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Let Every Heart Be Filled with Joy
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Let Every Heart Be Filled with Joy, the history of the Savoy Theatre Company is on display through late 2016 in Eugene Ormandy Gallery, Otto E. Albrecht Music Library, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. See Exhibits. |
The School of Atha: Collaboration
in the Making of Children's Books
Penn Libraries
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| Penn Libraries presents The School of Atha: Collaboration in the Making of Children's Books, an exhibit celebrating the life and work of children's book designer and art director Atha Tehon. This exhibit will run through March 27, 2015 at Van Pelt-Dietrich Library's Kamin Gallery. See Exhibits. |
Holiday Garden Railway
Morris Arboretum
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| The Morris Arboretum's garden railway is all decorated for the holidays with lights that twinkle along the tracks and around the surrounding landscape. It will run through January 4. See Exhibits. |
Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre
Annenberg center
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Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre (left) performs January 15-17.Contemporary dance meets theatre, performance art, opera, ballet...and drag! Rosie Herrera’s innovative ensemble makes its way from Miami’s vibrant arts scene to the Annenberg stage for its Philadelphia debut. A favorite at the prestigious American Dance Festival, this program includes Various Stages of Drowning: A Cabaret and Dining Alone. See On Stage. |
adenocalcinoma poliresidual
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Henrique Oliveira: Adenocalcinoma Poliresidual is on display through January 18, 2015 at Arthur Ross Gallery. This site-specific collaboration with the Arthur Ross Gallery marks the first time Oliveira’s work has been shown in Philadelphia. See Exhibits. |
Images of Mongolia
Burrison Gallery
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Images of Mongolia, photographs by Jerry Porter, opens at the Burrison Gallery on January 14 and runs through February 13. Photographs provide a visual documentation of his travels that allow him to share trips with friends. He hopes that these photos give you a taste of Mongolia and encourage you to visit there. See Exhibits. |
Stories, Cities, Makeshift Structures
Slought
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Stories, Cities, Makeshift Structures, the exhibit featuring films by Shelly Silver, will be running at Slought from January 16 through February 16. See Exhibits. |
White Towers Revisited
Harvey and Irwin
Kroiz Gallery, The Architectural Archives
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| White Towers Revisited, a second look at a vital moment in the exploration of the American commercial landscape, opens at the Kroiz Gallery on January 16 and runs through April 17. See Exhibits. |
Paul Strand—The Mexican Portfolio
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Paul Strand—The Mexican Portfolio opens at Arthur Ross Gallery on January 31 and runs through March 29. Twenty images were selected by Strand and published as a portfolio in 1940, titled Photographs of Mexico, featuring photographic impressions. See Exhibits. |
#MadeAtDMD
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#MadeAtDMD, the exhibit run by the Department of Making + Doing at Esther Klein Gallery showcases the work of its makers and doers at the makerspace’s first exhibition and salethrough January 16. See Exhibits. |
The Toss Away(s)-Amy Lynne Barr
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Amy Lynne Barr: Dance (right) performs The Toss Away(s) January 23-24. A moving memoir told through a compilation of five solo contemporary dance performances. Choreographed and performed by local Philadelphia artist Amy Lynne Barr, the evening explores many aspects of what it really means to experience life: What is one capable of? What will one become? What is the meaning of all that surrounds us? See On Stage.
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Chinese New Year Celebration
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On January 31, the Penn Museum will be hosting a Chinese New Year Celebration to celebrate the Year of the Sheep. The whole family can enjoy a wide variety of music and dance performances, martial and healing arts demonstrations, Feng Shui and folk tale presentations, children’s activities, story telling and arts and crafts. The day ends with a drum roll, a roar and the Grand Finale Lion Parade. See Special Event. |
Sacred Spaces: The Photography of Ahmet Ertug
Penn Museum
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| Kariye Camii in Istanbul, Turkey. Sacred Spaces: The Photography of Ahmet Ertug is open at the Penn Museum. See Exhibits. |
Native American voices:
The people—Here and now
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| At Native American Voices: The People—Here and Now, a new long-term interactive exhibition at the Penn Museum, visitors will learn about contemporary issues in Native America. Set against the backdrop of more than 200 objects from the Museum’s expansive collections from the United States and Canada, the exhibition challenges stereotypes and tells powerful stories of Native American successes in achieving independence as sovereign, self-governing Nations. At multimedia stations, visitors will experience audio and video clips of contemporary Native Americans speaking of the many ways in which they maintain their religious, political, linguistic and artistic independence. See Exhibits. |
the history of nursing as seen through the lens of art
carol ware lobby, fagin hall
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| The HUP Nursing Alumni Association commissioned artist Kathleen Shaver, HUP’76, to create an art installation to honor the history and legacy of 125 years of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania. More information here. See Exhibits. |
AUDOBON'S BIRDS OF AMERICA
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| This permanent exhibit at Van Pelt-Diectrich Library is devoted to the display of John James Audubon's Birds of America (1827-38). Penn's double elephant folio set of the Birds was a gift by Edwin H. Vare, Jr. in 1957-59. The page opens from the volume on display will be changed on the second Wednesday of every month. This photo is courtesy of the Penn Libraries. See Exhibits. |
Human evolution: THE FIRST 200 Million Years
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| Various fossils on display at the Penn Museum's ongoing exhibit Human Evolution: The First 200 Million Years. Visitors have an opportunity to engage with a variety of multi-media programs, as well as view and touch more than 100 casts of fossil bones from primate and human evolutionary records. This photo is courtesy of the Penn Museum. See Exhibits. |
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