|
|
|
CONTACT: |
Donna Schorr |
GPTMC |
(215) 599-0782 |
A
BLOCKBUsTER arts WEEKEND FOR
VISITORS TO PHILADELPHIA, October 17-19, 2003
Plan A Visit During One of Fall’s Best Weekends For Art And Culture Lovers
PHILADELPHIA, July 29, 2003 – In a season loaded with notable arts events in Philadelphia, October 17-19, 2003, is one of the highlights. During one weekend alone, visitors can explore the city’s impressive musical history on the Sound of Philadelphia tour, view an extraordinary compilation of American art at the annual USArtists show and check out the shocking designs of an early fashion modernist at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visit www.gophila.com for a great hotel deal, and then plan to check out some of the weekend’s cultural happenings:
Collectors might purchase an
O’Keefe painting or admire a Claes Oldenburg sculpture at USArtists,
when the nation’s top art galleries come to the 33rd Street Armory to
display their works at a three-day expo and sale of American art that benefits
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. On view is a wide cross section of
work from more than 50 dealers from across the country. 33rd & Market Streets,
(800) 455-8312,
www.usartists.org
During the fourth annual
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, visitors can explore the studios of more
than 125 local painters, sculptors, photographers and ceramicists. The second
of two weekends of tours focuses on the area west of Broad Street. (215)
991-7601,
www.philaopenstudios.com
Puccini’s lyrical sense
meets Appalachian folk traditions in the Opera Company of Philadelphia’s
production of Susannah, an unusually contemporary opera about a young
girl caught in an ideological crossfire in her Tennessee mountain town.
Academy of Music, Broad & Locust Streets, (215) 893-3600,
www.operaphilly.com
The Neighborhood Tourism
Network’s Sound of Philadelphia Tour, offered October 18, 2003,
revisits the places where John Coltrane, Marian Anderson, Teddy Pendergrass
and Gamble and Huff, among others, developed and honed their unique talents.
Independence Visitor Center, 6th & Market Streets, (215) 599-2295,
www.gophila.com
It’s the last weekend to
catch one of the season’s most innovative theater events, the Walnut Street
Theater’s American premiere of La Vie en Blue. The new musical
explores the storied life and work of Pablo Picasso, as well as the nature of
creative genius. 825 Walnut Street, (215) 574-3550,
www.wstonline.org
The art is stitched and sewn
at Shocking! The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli, an exciting
exhibit on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The installation
examines the 1930s designer’s works — theatrical costumes, jewelry and
clothing — all of which made Surrealism remarkably wearable. 26th Street & the
Benjamin Franklin Parkway, (215) 763-8100,
www.philamuseum.org
Choppers are not just out for the nightly newscast at the American Helicopter Museum’s Rotorfest, the only all-helicopter air show in the country. This weekend-long celebration of rotary-wing aircraft is filled with flight and ground demonstrations, model aircraft displays, amusement rides and other family activities. 1220 American Boulevard, West Chester. (610) 436-9600, www.helicoptermuseum.org
The Greater Philadelphia
Tourism Marketing Corporation is a non-profit organization dedicated to
generating awareness of and visitation to Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester,
Delaware and Montgomery Counties. For more information about travel to
Philadelphia, visit
gophila.com or call the new
Independence Visitor Center, located in Independence National Historical Park,
at (800) 537-7676. Note to Editors: For story angles and photographic images of Philadelphia and
its surrounding countryside, visit
###
