Stop. Look. Listen.

August’s First Friday is crowded with interesting art shows. Here are just a few highlights:
Photography is the focus at Mulberry Art Studios, 21 N. Mulberry St.: Matthew Murray, “abandonedamerica.org: the collapsing world around us,” and Janelle Paules, “Between the Streets.” Reception hours: 5-8 p.m. Read more here.
A theme seems to be emerging. Photographer Tom Bejgrowicz explores abandoned Lancaster […]

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It’s an uncommon opportunity, but it won’t be around long – the chance to be one of 700 extras in a Bollywood film being made in Philadelphia. 10-minute auditions will be held Wednesday, July 29, at ITS Models and Talent Management, 48 N. Christian St., Suite 200, above Characters Pub. Applicants should be college-age, must be available […]

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 … and leave the vows to us! This bus was spotted at the corner of Lime and Chestnut Streets in Lancaster Saturday.

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The Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen Fine Craft Fair’s summer edition, now going on in Wilmington, Delaware, at the Chase Center on the Riverfront, has chosen a work by Lancaster artist Angela Shope — a pale green porcelain handbag — for its cover and posters for the event. The event starts today and runs through Sunday, July 27. The fair […]

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Roger Ebert writes about the end of the “Ebert and Roeper” television program.

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The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will give the world premiere of a symphony based on the music of the Grateful Dead Aug. 1, composed by Lee Johnson. (Link to press release here.) Light shows, orchestral jam sessions …
Today (July 23) is the birthday of composer Franz Berwald. Here’s an exerpt from his Symphony No. 4.

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A craft technique from summer camp gets a pop-art makeover in “Questions with a Misunderstood Answer,” woodburning and graphic art by Mr. Ink, Annex 24 Gallery, 24 W. Walnut St. Through July 26.

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At last, Philadelphia has a long-promised arts office. On Friday, July 18, Mayor Michael Nutter signed into being the Office of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, and named Gary Steuer chief cultural officer. The Office of Arts and Culture had been closed in 2004; the addition of the words “creative economy” to the title says a […]

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Hwaen Ch’uqi in concert tonight at Lancaster Country Day School! Read story here.
And tonight’s North Queen Street Music Friday lineup.
Mamma Mia! It’s the attack of the earworms! (via Artsjournal.com)

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Apollonian or Dionysian? There are two diametrically opposed moods on display at the Red Raven Art Company this month. Mood #1: introverted. As gallery manager Lee Lovett tells it, Lancaster artist Dick Whitson went on a trip to Rome in May, and one day, while exploring the city, he came upon a set of open doors […]

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