Peter Crimmins

The Library Company of Philadelphia opens an exhibition of African American history told solely through African American artifacts.

Kovacs, who kept TV weird in the ‘50s and ‘60s, would have been 100 this year. To honor the Trenton native, New Jersey declared it Ernie Kovacs Day.

Ivy Barsky, head of the NMAJH since 2012, is stepping down. The museum has not performed as expected in its building on Independence Mall.

Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese ambassador during WWII, helped thousands of Jews to flee German-occupied Europe. His son and the descendants of those he saved met in Philadelphia.

Over 10 years, the Fabulous Philadelphians have built strong cultural ties with China. With trade diplomacy hitting a low note, will that good will dissipate?

The $4.8 million sale of the Painted Bride, Philadelphia’s longtime alternative arts venue, will fund the organization’s transformation. The sale must be approved in court.

Historic prison museum documents gay life behind the walls in the 1800s. During the prison's 142 years, at least 500 inmates were incarcerated for the crime of sodomy.

Philadelphia residents disagree on the best way to control the hundreds of thousands of cats freely roaming the city. The quandary involves

Emily Acker watched the Weinstein Company collapse, from the inside. She wrote a play based on that dissolution.

Theater companies are reaching out to lower-income patrons with alternative ticketing models.

Reggie Wilson, a New York choreographer, will present a series of experimental dances at four historic churches in Philadelphia.

A series of unknown images by the 1970s radical feminist artist are on view at the Tyler School of Art’s Temple Contemporary gallery.