Events
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The 18th Annual Dr. Howard Mazer Memorial Strides for Stroke 5K Race/Walk
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Delaware Valley Stroke Council |
06/10/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
Art After 5 - An Evening of Dance with Philadanco
Presented by Philadelphia Museum of Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art June 1, 2012 Jennifer Dunning of the New York Times has called Brenda Dixon Gottschild’s new book on Joan Myers Brown, the founder of Philadanco (Philadelphia Dance Company), “a bracing mix of scholarship and unsentimental compassion.”Join the Philadelphia Museum of Art for a conversation between Gottschild and Brown, moderated by Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown, and a book signing. Following the discussion, Philadanco will perform excerpts from their repertory. The...
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Philadelphia Museum of Art |
06/01/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
Art After 5 - Bobby Zankel
Presented by Philadelphia Museum of Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art June 8, 2012 Saxophonist Bobby Zankel gets an orchestral sound out of his ensembles, partly by mixing instruments and partly by moving them through composition into improvisation. The effect is sprawling but precise. His music speaks equally to the legacy of the past (Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus) and to the present.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art |
06/08/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
Art After 5 - Peter Beets
Presented by Philadelphia Museum of Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art June 22, 2012 Peter Beets is a Dutch pianist with impeccable technique and an incisive sense of swing. He has played with Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, Elvin Jones, John Clayton and Dee Dee Bridgewater, among others.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art |
06/22/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
Art After 5 - Jessi Teich
Presented by Philadelphia Museum of Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art June 15, 2012 Singer-songwriter Jessi Teich has immersed herself in jazz and blues since childhood. Raised in a household where rooms were stacked with records and the hi-fi blared the likes of Miles Davis and Sarah Vaughan, Teich began singing short songs of her own, the first sign of her ability to create music.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art |
06/15/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
Art After 5 - Rale Micic Featuring Alma Micic
Presented by Philadelphia Museum of Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art June 22, 2012 Serbian-born jazz guitarist and composer Rale Micic graduated from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. He has developed a cultlike following with his mix of jazz and haunting melodies from the Balkans. His new release, a guitar trio record entitled 3, has garnered attention from critics and audiences alike.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art |
06/22/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
Craft Spoken Here
Presented by Philadelphia Museum of Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art May 5-August 12, 2012 The Philadelphia Museum of Art will open an exhibition presenting objects by 39 craft artists from 11 countries who work in a variety of media, including ceramic, rubber, bronze, glass, wood, silver, silk, and natural fibers. Craft Spoken Here highlights both the distinctive approaches taken by each of the individuals represented in the exhibition as well as the formal and expressive affinities that they share. The links between these artists reflect the continuing vitality of craft as a...
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Philadelphia Museum of Art |
05/05/12 -
08/12/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
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Summer Camp Program
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Philadelphia Museum of Art |
07/10/12 -
08/10/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
Architectural Masterpieces Fairmount Park Trolley Tour
Presented by Philadelphia Museum of Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art June 17, 2012 Tour Mount Pleasant (1762-65), Lemon Hill (1800), and Memorial Hall ( the site of the U.S. Centennial in 1876). Departing from and returning to the Philadelphia Museum of Art's West Entrance, the tour provides transportation to several sites in Fairmount Park. Knowledgeable and engaging guides will bring the houses and the trolley ride alive with stories of the sites. Tour concludes with light refreshments. Includes admission to the three sites.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art |
06/17/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
Patriots and Loyalists Fairmount Park Trolley Tour
Presented by Philadelphia Museum of Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art July 15, 2012 Hear the story behind the shifting lines of revolutionary politics at Mount Pleasant (1762-65), Laurel Hill (1767), and Woodford (1756). Departing from and returning to the Philadelphia Museum of Art's West Entrance, this tour provides transportation to several sites in Fairmount Park. Knowledgeable and engaging guides will bring the houses and the trolley ride alive with stories from the sites. Tour concludes with llight refreshments. Includes admission to all three sites.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art |
07/15/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
Important Visitors and Fine Dining Fairmount Park Trolley Tour
Presented by Philadelphia Museum of Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art August 19, 2012 Imagine dinner with statesman John Adams and others as they were entertained at Mount Pleasant (1762-65), Laurel Hill (1767), and Lemon Hill (1800). Departing from and returning to the Philadelphia Museum of Art's West Entrance, this tour provides transportation to several sites in Fairmount Park. Knowledgeable and engaging guides will bring the houses and the trolley ride alive with stories from the sites. Tour concludes with light refreshments. Includes admission to all three sites.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art |
08/19/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia with Curator Joseph Rishel
Presented by Philadelphia Museum of Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art June 22, 2012 Joseph Rishel takes us behind the scenes of Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia and discusses important works and themes in the exhibition as well as the popularity of the idea of an earthly paradise, or Arcadia. Rishel is the Gisela and Dennis Alter Senior Curator of European Painting before 1900, and Senior Curator of the John G. Johnson Collection and the Rodin Museum.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art |
06/22/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
Rockwell Kent: A Documentary
Presented by Philadelphia Museum of Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art June 10, 2012 Join Frederick Lewis, filmmaker and Professor at Ohio University, for a screening of Lewis’ film, Rockwell Kent: A Documentary (170 minutes). Lewis introduces the film and leads an informal post-film discussion about Rockwell Kent and Lewis’ ten years of research for this documentary. Afterwards, explore the Museum’s exhibition, Rockwell Kent—Voyager: An Artist’s Journey in Prints, Drawings, and Illustrated Books, with Brooks Rich, Dorothy J. del...
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Philadelphia Museum of Art |
06/10/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
Watson Adventures’ Murder at the Philadelphia Art Museum Scavenger Hunt
Presented by Watson Adventures at Philadelphia Museum of Art June 2, 2012 Join Watson Adventures on a unique murder mystery scavenger hunt for adults!
A murdered curator has left behind a cryptic trail of clues connected with secrets in works of art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. As your team gathers answers about the art, you begin to piece together a sordid tale about greed, lust, pride, revenge and treachery, all revolving around the museum’s planned multi-million dollar purchase of a Leonardo Da Vinci. The murder victim knew too...
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Watson Adventures |
06/02/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
Watson Adventures’ Murder at the Philadelphia Art Museum Scavenger Hunt
Presented by Watson Adventures at Philadelphia Museum of Art July 14, 2012 Join Watson Adventures on a unique murder mystery scavenger hunt for adults!
A murdered curator has left behind a cryptic trail of clues connected with secrets in works of art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. As your team gathers answers about the art, you begin to piece together a sordid tale about greed, lust, pride, revenge and treachery, all revolving around the museum’s planned multi-million dollar purchase of a Leonardo Da Vinci. The murder victim knew too...
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Watson Adventures |
07/14/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
Watson Adventures’ the Art of Darkness Scavenger Hunt
Presented by Watson Adventures at Philadelphia Museum of Art July 28, 2012 Join Watson Adventures on a darkly unique scavenger hunt for adults at the Philadelphia Museum of Art!
Brace yourself for the eerie side of art on an ominous adventure at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Steel your nerves as you go in search of such items as a devil that terrorized church ladies, a peasant going “night clubbing,” a silent knight and unholy knight, a boy engaged in fowl play, rabbits with unlucky feet, a botched tonsillectomy, fancy firearms, a sword...
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Watson Adventures |
07/28/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |