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But you can play City Hall!
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Orchestra is going to end its summer Neighborhood Concert season with a first: The orchestra will perform at Dilworth Plaza on the west side of City Hall.
The concert on Tuesday, Sept. 23, will be free and open to the public. It will begin at 7 […]

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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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Local artists made an impressive showing at the annual Art of the State Exhibit, now on display at the State Museum of Pennsylvania. Mary Stoudt of Reinholds won a first prize in crafts for her quilt, “Rio Marianion.” Dorothy Frey of Willow Street won a second prize in painting for oil-on-canvas “Pivot (shown at right)” […]

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Group won’t file any more appeals over judge’s decision to allow the Barnes Foundation to move.

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The city of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Museum of Art have declared Thursday, June 19, a day of appreciation to honor the museum’s Museum’s longtime Director and Chief Executive Officer Anne d’Harnoncourt, who died unexpectedly on Sunday, June 1. The museum will be open free all day, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and there will be a tribute […]

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I was unbelievably shocked by the news of Anne d’Harnoncourt’s death. What a terrible loss for the museum, Philadelphia and the cultural community at large.
http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/19481959.html
Edward Sozanski’s comment:
http://tinyurl.com/3tyglu

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 Montgomery County Orphan’s Court Judge Stanley Ott won’t hear new arguments from opponents of the Barnes Foundation’s move to Philadelphia. Read on:
By JOANN LOVIGLIO, Associated Press Writer
PHILADELPHIA — A judge on Thursday rejected a request to hold new hearings on a contentious plan to move The Barnes Foundation’s renowned art collection from the suburbs to […]

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Nearly every arts organization can trace malaise and marginalization to a lack of arts education in schools.

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NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Opponents of a plan to relocate The Barnes Foundation’s multibillion-dollar art collection to downtown Philadelphia on Monday asked the judge who approved the move to allow new hearings on the contentious issue.

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