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PAFA's 113th Annual Student Exhibition
We make artists
PAFA’s strength has been and continues to be the requirement that artists learn through observation of the visual world. The results of that emphasis can be seen in the current Annual Student Exhibition.
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Orchestra 2001: Four Views of Nature and Religion
Gunfire and birdsong
Orchestra 2001 presents a star-studded program with a valedictory look at its past.
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Fashion, Circus, Spectacle: Photographs by Scott Heiser
Just like being there
Scott Heiser’s evocative representations of fleeting moments, events, and people allow viewers to experience, rather than to see, events.
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'An Officer and a Spy' by Robert Harris
A retelling of the Dreyfus affair
The Dreyfus affair, as presented by novelist Robert Harris in An Officer and a Spy, raises issues around secrecy and spying that still resonate today.
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'Under the Skin' and 'Only Lovers Left Alive'
New takes on horror
Genre films are not just for hacks — well-regarded indie directors Jonathan Glazer and Jim Jarmusch try their hands at horror.
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Philadelphia Historical Artifacts by Jon Manteau
A hometown boy's tribute to Philly
There is something strange about Jon Manteau’s art exhibition at the LGTripp Gallery in Old City. It is an homage to Philadelphia, yet it feels more like a New York show in Chelsea or Dumbo.
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'Woody Sez' at People's Light
This music is your music
Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie, currently playing at People’s Light & Theatre Company, is a tribute to the legacy of one of America’s folk music icons.
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Opera Philadelphia's 'Don Giovanni'
The Wilt Chamberlain of the 18th century
Nicholas Muni’s new production shows how you can reinvent a classic, Don Giovanni, without changing its period or distorting its story.
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Strauss’s ‘Salome’ in concert (2nd review)
May I have this dance?
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s subscription concert season concluded with a lavish, semi-staged version of Richard Strauss’s Salome, mounted in collaboration with the Opera Company of Philadelphia. The two chief principals met the vocal and acoustic demands of the production triumphantly, but the Orchestra itself, led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, was the real star of the proceedings.
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Sharr White’s ‘Annapurna’ at Theatre Exile
Never too late
Annapurna, Sharr White’s intense two-character play, captures the nuances of despair behind a formerly married couple, as well as the bleak humor of their situation, with a generous assist from superb performances by Pearce Bunting and Catharine Slusar.
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