Kimmel Center President and CEO Anne Ewers announced today that The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts has received a grant from the William Penn Foundation to be used primarily for general operating support with a small portion dedicated to capital expenditures. The two year gift of $2.5 million will be allocated for fiscal year 2012 and fiscal year 2013.
Pig Iron Theatre Company is excited to announce the world premiere of ZERO COST HOUSE, a new work of performance created in collaboration between Pig Iron and Toshiki Okada, esteemed Japanese playwright and the director of chelfitsch, an acclaimed dance-theater ensemble.
The City of Philadelphia's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE) released new research on creative sector employment in the City of Philadelphia for 2011. The research indicates 48,900 jobs exist in the creative sector, which represents 6.5% of the jobs in Philadelphia, or one-in-fifteen jobs. Creative sector employment grew 6.3% from 2001 to 2011, yielding $5 billion in direct output and $2.7 billion in direct employee earnings.
Mayor Nutter announced that the City of Philadelphia's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE) will receive a $200,000 grant from ArtPlace, a new national collaboration of foundations, banks and federal agencies formed to accelerate creative place-making across the U.S. OACCE is one of three organizations in Philadelphia receiving support in 2012: University City District (UCD) and Asian Arts Initiative are also receiving ArtPlace support for their place-making projects.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Association (POA) and its wholly owned subsidiary, the Academy of Music, Inc. (AOM), today announced it has filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court its Plan of Reorganization (POR) and Disclosure Statement, signaling its organizational and financial preparedness to exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The New Victory Theater will launch its 2012-13 season with the U.S. premiere of URBAN by Circolombia, an edgy, thrilling and inspiring circus featuring young Colombian performers who share their real-life stories through acrobatics, aerial work and tremendous feats of strength. URBAN, which was originally commissioned by Roundhouse London as part of CircusFest 2010, will run from October 12 through October 21.
On Thursday, March 29 from 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., P.S. 321 will bring early music specialists from the New York area to the school, where they will perform Baroque and Renaissance music throughout the hallways and classrooms during the school day.
The Sounds of the Spirit Concert Series presents The Atlanta Wind Symphony with special guests Tom Alderman, RUMC Organist and John LaForge, Bass-Baritone Soloist this Sunday, March 18 at 3 PM in the Sanctuary of Roswell United Methodist Church.
On Thursday, March 29 from 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., the students at P.S. 321 are in for a revolution - of musical sorts, that is.
The Sounds of the Spirit Concert Series presents The Atlanta Wind Symphony with special guests Tom Alderman, RUMC Organist and John LaForge, Bass-Baritone Soloist this Sunday, March 18 at 3 PM in the Sanctuary of Roswell United Methodist Church.
On Thursday, October 20th from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Brooklyn's P.S. 321 will be graced with nearly 30 cellists playing Bach in classrooms, corridors, and (pending weather) even outside.
In so many ways, Trying - Joanna McClellan Glass' richly drawn portrait of the relationship between a patrician American jurist and his Canadian prairie-born secretary - is full of surprising moments, the various and disparate elements of fine drama woven together beautifully to tell a genuinely moving story. Who could have ever guessed that a two-person play, steeped in history though it may be, could prove so compellingly and resolutely fascinating?
In an analysis of the region's cultural activity from FY 2007 to FY 2009, the Cultural Alliance documented a 20% increase in individual giving and a 5% increase in attendance at area cultural nonprofits.
The Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia announces that Harry Dietzler, Executive and Artistic Director of Upper Darby Summer Stage, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 17th Annual Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre on Monday, October 3 at 7 p.m. at the Walnut Street Theatre. In addition, American Playwright Terrence McNally will receive the Distinguished Artist Award, a new honor recognizing theatre artists of national and international renown who choose to bring their talents to Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Orchestra today announced that its 2010-11 subscription season at the Kimmel Center experienced positive trends in sales as well as a surge in giving.
The Philadelphia Orchestra announced today major funding pledges from the William Penn Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, Gerry Lenfest, the Neubauer Family Foundation, and members of the Board of The Philadelphia Orchestra Association.
The Philadelphia Orchestra announced today major funding pledges from the William Penn Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, Gerry Lenfest, the Neubauer Family Foundation, and members of the Board of The Philadelphia Orchestra Association. With $11.2 million in outright gifts and pledges and an additional $16.3 million pledged as challenge grants to inspire philanthropic support from our community, this initial funding signals an important vote of confidence in the plan being launched by the Orchestra. To fully meet these challenge grants - and to fund the first three years of its plan - The Philadelphia Orchestra must secure an additional $17.5 million in contributions by the close of 2011. This effort will take place concurrently with the Orchestra's Annual Fund campaign.
Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) presents Philadanco on Sunday, May 16 at 3pm at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY. Tickets are $44 on May 16 at 3pm. Discounted tickets are available through multi-show, senior and student discounts (ranging from $21-$42). Tickets are available at www.queenstheatre.org or by phone at 718-760-0064. The performance is sponsored by TD Bank.
Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) presents Philadanco on Saturday, May 15 at 2pm and 8pm, and Sunday, May 16 at 3pm at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY.
Main Street Theater proudly announces the 31st season for its Theater for Youth which serves over 100,000 children and families. 'I am so excited about the upcoming season,' says Vivienne M. St. John, Theater for Youth Producing Director at MST.
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