Arts & Entertainment

The house in Philadelphia where Coltrane lived with her from 1952 to 1958 is now a national historic landmark.

It was a downtown indie rock mecca in the 1990s. After a decade-long hiatus, the Khyber Pass is booking bands again.

“Superterranean” features a forbidding set by Mimi Lien, evoking the awe and mystery of the systems that support urban life.

More than 1,000 acts will perform all across Philadelphia during this year’s Fringe Fest. The festival’s co-founder shares his choices for must-see acts.

What do the men of Gilead do all day?

The Barnes Foundation is using a virtual reality simulation of its famous collection to reach city residents where they are — libraries, recreation centers and senior centers.

Philadelphia Fringe Festival opens Sept. 5 and runs for 18 days with 158 different shows: theater, dance, music, circus, film and visual art, plus digital.

Formerly an arts desert, Philadelphia’s Mayfair neighborhood is expanding its cultural footprint for the Fringe Festival.

If you were hunkered down in Philly this weekend and avoided the Jersey Shore mayhem, you probably noticed patrons donning red-white-and-blue for Made in America festival.

The famous contralto made a practice of amplifying black artists, especially black women artists, as seen through her collaborations with composer Florence B. Price.

The city made a few adjustments this year to how it handles the massive festival founded by Jay-Z. The changes are intended to resolve tensions in the area about its impact.

Artes Ekeko (Ian Pierce) mined the mythologies of Central and South America to create an image of cultural pride and political dissent.

The ghostly forests of dead trees along the Mid-Atlantic shores are one indicator of a changing climate.

Smiles lit up the faces of pedestrians in Center City Saturday as they stopped in their tracks just after 5:30 p.m.

Farah Jasmine Griffin's 2001 book on Billie Holiday posed a challenge to biographers and our understanding of Holiday. She reflects on her changing connection to Lady Day.