Peter Crimmins

More than 40,000 square feet of new, technology-savvy public space do not hold books, but aim to promote civic engagement as the Philadelphia Free Library refines its mission.

The wardrobe of Maira Kalman’s mother tells the story of a 20th century American Jewish experience. You can take a peek inside.

High-end art fairs have become the backbone of the global contemporary art market. Now, a producer is trying it out on Philly.

The white dishcloth that ended the Civil War has been recreated in monumental size at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia.

Former violinist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and influential teacher Luis Biava dies at 85. He led the Temple University Symphony Orchestra for decades.

The premiere of “Healing Tones,” by composer Hannibal Lokumbe, will feature a member of the Pittsburgh synagogue where a mass shooting happened last year playing a shofar.

Philadelphia theater companies mine the annual list of under-produced scripts to find dramatic gold.

The “White Water” sculpture had been in downtown Philadelphia for 40 years. It now lives on the front lawn of the Woodmere Museum.

Philly’s 150-year-old Chinatown concert venue will close at the end of the month.

Temple art gallery has commissioned a UK artist to compose and assemble an orchestra of local whistlers in Philadelphia.

Birdie Busch will perform a suite of songs based on female artists in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The Asian Arts Initiative in Philadelphia is exhibiting work by a group of Dalit, once known as “untouchables,” to protest that social hierarchy.