March 8, 2011
The Rosenbach Museum & Library explores the artistic energy and brashly innovative spirit of Paris in the early 20th century through a new exhibition now on display, Exile Among Expats: James Joyce in Paris. The multimedia exhibit offers a rare look at the prolific Irish author during his years in Paris. Highlights include pages from [...]
Read more»February 2, 2011
The Rosenbach Museum and Library has welcomed the only surviving mural painted by Maurice Sendak, famed author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are and over 100 other books. Completed in 1961, The Chertoff Mural depicts a processional of children and animals that become familiar characters in Sendak’s later works. He originally painted the [...]
Read more»January 5, 2011
Locally based jazz musician Dave Burrell and Philadelphia’s Rosenbach Museum and Library present an exciting art-music collaboration based on the museum’s The Civil War Begins exhibit, for two nights in January. On January 19th and 22nd, Burrell will perform and then discuss Portraits of Civil War Heroes, a new suite of five compositions commissioned by [...]
Read more»December 6, 2010
The Rosenbach Museum And Library presents From Menschen to Mezuzahs: Jewish History Tours of the Historic House, a special holiday tour for all audiences, secular or religious, each Wednesday in December from 6 to 7 p.m. The tours feature an intimate examination of portraiture, silver, rare manuscripts and other objects from the museum’s collection which [...]
Read more»November 10, 2009
In honor of Everything is Illuminated author Jonathan Safran Foer’s lecture tonight at the Central Branch of the Free Library, today’s Thanksgiving spotlight belongs to Philadelphia’s publishing and literary legacy…for which we’re forever thankful. Dear Bookworms and Media Mongers, Free speech never sounded so good. The Birthplace of Independence can really get the creative juices [...]
Read more»October 16, 2009
The release of the live-action film adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s acclaimed children’s classic, Where the Wild Things Are, is finally here. The movie, which opens today, is directed by Spike Jonze from a screenplay by Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers, based on, of course, Maurice Sendak’s Caldecott-winning picture book of the same name. The movie [...]
Read more»October 8, 2009
The Washington Post just published a piece yesterday about The Rosenbach Museum and the special exhibitions it is hosting to coincide with the release of the new Where the Wild Things Are movie. An excerpt from the article: For an even more exceptional experience, several days a week the Rosenbach offers “hands-on tours,” terrific chances [...]
Read more»October 6, 2009
The opening of the new Where the Wild Things Are movie approaches — it’s now less than two weeks away. Coinciding with the release of the film, The Rosenbach Museum and Library currently has on view two new exhibitions related to Maurice Sendak’s beloved Where the Wild Things Are that you would be wise to [...]
Read more»September 23, 2009
As part of the push to promote their vast Maurice Sendak collection to coincide with the release of the feature film version of Where the Wild Things Are, The Rosenbach Museum & Library is kicking off their new “Where the Wild Things Are” Hands-On Tour today at the museum. And by “hands-on,” they really mean [...]
Read more»September 14, 2009
Too Many Thoughts to Chew: A Sendak Stew is a new exhibition examining the importance of food and eating in the works of Maurice Sendak. 40 original illustrations will be on display as part of the exhibition, including the drawing above. In this illustration, a final drawing for Where the Wild Things Are, Max smells [...]
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