Arts & Entertainment

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 ...

The Philadelphia Pops will go on this season, but with a shortened schedule. The Pops group is operated by the Philadelphia Orches ...

A West Philadelphia professor has been awarded a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant. Jacob Soll, 42, is something of ...

Representatives of the National Science Foundation were in Philadelphia Monday to present a report on how to more successfully teach math ...

In this fourth of eight excerpts from parenting guide “Letting Go with Love and Confidence̶ ...

About half of the region’s cultural institutions are operating on a deficit, but they’ve gotten an unexpected amount of suppo ...