Arts & Entertainment

Next year, 2014, marks the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare. Among the myriad events to mark the occasion is a sonne ...

Having trouble figuring out that gadget you got for Christmas? The Free Library’s tech help desk is back for a second year.< ...

During the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, many people will probably engage in the annual, time-honored tradition of catching up ...

If you’ve spent time around Old City this month, you may have come across the Rev. Michael Caine walking his donkey. “ ...

For kids who can’t wait for Santa to arrive, the North American Aerospace Defense Command has a Christmas treat. Visions of sugar p ...

Music is at the heart of Sam Long’s life as he struggles to find ways to cope during the holiday season with the loss of his wife. ...

Is it the rain? Or the compressed shopping season? For whatever reason, this year the crowd lining up for the Dickens Christmas Village a ...

In many ways, Christmas is designed for the eyes, ears, and taste of a child. A new CD released by the Bach Choir of Bethlehem (Pennsylva ...

This year’s WHYY/NewsWorks holiday play, written by Chris Satullo and illustrated by Tony Auth, tells the story of ...

A few months ago, Leo Dignam, the director of the Mummers Parade, got a call from the suburbs of Denver. The marching band from Arapahoe ...

Welcome to this special edition of First. First Experience has taken us to some great places this year, we are going to show you some of ...

Quintessence Theatre Group, dedicated to the classics, stages most of its work in a bare-bones setting. Whenever I see the repertory trou ...

Those oldies but goodies remind me of … vaudeville. Hokey, corny, well-worn – you can throw all these names at it, and I wouldn ...

I sat mesmerized the other night by the seamless affirmation of the American dream called “Jersey Boys” – and this was my t ...

Right now, Mummer brigades in Philadelphia are fluffing up their parasols and putting a shine to their golden slippers as they get ready ...