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PHILADELPHIA, May 23, 2003 – When the weather cools down this fall, the arts will be on a warming trend in Philadelphia. On stage and in galleries, in elegant concert halls and artist studios, performances, exhibits and concerts are popping up in every media imaginable – and even some new ones. Classical music lovers and jazz fans, dance enthusiasts and craft collectors can all find reasons to explore the Philadelphia region’s rich artistic offerings.
From a Broadway show at the Academy of Music to the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s latest blockbuster, there are dozens of creative events to attend in Philadelphia this fall and winter. Below is a sampling of what’s in store this season. For a more in-depth view of the region’s arts and cultural offerings, check out the Philadelphia CultureFiles on gophila.com.
An award gala not be missed:
Television superstar Oprah Winfrey, recipient of this year’s Marian
Anderson Award, will be honored at The Kimmel Center for the Performing
Arts with a performance by The Philadelphia Orchestra on November 18,
2003.
(215) 683-2094,
www.phila.gov/marian/award/
At The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, new conductor Christopher Eschenbach leads The Philadelphia Orchestra through Mahler’s World, a month-long festival celebrating the works of Gustav Mahler that marks the beginning of the Orchestra’s five-year cycle of the great composer’s works. February 18-March 13, 2004. (215) 893-1900, www.philorch.org
The Philadelphia Museum of Art continues its tradition of groundbreaking, world-class exhibitions with Shocking! The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli, featuring the colorful work of one of fashion’s early Modernists. September 28, 2003-January 4, 2004. The season continues with Manet and the Sea, featuring an in-depth study of Edouard Manet’s Impressionist seascapes for the first time. The show highlights the impact these revolutionary works had on artists that followed. Mid-February-Mid-May, 2004. (215) 763-8100, www.philamuseum.org
The National Liberty Museum celebrates the fragility of freedom with its symbolic Glass Now Weekend, September 19-21, 2003. Highlights include an auction of international glass art, guest speakers and workshops. (215) 925-3800, www.libertymuseum.org
Enthusiasts and the just plain curious can peep in on local art-in-the-making at Philadelphia Artists’ Open Studio Tours. October 11-12 and October 18-19, 2003. (215) 991-7601, www.philaopenstudios.com
USArtists: American Fine Art Show gathers dozens of prominent art dealers under the roof of the 33rd Street Armory for a sale benefiting the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. October 17-19, 2003. (800) 455-8312, www.usartists.org
Handmade treasures abound at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, a juried exhibition and sale of artisan goods at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. November 13-16, 2003. (215) 684-7930, www.philamuseum.org/pmacraft/
Pablo Picasso and his many passions are at the heart of La Vie en Bleu, a new musical at the Walnut Street Theater. September 2-October 19, 2003. (215) 574-3550, www.wstonline.org
At Act II Playhouse, Alarms and Excursions, actually eight plays in one, examines modern technology with comic results. September 12-October 12, 2003. (215) 654-0200, www.act2.org
People’s Light and Theater Company presents the area premiere of Midon, an inventive tale of troubadours and courtly love set to the music of Frank Sinatra. September 17-October 12, 2003. (610) 644-3500, www.peopleslight.org
Just in time for Halloween, the Pennsylvania Ballet’s Dracula reenacts the gothic tale of seduction through movement. October 30-November 8, 2003. (215) 551-7000, www.paballet.org
The Tony-award winning musical Urinetown, part of the new Broadway series at the Academy of Music, comically chronicles love, corruption and revolution in the midst of an urban water crisis. November 18-23, 2003. (215) 790-5800, www.kimmelcenter.org
At The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, local movement troupe PHILADANCO pays tribute to African American men in dance with “We Too Dance” and a solo performance set to the music of Bobby McFerrin. November 20-22, 2003. (215) 790-5800, www.kimmelcenter.org
Mellon Jazz Up Close: Dreaming of Dizzy revives and celebrates Dizzy Gillespie’s bebop and Afro-Cuban innovations with a series of one-night performances at The Kimmel Center for Performing Arts. December 13, 2003-March 27, 2004. (215) 790-5800, www.kimmelcenter.org
The Fabric Workshop’s On the Wall examines the artistry of wallpaper, including works by luminaries Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Jenny Holzer. Through September 13, 2003. (215) 568-1111, www.fabricworkshopandmuseum.org
Latin Jazz: La Combinación Perfecta, a multimedia exhibit at the Michener Art Museum, examines the evolution of Latin jazz through a new collection of artifacts and music. Through October 12, 2003. (215) 340-9800, www.michenerartmuseum.org
No act is too offbeat for the Fringe Festival, which welcomes local and international artists of all stripes to perform their lively, original works at various venues in Old City. August 29-September 13, 2003. (215) 413-9006, www.pafringe.org
The Brandywine River Museum explores early frontier life with the 50 paintings and bronze works that comprise Art of the American West: A Private Collection. September 6-November 23, 2003. (610) 388-2700, www.brandywinemuseum.org
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