Arts & Entertainment

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.

Claire Sliney wants to destigmatize periods with the film, “Period. End of Sentence.” The Penn sophomore made the documentary with friends while she was still in high school.

Hannah Beachler is the first African-American ever nominated for the award in production design. She helped create the cinematic world of Wakanda.

With its Egyptian galleries closed until 2022, the archaeological museum in West Philadelphia has set up a smaller exhibition of artifacts.

In 1840, photography was both the runt of the fine art world and its greatest threat.

At last month's Sundance Film Festival, Knock Down the House broke the festival's documentary sales record: reportedly $10 million to Netflix.

Strong women take the microphone.

At 70, photographer David Lebe is having his first retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He didn't think he'd live to see it.

The new “Mythic Creatures” exhibit opens at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Saturday.

Clare O’Malley delivers a sweet, searing Joan who dazzles all with her confidence and determination in Delaware Theatre Company's production of "Saint Joan" in Wilmington.

The book pokes fun at silent letters in the English language and some other funky phonetic exceptions.

A photographer, a housewife and a show that doesn't know when to stop.

Tierra Whack wore a rainbow-colored, faux-fur to the Grammy Awards’ red carpet last weekend. The outfit went viral, catapulting a Philadelphia designer into the limelight.

The South Philadelphia theater company lost its home of 10 years. Now, it’s moving back to a bigger, better — albeit underground — stage.