University of the ArtsHow to have a perfect Philly Day, according to children’s book author and illustrator Greg PizzoliThe children's author and illustrator like to start the day with books and end it with a nightly dance party to the Ramones. Abigail Covington University of the Arts’ $77 million endowment remains mired in court proceedings two years after the school closedSusan Snyder Peter Paone, a ‘legend’ of Philadelphia’s arts scene for more than seven decades, has diedDugan Arnett Adam Blackstone stopped and read the Philly Music Walk of Fame plaques on the way to his many gigs. He will have one of his own this year. Dan DeLuca Christina Dochwat, celebrated iconographer for the Ukrainian and Byzantine Catholic Churches, has died at 91Gary Miles AdvertisementDrexel University is selling medical building on North Broad Street for apartment conversion The apartment project is only the latest in a boomlet of conversions just north of City Hall. Jake Blumgart OpinionWhat happens to a city’s arts ecosystem when an institution disappears?Closing of the University of the Arts left a gaping hole in Philadelphia’s arts ecosystem, but institutions are working to provide the continuity needed to ensure a healthy cultural environment.Susan E. Cahan and Robert T. Stroker, For The Inquirer UArts’ closure put almost 700 faculty and staff out of work. We caught up with some of them.Sixty-one percent of teachers who are employed remain at colleges, while others were at for-profit and non-profit companies, K-12 schools, and government jobs.Susan Snyder Moore College of Art & Design staff announce intention to form a unionThe new union would cover about 50 part-time and full-time staff across the Philadelphia-based art college and be part of the United Academics of Philadelphia. Susan Snyder Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sun Ra Arkestra, Philadelphia Boys Choir, Adam Blackstone, and Lady B. are among 2026 Philly Music Alliance Walk of Fame honoreesLouise Williams Bishop, Pablo Batista, Hugh Panaro, and Earl Young will also be honored with plaques on South Broad StreetDan DeLuca Temple University and the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts have signed a deal for a new partnershipThe deal is expected to center on activities in Terra Hall, formerly owned by the University of the Arts.Peter Dobrin OpinionHistoric preservation isn’t the villain in the debate over housing affordabilityBy practicing ‘gentle density,’ these architects create more housing for less money, using fewer natural resources.Inga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer Noel Mayo, groundbreaking Black industrial designer and college professor, has died at 88 As owner and president of Noel Mayo Associates, he and his staff designed all kinds of products, interiors, exteriors, graphics, mobile exhibits, and signage systems for companies and private clients.Gary Miles Moore College will consider opening undergraduate programs to menThe Philadelphia school, which touts its history as "the first and only historically visual arts college for women in the nation," says it's time to consider admitting all genders.Susan Snyder Carla Washington Hines, longtime dancer, choreographer, and teacher, has died at 72 She danced with the Sun Ra Arkestra, the John Hines Dance Co., and other troupes at all sorts of venues in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and elsewhere around the world.Gary Miles Temple bought the site of a former McDonald’s for $8 millionIn early 2025 the university also paid $18 million for Terra Hall, a former University of the Arts building on South Broad Street. Andrew Seidman The Avenue of the Arts to break ground on an ambitious $150 million streetscape to make Broad Street greenerA $150 million streetscape project will transform South Broad Street’s Avenue of the Arts with trees, public art, traffic calming, and redesigned medians and sidewalks, starting this winter.Peter Dobrin A state board has plans to improve college affordability and increase the number of people who complete degreesHelping financially struggling colleges, increasing college degree attainment, and addressing costs are among the areas addressed in the Pennsylvania State Board of Higher Education's 10-year plan. Susan Snyder Aaron Goldblatt, award-winning museum planner, exhibit designer, and sculptor, has died at 70He said in 2019 that “learning, laughter, and creating genuine connections between people, nature, and history … really inspire my design.”Gary Miles Temple plans to fill the gap left by UArts with their new Center City campusTemple purchased Terra Hall, which was the main academic building for the now-closed University of the Arts. It will become Temple's Center City campus.Susan Snyder and Peter Dobrin See more storiesAdvertisement
How to have a perfect Philly Day, according to children’s book author and illustrator Greg PizzoliThe children's author and illustrator like to start the day with books and end it with a nightly dance party to the Ramones. Abigail Covington
How to have a perfect Philly Day, according to children’s book author and illustrator Greg PizzoliThe children's author and illustrator like to start the day with books and end it with a nightly dance party to the Ramones. Abigail Covington
University of the Arts’ $77 million endowment remains mired in court proceedings two years after the school closedSusan Snyder
University of the Arts’ $77 million endowment remains mired in court proceedings two years after the school closedSusan Snyder
Peter Paone, a ‘legend’ of Philadelphia’s arts scene for more than seven decades, has diedDugan Arnett
Peter Paone, a ‘legend’ of Philadelphia’s arts scene for more than seven decades, has diedDugan Arnett
Adam Blackstone stopped and read the Philly Music Walk of Fame plaques on the way to his many gigs. He will have one of his own this year. Dan DeLuca
Adam Blackstone stopped and read the Philly Music Walk of Fame plaques on the way to his many gigs. He will have one of his own this year. Dan DeLuca
Christina Dochwat, celebrated iconographer for the Ukrainian and Byzantine Catholic Churches, has died at 91Gary Miles
Christina Dochwat, celebrated iconographer for the Ukrainian and Byzantine Catholic Churches, has died at 91Gary Miles
Drexel University is selling medical building on North Broad Street for apartment conversion The apartment project is only the latest in a boomlet of conversions just north of City Hall. Jake Blumgart
Drexel University is selling medical building on North Broad Street for apartment conversion The apartment project is only the latest in a boomlet of conversions just north of City Hall. Jake Blumgart
OpinionWhat happens to a city’s arts ecosystem when an institution disappears?Closing of the University of the Arts left a gaping hole in Philadelphia’s arts ecosystem, but institutions are working to provide the continuity needed to ensure a healthy cultural environment.Susan E. Cahan and Robert T. Stroker, For The Inquirer
OpinionWhat happens to a city’s arts ecosystem when an institution disappears?Closing of the University of the Arts left a gaping hole in Philadelphia’s arts ecosystem, but institutions are working to provide the continuity needed to ensure a healthy cultural environment.Susan E. Cahan and Robert T. Stroker, For The Inquirer
UArts’ closure put almost 700 faculty and staff out of work. We caught up with some of them.Sixty-one percent of teachers who are employed remain at colleges, while others were at for-profit and non-profit companies, K-12 schools, and government jobs.Susan Snyder
UArts’ closure put almost 700 faculty and staff out of work. We caught up with some of them.Sixty-one percent of teachers who are employed remain at colleges, while others were at for-profit and non-profit companies, K-12 schools, and government jobs.Susan Snyder
Moore College of Art & Design staff announce intention to form a unionThe new union would cover about 50 part-time and full-time staff across the Philadelphia-based art college and be part of the United Academics of Philadelphia. Susan Snyder
Moore College of Art & Design staff announce intention to form a unionThe new union would cover about 50 part-time and full-time staff across the Philadelphia-based art college and be part of the United Academics of Philadelphia. Susan Snyder
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sun Ra Arkestra, Philadelphia Boys Choir, Adam Blackstone, and Lady B. are among 2026 Philly Music Alliance Walk of Fame honoreesLouise Williams Bishop, Pablo Batista, Hugh Panaro, and Earl Young will also be honored with plaques on South Broad StreetDan DeLuca
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sun Ra Arkestra, Philadelphia Boys Choir, Adam Blackstone, and Lady B. are among 2026 Philly Music Alliance Walk of Fame honoreesLouise Williams Bishop, Pablo Batista, Hugh Panaro, and Earl Young will also be honored with plaques on South Broad StreetDan DeLuca
Temple University and the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts have signed a deal for a new partnershipThe deal is expected to center on activities in Terra Hall, formerly owned by the University of the Arts.Peter Dobrin
Temple University and the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts have signed a deal for a new partnershipThe deal is expected to center on activities in Terra Hall, formerly owned by the University of the Arts.Peter Dobrin
OpinionHistoric preservation isn’t the villain in the debate over housing affordabilityBy practicing ‘gentle density,’ these architects create more housing for less money, using fewer natural resources.Inga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer
OpinionHistoric preservation isn’t the villain in the debate over housing affordabilityBy practicing ‘gentle density,’ these architects create more housing for less money, using fewer natural resources.Inga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer
Noel Mayo, groundbreaking Black industrial designer and college professor, has died at 88 As owner and president of Noel Mayo Associates, he and his staff designed all kinds of products, interiors, exteriors, graphics, mobile exhibits, and signage systems for companies and private clients.Gary Miles
Noel Mayo, groundbreaking Black industrial designer and college professor, has died at 88 As owner and president of Noel Mayo Associates, he and his staff designed all kinds of products, interiors, exteriors, graphics, mobile exhibits, and signage systems for companies and private clients.Gary Miles
Moore College will consider opening undergraduate programs to menThe Philadelphia school, which touts its history as "the first and only historically visual arts college for women in the nation," says it's time to consider admitting all genders.Susan Snyder
Moore College will consider opening undergraduate programs to menThe Philadelphia school, which touts its history as "the first and only historically visual arts college for women in the nation," says it's time to consider admitting all genders.Susan Snyder
Carla Washington Hines, longtime dancer, choreographer, and teacher, has died at 72 She danced with the Sun Ra Arkestra, the John Hines Dance Co., and other troupes at all sorts of venues in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and elsewhere around the world.Gary Miles
Carla Washington Hines, longtime dancer, choreographer, and teacher, has died at 72 She danced with the Sun Ra Arkestra, the John Hines Dance Co., and other troupes at all sorts of venues in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and elsewhere around the world.Gary Miles
Temple bought the site of a former McDonald’s for $8 millionIn early 2025 the university also paid $18 million for Terra Hall, a former University of the Arts building on South Broad Street. Andrew Seidman
Temple bought the site of a former McDonald’s for $8 millionIn early 2025 the university also paid $18 million for Terra Hall, a former University of the Arts building on South Broad Street. Andrew Seidman
The Avenue of the Arts to break ground on an ambitious $150 million streetscape to make Broad Street greenerA $150 million streetscape project will transform South Broad Street’s Avenue of the Arts with trees, public art, traffic calming, and redesigned medians and sidewalks, starting this winter.Peter Dobrin
The Avenue of the Arts to break ground on an ambitious $150 million streetscape to make Broad Street greenerA $150 million streetscape project will transform South Broad Street’s Avenue of the Arts with trees, public art, traffic calming, and redesigned medians and sidewalks, starting this winter.Peter Dobrin
A state board has plans to improve college affordability and increase the number of people who complete degreesHelping financially struggling colleges, increasing college degree attainment, and addressing costs are among the areas addressed in the Pennsylvania State Board of Higher Education's 10-year plan. Susan Snyder
A state board has plans to improve college affordability and increase the number of people who complete degreesHelping financially struggling colleges, increasing college degree attainment, and addressing costs are among the areas addressed in the Pennsylvania State Board of Higher Education's 10-year plan. Susan Snyder
Aaron Goldblatt, award-winning museum planner, exhibit designer, and sculptor, has died at 70He said in 2019 that “learning, laughter, and creating genuine connections between people, nature, and history … really inspire my design.”Gary Miles
Aaron Goldblatt, award-winning museum planner, exhibit designer, and sculptor, has died at 70He said in 2019 that “learning, laughter, and creating genuine connections between people, nature, and history … really inspire my design.”Gary Miles
Temple plans to fill the gap left by UArts with their new Center City campusTemple purchased Terra Hall, which was the main academic building for the now-closed University of the Arts. It will become Temple's Center City campus.Susan Snyder and Peter Dobrin
Temple plans to fill the gap left by UArts with their new Center City campusTemple purchased Terra Hall, which was the main academic building for the now-closed University of the Arts. It will become Temple's Center City campus.Susan Snyder and Peter Dobrin
