Arts & Entertainment

Did you hear the one about the guy from Clifton Heights, Pa., who got kicked out of his local gym for setting off the “lunk alarm ...

A week before the Philadelphia Orchestra begins its new season, the musicians and management have come to a tentative labor agreement. ...

A classical composer and a modern ballet choreographer, looking for ideas on which to base their new work, are tapping kids’ imagin ...

The Franklin Institute will soon break ground for a major expansion to its existing footprint. Construction of a 53,000-square-foot pavil ...

The final of eight excerpts from the new book Letting Go with Love and Confidence. TV, movies, peers and the Int ...

The Opera Company of Philadelphia simulcast a performance of “Carmen” on a jumbo screen set up outdoors on Independence Mall ...

Artists have taken over windows of empty storefronts along Lancaster Avenue in West Philadelphia. The temporary “avenue of the arts ...

The Prohibition era of the 1920s left an indelible mark in American history. It has affected everything from industry to politics to immi ...

Part seven of eight excerpts from the new book “Letting Go with Love and Confidence.” Parents seem more worri ...

Part six of eight excerpts from the new book “Letting Go with Love and Confidence.” “Curfew” is o ...

Behind the giant paintbrush recently installed in Lenfest Plaza, on Philadelphia’s North Broad Street at Cherry, another sculpture ...

This weekend in Philadelphia promises two competing music festivals, and a whole lot of rain. While the Philly F/M Festival featur ...

Next year, the Philadelphia Orchestra will seek new musical talent–and new compositions–in China. In an agreement with ...

In a ceremony at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gares was awarded the 2011 Liberty ...

A new film about the Mutter Museum will premiere Thursday night. It’s a documentary of a very unusual nature. The story of t ...