Arts & Entertainment

The National Museum of American Jewish History on Independence Mall will soon have a new leader. The museum’s director, Ivy ...

Philadelphia is in the middle of a monthlong art festival celebrating textile and fabric art — Fiber Philadelphia 2012. City Hal ...

“Philadelphia’s favorite stage couple,” Tony Braithwaite and Jennifer Childs, have paired up again for a delightfully w ...

For the last five years, the Starbucks coffee shop on Broad Street has had its own artist-in-residence. Dennis Jones parks himself ...

As it spruces up for spring, the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia is installing new stained-glass windows. The 183-year- ...

Spring hasn’t yet sprung, but West Laurel Hill Cemetery turned green Friday. About 300 mourners — almost all wearing t ...

The remains of bodies in a mass grave uncovered in Malvern, Pa., will be buried Friday. In 1832, an estimated 57 people died while ...

While some illustrators today are switching over to digital programs to help generate their drawings, Philadelphia children’s book ...

For a decade, Leah Stein has choreographed major works tailored to local places. Her “Battle Hymns” was created for the Armor ...

The Settlement Music School in Philadelphia has gotten its largest programming grant to date. The South Philadelphia-based school has rec ...

The Philadelphia Art Commission has approved a new sculpture that will go in front of the Barnes Foundation on the Parkway. The sc ...

The Philly Pops has announced its upcoming season, and a new address. The orchestra fronted by Peter Nero, featuring popular fare and sho ...

The 2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show is running now through March 10 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. NewsWorks s ...

The owners of a historic estate just north of Philadelphia have been forced to give it back to its previous owners. The 42-acre ...

One of Philadelphia’s legendary restaurants will close this weekend as a new owner begins renovations. After 48 years, Georg ...