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The Michener Art Museum presents ‘Impressionism to Modernism’
Pennsylvania town and country
The Michener Art Museum welcomes one Pennsylvania collection with two profoundly different viewpoints. Michelle Nugent reviews.
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Arcadia University presents ‘Spencer Finch: As Lightning on a Landscape’
Seeing for himself
An exhibition of photography by Spencer Finch at Arcadia University offers simple views with unexpectedly complex perspectives. Pamela Forsythe reviews.
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Ars Nova presents Moor Mother and Roscoe Mitchell
A pair of multiplicities
Ars Nova shatters the fabric of reality with a duet by Moor Mother and Roscoe Mitchell, part of its October Revolution of Jazz & Contemporary Music program. Aaron Pond reviews.
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The Academy of Natural Sciences presents ‘Anthropocene: The Human Epoch’
A whole new era
‘Anthropocene: The Human Epoch’ is a new documentary that asks whether we’re in a whole new age of the Earth, thanks to human activity. Lane Blackmer considers a screening and discussion at Philly’s Academy of Natural Sciences.
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‘The Battles of Germantown’ by David W. Young
Restoring the history that includes us all
The northwest corner of Philadelphia known as Germantown far predates the city itself, and the real roots of its history are only just coming into public light. David W. Young’s ‘The Battles of Germantown’ reveals that work. Pamela Forsythe reviews.
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Theatre Horizon presents a concert reading of ‘Into the Woods’
A fairy-tale anniversary
Theatre Horizon launched its landmark 15th season with a concert reading of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s fairy-tale musical, ‘Into the Woods.’ Alix Rosenfeld reviews.
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The Annenberg Center and NextMove Dance present Ballet Jazz de Montréal’s ‘Dance Me’
Dancing to Leonard Cohen
Annenberg Center Live and NextMove Dance present Ballet Jazz de Montréal’s ‘Dance Me,’ an evening-length performance to the music of Leonard Cohen. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
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The Delaware Symphony Orchestra presents ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
A symphony for the spheres
The Delaware Symphony Orchestra opened the season with a luscious concert featuring composer Missy Mazzoli, a Lansdale native. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra presents John Adams’s ‘Scheherazade.2’
Scheherazade’s future
John Adams led the first Philadelphia Orchestra performance of his ‘Scheherazade.2, Dramatic Symphony for Violin and Orchestra,’ a musical reimagining of ‘The Arabian Nights,’ plus works by Ravel and Stravinsky. Linda Holt reviews.
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The Resident Ensemble Players presents Tracy Letts’s ‘August: Osage County’
A well-made tidal wave
‘August: Osage County,’ now onstage with the Resident Ensemble Players at the University of Delaware, brilliantly dissects family dynamics. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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