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Industry News
| Barnes sets prices for new location |
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. |
| Please Touch Museum embarks on fundraising campaign |
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. |
| Controller: Phila. district must cut $400,000 a day | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
