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February 8, 2012

Penn Hosts #21 Harvard This Friday Night At The Palestra
Morris Arboretum To Celebrate Tu B’Shevat With A Special Family Day This Sunday, February 12
Philadelphia Native Kevin Bacon To Appear At The Kimmel Center For A Candid Talk On Wednesday, February 15
Route 6 To Host A Special Beer Dinner, March 7; Reservations Now Open
Madonna To Open Her 2012 North American Tour In Philadelphia On August 28 at the Wells Fargo Center
Valentine’s Day Takes Over 13th Street With Deals And Offerings From Valerie Safran And Chef Marcie Turney’s Six Boutiques And Restaurants
Bruce Springsteen’s Corvette Arrives At The National Constitution Center In Advance Of The Blockbuster Exhibition’s Debut Next Week
Positano Coast Reprises Its Five-Course, $55 Tasting Menu For Two
Lucky Magazine Names Philadelphia One Of The 25 Best Cities For Shopping In The U.S.
Act II Playhouse Presents Broadway Drama Time Stands Still, On Stage February 14-March 11

February 7, 2012

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2011 Philadelphia CineFest

The celebration of global filmmaking returns this spring

The Philadelphia CineFest returns in 2011 with eight days of incredible films from around the globe.
Brandywine River Museum

Art and nature come together in a scenic riverside setting

It’s hard to imagine a more bucolic place in which to explore art than the Brandywine River Museum run by the Brandywine Conservancy on a nature preserve. As you stroll its galleries, remember that the very settings which inspired much of the art on view-rolling hills, snowy drifts, and, always, the river-surround you. For many, this landscape, at once rough and gentle, has become synonymous with Andrew Wyeth, whose work is exhibited here in abundance.
Campus Philly College Day

Philly welcomes back its students

Philadelphia’s college students are welcomed back in grand fashion during Campus Philly College Day on Saturday, September 24.
Center for Architecture

Home of the Philadelphia chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the Community Design Collaborative

The Center for Architecture offers walking tours, exhibitions, lectures, kids workshops, films, book talks and other events on the topics of architecture, urban planning, and design.
DesignPhiladelphia

Philadelphia’s city-wide celebration of design and innovation

DesignPhiladelphia, a city-wide celebration honoring the historic role of design in the region while showcasing the creative innovation yet to come, returns on October 13.
First Friday

Monthly open house for galleries in the Old City art district

Want proof of Philadelphia’s happening art scene? Come down to Old City for First Fridays. On the first Friday evening of every month the streets fill with art lovers of all kinds who wander among the neighborhood’s 40-plus galleries, most of them open from 5 until 9 p.m.
First Friday Doylestown

Celebrating the local arts and artists of Bucks County

What’s better than a free evening of local artists and musicians at more than 40 locations in downtown Doylestown?
First Person Arts

Celebrating 10 years of stories

For the past 10 years, First Person Arts has provided a stage for memoir and documentary art in Philadelphia.
Fisher Fine Arts Library

Frank Furness (1888-90)

On the University of Pennsylvania, Frank Furness (1888-90)
Fonthill Museum

Henry Mercer’s concrete castle, an American treasure

Mercer, an expert in prehistoric archaeology, a homespun architect and a writer of Gothic tales, built three memorable structures, including Fonthill, the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, and the Mercer Museum, on what’s now known as the Mercer Mile. All were constructed with reinforced concrete, using a technique perfected by Mercer in the early part of the 1900s.