lingerie.
In the fall of 2018, Jean-Philippe Hecquet, the newly installed chief executive of Lanvin, was looking for a designer to save the oldest French fashion house in continuous existence. The stakes were high. The brand’s collections had been critically savaged since parting ways with Alber Elbaz…
HOBBS, N.M. — The NBA's all-time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is coming to southeastern New Mexico as part of a lecture series.
SAN FRANCISCO — Four years ago, more than 700 computer scientists competed in a contest to build artificial intelligence that could pass an eighth-grade science test. There was $80,000 in prize money on the line.
“Any one who can learn to write, can learn to draw,” John Gadsby Chapman wrote in his 19th-century instruction manual, “The American Drawing-Book.” This can-do sentiment dates back to an era when lead pencils and chalky pastels were standard. Today’s artists — and wannabe artists — also have…
NEW YORK — LaQuan Smith turned to cowboys and bikers for spring-summer inspiration, bringing a sexy edge to his designs at New York Fashion Week.
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Roughly 6,000 guests attended the 8th annual Dîner en Blanc on Thursday night.
A Wedding Story
The former Yvonne Caldwell and Henri White were married Saturday, June 8, 2019, at the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas (AECST) in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia. The Very Rev. Canon Martini Shaw, Rector of the AECST, was the wedding officiant. The bride was given away in marria…
Just a couple of decades ago, when it came to technology, the average student could slide by with just a calculator and perhaps a wristwatch. To make the grade these days, your kids will likely need a full suite of mobile devices.
Thousands of young people have returned to school in the Greater Delaware Valley over the past several weeks. Across the country, the number of young people returning to school would in the millions.
The Neighborhood to Neighborhood Festival was held on Saturday. For 22 years, the N2N Festival has unified thousands of families from the 8th Senatorial District, which spans from Delaware County to South Philadelphia.
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