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Sebastian Garcia is celebrating his first season as a member of the world-renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. When the company returns to Philadelphia this weekend, audiences will see Garcia stepping onto a stage that feels like familiar ground.

Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens announced Thursday that its founder, internationally renowned mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar, has died at 86.

Looking for some fun and unique things to do in Philly this weekend? We’ve got you covered.

Locals can step behind the curtain and into the magic with the Franklin Institute’s latest showcase, ‘Universal Theme Parks: The Exhibition.’

Cirque du Soleil makes many performers’ dreams come true—but it also happened to make a love story bloom with ‘Luzia’, the company’s dreamlike tribute to Mexico.

Starting this weekend, locals can step into the whimsical world of children’s literature with ‘Small Living Things: The Magical Art of Eric Carle.’

Philadelphia has long worn its reputation as an open-air gallery, with towering works of art from the Mural Arts Program to hidden gems tucked into neighborhood corners.

Opera Philadelphia has extended the contracts of General Director and President Anthony Roth Costanzo and Music Director Corrado Rovaris, the company announced Monday.

Philadelphia marked the countdown to the nation’s 250th anniversary with the unveiling of 22 artist-designed Liberty Bell replicas that will be installed across neighborhood business corridors throughout the city.

Philadelphia’s craft community will have a new reason to gather this winter, as the Museum for Art in Wood and NextFab recently announced local artist and craftswoman Lin Elkins as the Fellow for their sixth annual Winter Residency Program.

On Jan. 22, as part of Ensemble Arts Philly’s 2025–26 Jazz Series, Alfredo Rodríguez and Pedrito Martínez will perform in Philadelphia for a rare, one-night-only show at the Perelman Theater inside the Kimmel Center. 

Philadelphia Artists’ Collective’s production of 'Inheritors' — running now through Jan. 24 at the Community College of Philadelphia —  is a powerful 1921 drama by playwright Susan Glaspell that still resonates deeply today.

Every year, the ArtsQuest Campus at SteelStacks closes out the holiday season with its annual Three Kings Celebration, and 2026 will be no different, with festivities set for Jan. 4.   …

For over 50 years, Brandywine Workshop and Archives has played a major role in shaping contemporary fine-art printmaking. Founded in Philadelphia in 1972, the nonprofit continues to bring together artists, collectors, and educators from across the globe to explore the field.

For the second year in a row, the Prisoner Wine Company in Napa Valley released a limited-edition vintage featuring label artwork by Jesse Krimes, a Philadelphia native and formerly incarcerated artist with international recognition.

When the Bearded Ladies Cabaret debuted The Layaway at September’s Fringe Festival, the troupe anticipated delivering a burst of playful drag, live music, and cheeky spectacle inside the Wanamaker Building.

FringeArts, the creative organization behind the annual Fringe Festival in Philadelphia, has announced a new artist residency program and a jam-packed schedule for its winter-spring season.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art will host an exhibit titled "Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments" to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Rocky film franchise.

Henry Morales' recent exhibition, "Los de Aquí" (Those From Here), is an archive of memories that captures the diverse ways of being Latino within his own diaspora family.

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