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From fireworks to kid-friendly countdowns to full-on glam, there are so many ways to ring in 2026.
Beacon: Art, Hiking and, Oh, the Views
Contemporary art, plus 60-mile views just a short hike away? We’re sold.
2018 Fall Travel Guide: Your Hudson Valley Escape Awaits
Five towns along the Empire State’s main aquatic artery for a picture-perfect weekend.
Woodstock: How a Hippie Village Got Hip
Leave the patchouli at home — there’s more here than counterculture lore.
REVIEW: In Mary Rose, J. M. Barrie in a Different and Haunting Neverland
A nearly-lost gem of a play gets a glowing revival by the gifted Philadelphia Artists Collective.
REVIEW: The Eccentricities of a Nightingale is a Brilliant Cabinet of Curiosities
An odd play in an idiosyncratic production. But when Tina Brock is onstage, the world is lit by lightning.
REVIEW: Do You Want a Cookie? Lingers Too Long at the Dessert Table
The Bearded Ladies’ show can be seen as a microcosm of the best and worst of Fringe.
The exhibit features 150 real human specimens — including 20 whole-body plastinates — to explore the human condition.
A new way to date, a vampire museum, a soprano turned burlesque star, and dance parties for the early birds
REVIEW: In Lay Me Down Softly, There’s No Knockout
Some fine acting enlivens Irish Heritage Theatre’s production, but the show is punching above its weight.
REVIEW: Fern Hill Goes Far Too Gentle Into That Good Night
A starry production at New Jersey Rep can’t overcome the thinness of Michael Tucker’s play.
Best of Philly 2018 Fun and Games: From Scrabble to Drag to Marijuana Dinners
Here are a few of my personal favorites from this year’s Best of Philly awards.
REVIEW: PSF’s All’s Well That Ends Well is the Comfortable Side of Extreme
In positive and negative ways, this bold production idea proves surprisingly smooth sailing.
REVIEW: In Titus Andronicus, the Son Will Come Out, Tamora
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s energetic production makes a good case for the play without solving all its problems.
Your handbook on fun ways to survive — and thrive — during the coldest time of the year
Here’s the best of the best to add to your calendar.
5 Family-Friendly Things to Do at the Jersey Shore in August
You’re on vacation with the kids … now what?
REVIEW: At the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, the Poetic Richard II is made Prosaic
The crown may be hollow, but here it seems weightless.
The War on Drugs Is the Band We Need Right Now
Rock-and-roll may have lost some of its luster, but Adam Granduciel hasn’t given up the fight.
Diamond (No Rough): Jim Gardner’s Favorite Place
The dad, baseball fan and Action News guy on why he’d always rather be at Citizens Bank Park.
