The Library Company of Philadelphia is the U.S.'s oldest cultural institution and was founded by Ben Franklin before America even became a country.

Walk into the Widener Library in Strawberry Mansion and you might spot a hidden elephant tucked into the children’s section, part of an African Plains theme woven through the space. Walk into Parkway ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A poet who originally moved from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia for graduate school has been named the city’s new poet laureate. Raquel Salas Rivera was named the poet laureate for ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - When school is over, learning shouldn't stop and the best way to learn and have fun is joining a summer reading program. Kids who don't read on vacation lose reading skills and it ...

Chef Jose Garces speaks at the Free Library of Philadelphia's Culinary Literacy Center on June 2 in Philadelphia. The newly opened a multimillion-dollar, state-of-the-art demonstration kitchen is an ...

Meghan Talarowski of Studio Ludo designed the climbing wall at the Cecil B. Moore library with the idea that children need "risky play." (Emma Lee/WHYY) This story originally appeared on PlanPhilly.