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A new place to capture your sound: A recording session at MNYK Studios. (Photo by Kristen Humphries.)

MNYK Studios brings a new professional recording space to Manayunk

A new Philly studio in the DIY age

A Philly-based agency saw the chance to stretch beyond its original business model and jumped into the recording business. Now it's hoping to draw a wide range of artists to Manayunk.
Conor Michael Logan

Conor Michael Logan

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‘Being Fashionable Ain’t Often Healthy’ (1988). Graphite on paper by Jerry Pinkney; collection of Michael and Esther Droller. (Image courtesy of the Delaware Art Museum.)

The Delaware Art Museum presents ‘Fairy Tales to Nursery Rhymes'

Believe in pictures

The Droller Collection of Picture Book Art, with selections now on display in Wilmington, takes you to childhood and back again in 100 illustrations. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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Stunning choreography melded motion and stillness in Rennie Harris’s ‘Lazarus.’ (Photo by Paul Kolnik.)

The Kimmel Center presents Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Still on the rise

For Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Academy of Music, the Philly premiere of Rennie Harris’s ‘Lazarus’ paired beautifully with a remount of Alvin Ailey’s ‘Revelations.’ Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

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Enough of Bob? Frank Jimenez, Sabriaya Shipley, Paul Harrold, Claris Park, and Dan D’Albis in Azuka’s ‘BOB: A Life in Five Acts.’ (Photo by Johanna Austin/AustinArt.org.)

Azuka Theatre presents Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s ‘BOB: A Life in Five Acts’

A mediocre life

Azuka Theatre’s production of the comedy ‘BOB: A Life in Five Acts’ brings back the Virginia and Harvey Kimmel New Professionals Production program. Alix Rosenfeld reviews.
Alix Rosenfeld

Alix Rosenfeld

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Women of color as warriors for change: Dance Theater of Harlem’s Alison Stroming, Lindsey Croop and Ingrid Silva. (Photo by Rachel Neville.)

Annenberg Center Live and NextMove Dance present Dance Theater of Harlem

Community favorites back in Philly

Annenberg Center Live and NextMove Dance present Dance Theater of Harlem in residency, with a world premiere by choreographer (and Philadelphia native) Robert Garland. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

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The young lord of the harpsichord: Jean Rondeau. (Photo by Katie Baillot.)

The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents harpsichordist Jean Rondeau

Hoping for the harpsichord’s return

Rising early-music talent Jean Rondeau made a distinctive impression in PCMS’s first solo harpsichord recital. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Conductor Nathalie Stutzmann never drops the baton. (Photo by Simon Fowler.)

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Nathalie Stutzmann and Benjamin Grosvenor

Breaking the prophecy

Guest conductor Nathalie Stutzmann and a young pianist to listen for, Benjamin Grosvenor, joined the Philadelphia Orchestra with a fresh and lively touch for often-overlooked staples of the classical canon. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents ‘Long Light: Photographs by David Lebe’

Transformations in life and film

Most photographers stop time, but somehow David Lebe’s images release it. An exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art charts his life and career. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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A photograph is never neutral: Residents of Bil'in examine an ActiveStills exhibit during a popular-struggle protest in the West Bank in July 2007. (Image courtesy of Slought.)

Slought gallery presents ‘The Image-Event: A Joint Struggle’

Witness, wake-up, wound

This exhibition from a collective of Palestinian, Israeli, and international photographers offers a view of life in Palestine beyond the airstrikes and bombs that usually command our lenses. Anndee Hochman reviews.
Anndee Hochman

Anndee Hochman

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One of the world’s most accomplished mandolinists: Caterina Lichtenberg. (Photo by Maria Camillo.)

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia presents mandolinist Caterina Lichtenberg

A marvelous mandolin

World-renowned mandolinist Caterina Lichtenberg joined the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia in a sparkly program of works by Vivaldi, Gaudioso, and other Baroque composers. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

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