Maukingbird Theatre Company performing R&J at Equality Forum
Maukingbird Theatre Company performing at Equality Forum
May 3, 2013- 8:00pm
May 4, 2013- 5:00pm
May 4, 2013- 8:00pm
Adults- $15
Students & Seniors- $10
Caplan Center at the University of the Arts
211 S. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
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Students receive an addition $5 off our already low student admission price of $15. Temple Student Tickets with PEX Passport coupon are $10.
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Weeknights at the Wagner – “Philadelphia, The Museum City” by Dr. David Brownlee
Weeknights at the Wagner is a 5-part evening lecture series held at the Wagner Free Institute of Science.
1700 West Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19121 www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org
“Philadelphia, The Museum City”
An illustrated presentation by Dr. David Brownlee
Wednesday May 15, 2013, 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Admission is free, $8-$10 suggested donation
From the opening of Charles Willson Peale’s Museum in 1786 to the inauguration of the new home of the Barnes Foundation on the Parkway in 2012, Philadelphia has been a center of innovative museum design. Museums have been built or reshaped in every era of its history, expressing the encyclopedic curiosity of the Enlightenment, the mid-century “workshop of the world,” and the post-industrial “City Beautiful.” Dr. David Brownlee will explore the forces that made Philadelphia a city of museums.
David Brownlee is the Frances Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Professor in the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a historian of modern architecture and urbanism whose interests embrace a wide range of subjects from the late 18th century to the present. His work is widely published and he has received three major publication awards from the Society of Architectural Historians. His most recent book is The Barnes Foundation: Two Buildings, One Mission (2012).
Top Left: Light Court at The Barnes Foundation © 2012 Tom Crane / Bottom Left: Wagner Free Institute of Science © David Graham / Right: Charles Willson Peale, The Artist in His Museum, 1822. Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Astral Artsits Presents “Rising Stars”
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 7:30pm
Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Broad & Spruce Streets, Philadelphia
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Astral presents its stellar artists as soloists with the Temple University Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Luis Biava. “Splendid, sparkling, vivacious” (The Strad) violinist Kristin Lee, “transfixing” (The Washington Post) pianist Sara Daneshpour, and flutist Julietta Curenton, whose “tone simply cannot be resisted” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), debut as concerto soloists on Astral’s series.
Kristin Lee, violin
Julietta Curenton, flute
Sara Daneshpour, piano
Temple University Symphony Orchestra
Luis Biava, conductor
Program:
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1
Mercadante Flute Concerto in E minor
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
$5 tix for funny, thought-provoking world premiere
How far will you go to get what you want?
THEATRE EXILE
North of the Boulevard
World Premiere
By Bruce Graham
“A man works, he ought to get something back.”
A MODERN DAY MORALITY PLAY for those of us who are forever trying to navigate this world of grey morality.
FUNNY, GROSS and THOUGHT PROVOKING World Premiere; from the razor-sharp wit of Bruce Graham comes a blue collar comedy about a decaying garage in a declining neighborhood. Three childhood friends and a cantankerous old man struggle to make sense of their dead-end lives. Living on pipe dreams, they seek the opportunities lying dormant just over the boulevard. But when a chance event gives them the opportunity to get out of their crumbling neighborhood, morality may have to take a backseat to prosperity.
How far will you go to get what you want?
Featuring Scott Greer, Brian McCann, Bill Rahill and Lindsay Smiling (Temple MFA grad)
Directed by Matt Pfeiffer
Apr 18 – May 19
Theatre Exile’s Studio X
1340 South 13th Street (13th and Reed Sts.)
Philadelphia, PA 19147
http://www.theatreexile.org/episodes/north-boulevard.html-0
$5 tickets. Tickets can be arranged via phone, by email or at the door. Not available on Opening night.
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Adult language and situations.
Skinned, Stuffed and Mounted: The History, Culture and How-to of Taxidermy
Skinned, Stuffed and Mounted: The History, Culture and How-to of Taxidermy
With Author Rachel Poliquin and Rogue Taxidermist Beth Beverly
Sunday, April 21, 2013, 2PM to 5:30PM
At the Wagner Free Institute of Science
1700 West Montgomery Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19121
www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org
Tickets are $10, educators $9 — click here to buy tickets
This Signature Program of the Philadelphia Science Festival is brought to you by the Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science and the Wagner Free Institute of Science.
With over 100,000 specimens, many of which are skinned, stuffed and mounted, the Wagner Free Institute of Science is no stranger to taxidermy. Join Rachel Poliquin, author of the book “The Breathless Zoo,” who will discuss the history of taxidermy and Beth Beverly, a local artist and rogue taxidermist, who will demonstrate how to skin, stuff, and mount a real specimen. While not for the faint-of-heart, this fascinating display is not to be missed! A small reception will follow the talk with light refreshments, Q&A, book signings and jewelry sales.
The Philadelphia Science Festival is a citywide collaboration showcasing science and technology every April. Part of a national movement to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers, it builds on Philadelphia’s rich history of innovation with dozens of events at museums, universities and neighborhood libraries. Learn more at PhilaScienceFestival.org. The Festival is funded in-part by the National Science Foundation and presented by The Dow Chemical Company.
Astral Artists Presents “Positively Astral”
Sunday, April 14, 2013 3:00pm
Trinity Center for Urban Life
2212 Spruce Street, Philadelphia
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From a beloved solo violin sonata to an Astral-commissioned world-premiere for violin, cello, flute, and clarinet, Astral artists and alumni present a program of chamber works that is Positively Astral. Astral violinist Korbinian Altenberger, cellist Susan Babini, flutist Angel Hsaio, clarinetist Romie de Guise-Langlois, and pianists Andrea Lam and Andrius Žlabys are featured in Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata, Messiaen’s extraordinary Quartet for the End of Time, and a new work by Gabriela Lena Frank.
Korbinian Altenberger, violin
Susan Babini, cello
Angel Hsaio, flute
Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet
Andrea Lam & Andrius Zlabys, piano
Program:
Beethoven Kreutzer Sonata
Gabriela Frank Puentes (Astral-commissioned world premiere)
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time
Permanent Collection returns to InterAct
Previews start April 5 and the show runs til May 5
Student rush tickets $15 and advanced student discounts always available.
In celebration of our 25th Anniversary we are reviving our most successful production ever! Inspired by events at Philadelphia’s storied Barnes Foundation, this compelling drama follows a suburban Museum’s newly hired Executive Director, whose ideas for making adjustments to the permanent collection set off a firestorm of racially-charged controversies, within and beyond the institution’s hallowed walls. Permanent Collection garnered critical acclaim and the 2004 Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play, before being produced at dozens of theatres across the country.
Tickets can be purchased by calling 215-568-8079 or by going online to www.interacttheatre.org.
Monday @ 7pm: The Transformational Power of Leadership with Moore College of Art & Design president Cecelia Fitzgibbon
Lantern Theater Company Presents
The Transformational Power of Leadership with Cecelia Fitzgibbon and Charles McMahon on Monday, March 25 at 7:00pm
In the first installment of this season’s Scholars: In Conversation series, Moore College of Art & Design president and arts thought leader Cecelia Fitzgibbon and Lantern artistic director Charles McMahon will address the nature of leadership and the relationship between great leaders and their citizens, both in Shakespeare’s history and in the modern world.
Prior to being named the eighth president of the Moore College of Art & Design, Fitzgibbon spent 16 years as a professor, director, and department head of Drexel University’s Arts Administration and Arts & Entertainment Enterprise programs. McMahon, founding artistic director of the Lantern and director of Henry V, is a Shakespeare aficionado who has directed all but one of the Lantern’s Shakespeare productions over the past 16 years.
Presented in conjunction with Henry V, this moderated discussion series will introduce the powerful themes of Shakespeare’s play as a catalyst to explore modern issues of leadership, politics, and how war stories shape national identity. Each discussion will be followed by a Q&A with the audience, moderated by Lantern associate artistic director Kathryn MacMillan.
Tickets: $10
Students with valid Temple ID: $8
LANTERN THEATER COMPANY
At St. Stephen’s Theater
10th & Ludlow Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19107
www.lanterntheater.org
Enter Lantern Theater Company’s Inspirational March Madness and WIN!
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers…”
The inspirational speech, or “Rousing Speech,” is now a timeless formula in popular entertainment, found everywhere from locker rooms to battlefields, courtrooms to classrooms. But there’s no question you can find the origins of the “Rousing Speech” squarely in Shakespeare’s HENRY V.
Especially in movies, there’s no situation so desperate that it can’t be turned completely around with a brilliant, rousing speech. This speech means that the heroes are going to move to a proactive posture, despite the overwhelming odds and the very real chance that they’ll all end up dead. Or at least out of the semi-finals.
In honor of our production of HENRY V (on stage at the Lantern March 14 – April 14), we have complied 16 of the best examples of the “Rousing Speech” for our Inspirational March Madness Bracket Challenge. Beginning Monday, March 11, every other day at 2:00pm we will post two videos on the our Facebook page in a head-to-head competition for glory. The video that earns the most “LIKES” by the time the next two videos are posted 48 hours later will be declared the winner.
So study the chart. Remember your Shakespeare. Remember your Mamet. And visit http://on.fb.me/YRiz4Y to choose your winner carefully.
Annual Westbrook Lecture – Sustainable Seas: Vision and Reality by Dr. Sylvia Earle
Annual Westbrook Lecture at the Wagner Free Institute of Science
1700 West Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19121 www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org
“Sustainable Seas: Vision and Reality”
An illustrated presentation by Dr. Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue
Saturday, March 23, 2013, 12:00pm to 4:00pm, Lecture at 1:00pm
Admission is free but registration is appreciated: http://sylviaearlesustainableseas.eventbrite.com/
Once thought to be “too big to fail,” the ocean is now in trouble. Ocean and coastal ecosystems account for some two-thirds of the world’s capital, including half the oxygen we breathe, carbon sinks for climate regulation, storm protection, and food. Dr. Sylvia Earle, dubbed “Her Deepness” by the New York Times, will look at the past, present and future of the ocean. Join us to discuss ways to reverse the decline of our seas, the cornerstone of earth’s life support system, and the actions needed to ensure their future, and ours.
Sylvia A. Earle is Explorer in Residence at the National Geographic Society, founder of the Deep Search Foundation, and former Chief Scientist of NOAA. Author of more than 175 publications and leader of more than 100 underwater expeditions, she is the recipient of more than 100 national and international awards. Her research concerns the ecology and conservation of marine ecosystems and deep sea exploration. She was named Time Magazine’s first Hero for the Planet, a Living Legend by the Library of Congress, and was a 2009 winner of the TED Prize.
Dr. Richard B. Westbrook, Trustee of the Wagner Free Institute of Science from 1884 until his death in 1899, established the Westbrook Free Lectureship as a means to encourage open discourse on scientific subjects, especially “disputed questions in science and the theories of Evolution.” Since 1912, when the series began, Westbrook lecturers have included some of the most distinguished scientists and scholars of the past 100 years, among them John Dewey, George Gaylord Simpson, and Margaret Mead.
