Philadelphia

Philadelphia Museum Exhibits Age Of Astronomy

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:25:01 -0500

The Franklin, the most-visited museum in Pennsylvania and a Top Twenty most visited museum in the United States, has announced that it will be hosting an exclusive world appearance of Galileo, Medici and The Age of Astronomy.

Philadelphia Tower Hopes To Be Biggest In United States

JoeSimmons — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:41:06 -0500

The American Commerce Center, a newly proposed skyscraper in Philadelphia, now hopes to be the biggest in the United States. This is not met without opposition, however.

Philadelphia Orchestra Announces Neighborhood Concerts

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:56:19 -0500

The Philadelphia Orchestra brings free Neighborhood Concerts to Cabrini College in Radnor, PA (June 27, 7:00 p.m.), and to the Gordon Theater at Rutgers-Camden in Camden, NJ (July 25, 7:00 p.m.), as part of its annual series of outdoor Neighborhood Concerts. Location and details of the third concert in the series will be announced this summer.

A Tale of Ten Cities

unowho — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:24:07 -0500

Members and Friends of CareToLive took to the streets in 10 cities across America on May 30, 2008. Why? To continue to tell the story about how some folks at the FDA were busy serving themselves when they were supposed to be serving the people of this great nation. To continue to tell the story about how 30,000 men, today, are in desperate need of a treatment for their prostate cancer, and how the FDA wrongly denied them some help.

Philadelphia Orchestra Performs Three Best Concerts

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:21:16 -0500

The Philadelphia Orchestra once again brings selections of favorite symphonic works to Verizon Hall with a series of “Best of …” concerts. This summer the Orchestra celebrates the music of Eastern Europe (“Czech Mix,” June 24), Russia (“From Russia with Love,” June 25), and America (“American Postcards,” June 26).

Arden Theatre Presents Trial By Fire In Old City

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:11:44 -0500

Arden Theatre Company presents the 2007/08 Arden Professional Apprentices' spring showcase: Trial by Fire... in Old City. Every season the Arden hires a group of committed individuals to train in every aspect of managing a theatre company. At the end of the season, the apprentices are challenged to develop a night of theatre, producing every facet from the ground up.

Philadelphia Orchestra Announces Summer Concert Series

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:10:32 -0500

The Philadelphia Orchestra celebrates summer with nine concerts at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. The Orchestra’s 2008 Summer Series at the Mann features well-known star performers and rising talents performing a wide variety of classic favorites. The series runs June 30-July 2, July 17-18, and July 21-24, 2008.

Philadelphia Museum Highlights Modern Art Of India

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:55:09 -0500

In 1905, Britain had ruled the country for more than 50 years, and westernization had largely pushed indigenous artistic traditions aside. In response, many artists looked toward the past for new ideas inspired by a sense of independent nationhood. By the time the region obtained its freedom from Britain in 1947, new forms of urban contemporary art had forcefully emerged.

Penn In The World

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:49:41 -0500

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has built its reputation both as a sponsor of groundbreaking fieldwork, and a center for research and education. It is fitting, then, when developing an exhibition about its 120-plus years of growth and change, the Museum invited Penn students to research and shape the story.

Philadelphia Museum Acquires "The Gross Clinic"

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:09:38 -0500

The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced that it has completed the funding of its share in the joint acquisition of Thomas Eakins's heroic 1875 masterpiece, The Gross Clinic, through deaccessioning Eakins's Cowboy Singing, which has been jointly acquired by the Denver Art Museum and the Denver-based Anschutz Collection, as well as two oil sketches for Eakins's Cowboys in the Badlands, which have been acquired by the Denver Art Museum.

Art Of Gilbert And George Comes To Philadelphia Museum

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:04:34 -0500

The Philadelphia Museum of Art will present a special installation devoted to the work of the English artists Gilbert & George who have created all their work in collaboration since the late 1960s and are known for their dramatic, large-scale photographic art. Drawn from the Museum collection and supplemented by additional loans, Gilbert & George (through November 2, 2008) includes 13 pictures indicative of the major phases of their art from the 1970s and 1980s.

Philadelphia Museum Acquires Rare Stamp Collection

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:03:35 -0500

The Smithsonian's National Postal Museum has received a well-known stamp collection from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The Harry L. Jefferys collection, which includes an inverted Jenny and numerous other philatelic rarities, was bequeathed to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia in 1948 by insurance executive H.L. Jefferys. It has been in storage at the Institute for decades.