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Chamber music is strong in Philadelphia
Small forces, big effects
The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and the Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble present two concerts that capture the variety and liveliness of the Philadelphia chamber music scene.
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William Daley: 14 for 7
More art than craft
William Daley might refer to himself as a “mud man,” but he is a sculptor with the three-dimensional vision of an architect.
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Pharoah, Freda, and me
Back in his wayward youth, Bob Ingram met a lot of jazz greats — including, on one memorable night, sax great Pharoah Sanders and "Band of Gold" singer Freda Payne.
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Kuro Taniro's 'The Room Nobody Knows'
An avant-garde dream from Japan
With a work like The Room Nobody Knows, you need to have both an open mind and an adventurous attitude, or you just might lose yourself in the confusion.
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'The Night Alive' and 'Outside Mullingar'
Two dramatic views of Ireland
The Night Alive and Outside Mullingar have a lot in common. Both are set in today’s Ireland, both take place in domestic sitting-rooms, and both feature small casts of poor, struggling Irish souls. But what a difference there is in the way these two writers (one Irish-born, one of Irish descent) view the world.
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David Graham photographs at Gallery 339
Oddities R Us
David Graham has made a career of searching for and finding cultural oddities and modest — very modest — visual ironies. A survey of them is on view at Gallery 339 in his show "David Graham: Thirty-Five Years / 35 Pictures," through March 15th.
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Lupu and Yannick at the Kimmel (1st review)
Do clothes make the man?
Yannick Nézet-Séguin has apparently decided to forgo wearing a tie when he conducts. Is that disrespectful or the mark of a someone who’s tremendously connected?
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“Ballroom with a Twist 2” in Wilmington
When reality competitions collide
If you enjoy the TV series Dancing with the Stars, you’d be more than pleased with its transmutation to the live stage.
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Verdi at 200 (Part 2): A private life in public
Scorned by critics, adored by the masses
Between 1849 and 1871 Verdi composed a dozen remarkable operas, many of them drawn from his unconventional personal life. The Italian masses may have been drawn to Verdi’s rejection of bourgeois hypocrisy as much as to his music.
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Drawing on Nature at Schmidt/Dean
The apparently disparate show at the Schmidt/Dean Gallery is united through its emphasis on the primacy of drawing.
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