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Philly Improv Theater

The power of 'Yes, and . . . '

Entering the parallel universe of improvisational comedy.

Judy Weightman

Mar 09, 2014 Essays 5 minute read

The Rolodex was once a critical tool for business success. Today . . .

Cloud computing for the confused

It’s such an appealing trope, the notion of a big container filled with Everything That Matters, everything that ever was. We don’t like to think of things disappearing forever, vanishing without a trace. Especially ourselves. And maybe that’s what’s comforting about the Cloud, both as metaphor and engineered reality.

Anndee Hochman

Mar 07, 2014 Essays 5 minute read

Google Glass or a theme park? Why choose? Do both! (Image from glassalmanac.com)

Living in a world of virtual reality

Whatever happened to “be here now”?

From Google Glass to theme park adventures, technology increasingly mediates and possibly attenuates our experience of social and physical realities.

Susan E. Washburn

Mar 07, 2014 Essays 4 minute read

A touching father-son moment

Bedtime story

There's no father-son moment quite like the bedtime story.

Perry Block

Mar 01, 2014 Essays 3 minute read

Capt. James Rorimer, one of the real-life Monuments Men, oversees American GIs recovering paintings looted by the Nazis and stored at Neuschwanstein Castle in southern Germany.

'Ainadamar' and 'The Monuments Men'

Is art worth dying for?

Two very different recent works, the opera Ainadamar and the film The Monuments Men, ask essentially the same questions: Is art worth dying for? Does civilization depend on the presence of the arts?

Naomi Orwin

Feb 25, 2014 Essays 4 minute read

Arresting the viewer's (or listener's) attention: Kevin Costner in "The Untouchables."

What is the artist's job?

Provocation or creation?

The artist needs to attract attention to his or her work, but there needs to be something worth paying attention to.

Kile Smith

Feb 19, 2014 Essays 2 minute read

Ten reasons to be grumpy on Valentine’s Day

Whether you're in a relationship or not, there's plenty to be cranky about on February 14.

Alaina Johns

Feb 13, 2014 Essays 3 minute read

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My Open Letter to People Who Write Open Letters

Nothing is more mouthwatering than a public dressing-down. To share your indignation and savor the complex schadenfreude of imagining your target imagining me reading your Open Letter is a heady brew indeed.

Alaina Johns

Feb 10, 2014 Essays 4 minute read