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The theater company Tiny Dynamite has a smashing success with its productions as part of “A Play, a Pie and a Pint,” thanks to its 2011 Knight Arts grant. The idea is that the audience gets to see an entertaining play at a non-traditional time of day (often happy hour) aside a slice of pie and [...]
If you are a resident of the earth, you are also part of what is known as the biosphere — the thin layer of the planet’s surface, which harbors life as we know it. Many parts of the environment are gigantic, like an ocean, while others, such as bacteria, are too small to see with [...]
By Kate Durnan, The Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) After traveling around the world to perform at Dance Fest Skopje in Macedonia—the first American company ever to dance in that festival—PHILADANCO returns to the Kimmel for its spring concert series, The Philadelphia Connection, April 20–22. This much-anticipated program will feature new work, new dancers, and new [...]
Philadelphia is in the midst of a makeover courtesy of world-famous Dutch artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn, the duo also known by their suffixes: Haas & Hahn. The pair of painters is here thanks to a Knight Arts Challenge 2011 grant to the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. Both artists are living in [...]
The exhibit “String + Things” at the 3rd Street Gallery is apparently what happens when you cross existentialism with fabric. Artists Melissa Maddonni Haims and Carol Wisker both have new work on display in conjunction with FiberPhiladelphia 2012 as part of this show, which straddles the fence between conceptual and comfy. Some of the first pieces [...]
If you attended the Painted Bride Art Center this past weekend, you could have been reborn. For three nights, March 29 through 31, the acclaimed Philadelphia dance company Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers graced the stage at the Bride for an evocative performance that drew audience members into a physical and primal world, but one, which also hearkened [...]
Three artists take the stage in a collaborative show of huge proportions at PhilaMOCA. David McShane, Willis Nomo and Paul Downie mostly display pieces of their individual work, but also join forces for a big three triptych of sorts, which dominates the front of the gallery space. While all of the artists have very distinct [...]
If the FiberPhiladelphia 2012 festival had a crown jewel it would almost certainly be “Outside/Inside the Box.” This massive exhibit at “The Icebox” room of the Crane Arts Building in Fishtown showcases fiber work in many mediums, including fabric, glass, leaves and newspaper, to name only a few. There are nearly 70 artists demonstrating their skills [...]
By Aaron Wolf, Temple University On March 20th the Temple Performing Arts Center presented several of Temple’s student dance organizations in their show, All of the Lights: Defining Dance. Acts included: Outta Kontrol, The Temple Bboys, The Diamond Spinners, By Any Means Necessary (B.A.M.N.), Esencia Latina, and the OAS Dance Team. Each dance group showcased [...]
Joe Boruchow, the quintessential Philadelphia street artist, has been quite busy lately. One merely needs to wander around the streets of Philly and encounter his black and white wheatpasted murals to know he’s practically everywhere. His visual style is unmistakable and sharp, but now you can also hear what he has to say on his [...]
