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Recent Member News
| Art that Makes the Ordinary Extraordinary |
A number of recent articles and threads of exploration have gotten me thinking about the importance of the role of the arts and design in transforming our everyday life. I think we are moving toward an era where the traditional enjoyment of art (performing or visual) in a passive way in a facility/space constructed expressly for that purpose will not die, but will find itself joined (perhaps surpassed) by art that subversively injects itself into our everyday life - you don't make the choice to participate. It chooses you - it is an intervention that is unexpected. This can be disturbing, delightful, inspiring, sometimes all at the same time. I have written before about the "arts flash mob"phenomenon and its visual arts equivalent (which would include some of what we might consider "street art"), here, and here, and here. |
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| Concert venues are hurting all over, except in Philadelphia |
[G]iven the continued weakness of the economy - the No. 1 factor cited by Live Nation for its problems - the real surprise is that many concert attractions are still performing reasonably to very, very well - at least in Philadelphia. Both a revitalized Mann Center for the Performing Arts and the newly renovated Dell Music Center have scored some major successes this summer. Working in a new partnership with AEG Concerts, the Mann lured 20,000 Deadheads to West Fairmount Park, including "many, who, um, stayed over," said CEO Catherine Cahill, for two nights of the Further tour in July. Also on the pop side, the Mann did "quite nicely" with Idina Menzel, "who now has many new fans thanks to 'Glee,' " said Cahill. |
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| Prince Music Theater gets a reprieve |
The drama at the Prince Music Theater in Center City is fast reaching a climax. Common Pleas Court Judge Idee C. Fox on Tuesday denied a petition by the Prince's operators to prevent it from going on the auction block. The ruling initially cleared the way for TD Bank, holder of the Prince's mortgages, to put the Chestnut Street theater up for sheriff's sale on July 13. |
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| The Mann Center for the Performing Arts celebrates its 75th anniversary |
Eighty years ago next week - July 8, 1930 - as the nation slid into the Great Depression, the renowned Philadelphia Orchestra came to a natural amphitheater on the east side of Fairmount Park and gave an unprecedented outdoor concert. As many as a half-million Philadelphians a year were able to hear classical music in the park, through those hard times and into World War II. |
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Comin' Out from Cali: Renowned Huntington Library Visits Heirs of Franklin, Rosenbach |
Staff and members of California's famous Huntington Library were in town to see exceptional exhibits at The Library Company of Philadelphia and the Rosenbach Museum and Library. |
| Orchestra gets a new leader in Vulgamore |
Allison B. Vulgamore, president of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 1993, will take over the Philadelphia ensemble at a time when it has been badly shaken by financial turmoil. She is expected to start work as president and CEO no later than Feb. 1. |
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| Laurel Hill Cemetery's got big plans for the dearly departed. |
Philadelphia CityPaper |
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| B. Someday Productions Recieves Nomination for Barrymore Award for Education Excellence |
One of the educational outreach programs of B. Someday Productions was nominated for a Barrymore Award for Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service on Monday, August 10, 2009. The nomination was announced at the Press Conference at the general meeting for the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. This is the first nomination for B. Someday, resident at Walking Fish Theatre and the only professional producing and performing theatre company in their Fishtown/Kensington community. |
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| DANCECleveland, Dance Affiliates, and Dance St. Louis Receive Major Funding from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation |
DANCECleveland, Dance Affiliates (Philadelphia) and Dance St. Louis, three of the foremost stand-alone dance presenters in the United States today, have been awarded a $120,000 grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation for a pilot program to build a national network of new dance-presenting venues in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Missouri. |
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Museum Community Kicks Off Museum Week at Independence Visitor Center, Monday April 27th |
Fifty-five area museums team up on April 27, 2009 to launch the first Museum Week, April 27-May 3, 2009. The launch event will take place on Monday, April 27th at 10am at the Independence Visitor Center on Independence Mall. It will feature a wide variety of local museums displaying samples from current exhibitions or collections. Press and the public are invited to attend. The event will also feature the debut screening of SPARK, a new short film about the impact that Philadelphia’s cultural institutions have on the hearts and minds of our community. |
