Arts & Entertainment

Chris Davis, a staple of the annual Fringe Festival, goes beyond the traditional telling of The Nutcracker, back to the original E.T.A. Hoffman story and the krakatuk nut.

The 2019 march celebrated Krampus and folk traditions in Philadelphia with elaborate costumes and noisemakers.

The popular cabaret entertainer got backing from the Kimmel Center to write and record the all-originals collection “Lashed But Not Leashed.”

For the past 29 years, dozens of players from the Philadelphia region have been able to show just how versatile their overlooked instruments are with “TubaChristmas.”

The two schools face off for the 120th time this Saturday.

A Wilmington courtroom was filled with about 150 students, who witnessed the trial of Kris Kringle as part of an effort to teach kids how the courts work.

Philadelphia’s premiere contemporary ballet company’s first holiday program takes on seasonal depression.

The Liberian immigrant, social worker, and former Pew Fellow is committed to civic engagement through poetry.

Philly’s Sounds of Liberation reunite after unearthed 1970s recording from gains new life with a contemporary audience.

Salman Rushdie’s new novel, Quichotte is inspired by the Cervantes’ classic but set in America as a modern road trip.

Caroll Spinney, the actor and puppeteer who portrayed Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street over five decades, died Sunday at age 85.

The children’s book artist is a pioneer in African American literature.

Hannibal Lokumbe first wrote “Children of the Fire” after seeing that photo from the Vietnam War. But 45 years later, this might be the most important performance of it yet.

A reporter eavesdrops on the give-and-take in the writers’ room during prep for the stage spoof 1812 Productions has produced over the holidays for the past 14 years.

“I hope you brought your sunglasses,” said the band’s lighting designer.