Arts & Entertainment

On this edition of “Recap,” we check in with Philadelphia special effects and makeup artist Dylan Pecora to see how he spent ...

This weekend — Memorial Day weekend — marks the unofficial start of summer, when many people think about what to do during th ...

Allow me, please, to be the heretic in the sanctuary. The many fans of 11th Hour Theatre Company will see its “Altar Boyz” pr ...

Sixth-grade teacher and champion storyteller Steve Clark took the crown at Underground Arts in North Chinatown for his story about romant ...

“So all we could do was to Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! And we did not like it. Not one little bit.” Aw, too bad for a gloomy brother ...

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 ...