Arts & Entertainment

The ICA in Philadelphia opens an exhibition of jazz drummer Milford Graves and his lifelong research into the power of heartbeats.

For its new digital streaming channel, Opera Philadelphia needs music conceived for the camera. It has commissioned new music from four composers.

The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia joins dozens of companies around the world in staging a new play from Belarus written during the protests.

Actor Stephen Eng, who portrays Gordon Hirabayashi in the one-person show "Hold These Truths," writes about settling into the role.

A Philadelphia judge blocked the sale of Painted Bride’s building, citing protection of an ‘irreplaceable’ mosaic. The case is in Commonwealth Court now.

Ignored behind a brick wall for 20 years, the rare book library and museum revived its garden for visitors.

For the third year, the Navy Yard uses public art installations to entice visitors to the bottom of Broad Street.

With its theaters closed for six months and counting, the avenue will ring out with music again as performers perch high up in a half-finished building.

Morning Edition Host Jennifer Lynn interviews Nick Stuccio, president and producing director of FringeArts, about taking the Fringe Festival virtual this year.

In the most popular films of 2019, protagonists were more diverse than ever, and there were more women behind the camera.

Hart called the telethon’s return an “incredible opportunity” to bring back the work of Lewis, who helped make the Muscular Dystrophy Association event a decades-old tradition

The annual Philly Fringe Festival of alternative and avant-garde performance art begins this week, although in somewhat reduced fashion due to the coronavirus pandemic.

If the unionization effort is successful, it will include both adjunct and full-time faculty across all departments of UArts, estimated to be about 500 people.

Markell said he was inspired by the last words of activist Heather Heyer, who was murdered at the rally: “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.”

The city joins many others around the country lighting their downtowns red to push for economic assistance.