Events
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Giant Mysterious Dinosaurs
Presented by The Franklin Institute at The Franklin Institute December 10, 2011-April 15, 2012 The world’s largest and most unusual dinosaurs invade The Franklin Institute Saturday in the new exhibition Giant Mysterious Dinosaurs. This exclusive exhibition allows visitors the chance to get up close-and-personal with gigantic dinosaurs, as long as 70 feet, excavated from such remote regions as Patagonia and the Gobi Desert of Inner Mongolia—with many rarely seen in this country. Dozens of exotic giant skeletons and intricate robotics reveal new discoveries of... |
The Franklin Institute |
12/10/11 -
04/15/12 |
The Franklin Institute, 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... |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) |
01/28/12 -
04/15/12 |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia |
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Moe Brooker: The Evidence of Things Not Seen
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) |
02/10/12 -
04/15/12 |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia |
After Henry Tanner: African American Artists since 1940
Presented 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 |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia |
An Evening with Philip Levine
Presented 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 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Robert Polito on David Goodis
Presented 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 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
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First Person StorySlam: Mistaken Identities
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Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
04/20/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, 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 |
Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia |
Red Cross Walk and Run to Save Lives
Presented by American Red Cross - Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter at Fairmount Park April 21, 2012 The Red Cross Walk & Run to Save Lives is a 5K walk/run around Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. As the biggest fund-raiser for the Red Cross, the Walk & Run supports programs and services to help you, your family, and your neighbors prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. Participate in honor of the hero who saved your life, a family member’s, or a friend’s to honor the thousands of heroes who, trained by the Red Cross, are ready to help save your... |
American Red Cross - Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter |
04/21/12 |
Fairmount Park, 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 |
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, 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.... |
Philadelphia Museum of Art |
01/14/12 -
04/22/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with E.O. Wilson, Author of The Social Conquest of Earth
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library April 24, 2012 Co-presented by The Philadelphia Science Festival
Co-sponsored by The Academy of Natural Sciences
The author of more than 25 books, including two Pulitzer Prize-winning works of nonfiction, E.O. Wilson has won a raft of scientific and conservation prizes, including the prestigious National Medal of Science. Wilson’s writing explores the world of ants and other tiny creatures, illuminating how all creatures great and small are interdependent. A Harvard professor since... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
04/24/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Glorious Enterprise Book Talk and Signing
Presented by Academy of Natural Sciences at Academy of Natural Sciences April 25, 2012 Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Senior Fellow Robert M. Peck and historical biographer Patricia Tyson Stroud chronicle 200 years of Academy history in their newly published coffee-table book, A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science. This beautifully illustrated history includes natural-light photographs of Academy specimens by noted photographer Rosamond Purcell.
Find out more about the making... |
Academy of Natural Sciences |
04/25/12 |
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with David Bezmozgis and Leela Corman
Presented 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 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
Watson Adventures’ Murder at the Philadelphia Art Museum Scavenger Hunt
Presented by Watson Adventures at Philadelphia Museum of Art April 28, 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... |
Watson Adventures |
04/28/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Ross Douthat, Author of Bad Religion
Presented 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 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Alison Bechdel, Author of Are You My Mother?
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library May 3, 2012 Since its inception in 1983, Alison Bechdel’s comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For has become a countercultural institution, widely anthologized and translated. Her 2006 bestselling memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic was named a Best Book of the Year by Time, Entertainment Weekly, the New York Times, People, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Village Voice, and San Francisco Chronicle, among others. In her new book,... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
05/03/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
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Walk MS 2012
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National MS Society - Delaware Valley |
05/05/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
Van Gogh Up Close
Presented by Philadelphia Museum of Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art February 1-May 6, 2012 Vincent van Gogh was an artist of exceptional intensity, not only in his use of color and exuberant application of paint, but also in his personal life. Drawn powerfully to nature, his works—particularly those created in the years just before he took his own life—engage the viewer with the strength of his emotions. This exhibition focuses on these tumultuous years, a period of feverish artistic experimentation that began when van Gogh left Antwerp for Paris in 1886 and continued... |
Philadelphia Museum of Art |
02/01/12 -
05/06/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
Safari Overnight
Presented by Academy of Natural Sciences at Academy of Natural Sciences May 11-May 12, 2012 Experience the Academy 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 Tyrannosaurus rex. Awaken to a light breakfast and more exploration. Each child receives a participation patch. |
Academy of Natural Sciences |
05/11/12 -
05/12/12 |
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia |
Women in Natural Sciences Discovery Weekend
Presented by Academy of Natural Sciences at Academy of Natural Sciences May 12-May 13, 2012 The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University's bicentennial year features a specially themed Women in Natural Sciences Discovery Weekend, highlighting important aspects of the institution’s historic support of women in science. This history will be shared through presentations and activities featuring the Academy’s Ewell Sale Stewart Library and Archives. Meet scientists, make a nature-based gift for Mom, and learn about women’s contributions to biodiversity and... |
Academy of Natural Sciences |
05/12/12 -
05/13/12 |
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Buzz Bissinger, Author of Father's Day
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library May 16, 2012 Philadelphia's own Buzz Bissinger is the author of the bestselling nonfiction classic on high school football, Friday Night Lights, which was turned into a successful film as well as an NBC television series. A former reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Bissinger has won the Pulitzer Prize and the Livingston Award, and his other books include A Prayer for the City and Three Nights in August. Father’s Day is the true story of a father’s... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
05/16/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Terry Tempest Williams, Author of When Women Were Birds
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library May 17, 2012 Known for her ardent naturalist prose, Terry Tempest Williams is the author of Refuge, which simultaneously chronicled her mother’s death from cancer—developed from nuclear testing in Nevada—and the flooding of the Bear River Migratory Bird Sanctuary. She is the author of more than a dozen books, including The Open Space of Democracy, An Unspoken Hunger, and Finding Beauty in a Broken World. A leading advocate for ethics and the American West,... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
05/17/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
Everything Under the Sun: New Photographs of Academy Specimens by Rosamond Purcell
Presented by Academy of Natural Sciences at Academy of Natural Sciences March 3-May 20, 2012 Photographer Rosamond Purcell captures the extraordinary nature of everyday objects. A world-renowned Boston artist and author who has photographed natural history and anatomical collections for years, Purcell was the official photographer for Robert M. Peck’s new book A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science (University of Pennsylvania Press, April 2012). In this exhibit, Purcell presents a selection of the book’s... |
Academy of Natural Sciences |
03/03/12 -
05/20/12 |
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Carlin Romano, Author of America the Philosophical
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library May 21, 2012 Carlin Romano, critic-at-large of The Chronicle of Higher Education, spent 25 years as Literary Critic of the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he also served at various times as cultural reporter, general assignment city staffer, and correspondent based in St. Petersburg, Russia. A former president of the National Book Critics Circle, he was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in criticism. His work has appeared in many publications, including The Nation, The New... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
05/21/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Richard Ford, Author of Canada
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library May 24, 2012 Celebrated for creating stories that express the shifting moods of the United States, Richard Ford is best known for his bestselling novel The Sportswriter and its 1995 sequel Independence Day—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award—about famed everyman protagonist Frank Bascombe, a character who the New York Times Book Review ranks alongside "Willy Loman and Harry Angstrom in our literary landscape." Ford’s central themes... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
05/24/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
Bird Discovery Weekend
Presented by Academy of Natural Sciences at Academy of Natural Sciences June 9-June 10, 2012 The Academy of Naltural Sciences of Drexel University’s bicentennial year features a specially themed Bird Discovery Weekend, highlighting important aspects of the institution’s Ornithology Collection. Birds are the center of attention throughout June, when visitors can learn about the collection and take a look at VIREO, the world’s largest bird image bank. On June 9th and 10th, meet a real ornithologist, learn to identify local birds, participate in a bird migration and... |
Academy of Natural Sciences |
06/09/12 -
06/10/12 |
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia |
Flirtatious Feathers: A Colorful Collection of Academy Bird Photos
Presented by Academy of Natural Sciences at Academy of Natural Sciences May 26-September 23, 2012 Whether in flight or in song, many birds display vibrant plumage that charms mates and photographers alike. This kaleidoscope of colored feathers is the subject of this stunning exhibit featuring images from the Academy’s Visual Resources for Ornithology (VIREO), the most comprehensive bird image bank in the world. Built by the Academy in collaboration with exhibit design students from Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, Flirtatious Feathers... |
Academy of Natural Sciences |
05/26/12 -
09/23/12 |
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia |
Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibition
Presented by The Franklin Institute at The Franklin Institute May 12-September 30, 2012 This spring, Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute will feature the most comprehensive collection of ancient artifacts from Israel ever organized in the new exhibit Dead Sea Scrolls. The exhibit includes one of the largest collections of the priceless 2000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls ever displayed in North America and an actual three-ton stone from the Western Wall in Jerusalem, and marks the world debut of four scrolls. The exhibit opens at The Franklin Institute on May 12, 2012 and runs... |
The Franklin Institute |
05/12/12 -
09/30/12 |
The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia |
Bill Viola: Ocean Without a Shore
Presented by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) November 19, 2011-November 19, 2012 Bill Viola is recognized internationally as one of the most important American artists working today. A pioneer of video and installation art, he is an artist whose subject matter is the profound question of our being and one that considers human life and its relation to the universe, to the soul and human spirit, and to nature and death. Ocean Without a Shore, a recent PAFA acquisition, is a major video installation and a profound experiential work which combines a reverence for the... |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) |
11/19/11 -
11/19/12 |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia |
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