Events
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Body Awareness
Presented by The Wilma Theater at The Wilma Theater January 4-February 5, 2012 Director Anne Kauffman thrilled Wilma audiences in 2010 with the smash hit Becky Shaw, winning a Barrymore for Best Director. She returns to Philadelphia next season to direct another Off-Broadway hit comedy! Welcome to Shirley State College, Vermont where it’s Body Awareness Week. In charge of the week’s festivities, college professor Phyllis has anything but a conventional life with girlfriend Joyce and her son Jared. But when a visiting artist brings his photographs of nude...
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The Wilma Theater |
01/04/12 -
02/05/12 |
The Wilma Theater, Philadelphia |
Chocolate
Presented by WHYY Inc. at WHYY February 11, 2012 Celebrate the sweetness of the season with WHYY at Philadelphia's premiere Valentine's weekend event, CHOCOLATE!
Live music, an exciting chocolate raffle, and a beer garden are only the beginning to this two-hour sampling of delightful desserts, savory snacks, and decadent drinks, all of which complement and enhance the night's theme ingredient.
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WHYY Inc. |
02/11/12 |
WHYY, Philadelphia |
Charlotte's Web
Presented by Arden Theatre Company at Arden Theatre Company - F. Otto Haas Stage November 30, 2011-February 12, 2012 Everyone is invited to join us for the heart-warming story of a special friendship between a lovable pig and everyone’s favorite spider. Wilbur, Charlotte and their barnyard friends have never been more delightful than in this wonderful tribute to one of the greatest stories for children ever written.
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Arden Theatre Company |
11/30/11 -
02/12/12 |
Arden Theatre Company - F. Otto Haas Stage, Philadelphia |
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Vaults of Heaven: Visions of Byzantium
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology |
10/15/11 -
02/12/12 |
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum), Philadelphia |
Flock: An Exhibition Inspired by the Schuylkill Center’s Bird Collection
Presented by The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education December 2, 2011-February 18, 2012 Take a closer look at birds with this unique exhibit inspired by the Schuylkill Center’s bird taxidermy collection. Working with the Center’s bird specimens, photographer Lisa Haun has created lush, elegant portraits that defy their still subjects – they look alive and teeming with personality. A collaborative sound installation by Jennie Thwing and Lorenzo Buffa invites gallery visitors to open up original birdhouses that come to life. Selections from the taxidermy...
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The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education |
12/02/11 -
02/18/12 |
The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia |
Spring Pipe Organ Concert
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 25, 2012 Glenn Hough will play a selection of music appropriate for Spring, St. Patrick’s Day and the moon. There will be one intermission and the overall program will last about 2 hours. This program benefits the Theatre Organ Society of the Delaware Valley (TOSDV) Theatre Pipe Organ Restoration Fund.
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The Colonial Theatre |
03/25/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Robert Asman: Silver Mine
Presented by The Print Center at The Print Center December 16, 2011-March 31, 2012 Robert Asman: Silver Mine is a retrospective exhibition of an exceptional photographic career characterized by idiosyncratic experimentation with the bounds of black and white photography. Robert Asman is one of the most important photographers of his generation. For most of the last thirty-five years Asman (Asheville, NC) has been devoted to investigating and stretching the conceptual and technical boundaries of silver prints, through extended, and related, explorations of the human figure...
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The Print Center |
12/16/11 -
03/31/12 |
The Print Center, Philadelphia |
Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit
Presented by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) January 28-April 15, 2012 The subject of this exhibition is the career and life of the artist Henry O. Tanner (1859-1937), including the pioneering African American artist’s upbringing in Philadelphia in the years after the Civil War; the artist’s success as an American expatriate artist at the highest levels of the international art world at the turn of the 20th century; Tanner’s role as a leader of an artist’s colony in rural France and his unique contributions in aid of American servicemen...
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) |
01/28/12 -
04/15/12 |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia |
Zoe Strauss: Ten Years
Presented 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....
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Philadelphia Museum of Art |
01/14/12 -
04/22/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
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National Halloween, Horror, Haunted House and Hearse Convention
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National Halloween, Horror, Haunted House & Hearse Convention |
05/04/12 -
05/06/12 |
Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks, Oaks |
Capitalism by Gaslight:
Presented by Library Company of Philadelphia January 17-August 24, 2012 Drawing on books, pamphlets, newspapers, magazines, prints, photographs, and ephemera in the Library Company's collection, guest curator Wendy Woloson explores underground urban commerce in the 19th century in our upcoming exhibition "Capitalism by Gaslight: The Shadow Economies of 19th-Century America."
The exhibition focuses on how many Americans earned their livings outside the spheres of wholesale and retail commerce, conducting economic transactions in illicit and...
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Library Company of Philadelphia |
01/17/12 -
08/24/12 |
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Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology |
09/18/11 -
08/31/12 |
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum), Philadelphia |
Frankford Avenue First Friday
Presented by New Kensington Community Development Corporation at Various Locations May 1, 2009 - Ongoing Everyone is invited to join Fishtown and Kensington for a night of art and culture. Gritty neighborhoods with a unique artistic culture open themselves up, with galleries, bars and restaurants open late. Check out the official website for individual gallery listings the week before First Friday.
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New Kensington Community Development Corporation |
05/01/09 -
Ongoing |
Various Locations, |
Audacious Freedom: African Americans In Philadelphia 1776-1876
Presented by African American Museum of Philadelphia at African American Museum in Philadelphia September 10, 2009 - Ongoing This permanent exhibition details the freedom journey of African Americans in Philadelphia during the nation's first century. Stories of individuals and groups highlight the Underground Railroad, the free black community in Philadelphia, African American soldiers in the Civil War, and early struggles for civil rights.
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African American Museum of Philadelphia |
09/10/09 -
Ongoing |
African American Museum in Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
Love Letter Mural Tours
Presented by Mural Arts Program, City of Philadelphia at Love Park March 20, 2010 - Ongoing A collaboration with internationally-renowned artist Stephen Powers, Love Letter is a series of over 50 rooftop murals and street-level signs in and around the Market Street corridor in West Philadelphia, spanning from 46th Street through 63rd Street created during the summer of 2009. On this weekly tour, take a ride on the El train accompanied by a Mural Arts Program tour guide to learn intimate details about the renowned Love Letter project and other murals along the way. Tour...
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Mural Arts Program, City of Philadelphia |
03/20/10 -
Ongoing |
Love Park, Philadelphia |
Philly Lindy Hop
Presented by Philly Lindy Hop at Arts Parlor May 1, 2010 - Ongoing Philly Lindy Hop is dedicated to spreading the love of Swing Dancing in Philadelphia. They offer classes on Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons at the Arts Parlor on South Broad. They specialize in getting first-timers started, and training you up until you're a solid intermediate. Whether you'd like to learn in the evening or on the weekend, in progressive series or in drop-in lessons, Philly Lindy Hop offers something for everyone. Total newbies are invited to come start at the...
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Philly Lindy Hop |
05/01/10 -
Ongoing |
Arts Parlor, Philadelphia |
First Friday Art Walk in Lebanon
Presented by Lebanon Valley Council on the Arts at Lebanon Art Center May 6, 2011 - Ongoing Lebanon's First Friday Art Walk is a monthly cultural banquet featuring all kinds of art and craft with musical and theatrical trimmings. The City's Galleries, Bars, Clubs, Stores, Restaurants and Churches have come together to offer wall and performance space to the local Art community. The vibrant result is that, from month to month visitors can have anything from Celtic Singing Sessions through Pennsylvania Dutch Art to Zombie walks. The Art Walk is inexpensive, all-ages entertainment in...
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Lebanon Valley Council on the Arts |
05/06/11 -
Ongoing |
Lebanon Art Center, Lebanon |