Events
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111th Annual Student Exhibition
Presented by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) May 11-June 3, 2012 At the 111th Annual Student Exhibition (ASE), works by BFA students, third-year and fourth-year Certificate Program students and Master of Fine Arts candidates will showcase a diversity of styles that combine traditional skill and contemporary vision. In addition to its role as an exhibition and sale, the exhibition represents a competition for the coveted Certificate Program’s Cresson, Schiedt, Ware, and Women’s Board Travel Scholarships. |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) |
05/11/12 -
06/03/12 |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia |
A Conversati with Michael Vitez, Author of The Road Back
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 18, 2012 Matthew Miller had just pedaled up a mountain pass. He was 20, a member of the University of Virginia triathlon club. He was on top of the world: in love, with dreams of attending medical school. Then, cycling along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia, tragedy struck. The real story is not what happened, but what happened after. Pulitzer Prize-winning Philadelphia Inquirer journalist Michael Vitez shares with you the incredible, humbling, miraculous story of Matt’s survival and... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
07/18/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversatin with Chris Cleave, Author of Gold
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 12, 2012 Chris Cleave’s debut novel, Incendiary—in which a grieving mother pens a raw, pleading letter to Osama bin Laden in the wake of a London terrorist attack—received a 2006 Somerset Maugham Award and was adapted into a film starring Michelle Williams and Ewan McGregor. The book gained notoriety for the macabre coincidence of its publication in the United Kingdom on July 7, 2005—the day of the London terrorist bombings.
Cleave’s second novel,... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
07/12/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Amanda Bennett, Author of The Cost of Hope
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 14, 2012 Noted for her leadership in investigative journalism, former Philadelphia Inquirer editor Amanda Bennett received her first shared Pulitzer Prize in 1997 for coverage of the AIDS crisis, and in 2001 she led a team to a Pulitzer for Public Service, reporting on problems within the U.S. Immigration and Nationalization Service. Currently an executive editor at Bloomberg News directing special projects and investigations, Bennett was a Wall Street Journal reporter for more than 20... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
06/14/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Andrew Blum, Author of Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 7, 2012 Andrew Blum is a correspondent at Wired and a contributing editor at Metropolis, whose writing about architecture, design, technology, urbanism, art, and travel has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, The New Yorker, Slate, and Popular Science. Blum studied English and architecture history at Amherst College, and received his M.A. in human geography from the University of Toronto. From tiny fiber optic cables buried... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
06/07/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Carol Grant Gould and James L. Gould, Author of Nature's Compass
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 10, 2012 In Nature’s Compass, Carol Grant Gould and James L. Gould explore elegant navigation strategies used by familiar and rare species—from the fragile monarch butterfly to the honey bee to the homing pigeon—and demonstrate how an understanding of navigation is critical for conservation. James L. Gould is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and a distinguished expert in animal behavior. Carol Grant Gould is a science writer and author of... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
07/10/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Chris Hedges, Author of Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 21, 2012 In Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges and American Book Award-winning cartoonist Joe Sacco show how impoverished places across America—including nearby Camden, New Jersey—stand as a warning of what happens when a permanent underclass is cemented in place. A foreign correspondent for nearly two decades, Hedges was a member of the New York Times team that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for the... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
06/21/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Donald Bartlett and James Steele, Authors of The Betrayal of the American Dream
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library August 2, 2012 Celebrated investigative reporting team Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele have worked together for nearly 40 years, first at the Philadelphia Inquirer (1971-1997), then at Time magazine (1997–2006), and now at Vanity Fair since 2006. The authors of seven books, including the New York Times bestseller America: What Went Wrong, they are the only reporting team to have received two Pulitzer Prizes for newspaper reporting and two National Magazine... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
08/02/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with E.J. Dionne, Jr., Author of Our Divided Political Heart
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 26, 2012 E. J. Dionne, Jr. is a senior fellow in government studies at the Brookings Institution, a political correspondent for the Washington Post, and a professor at Georgetown University. He is the author of numerous books, including Why Americans Hate Politics, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Religious Right. In Our Divided Political Heart, Dionne analyzes past and current U.S. politics in... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
06/26/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Edward Rendell, Author of A Nation of Wusses
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 4, 2012 Dubbed “America’s Mayor” by Al Gore, Ed Rendell served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 1992 to 1999. He revived the city’s economy, expanded neighborhood services, and reformed the city’s approach to poverty. As the Governor of Pennsylvania from 2002 to 2011, he achieved similar progress, improving education and increasing access to healthcare. Rendell served as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and has worked as a lawyer and a Professor of Government... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
06/04/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Eva Gabrielsson, Author of There are Things I Want You to Know
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library May 31, 2012 For more than three decades, Eva Gabrielsson and Stieg Larsson—author of the internationally bestselling Millenium trilogy of Swedish crime thrillers that began with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo—were inseparable. Famous only in death, Larsson was a fervent feminist, activist, and journalist who portrayed right-wing extremism and insidious neo-Nazi movement in Sweden.
In There Are Things I Want You to Know, Gabrielsson lays out the parallels and gaps... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
05/31/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Author of Life Upon These Shores
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 19, 2012 RESCHEDULED FROM FEBRUARY 28th, 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... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
06/19/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Jennifer Weiner, Author of The Next Best Thing
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 11, 2012 Crafted with humor and heart, Jennifer Weiner’s novels feature relatable characters that face real issues—from complex relationships and careers to complicated family dynamics. She is the author of eight no. 1 New York Times bestsellers, including Good in Bed, Certain Girls, and In Her Shoes, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed film starring Cameron Diaz, Shirley MacLaine, and the city of Philadelphia. Weiner’s experience as the... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
07/11/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Jesmyn Ward and Joshua Henkin
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 28, 2012 Jesmyn Ward surprised the literary world when she won the 2011 National Book Award for her second novel, Salvage the Bones, a “strikingly beautiful, taut, relentless and, by its end, indelible” book (San Francisco Chronicle) that follows a pregnant teenage girl and her family in the Mississippi coastal backwoods in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina and the immediate aftermath of the storm. A Professor of Creative Writing at the University of South Alabama,... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
06/28/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Kurt Andersen and Don Lee
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 19, 2012 Acclaimed for his in-depth and engaging cultural studies, the novelist Kurt Andersen is the host of the Peabody Award-winning public radio program Studio 360 and a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, New York and Time whose journalism and essays also appear in the New York Times. Previously he was co-founder of the legendary Spy magazine, a staff writer for The New Yorker and editor-in-chief of New York. Andersen’s bestselling... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
07/19/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Mark Kram, Jr.
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 13, 2012 Like Any Normal Day centers on Buddy Miley, who in the fall of 1973 had been a star quarterback on his high school football team until he shattered his vertebrae in a game. In the 23 1/2 years that followed, his friends went off and had families of their own, but Buddy remained at home under the care of his mother, who saw to his every need until her own health broke down. When Buddy’s pain became unbearable, his brother Jimmy helped him take the last steps along his journey as... |
Free Library of Philadelphia |
06/13/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Michael Vitez
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 18, 2012 Matthew Miller had just pedaled up a mountain pass. He was 20, a member of the University of Virginia triathlon club. He was on top of the world: in love, with dreams of attending medical school. Then, cycling along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia, tragedy struck. The real story is not what happened, but what happened after.
Pulitzer Prize-winning Philadelphia Inquirer journalist Michael Vitez shares with you the incredible, humbling, miraculous story of Matt’s... |
Free Library of Philadelphia |
07/18/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Author of Little America
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 24, 2012 A senior correspondent and former Baghdad bureau chief for the Washington Post, Rajiv Chandrasekaran is the author of Imperial Life in the Emerald City, “a devastating indictment of the post-invasion failures of the Bush administration” (Booklist). Describing the highly secure enclave of lush plants and posh villas at the headquarters of the United States occupation of Iraq, Chandrasekaran revealed an American leadership out of touch with life outside the... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
07/24/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Author of The Secret She Kept
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 26, 2012 Bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley has written more than 20 books, including the novels Can I Get a Witness and Let the Church Say Amen, as well as the young adult novels Drama Queens, Getting Even, and With Friends Like These. Proving that determination is a vital trait for a writer faced with rejection, Billingsley started her own publishing company to publish her first book, My Brother’s Keeper, for which she received the prestigious Gold... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
07/26/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Sandor Katz, Author of The Art of Fermentation
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 5, 2012 A self-avowed “fermentation fetishist,” author and activist Sandor Katz (aka Sandor Kraut) travels the world spreading the gospel of foods that are transformed and ennobled by bacteria, heralding the benefits of the ancient preservation technique that he says makes foods much more digestible and nutritious. “Eating bacteria is one of life’s great pleasures,” he says. “Beer, wine, cheese, bread, cured meats, coffee, chocolate: Our best-loved foods are... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
06/05/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot, Author of Exit: The Endings that Set Us Free
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 12, 2012 Renowned as an educator, researcher, author, and public intellectual, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot examines the culture of schools and socialization within families and communities. The Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education at Harvard University, she received the MacArthur Prize in 1984 and Harvard’s George Ledlie Prize in 1993. Lawrence-Lightfoot’s acclaimed books include The Good High School: Portraits of Character and Culture and The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk,... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
06/12/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Stephen L. Carter, Author of The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 17, 2012 In the alternate history presented in Stephen Carter's new novel, President Abraham Lincoln survives the assassination attempt at Ford’s Theatre. Capturing the dramatic emotional tenor of the post-Civil War United States, Carter explores the nature of presidential authority in a story steeped in conspiracy, intrigue, and suspense. The William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale, Carter is the author of the bestselling thrillers The Emperor of Ocean Park, New England... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
07/17/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Tana French, Author of Broken Harbor
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 31, 2012 Irish novelist and actress Tana French won the 2007 Edgar Award for her New York Times bestselling debut novel In the Woods. “Drawn by the grim nature of her plot and the lyrical ferocity of her writing, even smart people who should know better will be able to lose themselves in these dark woods,” praised the New York Times Book Review. She followed In the Woods with The Likeness and Faithful Place, both bestselling installments in... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
07/31/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
All Together Now
Presented by Moore College of Art & Design at Moore College of Art & Design May 18-July 28, 2012 Coinciding with the opening of the Barnes Foundation on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, this exhibition reinterprets Albert Barnes’s distinctive “wall ensembles” through the work of fifteen Philadelphia-based artists. Featured artists include: Gabriel Boyce & Preston Link, Sarah Burgess, Kara Crombie, Steven & Billy Blaise Dufala, Joy Feasley, Mark Khaisman, Nick Lenker, Jacque Liu, Matthew Osborn, Hiro Sakaguchi, Anne Seidman, Kate Stewart, Stacey Webber and Maura... |
Moore College of Art & Design |
05/18/12 -
07/28/12 |
Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia |
Alumni Sales Gallery: Stephen Layne and Carrie Mae Smith
Presented by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) April 21-July 22, 2012 The Alumni Sales Gallery will present an exhibition of new work by alumna Carrie Mae Smith(‘05) and alumnus Stephen Layne ('94). Both artists have been the recipient of the Pennsylvania Governor’s Award. Smith’s passion for the culinary arts informs some of her paintings, as well as her love of composition and color. Stephen Layne, a member of the National Sculpture Society, will be exhibiting a selection of his recent figurative sculptures, including The Boxer,... |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) |
04/21/12 -
07/22/12 |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), 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. |
Philadelphia Museum of Art |
06/17/12 |
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... |
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. |
Philadelphia Museum of Art |
06/08/12 |
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. |
Philadelphia Museum of Art |
06/15/12 |
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. |
Philadelphia Museum of Art |
06/22/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
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