Arts & Entertainment

This week, the Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania will begin construction of a new recording studio. The buildi ...

One of the endearing qualities of the late Woody Guthrie, a man whose plain-talk songs are now well-woven into the fabric of our folk cul ...

Jonathan Burns can get himself out of almost anything. The comedian, contortionist with a wiry frame can fold himself into a suitcase, an ...

Remembering Vietnam With Memorial Day right around the corner, it’s the right time to honor those who have fought t ...

What once served the factories that made Philadelphia the “Workshop of the World,” the rail corridor between 30th Street Stat ...

The playwright Neil LaBute is confrontational in a raw way – his characters go full-force at each other, social filters removed. ...

Marching into hell for a heavenly cause has its problems – too many heavenly causes turn out to be not altogether divine. So it ...

The owner of a barbershop in Center City Philadelphia is keeping alive the sound of big-band jazz.   Hair stylist Lou ...

Three generations of men named Alexander Calder have graced Philadelphia with their remarkable creativity, yet most locals pay them no ...

Hold on to your hats.     The particulars TITLE: “Brainpeople” PLAYWRIGHT: Jose Rivera ...

In the spitfire production of “Glengarry Glen Ross” at the Eagle Theatre in Hammonton, N.J., the characters don’t simpl ...

The Charters Are Coming Four new charter schools are coming to Delaware, including one with roots in Philadelphia. The sc ...

You can slip into 1812 Productions’ annual satire called “This Is the Week That Is” as if it were a comfy, old – and ...

As Salome lifts the severed head of John the Baptist above the musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the orchestra and Opera Philadelp ...

This is a Philadelphia season of sensational acting – performances so finely-tuned yet organic, you can be forgiven for confusing the c ...