Events
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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 |
Pushing Boundaries: Forsythe & Neenan
Presented by Pennsylvania Ballet at Merriam Theater February 9-February 12, 2012 The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude
William Forsythe // Music by Franz Schubert
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Matthew Neenan // Music by Alexander Borodin & Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Matthew Neenan // Music by Rufus Wainwright
You're invited to explore the physical and emotional frontiers of classical ballet with three innovative contemporary works. William Forsythe's powerhouse The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude returns to...
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Pennsylvania Ballet |
02/09/12 -
02/12/12 |
Merriam Theater, Philadelphia |
Garden Club Weekend At Grounds For Sculpture
Presented by Grounds for Sculpture at Grounds for Sculpture February 10-February 12, 2012 On this very special weekend, you’re invited to discover a wide variety of horticultural displays by several area garden clubs. Come to ask questions of their members to learn important “green” tips while basking in the inviting sights and scents of an early spring at Grounds For Sculpture.
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Grounds for Sculpture |
02/10/12 -
02/12/12 |
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton |
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival FilmConnects: Louder Than A Bomb & Live Poetry Slam
Presented by Gershman Y at Prince Music Theater February 12, 2012 Designed to deepen your experience of film-going, PJFF’s newest program connects the world of film to other art forms and modes of expression. For the inaugural FilmConnects event, you'll be introduced to the wild world of poetry slams — and brought to the power and enormity that is Louder Than a Bomb!
This energizing documentary tells the story of four Chicago high school poetry teams as they prepare for and compete in the world's largest youth slam. By turns...
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Gershman Y |
02/12/12 |
Prince Music Theater, Philadelphia |
Love Train 2012
Presented by Mural Arts Program, City of Philadelphia February 12, 2012 Find love on Septa! A one-of-a-kind experience for singles and couples! Very limited space -- reserve your spot now!
Passengers tour Philadelphia’s renowned Love Letter project, a series of 50 rooftop murals painted by artist Stephen ESPO Powers and crew. The murals collectively express a love letter from a guy to a girl, from an artist to his hometown, and from local residents to their neighborhood of West Philadelphia. A champagne and dessert reception will take place...
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Mural Arts Program, City of Philadelphia |
02/12/12 |
SEPTA, Philadelphia |
Valentine's Day Tour: Romance at the Rosenbach
Presented by Rosenbach Museum and Library at Rosenbach Museum and Library February 11-February 12, 2012 You're invited to discover the passionate side of the museum's collections on this hour-long tour of the Rosenbach brothers’ home. Expert docents will share stories of love —sometimes ending with heartache, and sometimes with happily ever after.
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Rosenbach Museum and Library |
02/11/12 -
02/12/12 |
Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia |
Economic Self Sufficiency in the African-American Community Film & Panel Discussion Program Series
Presented by ICPIC New Africa Center February 12, 2012 Black Wall Street with panelists Dr. Weldon McWilliam and Fareed Shakir.
This documentary chronicles one of the nation's worst acts of racial violence, the Tulsa Race Riot, which occurred on June 1st, 1921, when 35 square blocks of African American homes and businesses were torched and destroyed by mobs of angry whites.
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ICPIC New Africa Center |
02/12/12 |
ICPIC New Africa Center, Philadelphia |
Family Arts Academy: From Istanbul to Cairo
Presented by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) February 12, 2012 You're invited to experience the world travels of Henry Tanner for yourself with a sensational Mediterranean dance performance by the Mosaic Dance Theater Company, who will take you from Istanbul to Cairo. While they perform, learn from artists how to capture the human body as it sways and swirls and bends and twirls.
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) |
02/12/12 |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia |
In A Lonely Place (1950)
Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute February 14, 2012 In a lonely place this Valentine’s Day? Find solace in this classic noir starring Humphrey Bogart as a screenwriter whose tendency towards violence and macabre sense of humor might add up to murder. This film is shown in conjunction with Bryn Mawr Film Institute’s Film Course "Nicholas Ray: Cinema with a Cause" and will be introduced by its instructor, Marc Lapadula, M.F.A.
This film, which is directed by Nicholas Ray & stars Humphrey Bogart, Gloria...
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Bryn Mawr Film Institute |
02/14/12 |
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr |
Amanda Burnham: Walkshed
Presented by Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts at Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts December 16, 2011-February 16, 2012 Burnham creates installations based on American urban landscapes. Starting with observational sketches made on site, she compiles, manipulates, and then pieces together fragments to arrive at a more subjective representation of place. In Walkshed, impressions of quotidian details from routine daily encounters trace the terrain of community and home.
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Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts |
12/16/11 -
02/16/12 |
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington |
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 |
Joan Nelson
Presented by Fleisher/Ollman Gallery at Fleisher/Ollman Gallery December 15, 2011-February 18, 2012 Joan Nelson is well known for her paintings that incorporate multiple pictorial landscape traditions and pay homage to and borrow from artists such as Albrecht Altdorfer, Albert Bierstadt, George Caleb Bingham and Casper David Friedrich. Occupying a unique place in the long history of landscape painting, Nelson's works simultaneously speak to the experience of landscape and the complexity of representation, artfully incorporating reality, memory and mediated experience.
At...
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Fleisher/Ollman Gallery |
12/15/11 -
02/18/12 |
Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia |
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Honor Struggles For Freedom
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National Constitution Center |
02/01/12 -
02/29/12 |
National Constitution Center, Philadelphia |
Members’ Exhibition
Presented by Main Line Art Center at Main Line Art Center February 11-March 8, 2012 Our community is rich with artistic talent! You are invited to join Main Line Art Center for a special exhibition that celebrates the diverse and vibrant work of Main Line Art Center Members. The exhibition opens just in time for you to purchase a one-of-a-kind piece of art for your Valentine.
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Main Line Art Center |
02/11/12 -
03/08/12 |
Main Line Art Center, Haverford |
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 |
Soft Village: Studio Makkink & Bey
Presented by Fabric Workshop and Museum at Fabric Workshop and Museum February 3-June 20, 2012 Soft Village: Studio Makkink & Bey
On view from February 3rd-Late Spring 2012
Opening Reception and Artist Talk:
Friday, February 3rd, 6-8 pm
Artist Talk by designer Jurgen Bey begins at 6:30 pm
The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) is pleased to present an exhibition by the Dutch design collaborative Studio Makkink & Bey which is led by architect Rianne Makkink (b. 1964) and designer Jurgen Bey (b. 1965)—one of the first Droog Design...
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Fabric Workshop and Museum |
02/03/12 -
06/20/12 |
Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia |
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 |
Lancaster First Friday
Presented by LancasterARTS January 6-December 7, 2012 Everyone is invited to join LancasterARTS in celebrating the arts and the wonderfully diverse arts community in the City of Lancaster each First Friday of the month. Download a guide with map and get the latest info on exhibitions, performances and more at 60+ venues from www.lancasterarts.com.
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LancasterARTS |
01/06/12 -
12/07/12 |
202 N. Prince Street, Lancaster |
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 |