Arts & Entertainment

First Person Arts hosted a night of performances by men of color telling stories of reentry, featuring Ali Siddiq, Peedi Crakk, and Chris Cotton.

In its updated galleries, the Penn Museum asks hard questions about African cultural appropriation.

Across Black Twitter and other social media platforms, a small but vocal segment of Black people are imploring other African Americans not to support the film. Why?

Now in their 50th year, the legendary funk band came to the Kimmel Center to be honored with musical tributes.

Ahead of the 75th anniversary of liberating the German concentration camps, the Philly museum displays art created in secret by prisoners.

Like seriously, if you post something to the 'gram and not one of your followers hits "like," is it even worth sharing?

Industrial artists Numen/For Use spin a cocoon of suspended tunnels inside an unused warehouse.

“Off the Wall” shows 50 years of artists making work for the body.

Check out this show at Tmoms on South Street.

The student-produced documentary, “Sankofa,” won a Student Academy Award in October. It was one of just 15 student films in the world to win the award.

Marty talks with Sally Field, about her life, her career, and why acting was such a successful tool for overcoming trauma.

The famous director explained why it’s hard for new movie makers to convince studios to shoot in Pennsylvania. He argued for larger tax breaks.

Historian Richard Bell tells the story of the "reverse underground railroad" and of five black boys who were kidnapped 1825 Philadelphia and sold into slavery in the south.

The grounds of Eastern State Penitentiary survived years of abandonment and bids for redevelopment. There’s just as much history as there is terror behind those walls.

Produced and written by Black women, the film hits theaters on Nov. 1