Arts & Entertainment

Make your reservations to sample a taste of a new television show featuring several South Philly restaurants. “Check, Please!”, a WHYY production, features 39 restaurants in the Philadelphia area, which are visited by local patrons...

Alycia Larson doesn’t mind if people don’t actually know her real name. Being known as “The Geography Lady” suits the 38-year-old South Philly resident just fine as she continues to spread her wealth of worldly...

Do you have what it takes to portray the King of Pop? MJ the musical has announced a multi-city search for actors of all ages, including young performers to play Michael Jackson at age 10....

STRING BANDS South Philadelphia Quaker City Fralinger Woodland Avalon Aqua Uptown Polish American Ferko Duffy Hegeman Greater Kensington During Greater Overbrook Pennsport Jersey STRING BAND CAPTAINS Denny Palandro (South Philadelphia) Jimmy Good (Quaker City) Stephen...

It all starts on Jan. 2. “It's always my favorite day because we put everything aside and we stop,” said Harry Brown, Jr. in the back room of the Edward O’Malley Athletic Association building in...

It was six years ago when Mummer Bill Mulligan, a recovering alcoholic, went to the Philadelphia Veterans Comfort House and realized the limited resources the city’s veterans had.  “I went in there and they brought...

“It's a hurdle to become a nonprofit, but once you do, it makes everything so much more accessible for you,” said Gianna Lozzi Wolf as she sat at a makeshift wooden dinner table serving...

Whether designing string band costumes or moderating panels at the CBGB Music and Film Festival, South Philly native James Donio has dabbled in a gamut of artistic experiences.  However, the now-Collingwood resident has recently embarked...

Though the American Swedish Historical Museum spotlights Scandinavian past, the cultural institution’s current exhibition elevates the Nordic region’s present and, perhaps, its future. “Nordic Changes: Works by Diane Burko,” which runs at the Packer Park...

Maria Shaplin often lights up the room. Whether inside a warehouse or the Wilma, the East Passyunk Crossing resident has spent the last 20 years mastering the art of lighting design for a spectrum of...