Arts & Entertainment

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has been invaded by a street artist named KAWS. The classical paintings in the historic ...

Turf war The partial government shutdown is hitting our soldiers and airmen where it hurts, in their wallets. If that wa ...

This weekend the University of Pennsylvania museum launches an exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the arrival of its sphinx. ...

Can a stage adaptation be too faithful to the book it’s taken from? The version of Jane Austen’s venerable “Emma,” ...

This weekend, a new performance venue will open on the Philadelphia waterfront. The FringeArts Building at Race Street and Columbus Boule ...

In Elizabeth GIlbert’s breakthrough, bestselling memoir, “Eat, Pray. Love,” she goes on a globetrotting journey seeking ...

After 44 years of ground-breaking theater at the high school level, Lou Volpe retired in May. Volpe created a legendary drama prog ...

Something’s missing on the side of a building in Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood. Drivers heading up Frankford Avenue no ...

It’s a treat to see “The Brothers Size,” a stirring piece about two adult brothers who mostly get along by not getting ...

The Mural Arts Project has spent months planning a series of community engagement events, called “What We Sow,” that was supp ...

Protecting student athletes You only have to look at the $765-million NFL concussion settlement to know that this is a bi ...

When the celebrated performer Barbara Cook sang her first notes Wednesday night at the revitalized Prince Music Theater, she wasn’t ...

The Arden Theatre Company’s stage bursts with talent in its meticulously delivered production of “Parade,” but the pers ...

Each month, NewsWorks presents a story from the First Person Arts Podcast. In this edition, a Temple grad and Philadel ...

The summer of 2013 has come and gone, but Bill Bryson wants to tell you about the summer of 1927. “It was the most magical a ...