Peter Crimmins

Philadelphia organizations are getting the lion's share of some new statewide funding for the humanities from the American Rescue Plan.

The Woodmere Museum recently acquired the midcentury design concepts by John Winters, staff artist with Wanamaker’s Department Store for 25 years.

A rally outside the White House demanded the Biden administration ease sanctions in Afghanistan, to avoid millions of deaths by starvation.

Stolen 50 years ago by one man, a trove of antique Revolutionary War guns is returned to the museums they belonged to.

Dr. Derrell Acon is a singer and arts administrator from Long Beach Opera who will take on the unique role of HR exec and equity, diversity, and inclusion officer.

The Painted Mug Cafe, a new performance venue and coffee shop in South Philly, will be dedicated to empowering the LGBTQ community.

The Crossing choir’s Christmas concerts will premiere 12 new compositions written for a pandemic.

A group of students at UPenn make the racist history of anthropology visible through class projects, now on display at the Slought Foundation.

Eric Pryor, current president of Harlem School of the Arts, will lead PAFA through the school’s transition from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contractors break ground on half-million dollar restoration as Marian Anderson Society seeks more funding.

The National Museum of American Jewish History has added the name Weitzman to its name in honor of a transformative gift from the shoe designer.

Comedian Clint Coley’s streaming tournament of playing cards and talking smack starts its 2nd season with a watch party in Fishtown.