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Barnes sets prices for new location
Philadelphia Inquirer, Stephen Salisbury
(February 2, 2012) -

Once the hoopla of its grand opening has subsided in May, the Barnes Foundation will be open six days a week, Wednesday through Monday, from 9:30 in the morning until 6 at night.

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Please Touch Museum embarks on fundraising campaign

Philadelphia Business Journal, Peter Van Allen
(January 27, 2012) -

The Please Touch Museum is launching a $30 million capital campaign for what it calls a “success and sustainability” fund.

Laura H. Foster, the museum’s president and CEO of two years, said the fund will help it with new exhibits and programming. She said the timing seemed right for a capital campaign.

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Controller: Phila. district must cut $400,000 a day
Philadelphia Inquirer, Martha Woodall
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Nézet-Séguin's fresh beginning
Philadelphia Inquirer, David Patrick Stearns
(January 26, 2012) -

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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Jiri Zizka, Wilma Theater cofounder, passes away
Philadelphia Inquirer, Howard Shapiro
(January 26, 2012) -

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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