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Jiri Zizka, Wilma Theater cofounder, passes away

The Wilma Theater posted a banner across its website late Wednesday to announce that Jiri Zizka - a cofounder of the modern Wilma on Broad Street and a major force in Philadelphia's evolution as a vibrant city for live theater - had died.

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Nézet-Séguin's fresh beginning

The drumroll that greeted the announcement Wednesday of Yannick Nézet-Séguin's first full Philadelphia Orchestra concert season came with surprises that perhaps even music pundits didn't see coming.

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Letters: Cultural Alliance President Tom Kaiden applauds Zoe Strauss and Mural Arts

The 54 billboards featuring the photography of Zoe Strauss and promoting her show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art are an inspiring public-arts project, and a welcome temporary addition to our city's streetscape.

But it's not entirely clear why this welcome new addition should be seen as a contrast to our vital Mural Arts Program.

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Letters: THE CITY NEEDS ART IN ALL ITS FORMS

In the past 27 years, we have helped to show the dramatic impact that public art can have on neighborhoods, and we have demonstrated that Philadelphians across class, race and ethnicity want both beauty and artistic stimulation in their communities.

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Postal Rate Increase

On Sunday, January 22nd, the United States Postal Service will be adjusting prices for some mail products including First Class mail, which will move from $0.44 to $0.45 a stamp.

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New Marketing Campaign—With Art Philadelphia™—To Promote The Visual Arts Announced

City Of Philadelphia, GPTMC & Eight Organizations Team Up For First-Of-Its-Kind Partnership

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter today announced the city's first-ever coordinated and sustained visual arts marketing campaign called With Art Philadelphia™. The $2 million, two-year campaign aims to: position Philadelphia, Pennsylvania among the world’s great art destinations; draw more and new audiences; and generate overnight stays from visitors worldwide. With Art Philadelphia will launch in March 2012, just prior to the opening of the Barnes Foundation’s Philadelphia campus on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in May.