The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, July 25-31, 2024 by Kyle V. Hiller

Music from Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Guachinangos, and more arrive this week. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 7:03am on July 24, 2024☆⚑

Shakespeare in Clark Park presents As You Like It by Kiran Pandey

Shakespeare in Clark Park presents As You Like It with a modern twist, transposed to near-future Delaware to explore themes of exile, love, and community. Kiran Pandey previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 7:00am on July 24, 2024☆⚑

The art of lighting design with Alyssandra Docherty by Melissa Strong

Freelancer Alyssandra Docherty talks about her work as a lighting designer, how the light bulb got turned on for her, and how she manages to keep learning and growing. Melissa Strong preview…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 6:55am on July 24, 2024☆⚑

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Alice Walker's The Color Purple by An Nichols

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival mounts an excellent production of The Color Purple with acclaimed local director Amina Robinson, but the show glosses over some of the difficult moments so …

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 4:30pm on July 23, 2024☆⚑

Delaware Shakespeare presents Julius Caesar by Gail Obenreder

Delaware Shakespeare opens its 22nd year with a finely mounted production of Julius Caesar"one of the Bard's shortest and darkest plays"in Wilmington's atmospheric Rockwood Park. Gail Obenre…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 4:57pm on July 22, 2024☆⚑

Arthur Ross Gallery presents David C. Driskell and Friends: Creativity, Collaboration, and Friendship by Pamela J. Forsythe

Throughout his groundbreaking career, artist David C. Driskell laid the foundation for the academic study of Black American art, long ignored by the art world. A new exhibition at Arthur Ros…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 3:40pm on July 22, 2024☆⚑

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, July 18-24, 2024 by Kyle V. Hiller

A pair of Goth-themed events in unusual places, People's Light's regional premiere of Somewhere Over the Border, and a Mannequin movie night. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 5:55pm on July 17, 2024☆⚑

Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire, edited by Alice Wong by Alaina Johns

Disability Intimacy, the second essay collection from editor Alice Wong, dives into the ocean of human connection with a disability lens, from dating, sex, and kink to caregiving, parenting,…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 2:06pm on July 16, 2024☆⚑

UArts alums Keila Pérez-Vega and Meredith Rainey explain what the school's closure means for Philly's dance scene by Melissa Strong

The fallout from the June closure of UArts continues for students, staff, faculty, and alumni, including artists who are central to Philly's dance scene. Melissa Strong talks to Keila Pérez…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:36am on July 16, 2024☆⚑

PAFA presents Layers of Liberty: Philadelphia and the Appalachian Environment by Gail Obenreder

PAFA's new Layers of Liberty exhibition, a rare close-up on Appalachian art, continues a trend of museums exploring our complicated, often greedy relationship with the natural world. Gail Ob…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 9:51am on July 16, 2024☆⚑

BalletX Presents its 2024 Summer Series by Camille Bacon-smith

BalletX says goodbye to the Wilma stage with its 2024 Summer Series, featuring eclectic world-premiere choreography by Stina Quagebeur, Loughlan Prior, and choreographer-in-residence Amy Hal…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:04pm on July 15, 2024☆⚑

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, July 11-17, 2024 by Kyle V. Hiller

Barnes on the Block returns, take an Italian summer stroll on Passyunk Ave, and a variety of offerings from DVAA, ICA, Astral Artists, and DANCE IQUAIL! Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 3:02pm on July 10, 2024☆⚑

Alamo Drafthouse theaters have a new owner. It's time for them to come to Philly. by Stephen Silver

The popular Austin-based movie-theater chain Alamo Drafthouse (recently acquired by Sony Pictures Entertainment) has spread to cities across the country, but never to Philly. Stephen Silver …

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 2:00pm on July 9, 2024☆⚑

The hardest thing about stuttering isn't stuttering at all: it's how people react to it. by Samuel Dunsiger

Samuel Dunsiger has a speech disability, but the hardest part about talking to others isn't his stuttering; it's the assumptions people make.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:29am on July 9, 2024☆⚑

A UArts student speaks: "It's clear that I'll have to settle, no matter where I go." by Jay Clark

Jay Clark was a rising junior at UArts and this year's winner of the school's Creative Writing Poetry Prize. On May 31, he got a tuition bill. The same day, news broke of the school's closur…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 3:32pm on July 8, 2024☆⚑

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, July 4-10, 2024 by Kyle V. Hiller

A handful of exhibits open in the city this weekend, along with outdoor summer concerts, First Friday at the Barnes, and more. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 5:56pm on July 3, 2024☆⚑

The Barnes Foundation presents Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at The Barnes by K.a. McFadden

A new exhibition from the Barnes draws on the best of the foundation's extensive collection of works by Matisse and Renoir, and places them in conversation with each other. K.A. McFadden rev…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 4:35pm on July 2, 2024☆⚑

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents The Merry Wives of Windsor by Kiran Pandey

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival brings a thrillingly modern tenor to The Merry Wives of Windsor, which comes to life with musical verve and comic effervescence. Kiran Pandey reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:23am on July 2, 2024☆⚑

Anne-Marie Mulgrew and Dancers Company and Yu.S.Artistry present Two Worlds by Melissa Strong

A split bill from Anne-Marie Mulgrew and Dancers Company and Yu.S.Artistry titled Two Worlds offered strikingly different styles of contemporary dance, from folklore and fantasy to urgent re…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:16am on July 2, 2024☆⚑

Philadelphia Dance Projects presents Lily Kind's I've got a tape I wanna play by Camille Bacon-smith

Lily Kind brought her puckish humor to the Philadelphia Dance Projects with a new hour-long show, I've got a tape I wanna play, which builds on the star quality and choreographic elements of…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:40am on July 1, 2024☆⚑

The Barnes Foundation and Mural Arts Philadelphia present Visions by Cass Lewis

The Barnes and Mural Arts' Visions opens this week featuring artworks from system-impacted young people in southeast Pennsylvania. Cass Lewis previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 1:23pm on June 30, 2024☆⚑

The BSR July 2024 repertory movie roundup by Stephen Silver

Hit the cinemas with Philadelphia Film Society's Summer of Trilogies, four Hitchcock film seminars, and the 25th annual Blobfest. Stephen Silver previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 1:17pm on June 30, 2024☆⚑

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, June 27-July 2, 2024 by Kyle V. Hiller

A Pride dance party at the PMA, Anne-Marie Mulgrew and company dance at the Performance Garage, and Glen Foerd hosts its annual RiverFest. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 6:07pm on June 26, 2024☆⚑

Studio 34 presents She Was A Conquistawhore by Erin Dohony

Rachel O'Hanlon-Rodriguez's She Was A Conquistawhore at Studio 34 Yoga is a performance that asks how do we heal from the erasure of identity. Erin Dohony previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 5:59pm on June 26, 2024☆⚑

BSR Classical Interludes, June 27-July 14, 2024 by Gail Obenreder

Kick off summer with classical music from new choral ensemble Convoco, PAFA's Sunday Serenades, and outdoor concerts from Philadelphia Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and more. Gail Obenreder …

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 5:49pm on June 26, 2024☆⚑