Arts & Culture

Black Friday museums and theaters

These Philly museums and theaters are offering Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals on tickets, memberships

Crosswalk murals have been shown to reduce traffic crashes, so Fishtown just added one to a busy intersection

Fishtown Crosswalk Mural

Kevin Hart to receive prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

Kevin Hart Twain

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Attendees to 2024 Philadelphia Flower Show can save money on tickets with new price options

philadelphia flower show 2024

350-million-year-old fossil discovered by Drexel researcher on display in new exhibit at Academy of Natural Sciences

academy of natural sciences Tiktaalik roseae fossil

Design selected for Philly's permanent Harriet Tubman statue

harriet tubman alvin pettit design philadelphia

New exhibit at Philadelphia Museum of Art features pieces smuggled out of North Korea

Korean exhibit Philadelphia Museum of Art

Bruce Springsteen's career archives will move to new building at Monmouth University

Springsteen Museum

An old greenhouse in Elkins Park is now a memorial for gun violence victims

House of the Living

World's largest display of Lego art returns to the Franklin Institute in February

franklin institute lego

Inside the Archives spotlights items at Philly museums that you won't typically find on display

Inside the Archives museum series

Philadelphia spotlighted in season premiere of NBC travel show '1st Look'

philadelphia nbc 1st look

Dr. Mira Irons, CEO of College of Physicians of Philadelphia, resigns amid Mütter Museum's ethical review

Mütter CEO resigns

Chestnut Hill's Fall for the Arts Festival returns for 38th year to Germantown Avenue

Chestnut Hill Fall For the Arts

Mütter Museum to host town hall to address ethics of displaying human remains

Mutter Museum Town Hall

Scranton's new 'The Office' mural was painted by Philly artists

the office mural

Preservationists say they have two weeks to save mural from former Painted Bride building

Painted Bride demolition

Science History Institute's new exhibit explores history of textile dyes

Science History Institute Bold Exhibit

Mütter Museum asks the public to weigh in on ethical battle over displaying human remains

Mutter Museum Gallery

SEPTA art project to use augmented reality to share stories about commuter daydreams

SEPTA Transit Art

Take a peek at the Franklin Institute's new $8.5 million space exhibit before it opens in November

franklin institute wondrous space

Chestnut Hill to illuminate Germantown Avenue and explore its history during Night of Lights exhibition

Night of Lights

Penn Museum to overhaul its Ancient Egyptian and Nubian galleries as part of 5-year renovation project

Penn Museum Renovations

A new art space at Awbury Arboretum calls attention to Philly's tree canopy

Lightning House PHS

Watch a special showing of 'Night of the Living Dead' at the old Leader Theater during Velocities pop-up market

Now+Them Movie

National Constitution Center's new First Amendment gallery displays letter George Washington wrote to Quakers

First Amendment Constitution Center

Philly's Welcoming Week celebrates immigrant communities with cultural festivals and a mural tour

Welcoming Week 2023 Events

The Oval summer pop-up festival on the Parkway to extend through Labor Day

The Oval pop up extended

New Fishtown mural will highlight Philadelphia's birds

jane kim mural arts

Mural of superhero Blue Beetle covers Philadelphia Museum of Art steps ahead of film release

Blue Beetle mural

Tina Fey's 'Mean Girls' musical is coming to Philly in October

Mean Girls Philly Tina Fey

Opera Philadelphia president David Devan reflects on decision to step down

david devan opera philadelphia

Sheryl Lee Ralph to discuss memoir, sign books at Parkway Central Library

sheryl lee ralph free library

'Last look' tours of Painted Bride's mosaic mural offered ahead of demolition in the fall

Painted Bride murals

What should Philly's Harriet Tubman statue look like? Vote for 1 of 5 designs

Harriet Tubman statue

Battleship New Jersey to be moved on land for maintenance for first time in 32 years

battleship NJ maintenance

Philabundance to be honored with community-made mural at hunger relief center in South Philly

Mural Philabundance

Filmmaker interviews one author from each state for documentary, including Pa.'s Carmen Maria Machado

carmen maria machado documentary

Philly's newest art museum Calder Gardens could open by late 2024

BlackStar Film Festival returns next month with 93 film screenings at three Philly theaters

BlackStar Film Festival

'The Lion King' returns to Philadelphia next month with dazzling sets, fan-favorite songs

lion king philadelphia

Gothic, horror and Halloween-inspired Oddities & Curiosities Expo coming to Philly area in August

Oddities & Curiosities Expo

PAFA exhibit the first to display items from Philly's former history museum

Atwater Kent Collection

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