Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia is approaching its limit of Impressionist art. Just after the Barnes Foundation opened its massive collection of Impr ...

This weekend begins a festival for extremely low-budget theater. The third “SoLow Festival” features 16 performances t ...

Statistically, if you are African-American, you are most likely a Democrat. That presumption is challenged by the new documentary ...

One of Philadelphia’s most prominent philanthropists will have his picture painted this week by one of the country’s most pro ...

Starting Wednesday, Philadelphia will host a national conference of opera companies. One of the issues to be discussed will be dev ...

To the west is Independence Hall and Carpenter’s Hall, where the Continental Congress met for the first time. To the north is Ben F ...

In rare celebration by a normally quiet religion, followers of Baha’i will gather at Temple University Saturday to remember the 100 ...

From Center City to the Jersey Shore, we’ve got your weekend covered. WHYY’s Arts Calendar curator Robin Bloom sorts through ...

At first it seems like a Tom Waits song — a Polish piano tuner sits in the park, tinkering with an old upright. “From a mu ...

“Peter Nero and the Philly Pops” might lose its namesake. The Pops’ parent company, Encore Series, Inc., has bee ...

For years, neon signs have been associated with cheap beer and cheap motels. They were Nick Mancuso’s bread and butter. Manc ...

This summer, construction is expected to begin on a large Mormon temple in Center City, Philadelphia; a Mormon is campaigning to be presi ...

From Center City to the Jersey Shore, we’ve got your weekend covered. WHYY’s Arts Calendar curator Robin Bloom sorts through ...

Mississippi Fred McDowell’s song “I Wish I Was In Heaven Sittin’ Down” has found a near-perfect partner in the Mo ...

The reviews are in, and the new Barnes Foundation building on the Parkway is being called a great success. Over Memorial Day weeke ...