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Gay and Landau, seen from behind, standing in front of a large crowd visiting the show in a gilded hallway of City Hall

Councilmember Rue Landau and Creative Philadelphia present Transcending Uncertainty: Art Endures at Home in Philadelphia

Honoring the UArts community with a new exhibition at City Hall

City Councilmember Rue Landau and Creative Philadelphia teamed up to honor the UArts community with a special exhibition, free to view at City Hall through January 25, 2025. An Nichols visits.
An Nichols

An Nichols

Reviews 8 minute read
About 30 small white wooden figurines of fantastical yet familiar people on tiny pedestals, on a black background

The Museum for Art in Wood presents La Famiglia

Family trees

With this exhibition at the Museum for Art in Wood, turned-wood figures by artist Mark Sfirri explore likeness and difference, ancestry and environment, asking how family takes root. Anndee Hochman reviews.
Anndee Hochman

Anndee Hochman

Reviews 4 minute read
Vintage sleeveless pink dress with the artwork title written on it in large black block lettering.

The Fabric Workshop and Museum presents Soft/Cover

Celebrating 50 years of FWM Artists-in-Residence

The Fabric Workshop and Museum marks 50 years of its Artists-in-Residence program with this survey of intriguing multi-media works from the 1970s to the present. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 5 minute read
Book cover. Title above in large, aged-looking letters above an evocative photo of the trace of a demolished house’s stairway

Building Ghosts: Past Lives and Lost Places in a Changing City, by Molly Lester and Michael Bixler

Revealing Philadelphia’s almost-invisible past

Building Ghosts, an absorbing new book from Temple University Press, grasps a history that we barely know with essays and photos capturing the remnants of Philly’s lost and demolished buildings. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 5 minute read
Book cover: Title in white letters on blue down the right side, next to a black & white photo of a newscaster with a mustache

The Big Story: The Oral History of Philadelphia TV News, by David Grzybowski

A new book takes you inside the TV coverage of Philly’s biggest stories

From Papal visits to sports championships to a blizzard that never was, a new book takes us inside 50 juicy, surprising years of Philly TV news in the words of Jim Gardner, Larry Kane, and lots more. Stephen Silver reviews.
Stephen Silver

Stephen Silver

Reviews 4 minute read
Book cover. Author in white & title in yellow appear above an illustration of a red-headed woman facing away from you.

Final Cut, by Charles Burns

A Philadelphia graphic novelist at the top of his game

Charles Burns, the cult-favorite Philly-based cartoonist behind Black Hole, is back with the graphic novel Final Cut, a new work the artist seems born to create. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Kiran Pandey

Kiran Pandey

Reviews 3 minute read
Book cover. Title in large letters on a white field. Letters appear as cutouts with Barnes collection paintings behind them.

The House of Barnes: The Man, the Collection, the Controversy, by Neil L. Rudenstine

Still braving Barnes bias

As a trustee emeritus of the Barnes Foundation, author Neil L. Rudenstine is clearly biased, but his book offers interesting details about the collection of Albert Barnes and how his fraught legacy was slowly dismantled. Emily B. Schilling reviews.
Emily Schilling

Emily Schilling

Reviews 4 minute read
Davis, in white tee & tights, sits at right cradling a nutcracker. A chair sits at center by the shadow of a Christmas tree

Chris Davis presents One-Man Nutcracker 2024

Still working on his pirouettes

Prolific Philly solo artist (and budding mid-life ballerino) Chris Davis is back with One-Man-Nutcracker, a deeply personal glimpse at the famous ballet as well as the yearning to dance that can strike at any age. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

Reviews 2 minute read
The musicians, all in formal wear, stand in a line on the venue’s chancel. They are smiling and holding their instruments.

Dolce Suono presents Great Arrangements

Variations beyond Bach

Great Arrangements by Dolce Suono made for a compelling afternoon of chamber music, featuring arrangements of well-known and less-well-known works that differed from the composer’s original vision. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 4 minute read
About a dozen dancers in fishnets, prints, fringe, fur, leather & sunglasses strike the same pose with arms joyfully aloft

PHILADANCO! presents Our Voices, Our Choices … This Is Us!

Another emotionally powerful performance

PHILADANCO! honored director Lee Daniels, an alum of the company’s classes, at a program showcasing four Black women choreographers, including company favorites as well as rising star Martha Nichols. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

Reviews 4 minute read