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David Cohen: A one-man classical band
Yes we can (music dept.): A one-man classical band on a mission
David Cohen grew up in dire poverty in Philadelphia but made a career for himself, first as a pastry chef and then as a multi-talented musician. And at 47, he may just be getting started in promoting his twin passions: classical music and feeding the hungry.
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"In the Next Room' at the Wilma (reading)
A hot ticket: Reactionary post-feminism
Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room is a play that's almost entirely concerned with women's needs for intimacy, their jealousy, awkwardness about asking for what they want, and family neuroses. I loved it, but Ruhl's infantilization of women bears uncanny echoes of Ibsen.
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"Baroque Painting in Bologna' at the Getty
Bologna's Renaissance autumn
Renaissance art made its last stand in late 16th- and 17th-Century Bologna, a backwater transformed by the talent of a single family, the Carracci, and the school of painting it produced. The Getty Museum's current exhibit is welcome despite its misleading title: The Baroque influence is actually quite muted here.
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The Crossing at Chestnut Hill Presbyterian
Taking chances at The Crossing
In its fourth year, The Crossing conveys a depth of vision and a commitment to innovative programming that many older, more-established choral ensembles would envy.
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Joan Mitchell's Sunflowers in Chelsea
Bitter Glory: Joan Mitchell's Sunflowers in Chelsea
The Abstract Expressionist Joan Mitchell returned periodically to the subject of sunflowers over the last quarter-century of her life, finding in them much the same moral that Van Gogh did, and the same capacity to serve as a filter for emotion.
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Unsung musical heroes: The entrepreneurs
The unsung folks behind the scenes: Let us now praise musical entrepreneurs
Performers and music lovers alike owe a debt to the unsung heroes of Philadelphia's cultural scene. This New Year, let's pause to toast the small but growing band of visionaries who create and maintain our musical organizations.
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Lantern's "The Great Divorce'
Anthony Lawton’s one-man, one-act adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s vision of the afterlife is as intelligent and provoking an evening as I’ve spent at the theater in a long time; it’s often devastatingly funny as well.
The Great Divorce. By Anthony Lawton, adapted from the novel by C.S. Lewis. Lantern Theater Co. production through January 4, 2009 at St. Stephen’s Theater, Tenth and Ludlow Sts. (215) 829-9002 or
The Great Divorce. By Anthony Lawton, adapted from the novel by C.S. Lewis. Lantern Theater Co. production through January 4, 2009 at St. Stephen’s Theater, Tenth and Ludlow Sts. (215) 829-9002 or
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Two concerts in art galleries
Can music and pictures coexist?
Holding a concert in an art gallery is a risky business. The very different sensations of aural and visual stimuli compete for attention, often to the detriment of one and occasionally of both. Two recent concerts took this risk, yielding results that mostly honored their roots.
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Miro's radical decade, at MOMA in New York
Miro in New York: Modern art's missing link
In 1927, Joan Miro set out to reinvent art, reducing it to its simplest elements and exploring its most radical possibilities. In the process he reinvented himself, and produced in the next decade the finest art of a long career.
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Bogosian's "Talk Radio' by New City Stage Co.
When good plays happen to green actors
Eric Bogosian's 1980s play about a radio talk-show host is as relevant as ever, even in the age of the blogosphere. But Paul Felder is simply too young for the central role.
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