Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia actor Kraig Swartz revisits the role he played in 2002 at Act II Playhouse.

The Philadelphia Folklore Project is celebrating that lineage with a performance on Sunday, Oct 28, at the Annenberg Center called Soul Songs: Inspiring Women of Klezmer.

Is “Merchant” an anti-Semitic play or a play about anti-Semitism?

The museum will replace the five fragments in the display with three other fragments that will receive further study.

An ancient story by Euripides that never gets old.

A new portrait that is vaguely reminiscent of something painted by an old master is headed to Christie's New York auction block later this week

One brisk November afternoon in Penn Treaty Park, I had the opportunity of a lifetime.  I assisted my then 19-year-old son, Elijah, wit ...

Chestnut Hill's popular fall festival celebrating the world of Harry Potter lost its name, but not its following.

A witch contest in drag, to find this year's witchiest.

Newly commissioned work by Shahzia Sikander installed in the Community College of Philadelphia.

Lynn Nottage's play about factory decline and its effect on disrespected workers puts the stage company back into production.

For Walt Maguire, dressing as the festival’s Dumbledore was a serious endeavor — one that required him to begin his preparation at 5 a.m.

Artists contribute to New York library's public archive of 'process work,' the throw-away sketches made in pursuit of the final work.

Berthe Morisot - a founding artist of French impressionism who was nearly forgotten - is coming back at the Barnes Foundation.

Philadelphia filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn skewers the art market with his new documentary, "The Price of Everything."