Over the last four decades, the Center for Art in Wood on North 3rd Street in Old City has enhanced the public’s understanding of contemporary art…
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Category: Museums
Philly, An Overview: The cradle of US democracy and the legendary cheesesteak
A brief guide to Philadelphia highlights for visitors
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Party Like It’s 1777 at the Revolutionary Germantown Festival
Northwest Philly’s signature annual event returns to Cliveden and other historic sites on October 5
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Barbies Before the Fact: A dilettante at large sees new exhibitions at the PMA
A dilettante at large considers two exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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A dilettante at large considers Philly After Dark at the Athenaeum
A whimsical and educational show combining images of the city by moonlight, gaslight, electric light, fire and lightning.
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ONWARDS & UPWARDS (Company Aiello): A story of immigration and acceptance
We meet flatulent Italian Spazzolino, a wooden migrant to the New World, step into a barber shop with talking combs, and hear about the struggles of travel from simply constructed dolls.
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A Dilettante at Large goes to Penn Museum
Toby Zinman gives her thoughts on the new Middle East galleries at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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A dilettante at large: LEONARD BERNSTEIN: THE POWER OF MUSIC (NMAJH)
If you’re a Leonard Bernstein fan, don’t miss the terrific new exhibit at the National Museum of American Jewish History.
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Frankenstein’s Author: Jennifer Summerfield on her new show MARY SHELLEY
This month, actor Summerfield showcases another side of her talents with MARY SHELLEY, a solo performance she created for rare book museum the Rosenbach.
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Making Connections: WE THE DETECTIVES at the Free Library and Rosenbach
A multipart new exhibition project exploring the detective, criminal, and all the analogs in between
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What We Save: An historic house explores non-traditional historical narratives
Though thoroughly a part of the 18th-century architecture of Society Hill, the Powel House is more than just a historic artifact.
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MYSTERY IN THE HOUSE OF USHER: A POE TALE (Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion): A morbidly fun affair
The spirits of Edgar Allen Poe’s tales come alive in the historical Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion.
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Fringe in Sketch: THE EUMENIDES
THE EUMENIDES was performed amid extraordinary ancient artifacts in the Penn Museum.
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HABITUS (Ann Hamilton): 2016 Fringe review 78
Colossal curtains beautifully billowing with the breeze, are hanging around, literally, throughout the vast Municipal Pier 9 facility
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ARTSHIP OLYMPIA (Philadelphia Sculptors): 2016 Fringe review 39
Museums are always looking for ideas to bring new visitors to aging attractions, and in ARTSHIP OLYMPIA Independence Seaport Museum has found a charming, fringey way.
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ROOM 21 (Jace Clayton): 2016 Fringe review 21
We were lucky to have been in attendance for ROOM 21’s only performance—one as unique and undying in our minds as the Barnes itself.
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There’s No Place Like Home: Revolutionary performances by Automatic Arts
The best showcase for new performing arts in Philadelphia gets Revolutionary with an evening of beer and performance at Cliveden
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A Weird History: Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter and his peculiar museum
Within a staid building at 22nd and Ludlow lies one of the most peculiar and enthralling museums in the world.
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LITTLE WOMEN (Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion): A sincere and sentimental view of female life in Victorian times
An intimate site-specific adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved Victorian novel captures the humor and pathos of the book and the look and feel of the era.
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PIFA Returns: A full schedule of the 2016 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts
The 16-day celebration of art showcasing a breadth of local and international performances and installations presented at locations across Philadelphia.
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