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Curio Theatre Company presents Larissa FastHorse’s The Thanksgiving Play
Roasting turkeys
Larissa FastHorse’s satire The Thanksgiving Play, one of the most-produced plays in the country, gets its Philly premiere with Curio in a mostly hilarious production. C.M. Crockford reviews.
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The Barnes Foundation presents Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
A sparkling philosophy of love
A new multimedia exhibition at the Barnes featuring New Jersey native Mickalene Thomas celebrates queer existence and the female gaze with mixed-media painting, collage, photography, video, and more. K.A. McFadden reviews.
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Arcadia University’s Spruance Gallery presents Perpetual Inventory: A Ruminative Installation by Scott Kip
Unmoored and uncanny
Visitors to Scott Kip’s Perpetual Inventory can decide if they want to look at an inventory or gallery notes before entering—but it might be worthwhile to wait for an impressionistic, mysterious encounter. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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EgoPo Classic Theater and Abrahamse & Meyer Productions present Tennessee Williams’s The Knightly Quest
Reviving a modern queer fable
To kick off the “B-Side” series of its current Queer Revolutions season, EgoPo welcomes longtime collaborators Abrahamse & Meyer Productions with The Knightly Quest, a relatively little-known piece by Tennessee Williams. Melissa Strong reviews.
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The Institute for Contemporary Art presents Where I Learned to Look: Art from the Yard
Art without walls
A new exhibition at Philly’s ICA explores what artists express in work made for the outdoors, from shrines to found objects to decorated cars and a mirrored orb by Jeff Koons. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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Teatro Esperanza presents Tanaquil Márquez’s NICHOS
Capturing Philly’s Mexican American experience
An ambitious, sold-out world premiere at North Philly’s Esperanza Arts Center combines real-life stories from Mexican American locals and their families with rich, fantastical cultural elements. An Nichols reviews.
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The 2024 Philadelphia Film Festival presents Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5 and Sean Baker's Anora
The 33rd Philadelphia Film Festival kicks off with two great new movies
The Philadelphia Film Festival kicks off its 2024 screenings with September 5 and Anora, two great films sure to draw a lot of buzz as they head into their upcoming releases. Stephen Silver reviews.
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Piffaro and TENET present Triomphi: Petrarch’s Triumphs Expressed in Music of the Italian Renaissance
A musical tribute to the founder of Humanism
In a glorious season opener, Renaissance band Piffaro and the vocalists of TENET explored the musical world of the great poet Francesco Petrarch, including his unfulfilled lifelong love. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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The Wexler Gallery presents Jomo Tariku’s Juxtaposed
A fresh take on old and new art
Ethiopian American artist and design star Jomo Tariku, whose work spans from the PMA and the Smithsonian to Marvel’s onscreen Wakanda, gets his first-ever solo show at Fishtown’s Wexler Gallery. An Nichols reviews.
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Theatre Horizon presents Jonathan Larson's tick, tick…BOOM!
In Norristown, Larson lives
Jonathan Larson’s early 1990s one-man show continues to find new life in light of his legacy with a production by Theatre Horizon. Stephen Silver previews.
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