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Throughout the year Kimmel Center celebrates Philadelphia’s diverse artistic traditions. In February, we commemorate Black History Month with a focus on African-American arts and culture through the lenses of musical theater and jazz.  This month’s highlights include eight performances of “Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess” and three free jazz events. “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” debuts…

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Philadelphia families are desperate for quality, safe education for their children. This has never been more apparent than today, with the efforts at improving our public and charter schools moving at a glacial pace. Thousands of Philadelphia children are left with little alternative, as the schools they are forced to attend are often within the…

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The Free Library of Philadelphia celebrates Black History Month throughout the month of February with programming in our neighborhood libraries. Listed below are highlights of our Black History Month programming.

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I’ve always been a huge fan of fantasy stories and superheroes. I, Frankenstein takes Mary Shelley’s original novel and turns Frankenstein’s monster into a modern day superhero. Ironically this “monster” exhibits more humanity than many humans. In the film I, Frankenstein we’re placed in a sci- fi world of…

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There has been a buzz growing around the city about the strange success of Martin Luther King High School basketball. They haven’t just been good this season. They have played great on their way to posting a 17-4 record and finishing 3rd place in the stacked Public League A division.

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If you’re a State Legislator, you can hire anyone you want to staff your legislative offices….unless they’re a relative. Under the Pennsylvania Ethics Act, legislators are prohibited from directly supervising family members or participating in anything that can make money for a relative.

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David B. Devan, General Director and President of Opera Philadelphia, last week announced the commissioning of a new opera based on the life of legendary saxophonist Charlie Parker (1920-1955), one of the most influential soloists in the history of jazz and a central figure in the development of bebop.

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Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz (PA-13) today announced that she secured $125 million for a national Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) to bring jobs and affordable food retail options to urban and rural communities in Pennsylvania and nationwide.

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A Pennsylvania judge last Friday struck down a requirement that nearly all of the state’s 8.2 million voters show photo identification at the polls, saying it imposes an unreasonable burden on the right to vote and that officials failed to demonstrate the need for it.

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Student musicians from Play On, Philly! (POP) at St. Francis de Sales School in West Philadelphia and Freire Charter Middle School in Center City, will premiere their first student-composed work, “Symphony in the Key of Unity,”…

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