May 23, 2013
The Memorial Day holiday is fast approaching, so start the long weekend early and head out tonight to enjoy dinner alfresco or a number of the events lined up for this evening. Though storms may be in the forecast, cross your fingers and don a cocktail dress to fete the Mural Arts Program, or head [...]
Read more»May 21, 2013
The Arden Theatre is set to make beautiful music with the tunes of famed composer Stephen Sondheim as his classic show A Little Night Music makes its rounds at the Arden Theatre. Opening this week, the show is set to run from May 23 to June 30. Based on the book by Hugh Wheeler, A [...]
Read more»April 30, 2013
Come spring, every First Friday starts to feel like a fantastic festival. The weather is perfectly mild, Philadelphians are excited to say goodbye to colder temps and artists seem to come out of hibernation. Plus, as of April, Old City expanded its First Friday event to First Friday Weekends. Now, for the entire first weekend [...]
Read more»April 15, 2013
The Arden Theatre Company‘s current production of A Raisin the the Sun has been astounding audiences since opening last month, already extending its run through April 21. The drama by playwright and activist Lorraine Hansberry is a classic piece of theater, inspiring films, literature and the 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park, which borrows characters [...]
Read more»April 1, 2013
First Friday in Philadelphia has evolved into an epic night of art, parties and shopping excursions across the city. Art lovers, students and the general public join forces to crowd the streets of numerous Philadelphia neighborhoods on the First Friday of each month. Due to the event’s immense success, Old City has expanded its First [...]
Read more»March 15, 2013
Due to popular demand, The Arden Theatre Company’s rendition of A Raisin in the Sun has been extended through April 21. The Arden Theatre’s performance of A Raisin in the Sun marks its first time back in the City of Brotherly Love in decades, and its absence had obviously been missed. A Raisin in the [...]
Read more»February 19, 2013
It’s been several decades since A Raisin in the Sun played the City of Brotherly Love, but that long absence is about to be filled when this classic drama appears at Arden Theatre Company, starting March 7. The storyline is now familiar to many: A poor black family decides to change its lot in life [...]
Read more»January 15, 2013
Philadelphia is celebrating Martin Luther King Day with an array of events. Some of the city’s most popular museums are open for free or for a discounted rate, and many are pairing up with the Martin Luther King Day of Service and hosting events to improve the lives of those in need in the Greater [...]
Read more»January 8, 2013
Arden Theatre makes its first foray into presenting the work of Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett by beginning at the end. Endgame, that is; a stellar example of theater of the absurd that is also one of Beckett’s most celebrated works. Opening on January 16, the one-act play presents four actors in an ambiguous setting. [...]
Read more»December 12, 2012
From Christmas until New Year’s Day, school vacation and a typically slow work week give you the perfect inspiration to get out in Philadelphia for an action-packed week of holiday events. One of the most anticipated happenings of New Year’s Week, the conclusion of a jam-packed holiday season, is the annual and iconic Mummers Parade, [...]
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