events
Daydreams
Sunday, 11/22/2009 to Sunday, 06/13/2010@ Tues-Sat, 10AM-5PM
What: Visionary Dutch designer Marcel Wanders' retrospective installation unites sound, light and video images to create a dreamlike tour through his designs and body of work of the past 20 years.
Where: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th St & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA
Cost: Adults $16, Seniors $14, Students $12, Children (13-18) $12, Children (12 & under) Free
Days and Giorni
Saturday, 11/21/2009 to Sunday, 04/04/2010@ Tues-Sun, 10AM-5PM
What: These sound installations, recorded in English and Italian, delve into the rhythmic differences of language as participants simply recite the days of week. Listened to collectively or in isolation, the result is as The New Yorker describes: "the human voice making unintentional music as it evokes the passage of time."
Where: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th St & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA
Cost: Adults $16, Seniors $14, Students $12, Children (13-18) $12, Children (12 & under) Free
Inspiring Fashion
Saturday, 09/12/2009 to Tuesday, 08/31/2010@ Tues-Sun 10AM-5PM, Fri 10AM-8:45PM
What: Formidable retail executive Tom Marotta is celebrated as an influence behind the scenes of fashion's most exciting design talent. On display are contemporary special occasion and evening wear obtained from Saks Fifth Avenue that are presented as tributes to this inspiring figure.
Where: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th St & Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA
Cost: Members: Free; Adults: $16; Seniors (ages 65 & over): $14; Students (with valid ID): $12; Children (ages 13–18): $12, (ages 12 & under): Free
Janelle Monae
Wednesday, 03/17/2010 to Thursday, 03/18/2010@ 9PM
What: Join two.one.five Magazine and R5 Productions for an intimate doubleheader with the genre-defying anamoly that is Janelle Monae. She will be performing hits off of her old album and debuting soon-to-be hits off of the forthcoming album.
Where: Johnny Brendas, 1201 N Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, PA
Cost: $12
Language Rooms
Wednesday, 03/03/2010 to Sunday, 04/04/2010@ varies
What: From Yussef El Guindi, an exciting playwright whose work has been praised by The New York Times as "very funny", Language Rooms is aprovocative dark comedy about the cost of the War on Terror and the truemeaning of "loyalty." Brilliantly shifting between comedy and politicalsuspense, this World Premiere play conjures up a surprising twist not to be given away.
Where: Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St.
Cost: $36, $10 student rush tickets
May Your Glass Be Ever Full
Sunday, 07/05/2009 to Monday, 05/31/2010@ Tues-Sun 10AM-5PM, Fri 10AM-8:45PM
What: This installation showcases the tools of everyone's favorite trade: drinking! The people of the Age of Englightenment were no different and this installation displays the objects they used to consume libations.
Where: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th St & Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA
Cost: Members: Free; Adults: $16; Seniors (ages 65 & over): $14; Students (with valid ID): $12; Children (ages 13–18): $12, (ages 12 & under): Free
Natalie MacMaster
Wednesday, 03/17/2010@ 7:30 PM
What: Celtic musician Natalie MacMaster returns to Philadelphia for a rocking St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Known for her kinetic and rhythmically powerful shows, Cape Breton fiddler Natalie MacMaster has been called one of the most versatile and electrifying musicians on both the Folk and Celtic scene.
Where: Zellerbach Theatre at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Cost: $20-$50
Romeo and Juliet
Thursday, 02/25/2010 to Sunday, 04/11/2010
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