http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F Entertainment news from the Inquirer en-us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 2009-11-19T08:01:00Z en-us http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166691&44=70444317&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F20091119_Daniel_Rubin__Leading_city_kids_to_classical_awareness.html At Penn Wynne Elementary, everybody got to pick out an instrument in fourth grade. Ben Raper chose the trumpet. Lower Merion paid for the rentals back then, so the boy's horn came free, as did the lessons, once a week, held in his school. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 543c18fdd31b4437675f806d44d7381d 2009-11-19T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166691&44=70349977&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F20091118_Fund-raising_push_brings_lights_to_Rittenhouse_Square.html It's not quite the Miracle on Walnut Street, but Rittenhouse Square will not have to go without its lights this holiday season after all. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 599241eacb01da807438ba82bf474c20 2009-11-18T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166691&44=70349967&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F20091118_Sculptor_immortalizing_South_Philly_boxing_legend.html The face and physique belong to a seasoned fighter. Arms and shoulders bulge with muscles. And the face carries the puffy eyes earned in the boxing ring's school of hard knocks. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 98a4e65a68de496f0ba010e9b8d838fa 2009-11-18T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166696&44=70257832&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2F20091117_Mavericky__but_more_lipstick_than_pit_bull.html There should be a feeling of palpable glee running through Sarah Palin's memoir: Now, finally, she gets to talk, unfiltered and unedited. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT eda83b905e3f9342f210de816dfb5b9f 2009-11-17T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166696&44=69961362&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2F20091115_Nonsense_about_Jews_and_liberalism.html Norman Podhoretz is baffled, bewildered, frustrated, mystified, indignant, infuriated. Why are Jews liberal? Why in national elections do they generally vote as much as 3-1 for the Democratic candidate for president even when the rest of the country is voting for the Republican? Why do they vote contrary to their own self-interest? If Jews are so smart, why are they so stupid? Why don't they agree with him? Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 548f6148133d816e188ebcef4772a5db 2009-11-15T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166691&44=70126802&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F20091115_Ebony_and_ivory_-_and_longevity.html Perched on the edge of a rocking chair with a score opened before her, Eleanor Sokoloff looks up into the air and shakes her head in time to the music. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 5b7396df7105e264ed66bbf0c1210abb 2009-11-15T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166691&44=69973397&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F20091115_Gaga_for_Glee.html Glee, Fox's sharp and subversive musical comedy series, is averaging a respectable 8.6 million viewers a week. And apparently all of them are going online to champion and celebrate the show, which is turning out to be more viral than H1N1. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 81639ef78621be085c762f290f7bb332 2009-11-15T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166691&44=70092452&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F20091114_Groundbreaking_on_the_Parkway_for_museum.html After years of litigation, court hearings, protests, and fund-raising, the renowned Barnes Foundation, long of Latchs Lane in Merion, finally broke ground yesterday morning for a $150 million museum on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 418f849c86083dfb9b5f53bf21a1b7f3 2009-11-14T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166691&44=70092222&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F20091114_Museum_reveals_artist_Si_Lewen_s_somber_and_joyous_worlds.html Si Lewen begins his paintings as he sleeps. Images crowd his dreams until one rises above the rest to wake him and beg to be put on canvas. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT e2058bd075b46c7b0899b0e9881647ba 2009-11-14T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166691&44=69943747&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F20091113_Rockwell_s_views_of_America_installed_in_King_of_Prussia.html There were hardly any malls when Norman Rockwell was painting his Saturday Evening Post covers of small-town life, domestic bliss, and unfettered patriotism. Yet somehow an exhibit that re-creates in 3D those beloved icons of the American experience seems right at home in the commercial, crowd-pleasing atmosphere of the King of Prussia mall. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 532ca571d37698b0c131aae06fb7f764 2009-11-13T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166691&44=69961262&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F20091115_A_visit_from_much-missed_Fritz_Blank.html His preserved memory is acute and finely textured, rich with rollicking tales of late-night muskrat feeds in the Jersey marshlands, and of the grandeur of his German grandmother Oma's turtle soup, the toast in its day of the saloons of Pennsauken. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT a5667f1df46de699b428c4164f808b00 2009-11-15T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166691&44=69961317&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F20091115_On_Movies__His_most_unleashed__and_best__work_in_years.html Nicolas Cage received his marching orders for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans several years ago in a phone call from the filmmaker, Werner Herzog. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT d014167058ca0285d75946980dd90794 2009-11-15T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166691&44=69961282&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F20091115_A_military_analyst_s_insights_on_Civil_War.html The American Civil War has been exhaustively researched and written about. Popular and scholarly historians from Alan Nevins and Shelby Foote to James McPherson and Stephen Sears, not to mention scores of others, have all rendered their rich portraits of America's pivotal tragedy. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 2d521f1280ebeef69628ea891e93b824 2009-11-15T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166691&44=69961297&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F20091115_Bridge_by_Frank_Stewart.html Cy the Cynic's least favorite holding is a K-Q doubleton - not because the value of the honors is diminished (which it is) but because he associates that holding with marriage, an institution he disdains. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT a326ca47333de80ea75a6bf6816af2a3 2009-11-15T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166691&44=69961312&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F20091115_Her_radical__rumbling_vision.html NEW YORK - Among downtown New York composers, few stick so relentlessly to the cutting edge as Julia Wolfe. Now 50, she recently wrote a piece for nine bagpipes that sent her two children running for cover in her SoHo loft. Even her husband, Michael Gordon, who with her cofounded the composer collective Bang on a Can, has been moving toward more mainstream music for opera and film. Back home in Blue Bell, Wolfe's mother supports her daughter's performances with a dignified stoicism. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT e77408b2b6309dd73a89e1c19a7b9676 2009-11-15T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166691&44=69961267&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F20091115_New_Recordings.html Pop If you can get past the fact that Lewis is a Simon Cowell protege, you have to grant that she's an exciting talent. Her second album confirms that. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT eb6e836299d7ee4777958566676283da 2009-11-15T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166691&44=69961332&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F20091115_Our_critics_recommend___.html Movies Opening This Week The Blind Side An African American youngster from a broken home realizes his academic and athletic potential after being taken in by a well-to-do white family. Starring Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, Kathy Bates, and Tim McGraw. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 84cc2bc3ad63328fc1128161861a99fb 2009-11-15T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166691&44=69961327&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F20091115_Art__Serious_flaws_in_prize_paradigm.html When I learned that Ryan Trecartin was one of three finalists for the $150,000 Wolgin art prize - awarded for the first time last month - I should have put down a bet with someone that he would win. His exhibition in May at the Fabric Workshop and Museum indicated he should be the odds-on favorite. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 72c90b6c675176b018479990fcb77029 2009-11-15T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166691&44=69961242&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F20091115_Regional_arts_and_entertainment_events.html Sunday Nothing to be done Estragon: "I can't go on like this." Vladimir: "That's what you think." Two men, standing on stage anticipating something that won't happen. Out of Samuel Beckett's bleak vision, a comic triumph. The Amaryllis Theatre Company presents Waiting for Godot at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St., at 2 p.m. today, 7 p.m. Tuesday, 8 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and 2 p.m. Saturday and next Sunday. Tickets are $10. Call 1-877-260-1126. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 2dec49bdc4fdfdf0a2ea4ddc9e5d2433 2009-11-15T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166691&44=69961287&32=3796&7=195417&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fentertainment%2F20091115_Why_must_software_be_so_hard_on_the_user_.html Try this: Go to the Web site of the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics - www.bls.gov - and find unemployment figures for Upper Darby. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 1f00aa95da283e0d9eb4333a9e9aa369 2009-11-15T08:01:00Z