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Audubon to Warhol: The Art of the American Still Life
Portraying a new nation through its objects
This lively, well-thought-out exhibit successfully makes the case that the new nation put its own twist on the still life and that Philadelphia was an important location for several chapters in that story.
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'East Jerusalem/West Jerusalem' at the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival
Make music, not war
East Jerusalem/West Jerusalem documents an eight-day collaboration between Israeli, Palestinian, and American musicians making an album in an East Jerusalem music studio. The project, led by Israeli singer/songwriter David Broza, shows what can be achieved when human interaction replaces politics.
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'Matilda the Musical' at the Academy of Music
Comedy and cruelty
There’s often an element of cruelty associated with children’s stories. Do the writers of these tales really hate children, or are they warning would-be parents to think twice before bringing the little monsters into the world?
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'Watership Down' by Simpatico and Drexel
Rabbits Run!
Watership Down out-star wars Star Wars and hops past The Walking Dead with a gripping survival story about rabbits in the English countryside.
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Shaw's 'Heartbreak House' by Delaware's Resident Ensemble Players
A joyous, yet harrowing, Heartbreak House
The University of Delaware's professional Resident Ensemble Players does a service by producing one of George Bernard Shaw's great plays.
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Old Enough to Know Better at Crane Arts
Subversive wisdom
Old Enough to Know Better is an energizing, maximalist show that includes art of all kinds, all reflecting the stubbornness and resilience essential to female artists pursuing their vocation.
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Keith Richards: 'Life' and 'Under the Influence'
The importance of being Keef
It's hard to separate Keith Richards, the man, from his depraved persona, but a Netflix documentary may finally do so.
Judy Weightmanand Illustration by Mike Jackson
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Drawing the imagery of death row
A door, a bed, and a toilet
I ask Arthur Tyler, released from death row, if art might be a means to explore life on death row. I don’t know what I mean by this question. Yet I know drawing can be an excavation of what is seen, so I ask him to keep a visual journal, drawing whatever comes into his head, like visual free associations.
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Tom McCarthy's 'Spotlight' (first review)
Unlocking omerta
Spotlight shows how a group of reporters uncovered the Catholic Church’s decades-long omerta concerning priests sexually abusing children.
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The Michelangelo Quartet makes its Philadelphia debut
Beethoven, our contemporary
The Michelangelo Quartet made its long-delayed Philadelphia debut with a program of three of the medium’s masters, Haydn, Beethoven, and Shostakovich.
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