Arts & Entertainment

The Mummers Mardi Gras, scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 23 at Xfinity Live!, 11th Street and Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia will now be one session, due to popular demand from the public and participating...

EDITORS NOTE: Mummers Mardi Gras officials are now combining the two, previously scheduled morning and late afternoon sessions into one, day-long celebration and keeping the ticket price at just $20 so fans of Mummery...

Chris Haig’s work has taken him many places. More importantly, he’s taken audience members on fantastic journeys, without ever leaving their seats. As a theater set and prop designer, Haig has led exhibitions to faraway kingdoms...

Perhaps the only thing missing is a neon sign reading “Vino Las Vegas.” When Chris Fetfatzes and Heather Annechiarico dreamed up their newly-opened 1970s, Vegas-inspired Wine Dive on South Street, they thought of just about...

Second Street was a scene of celebration on Saturday as the Mummers saluted Saturnalian with a traditional serenade for winning the Fancy Brigade division in the 2020 Mummers Parade. Thousands gathered on the streets...

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...