Arts & Entertainment

A life-sized Middle Eastern sailboat, artifacts, and lively demonstrations by Muslim artists are featured in the Please Touch Museum’s latest exhibition: America to Zanzibar.

Drexel University has proposed taking over the 130,000-piece collection of the Philadelphia History Museum. Will the public get to see it? And why does Drexel want it?

Dozens of community and nonprofit theaters across the U.S. have been forced to abandon productions of "To Kill a Mockingbird" under legal threat by Broadway.

RuPaul’s Drag Race is in its 11th season and for the first time a drag queen from South Jersey has made the program.

The oldest and largest flower show in the country celebrates the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, and hosts an international floral contest.

More than 300 people turned out Wednesday night to hear a plan for preserving the contents of the Philadelphia History Museum. The building, however, may be lost.

Maori Karmael Holmes, who began the BlackStar Film Festival, wanted to provide a film festival for black creators in Philadelphia. It quickly became much bigger.

Gimmickry overtakes a play bombarded by on-stage directions and a prescribed lack of rehearsal.

Willis ‘Nomo’ Humphrey, 44, was a prominent Philadelphia muralist. An auction to raise money for his kids is this weekend.

The series of short films bring Walt Whitman’s poetry to Alabama where regular folks recite lines from ‘Song of Myself.’

Some Philadelphia filmmakers say it’s an exciting time to be a person of color in the industry because Hollywood finally seems to be addressing calls for diversity.

University of Pennsylvania sophomore Claire Sliney won an Academy Award Sunday evening.

The Philly Pops orchestra will invite a tap dancer onstage for its series of Harlem Renaissance concerts.

A winter of discontent for the Academy Awards will culminate Sunday in an Oscar ceremony that may lack a host but isn't missing intrigue.

The world's best breakdancers could compete for Olympic gold at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris if organizers succeed in getting the dance style recognized as an Olympic sport.