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• VocalEssence brings the music of Marian Anderson to local seniors

  By Robert Graham, VocalEssence

  The VocalEssence Choral Pathways program is designed to enrich the lives of older adults through music education workshops, sing-along sessions and concerts. The theme for the upcoming workshops and WITNESS concert celebrates the life, legacy and music of Marian Anderson.

  Residents and community members from our partner sites [...]

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• Milestone reached in Dilworth Plaza transformation

  By Linda Harris, Center City District City of Philadelphia

  Over the weekend of January 11-13,  the Center City District, with a lot of support from SEPTA, completed a major step in the Dilworth Plaza project. The Market-Frankford station at City Hall was closed for 52 hours and trains were diverted [...]

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• A Photo Walk with artist Paul Smith at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art

  By Barbara Johnson Ross, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum

  Renowned throughout the State of Mississippi for his innovative, artistic photographs, photographer Paul Smith’s work is on display at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion, and in galleries throughout the South.  Smith’s recent book of photography, entitled The Color of [...]

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• Renata Scotto’s dream for La sonnambula

  By Justin Moss, Florida Grand Opera

  The incomparable Maria Callas, known to many as “La Divina,” made her mark in the opera world with her mastery of the bel canto style. In 1957, Milan’s famous Teatro alla Scala presented a production of Bellini’s La sonnambula at the Edinburgh Festival, with [...]

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• Shira Abergel: Here & Now

  Shira Abergel has wings and she plans to use them to fly over the Appalachians during Miami Light Project’s Here & Now: 2013 — a Knight Emerging Artist Series — at The Lightbox at Goldman Warehouse. During the festival, Abergel will debut “Appalachian Squall,” which is a multi-disciplinary one-woman performance [...]

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• PPAC and the “99 Days” prior to the election

  The always engrossing Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (PPAC) is currently showing the work of six photographers for their exhibition “99 Days.” This Knight Arts grantee may be gearing down from its gigantic Philly Photo Day project from late last year, [...]

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