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Edward Schultz: a mainstay of Philadelphia's music scene.

The Chamber Orchestra features Edward Schultz

Fifteen strings and one lone flute

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia presented a smorgasbord of string orchestra music and, in the process, bestowed some well-deserved recognition on one of the mainstays of the Philadelphia music scene, flutist Edward Schultz.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 3 minute read
Anado McLauchlin’s house in Mexico (Photo courtesy of the author)

Has beauty been usurped in contemporary art?

Expelling the beautiful

It’s understandable that beauty has been discouraged in art school. Traditionally, it has been codified, held to a standard. What would happen if beauty were unleashed?
Treacy Ziegler

Treacy Ziegler

Articles 5 minute read
Real-time intimacy: Lyons-Cox  and Scammell. (Photo by Robert Hakalski)

Kim Davies's ‘Smoke’ at Theatre Exile (first review)

You get to choose what happens to you

Kim Davies's Smoke challenges audiences to see disturbing sex — and, perhaps, to see beyond it.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

Articles 3 minute read
A confusing book about confusion: author Cleave.

Paul Cleave’s ‘Trust No One’

Narrative manipulation as madness

In Trust No One, Paul Cleave moves into interesting territory that involves unfair terrain for the reader, with contradictory versions of the protagonist's interior monologue.
Rick Soisson

Rick Soisson

Articles 3 minute read

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Light is Lyn Godley’s medium; her work combines fine art and industrial design. (All photos by Pamela J. Forsythe)

Fresh Artists hosts the first Cool Jobs Expo

Middle-schoolers meet the creative economy

Fresh Artists, which supports art education in underfunded schools, held a job expo that introduced middle-schoolers to artists working in a variety of mediums.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Articles 3 minute read
Ousting whiteness from his black, possessed body: Kosoko. (Photo by Scott Shaw)

Jaamil Olawale Kosoko’s 'Black Male Revisited'

The body as resistance and protest

Jaamil Olawale Kosoko’s Black Male Revisited is a riveting multimedia presentation that encourages us to question “self” as we navigate a not-so-post–racial world.
Gregory King

Gregory King

Articles 2 minute read
Balletic intensity: Volin and Frederick. (Photo by Mark Garvin)

John Logan's 'Red' at the Walnut Street Theatre

A lesson in how to look at art

Is red a color, is it a feeling? John Logan’s Red challenges us to go deeper into what it means to really look at art for both the artist and the audience.
Naomi Orwin

Naomi Orwin

Articles 4 minute read
Pablo Picasso, "Harlequin Musician," 1924. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. © 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Picasso: The Great War at the Barnes Foundation

Thinking outside the cubist box

This new exhibit at the Barnes explodes the conventional notion that Picasso’s career was divided into distinct periods. He seemed to abandon cubism during World War I, but actually he returned to it repeatedly.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 3 minute read
Devilishly charming: Tom Ellis.

Fox TV's 'Lucifer'

Redeeming the ultimate bad boy

Lucifer is showing promise of something more sophisticated than a simple good vs. evil story set in a flashy fantasy environment. We are seeing a story unfold that questions the very nature of good and evil, and the proper place of both in today’s world.
Gary L. Day

Gary L. Day

Articles 3 minute read
An aria of profanity and poetry: Emily R. Johnson in “Spine.” (Photo by Katie Ring)

Clara Brennan's 'Spine' by Inis Nua

Celebrating libraries and storytelling

Clara Brennan's Spine, one of those wonderful U.K. fictional monologues, captivates with an unlikely and inspirational tale.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

Articles 3 minute read