Arts & Entertainment

“Good paintings are more satisfying companions than the best of books, and infinitely moreso than very nice people.” ...

Sonia Sanchez spoke with NewsWorks Tonight about her role as Philadelphia’s first poet laureate to inspire peace among school child ...

Most of the lots on the South Philly block of Mercy Street between 5th and 6th are vacant. For decades, 17 gaping spaces have been filled ...

Philadelphia stories play central roles in two Pulitzer Prize winners. The Inquirer won for its series on school violence ...

A gay performance artist who had a workshop planned for Villanova University abruptly canceled appeared on stage in Philadelphia this pas ...

It’s curtains for the Theater Alliance of Greater Philadelphia. The nonprofit organization that helps the city’s theat ...

“Hey you guuuuuuyyyys!!!” Rita Moreno is not known for her “inside voice.” Her signature line on the PBS s ...

The Barnes Foundation will unveil a new public sculpture by Ellsworth Kelly Tuesday. The minimalist artist crafted a steel monolit ...

While the usual traffic circled the many lanes around Philadelphia’s Logan Square, people gathered on one edge of the enormous Swan ...

The Peabody Award has been given to a Philadelphia filmmaker.  The prestigious award for broadcasting journalism honored a low-budge ...

Good news: The dramatic rise of China’s market economy has driven many newly rich people to give away money for the public good. ...

The James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown will have a new leader this summer. Lisa Tremper Hanover — currently helming the ...

The Philadelphia Museum of Art has teamed up with Google to put some of its finest paintings online. In its second year, the Google ...

The gutted ship that has been moored for years in South Philadelphia is looking for its guts. The latest effort to preserve the le ...

In Philadelphia County, there are 1,100 acres of unused land that could be used to grow food. In Chester County there is almost 20 times ...