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Constitution Center Invites Artists to Revisit WPA

In conjunction with their Posters for the People exhibition, the National Constitution Center is inviting local artists of all ages to contribute to the WPA Poster Contest. The Works Progress Administration, for those of you who don't remember learning about it in history class, was part of FDR's New Deal in an attempt to stimulate a depressed economy and included artists, musicians, and writers back when the arts where considered an important facet of the culture.

While it would be easy to call out the family who flipped because their local grocery store wouldn't customize a birthday cake for their son, Adolf Hitler Campbell, we've already had our fun with them this week.

The Woman In Black

Shushana Muldowney printIf you can get there early enough before all the savvy and experienced art collectors pick up the best works of art, from May 10 through June 1, 2008, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will host its 107th Annual Student Exhibition (ASE) in the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building.

  • Yesterday, City Council gave final approval to a lease with Fairmount Park that will allow Fox Chase Cancer Center to begin an $800 million expansion. Council also got its first look at a proposal to build a 15-story condominium tower and six-story hotel on the NewMarket site in Society Hill.
  • A five-alarm fire blazed for more than three hours yesterday evening in a warehouse in the 1300 block of North Front Street in Kensington. Service on the portion of the Market-Frankford El that runs nearby was halted during the fire. Firefighters were finally able to get it under control around 7:30PM. No one was injured.
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