| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Safari OvernightPresented by Academy of Natural Sciences at Academy of Natural Sciences February 4-February 5, 2012 You're invited to experience the Academy of Natural science after dark! Bring your 7- to 14-year-old children to enjoy a night of interactive activities and encounters with live animals. Socialize and enjoy refreshments, then sleep next to the lions, tigers or a Tyrannosaurus rex. Awaken to a light breakfast and more exploration. Each child receives a participation patch. | Academy of Natural Sciences | 02/04/12-
02/05/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Bonnie Schneider: Extreme Weather Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library February 6, 2012 CNN meteorologist Bonnie Schneider debuted on the network in June 2005—just in time to cover the most active Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history, with seven major storms reaching land and Hurricane Katrina leaving widespread destruction in its wake. Prior to her position at CNN, Schneider worked as a meteorologist and special reporter for several newsrooms across the country, receiving the American Meteorological Society’s Seal of Approval for excellence in technical... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 02/06/12 | Philadelphia |
Speed Dating for singles ages 25 to 35Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library February 8, 2012 Throughout the beginning of February, The Free Library is holding various free speed dating events in many of our branches, just in time for you to find a special someone to be your Valentine.
Participants are encouraged to bring a book they loved, hated, or just recently read to use as an icebreaker. One lucky couple at each event will win Author Events tickets to see Anne Rice, bestselling author of The Vampire Chronicles series, and have their first date at the Free Library... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 02/08/12 | Philadelphia |
Speed Dating for singles over age 50Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library February 8, 2012 Throughout the beginning of February, The Free Library is holding various free speed dating events in many of our branches, just in time for you to find a special someone to be your Valentine.
Participants are encouraged to bring a book they loved, hated, or just recently read to use as an icebreaker. One lucky couple at each event will win Author Events tickets to see Anne Rice, bestselling author of The Vampire Chronicles series, and have their first date at the Free Library... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 02/08/12 | Philadelphia |
Mega-Bad Move Night - The Lost World: Jurassic ParkPresented by Academy of Natural Sciences at Academy of Natural Sciences February 9, 2012 Enjoy the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University after hours for a showing of the movie The Lost World: Jurassic Park. The Academy will provide the snacks and beer and interesting Academy objects from the collections. Academy experts will be onstage to comment on the scientific absurdities—think Mystery Science Theater 3000! Must be 18 or older. | Academy of Natural Sciences | 02/09/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Walter Isaason: Steve Jobs Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library February 9, 2012 Bestselling biographer Walter Isaacson is the author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, Kissinger: A Biography and Einsten: His Life and Universe. He is the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute for educational and policy studies. The recipient of several awards for his reporting, including the Overseas Press Club Award for foreign news interpretation, Isaacson has served as the Chairman and CEO of CNN and as Editor of Time Magazine. His timely new biography of the late Apple chief... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 02/09/12 | Philadelphia |
| Valentine's Prix Fixe | Philadelphia Museum of Art | 02/10/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Anne Rice:The Wolf Gift Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library February 14, 2012 Anne Rice gained notoriety and a vast cult readership for her Vampire Chronicles series, which the Washington Post called "unrelentingly erotic . . . unforgettable." The first and most popular book, Interview With the Vampire (1976) reinvented and refreshed the archetypal Vampire myth, and was later made into a film starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. It was followed by The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned, which the San Francisco Chronicle called "a wonderful web of... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 02/14/12 | Philadelphia |
High Tunnels: A Sustainable Solution for Local Urban AgriculturePresented by Academy of Natural Sciences at Academy of Natural Sciences February 15, 2012 At this Urban Sustainability Forum, find out how high tunnels could help improve access to affordable, nutritious foods in Philadelphia. High tunnels are nonelectric, temporary structures that consist of a layer of plastic over a pipe frame. These structures, however, are not greenhouses. They do not require a permanent heating or ventilation system, ventilation is accomplished manually, and there are no furnaces or fans. High tunnels can extend the growing season and improve the yield and... | Academy of Natural Sciences | 02/15/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Edmund White and Christopher BramPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library February 16, 2012 Called a literary lion of the gay world, Edmund White is best known for his autobiographical novels in which unabashed hedonism thrives, including A Boy's Own Story and The Beautiful Room is Empty. A chronicler of gay life since the 1970s, White helped define the nascent parameters of gay culture. He is the author of the novel Hotel de Dream, several essays and biographies—including Jean Genet's—and the 1980 travelogue States of Desire: Travels in Gay America, which crystallized... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 02/16/12 | Philadelphia |
PaleopaloozaPresented by Academy of Natural Sciences at Academy of Natural Sciences February 18-February 19, 2012 Paleopalooza, a two-day festival of gigantic proportions, features rarely seen specimens from the Academy’s world-famous collection, including dinosaur fossils. Meet Academy of Natural Sciences' scientists and learn what it’s like to reconstruct the past using fossils, imagination and sound science. Enjoy hands-on activities, crafts, guest speakers and interactive presentations. | Academy of Natural Sciences | 02/18/12-
02/19/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Jamal Joseph, Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion and ReinventionPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library February 21, 2012 As a teenager in the Bronx ghetto of the 1960s, Eddie Joseph was introduced to the tenets of the Black Panther Party just as it gained a national foothold. The cause swallowed him into one of the most emblematic criminal cases of the '60s. After his stint at Rikers, Eddie—now called Jamal—joined the Revolutionary Black Underground and eventually landed back in prison—where he founded a prison theater and earned two degrees. In his memoir, Panther Baby, he vividly recounts... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 02/21/12 | Philadelphia |
Reimagining Urban HighwaysPresented by Academy of Natural Sciences at Academy of Natural Sciences February 23, 2012 After decades of disinvestment, many American cities are rebounding and growing their cultural, economic, and environmental assets. Despite their renewal, cities such as Philadelphia, New York, New Orleans, and St. Louis are saddled with highways located in their increasingly popular downtowns.
How should cities change highways to meet 21st-century needs and contemporary urban lifestyles? This panel discussion will look at successful urban highway removal projects in Milwaukee,... | Academy of Natural Sciences | 02/23/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with David Isay, All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorpsPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library February 23, 2012 As founder of StoryCorps, David Isay has dedicated his career to preserving an oral history of the United States. Modeled—in spirit and in scope—after the interviews of the 1930s Works Progress Administration, StoryCorps seeks out ordinary Americans—more than 60,000 so far—whose stories are preserved in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Isay has won numerous broadcasting honors, including multiple Peabody Awards and Guggenheim, MacArthur, and... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 02/23/12 | Philadelphia |
The Young Friends Winter Gala: Van Gogh Up ClosePresented by Philadelphia Museum of Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art February 25, 2012 The Young Friends of the Philadelphia Museum of Art invite you to a black tie affair in celebration of the legendary artist Vincent van Gogh, and to enjoy an up close experience in the newly opened exhibition.
Held in the Museum’s Great Stair Hall, guests mix, mingle, and enjoy world-class art, as they sip cocktails, and take their chances on the raffle and silent auction with proceeds supporting art acquisitions, education, conservation, and special projects at the... | Philadelphia Museum of Art | 02/25/12 | Philadelphia |
Beguiled by the Wild: The Art of Charley HArperPresented by Academy of Natural Sciences at Academy of Natural Sciences December 10, 2011-February 26, 2012 American artist Charley Harper (1922-2007) uses distinctive geometric shapes, vivid colors and delightful graphics to depict nature in an inspiring fashion in Beguiled by the Wild. Harper developed a deep love of nature as a child growing up in West Virginia. He went on to provide illustrations for numerous books and organizations, including the National Park Service and National Audubon Society. | Academy of Natural Sciences | 12/10/11-
02/26/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Life Upon These ShoresPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library February 28, 2012 Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous works of criticism, including The Signifying Monkey, winner of the American Book Award. As the writer and producer of the acclaimed PBS documentary African American Lives, Gates explored the histories of many prominent African Americans. Life Upon These Shores traces African American... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 02/28/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Ann Beattie, Mrs. Nixon and with Thomas Mallon, Watergate Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 1, 2012 After publishing several stories in The New Yorker, Ann Beattie burst on the literary scene in 1976 with Chilly Scenes of Winter and promptly became the unofficial diarist of a generation, delivering "irony-laced reports from the front line of the baby boomers’ war with themselves" (Vanity Fair). With spare, whip-smart prose, Beattie portrayed the sorts of relationships—the results of divorce, sexual liberation, or youthful aimlessness—that were the norm for those... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/01/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Jodi Picoult: Lone Wolf Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 5, 2012 The queen of the book club, Jodi Picoult is known for her fictional page-turners that feature nuanced characters, pitch-perfect descriptions of suburbia—and the darkness it often conceals—and unfettered insight into the shape-shifting terrain of family relationships. Her stories plumb hot-button topics ranging from teenage suicide and stem cell research to date rape and school shootings. She is the author of 18 novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers House Rules,... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/05/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander: New American HaggadahPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 8, 2012 Jonathan Safran Foer became a certified literary wunderkind at the age of 25 with his debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated, which told the story of a young man's search across the obliterated Ukrainian landscape for the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. His New York Times bestseller, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, was called "an uplifting myth born of the sorrows of 9/11" (Boston Globe). Nathan Englander is the author of The Ministry of Special Cases and For... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/08/12 | Philadelphia |
The Black Pearl Chamber OrchestraPresented by Concerts at the Cathedral Basilica at Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul March 10, 2012 Concert Program:
Works by Saint-Georges
Haydn's Symphony No. 85, "La Reine
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat major, K 364 (320d)
Based in Philadelphia, the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra was founded in 2007 and is the only professional orchestra in the region, and one of few in the country, to champion ethnic diversity in classical music.
Described by the Philadelphia Inquirer as “excellent,” and... | Concerts at the Cathedral Basilica | 03/10/12 | Philadelphia |
Safari OvernightPresented by Academy of Natural Sciences at Academy of Natural Sciences March 9-March 10, 2012 Experience the Academy of Natural Sciences after dark! Bring your 7- to 14-year-old children to enjoy a night of interactive activities and encounters with our live animals. Socialize and enjoy refreshments, then sleep next to the lions, tigers or a Tyrannosaurus rex. Awaken to a light breakfast and more exploration. Each child receives a participation patch. | Academy of Natural Sciences | 03/09/12-
03/10/12 | Philadelphia |
Sketch-A-SaurusPresented by Academy of Natural Sciences at Academy of Natural Sciences March 10, 2012 Whether you’re a paleo-Michelangelo or a budding artist, you will learn the fascinating art of dinosaur illustration in this all-day class. Jason Poole, a paleo-illustrator and Dinosaur Hall Manager at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, will share tips and tricks on how to improve your dinosaur sketches by studying dinosaurs’ skeletons, muscles, and other features and examining specimens from Dinosaur Hall and the Paleontology Collection. Poole has had his... | Academy of Natural Sciences | 03/10/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Alain de Botton: Religion for AtheistsPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 11, 2012 Alain de Botton's aphoristic first novel, On Love, was a winking dissertation on romantic love, published when he was just 23. It was followed by several books that explored a philosophy of everyday life, including The Architecture of Happiness and How Proust Can Change Your Life, which have achieved bestselling status in 30 countries. He also founded and helps to run The School of Life in London, dedicated to a new vision of education on how to live well. In Religion for Atheists, de Botton... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/11/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with George Dyson, Turning's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital UniversePresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 13, 2012 In the 1940s and 1950s, a group of brilliant engineers led by John von Neumann gathered in Princeton, New Jersey with the joint goal of realizing Alan Turing's theoretical universal machine—a thought experiment that scientists use to understand the limits of mechanical computation. As a result of their fervent work, the crucial advancements that dominated 20th century technology emerged. In Turing's Cathedral, technology historian George Dyson recreates the scenes of focused... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/13/12 | Philadelphia |
Tiny TotsPresented by Academy of Natural Sciences at Academy of Natural Sciences February 1-March 14, 2012 Young children and their favorite adults can join the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in exploring nature through games, crafts, songs, and museum explorations. Tiny Tots Explorers are for ages 3-4. An appropriate snack will be provided. There is a different theme for each session.
You may register for a single session or the entire series. Session size is limited to 10 adult/child pairs. | Academy of Natural Sciences | 02/01/12-
03/14/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Elaine Pagels: RevelationsPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 15, 2012 Elaine Pagels exploded the myth of the early Christian Church as a unified movement in her 1979 book The Gnostic Gospels, which won both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award, and was chosen by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best books of the 20th century. Known for her work in translating the Nag Hammadi Library, she joined the Princeton faculty in 1982, shortly after receiving a MacArthur Fellowship. Her other books include The Origin of Satan; New York... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/15/12 | Philadelphia |
One Book, One Philadelphia Grand Finale with Edwidge Danticat, Author of Create DangerouslyPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 16, 2012 Featured author Edwidge Danticat will discuss the themes in the 2012 One Book, One Philadelphia selection, Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work. The evening will also feature an exciting musical performance by Haitian American composer and violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain, whose eclectic works have included commissions from Carnegie Hall and the Library of Congress as well as collaborations with artists ranging from Philip Glass to Lady Gaga. | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/16/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Claude Lanzmann, Author of The Patagonian Hare: A MemoirPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 19, 2012 French filmmaker and journalist Claude Lanzmann achieved worldwide acclaim for his nine-and-a-half-hour cinematic epic Shoah. Unlike other films on the subject of the Holocaust, Shoah used only first-hand accounts from perpetrators and survivors of the death camps, as Lanzmann believed that any attempt to reproduce the history would be to relive the genocide. Born in Paris in 1925, Lanzmann survived the German occupation of France, fought with the French Resistance during World War... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/19/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Jeanette Winterson, Author of Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 20, 2012 Jeanette Winterson's 1985 book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, a quasi-autobiographical novel about an adopted daughter's budding lesbian sexuality and relationship with her evangelical mother, won the Whitbread Prize for best first novel, and inspired a BAFTA award-winning BBC television adaptation. With "a reputation as a holy terror, a lesbian desperado and a literary genius” (Salon), Winterson is passionate about the transformative power of art.... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/20/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Sarah Vowell, Author of Unfamiliar Fishes Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 22, 2012 Cultural critic and public radio giant Sarah Vowell is a contributing editor for National Public Radio's This American Life and the author of The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Take the Cannoli, and Assassination Vacation. Known for her witty and irreverent exposés of the glorious conundrums of United States history, Vowell examines the far-reaches of Western intervention in our 50th state in her new book, Unfamiliar Fishes. With an eye not just to power but... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/22/12 | Philadelphia |
Zaha Hadid: Form in MotionPresented by Philadelphia Museum of Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building September 20, 2011-March 25, 2012 Innovative architect Zaha Hadid, who in 2004 became the first female recipient of the renowned Pritzker Architecture Prize, has advanced the vocabulary of contemporary architecture and design through the exploration of complex fluid geometries and the use of cutting-edge techniques and manufacturing technologies. For this exhibition—the first in the United States to feature her product designs—the Iraqi-born British architect has created a sculptural environment for a selection... | Philadelphia Museum of Art | 09/20/11-
03/25/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Lionel Shriver and Heidi JulavitsPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 27, 2012 Lionel Shriver is the author of ten novels and the recipient of the 2005 Orange Prize for her acclaimed book We Need to Talk About Kevin, recently adapted into a major motion picture. With her gift for psychological portraiture and a knack for skewering timely social phenomena, Shriver's work is "tough, complicated, brilliant," according to The New Republic's Ruth Franklin. "Shriver isn’t the kind of writer who lets her themes bubble up opaquely; she seizes... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/27/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Robert Kanigel, Author of On an Irish Island Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 28, 2012 Robert Kanigel, author of The Man Who Knew Infinity, tells the story of Great Blasket Island—an island off the coast of Ireland that remained untouched by modern living well into the 20th century. With the Irish language rapidly vanishing from the mainland, Great Blasket, a beautiful, remote island of 150 residents, managed to preserve both a language and a way of life. When scholars and writers such as John Millington Synge began to visit, the island blossomed as the center of... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/28/12 | Philadelphia |
Moore Kicks Off Continuing Education Winter Quarter on January 23, 2012Presented by Moore College of Art & Design at Moore College of Art & Design January 23-March 29, 2012 Kickstart your New Year’s resolution by rediscovering a new career! Moore offers certificate programs that prepare adults for career redirection in a select group of especially rewarding design fields: Web Design; Digital Media for Print & Web; Fashion Studies; and Interior Design Studies. Eight courses are required to earn a certificate and each course meets one evening a week for 10 weeks. Adults with busy lives can still find time to create new career possibilities for... | Moore College of Art & Design | 01/23/12-
03/29/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Arlen Specter, Author of Life Among the CannibalsPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 29, 2012 The longest-serving senator in Pennsylvania history, Senator Arlen Specter began his goodbye speech after 30 years in office by declaring: "This is not a farewell address but rather a closing argument." Referring to the internal ideological wrangling that forced him from the Republican Party in 2009—only to be defeated in a Democratic primary in 2010—Specter decried the gridlocked Senate in his farewell address, lamenting: "In some quarters, compromise has become a... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/29/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Rosamond Bernier, Author of Some of My LivesPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library April 3, 2012 Born in Philadelphia, 95-year-old Rosamond Bernier has tamed wild animals, flown her own plane, and befriended the likes of Henri Matisse, Leonard Bernstein, and Frida Kahlo. The first-ever European features editor for Vogue in post-war Paris, she co-founded the influential art magazine L’OEIL in 1955. Returning stateside in 1971, she embraced a new career as a lecturer and married the love of her life, New York Times art critic John Russell. Bernier's vivid... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 04/03/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Anthony Shadid, Author of House of Stone Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library April 4, 2012 A sharp-eyed chronicler of the human stories behind the news, Anthony Shadid is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner—for his 2004 Washington Post coverage of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, and his 2010 coverage of the United States' withdrawal from the country. Former Baghdad bureau chief for the Washington Post, he is the author of Night Draws Near, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. One of... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 04/04/12 | Philadelphia |
Design ZonePresented by The Franklin Institute at The Franklin Institute January 28-April 12, 2012 What does it take to create a great videogame? How many beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor? How do designers create a roller coaster to produce the biggest thrills? Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones, all highlighting the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity and innovation: art, music, and engineering. Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers, music producers, roller coaster... | The Franklin Institute | 01/28/12-
04/12/12 | Philadelphia |
| Moe Brooker: The Evidence of Things Not Seen | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) | 02/10/12-
04/15/12 | Philadelphia |
After Henry Tanner: African American Artists since 1940Presented by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) January 28-April 16, 2012 Henry Ossawa Tanner was a mentor and role model for younger artists during his lifetime and a source of pride for many generations of artists since his death in 1937. Drawing on PAFA’s outstanding examples of work by African American artists, this permanent collection installation will complement the Tanner retrospective on view in the Fisher Brooks Gallery to give a sense of Tanner’s enduring legacy for artists working today. | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) | 01/28/12-
04/16/12 | Philadelphia |
An Evening with Philip LevinePresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library April 17, 2012 Known for his "big-hearted, Whitmanesque poems about working-class Detroit" (New York Times), Philip Levine was named Poet Laureate of the United States in 2011. Levine’s early poems, often written in narrow, seven-syllable lines, are gritty evocations of the lives of working people, inspired by his work as a factory laborer: "I believed that if I could understand my life—or at least the part my work played in it—I could embrace it with some degree of... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 04/17/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Robert Polito on David GoodisPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library April 19, 2012 2012 Philadelphia Book Festival
An editor, poet, and critic, Robert Polito is Director of Writing Programs at The New School and the author of National Book Critics Circle Award winner Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson, which untangled Thompson the author from his trademark psychopathic characters and grim tales of failed lives. Polito's new book is a landmark volume that collects five great novels from the height of noir cult favorite noir David Goodis's career.... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 04/19/12 | Philadelphia |
| First Person StorySlam: Mistaken Identities | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 04/20/12 | Philadelphia |
2012 Young Artists Workshop Presented by Moore College of Art & Design at Moore College of Art & Design February 11-April 21, 2012 Moore College of Art & Design is gearing up for the 2012 Young Artists Workshop, offering Saturday morning and afternoon classes in art and design for grades 1 – 12. Spring classes begin Saturday, February 11, 2012 and run through April 21, 2012. NEW certificate programs are being offered for high school students in art & design, fashion design and graphic design. Spring registration deadline is January 30, 2012. Visit www.moore.edu/youth_programs for additional class... | Moore College of Art & Design | 02/11/12-
04/21/12 | Philadelphia |
Archdiocesan Choir of Philadelphia Presented by Concerts at the Cathedral Basilica at Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul April 22, 2012 This new singing ensemble of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is under the direction of Dr. John Romeri, Director of the Office for Sacred Music and Organist-Choirmaster of the Cathedral Basilica of SS Peter and Paul. The choir will present a concert of sacred choral music of the Lenten season. | Concerts at the Cathedral Basilica | 04/22/12 | Philadelphia |
Zoe Strauss: Ten YearsPresented by Philadelphia Museum of Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art January 14-April 22, 2012 Zoe Strauss: Ten Years is a mid-career retrospective of the acclaimed photographer’s work and the first critical assessment of her ten-year project to exhibit her photographs annually in a space beneath a section of Interstate-95 (I-95) in South Philadelphia. Strauss’s subjects are broad but her primary focus is on working-class experience, including the most disenfranchised people and places. Her photographs offer a poignant, troubling portrait of contemporary America.... | Philadelphia Museum of Art | 01/14/12-
04/22/12 | Philadelphia |
| A Conversation with E.O. Wilson, Author of The Social Conquest of Earth | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 04/24/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with David Bezmozgis and Leela CormanPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library April 26, 2012 Called "an astute and compassionate observer, a meticulous historian and a gifted stylist" by Adam Langer in the New York Times, David Bezmozgis emigrated from Riga, Latvia to Toronto in 1980. His debut collection Natasha, about a family who fled the Riga of Brezhnev for Toronto, the city of their dreams, was named a 2004 New York Times Notable Book and won the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for First Book. In 2010, Bezmozgis was included in The New... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 04/26/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Ross Douthat, Author of Bad ReligionPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library May 1, 2012 The youngest op-ed columnist in New York Times history, Ross Douthat represents a new generation of conservative commentators, credited with helping the movement find new relevance and new constituencies in the 21st century. A Harvard graduate, Douthat is the author of the critically acclaimed books Privilege—a "withering indictment of Harvard’s institutional culture" (Booklist)—and Grand New Party. In Bad Religion, Douthat... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 05/01/12 | Philadelphia |
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