Last-minute touches are being put on the $30-million renovation of the historic Baptist Temple building on North Broad Street, which will reopen next month as a performing arts center. Executive director Charles Bethea says the renovation also pays homage to the building's past: "If you stand outside and look at the building, you see what has always been there as a kind of an icon of a city. If you come inside, you see that there's a wonderful blend of the past, but with a strong pull toward the future." The Temple will offer a season of programming beginning April 14th, including concerts, dramatic theatre, and dance, and will also be available for university, community, and private events.

March 15, 2010 | Bucks County Courier Times

As the man who hired both Al Golden and Fran Dunphy, Bill Bradshaw, director of athletics at Temple University, indeed has effected a mini-renaissance at Temple, but he's probably never made an easier decision during his eight year tenure than he did the day he hired Dunphy in 2006. "I think Coach Dunphy's exceeded everyone's expectations," Bradshaw said. "No matter if you're a player, an athletic director, an alumnus, you look at the way Temple's playing, and who would have thought a year ago, when we lost three starters, that we'd have this kind of year?"