
The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, March 23-29, 2023
Down North Pizza, Rising Sun at AAMP and PAFA, Philly Theatre Week opens, and more
Music, poetry, films, and even a joint artist exhibition set up a robust week in Philly. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

Previews
4 minute read

Bringing Florence Price’s lost music to the stage with Nicole Jordan
More than just recordings
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s principal librarian Nicole Jordan talks Florence Price, a Black woman composer whose work fell into obscurity. Jon Caroulis profiles.
Profiles
2 minute read

Philadelphia Dance Projects’ Dance Up Close continues
Spring performances promise rare moments
Philadelphia Dance Projects’ Dance Up Close series continues through early April, offering unique perspectives in its performances. Eileen B. Fisher previews.

Previews
3 minute read

Before international artists can hit the Philly stage, they face US immigration
The trouble with visas
Philly loves bringing international artists to our cultural scene. But whether they come from Brazil or China, England or Nigeria, they face a gauntlet of challenges from US immigration law. Camille Bacon-Smith gets an often-invisible story.

Features
7 minute read

Brandywine Museum of Art presents Andrew Wyeth: Home Places
Wyeth’s most enduring legacy
This new exhibition studies the way Andrew Wyeth saw his favorite buildings, honoring the artist’s abstract work, as well as the better-known representational. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Reviews
3 minute read

Twelve Gates Arts presents Numb Images
Undoing the visual tools of oppression
Three artists with roots in Pakistan, the Philippines, and Iran offer reality checks on the stories we’re told in a powerful mixed-media exhibition at Twelve Gates Arts in Old City. Emily B. Schilling reviews.

Reviews
4 minute read

Curio Theatre Company presents Tim Crouch & Spymonkey’s The Complete Deaths
The rest is silence
Three years into the coronavirus pandemic, Curio Theatre Company’s production of The Complete Deaths shows us that sometimes death can be a laughing matter. Jill Ivey reviews.

Reviews
3 minute read

ICA Philadelphia presents Carolyn Lazard’s Long Take
Somatic and spiritual
Carolyn Lazard examines accessibility, care, and interdependence, with an interdisciplinary installation at ICA that de-emphasizes sight in favor of many other senses. Hanae Mason reviews.

Reviews
4 minute read

Philadelphia Museum of Art presents House of Photographs
In the eye of the collector
House of Photographs is a visual treasure that wraps visitors in the collectors' point of view, ranging from a microscope to a Brooklyn sidewalk, from French gardens to Chinese arbors to outer space. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
Reviews
5 minute read

UPenn’s Arthur Ross Gallery presents At the Source: A Courbet Landscape Rediscovered
One painting, many stories
A painting by Gustave Courbet, a fascinating 19th-century French artist, was lost in a Philly basement for decades. Now it gets its due at Arthur Ross Gallery. Emily B. Schilling reviews.

Reviews
4 minute read

As a young trans woman, I honor my inner child by being true to myself today
Giving myself a girlhood
Joan Rittberg grew up as a boy, but from the time she was a teenager, she knew something wasn’t right. Now, instead of wishing she had transitioned earlier, she focuses on loving the woman she is today.
Essays
5 minute read

Irish Heritage Theatre presents Brian Friel’s The Bear and Afterplay
Chekhov with an Irish brogue
Brian Friel tackles the Russian master in The Bear and Afterplay, the latest double bill from Irish Heritage Theatre. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read
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The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, March 16-22, 2023
Macbeth, OperaPHL, Celtic music for St. Patrick’s Day, and Freedom Seder
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Previews
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BSR Classical Music Interludes, March 2023, part 2
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Previews
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Philadelphia Ballet presents Dancing with Gershwin
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Previews
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Passion at the piano with Kairy Koshoeva
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Profiles
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Previews
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Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers presents KyLin’s Garden
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Reviews
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The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, March 9-15, 2023
Lost Light Luv, Black Violin, Guess My Blood Sugar, and more
Music from Black Violin and TAK Ensemble, celebrate Women’s History Month with CultureFest! and Lost Light Luv, and more. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

Previews
3 minute read

Penn Live Arts presents Legacy on Broad
The next legends of Bollywood dance
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Previews
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Quintessence Theatre Group presents Shakespeare’s The Tempest
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Reviews
3 minute read

The Print Center presents its 97th Annual International Competition
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Reviews
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