In March of 1978, David Braverman parked a school bus dubbed “Max” on Sansom Street on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus. At first, he once told me, he had no culinary training other than advice passed down from his father’s deli and snippets gleane... See more
WDAS-FM is a commercial radio station that is widely regarded as the originator of the adult urban contemporary format, originally mixing album-oriented, rhythm & blues hits along with blue-eyed soul, and for the last 40 years a mix of contemporary R&... See more
Junwen Liang grew up in Nanning, the capital city of Guangxi Province in southern China. He began studying the piano at the age of 9 and first discovered his passion for classical music. “Although I started later than many professional pianists,” he told ... See more
Although estimates of how much time museum visitors spend looking at works of art vary, experts say their gaze rarely exceeds half a minute. Artists have long recognized that they need to grab viewers’ attention and entice them to linger. In her just-publ... See more
Michelle Widgins Lewis, a tireless housing advocate, champion of the underdog and founder and CEO of the nonprofit Northwest Counseling Services (NCS), died June 29 after a 10-year battle with cancer. She was 69. Lewis lived her entire life in Northwest P... See more
