Arts & Entertainment

Jazz Philadelphia, a new support organization for jazz in the city, launches with a weekend conference on the art and business of music.

Sheridan's witty 1775 play about love and rivalry becomes a musical romp.

I knew Ntozake Shange many years ago. Her recent passing at age 70 made me reach back to remember those times. It’s no exaggeration ...

A post-apocalyptic vision of a world without electricity uses "The Simpsons" as a cultural icon that draws people together.

CraftNOW, a series of events built around the Philadelphia Craft Show, presents artists as activists.

A theatrical lecture at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia demonstrates the scientific roots of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein."

People live by the rhythm of the waves, at the end of an era of oystering.

The Philadelphia tradition is no more.

Several projects by and about Muslims are in the pipeline or have recently debuted in the entertainment industry.

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Anne Ishii about her new role as executive director of Asian Arts Initiative.

Edna Lewis, the late doyenne of Southern cuisine, gets her due at Haverford College.

Photos of the late theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, performers Aretha Franklin and Chavela Vargas, and designer Kate Spa ...

Slimmed down and moving along, the production irons some of the wrinkles out of Arthur Miller's play.

Philadelphia actor Kraig Swartz revisits the role he played in 2002 at Act II Playhouse.

The Philadelphia Folklore Project is celebrating that lineage with a performance on Sunday, Oct 28, at the Annenberg Center called Soul Songs: Inspiring Women of Klezmer.