May 31, 2013
As the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program celebrates its 30th anniversary year, it embarks on a visionary new project to expand its scope from visual public arts to the world of participatory, social and experimental art in a public space. Launching this Sunday, June 2, and culminating in a grand outdoor performance art piece [...]
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This spring, Moore College of Art and Design brings three new exhibitions to the walls and halls of The Galleries at Moore. For the 14th year, Philadelphia Sculptors brings the work of students from five of the Philadelphia area’s art schools together in one comprehensive exhibit at The Galleries at Moore. In 5 Into 1, [...]
Read more»May 30, 2013
This weekend brings the Roots Picnic, the annual music extravaganza from our hometown hip-hop heroes, returning for its sixth year on Saturday, June 1. With a reputation as the hardest working band in music, The Roots are set to deliver a blockbuster day of concerts. This year’s show at the Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing [...]
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Buy your tickets today for the ultimate circus and storytelling show, Cirque du Soleil’s Totem, which is wowing guests just across the river at the Camden waterfront. Opening night is on Thursday, May 30, and Totem entertains children and adults alike for a full month, through Thursday, June 30. Eleven acts make up Totem, and [...]
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This Friday, May 31, come out to see Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson, Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter and The Roots at the official unveiling of the the highly anticipated new mural — Legendary — celebrating our local hip-hop heroes. The dedication celebration is set for 11:30 a.m. at the mural site, on the exterior of the World [...]
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Art Sanctuary’s month-long Celebration of Black Writing winds to a close with a score of events set for Friday, May 31, the last day of the festival. Art Sanctuary is an organization located in Graduate Hospital that puts regional and national African-American literary, visual and performing arts in the spotlight. For the past month, the [...]
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The Penn Museum takes a fascinating look at the immense power of war propaganda with its newest offering, Black Bodies in Propaganda: The Art of the War Poster. This exhibit examines 33 wartime posters, mostly depicting Africans and African Americans, dating from the Civil War to World War I, World War II and African independence [...]
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This city continues to foster an ever-growing tribe of contemporary design talents, and next week the public will have a chance to take in — and take home — the work of some of Philly’s design leaders. Now in its second year, Philadelphia Produces Original Design or “P.POD” presents a curated selection of locally designed [...]
Read more»May 28, 2013
Welcome the bona fide start of summer — the summer solstice, June 21 — with a day of beautiful music as Philadelphia joins in World Music Day with a free daylong, “do it yourself” festival, Make Music Philly. From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, June 21, Make Music Philly puts amateur and professional [...]
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Powerful music, bold theatricality and a licentious story make for sensational opera, and that’s exactly what audiences will enjoy when Opera Philadelphia presentsPowder Her Face at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, beginning June 7. Based on true-life events, the opera tells the tale of Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, whose bitter divorce became [...]
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