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Global Goodfellas
Two lists for your refrigerator
Where are the global villains of yesteryear? A backward glance provides comfort and reassurance about the likely fate of today’s autocrats. Dan Rottenberg considers.
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Fighting federal funding foolishness
On bankrolling "frivolities"
Philly arts leaders and the politicians who support them aren’t waiting around for a bill to defund the country's leading arts organizations to actually hit Congress. They spoke up at PAFA this month. Alaina Mabaso was there.
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Remembering music writer, author, and playwright Marc Spitz
Tomorrow never knows
Marc Spitz, music writer, playwright, biographer, novelist, memoirist, and chronicler of the downtown 1990s, died this week at age 47. BSR editor Wendy Rosenfield remembers him.
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What makes Trump tick?
Understanding Donald Trump
Why does Donald Trump act like such a sore winner? As a journalist who has followed him for more than 30 years, I think I know the answer.
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Broad Street Review goes to the Women's March
Walking the walk
Enjoy a slideshow of Women's March photographs by Broad Street Review contributors and answer editor-in-chief Wendy Rosenfield's plea that you help save the NEA, NEH, and Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Writers Resist Philadelphia
Faces of the resistance
Sunday's Writers Resist Philadelphia rally brought out a cross-section of the city's literary lights. Broad Street Review editor Wendy Rosenfield attended and met some of the faces in the crowd.
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All Philly all the time
Home for the holidays and all the days
Though we've narrowed our coverage to Philadelphia-area events, we've also expanded our coverage in more important ways. Wendy Rosenfield explains.
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Dear Family: On getting through the next four years
Keep on keeping on
In the wake of Donald Trump's election success, Dan Rottenberg wrote a letter to his family designed to keep their spirits high and their determination strong.
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The 2016 presidential candidates on arts funding
Tipping the presidential scale
Our editor makes a last-minute plea that you not vote for a third-party candidate, because art! Before you head to the polls, know the candidates' positions on arts funding.
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Bruce Graham’s ‘Rizzo,’ reconsidered
Beyond anger: Frank Rizzo and his survivors
Bruce Graham’s 'Rizzo' isn’t really a play at all. It serves a useful purpose nevertheless.
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