Kimmel Center and Academy of Music Calendar for August 2008
Philadelphia Theater Guide for August 2008
Through August 3, 2008
Les Miserables
In the finale to the Walnut Street Theatre’s 199th season, this all-new adaptation of the Broadway blockbuster tells a soaring tale of love and redemption beloved by audiences around the world.
215-574-3550
Through August 31, 2008
Elliott Erwitt: Dog Dogs
The James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown presents this humorous and insightful exhibition exploring the quirky relationships between dogs and their owners. It includes more than 60 black-and-white photographs taken by American photojournalist Elliott Erwitt between 1946 and 2000.
215-340-9800
Through August 31, 2008
Harnett, Peto and Their Accomplices: Trompe L’Oeil Paintings from the Collection
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts presents examples of the virtuoso realist genre known as “trompe l'oeil,” French for “to fool the eye.” The pictures show the artists’ skill at rendering surfaces and three-dimensional objects so convincing that it fooled some viewers into thinking they were seeing the real thing rather than paint on canvas.
215-972-7600
Through August 31, 2008
Calderwood 2: Design in the Time Of Mod, Pop, Op, Fab and Glam
A tribute to the combination of elements at work in the renaissance of imagination and creativity in home design and décor from 1960-1980, this exhibition and sale at Calderwood Gallery includes about two dozen pieces of furniture.
215-546-5357
Through September 14, 2008
Peco Multicultural Series
These free multicultural festivals at Penn's Landing's Great Plaza celebrate the diverse cultures that make Philadelphia a distinct city. The events include the African Cultural Alliance of North America Africa Festival, the Asian Festival and the Hispanic Fiesta.
215-922-2FUN
Through September 21, 2008
Reverberations: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Bank of America Collection
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts presents this exhibition of historically significant works which focus on intense color and geometry as an organizing principle. Not confined to minimalism or color-field painting, it also includes works which explore philosophically and politically complex realist painting.
215-972-7600
Through September 28, 2008
Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics
Visitors to The Academy of Natural Sciences can learn the dramatic story and explore the experiments of the brilliant 19th-century friar who became the father of modern genetics.
215-299-1000
Through October 5, 2008
New Hope: Art and the River
This exhibition at the James A. Michener Art Museum celebrates the iconic influence of Bucks County's waterways on regional landscape artists, including classical Pennsylvania Impressionist painters, New Hope Modernist-era artists and those continuing the visual tradition in Bucks County today through paintings, drawings and photographs.
215-862-7633
Through October 13, 2008
The Garden Railway: "Architectural Wonders of the World"
Model trains, bridges, tunnels and trestles on a quarter-mile track out in the summer garden of the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania. A perfectly proportioned world with replicas of the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China, Maachu Picchu, the Eiffel Tower and more will transport visitors to the far ends of the earth. Free with general admission.
215-247-5777
Through October 19, 2008
Aka: 100 Years Of Service
The African American Museum in Philadelphia highlights the contributions of the country’s first Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha. AKA has sponsored projects addressing education, the arts, the crusade for human rights and more, and its distinguished members include Rosa Parks, Gladys Knight, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou and Alicia Keys.
(215) 574-0380
Through October 25, 2008
The African Presence in México
The African American Museum in Philadelphia showcases the most comprehensive project ever organized about African contributions to Mexican culture through three exhibitions: The African Presence in México: From Yanga to the Present; Roots, Resistance and Recognition; and Common Goals, Common Struggles and Common Ground.
215-574-0380
Through November 2, 2008
Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whdah
This exhibition at The Franklin Institute tells the compelling true tale of a real pirate ship that started out as a slave ship in 1715.
215-448-1200
August 13-31, 2008
Parenting 101
This hilarious new musical at the Kimmel Center takes a loving and screamingly funny look at the joyous and crazy ride of raising kids from their birth to parents’ freedom.
215-893-1999
August 14-31, 2008
Monty Python's Spamalot
This outrageous new musical comedy at the Academy of Music was lovingly adapted from the film classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
215-893-1999
August 15-17, 2008
Philadelphia Folk Festival
In its 47th year, Philadelphia’s answer to Woodstock attracts musicians, storytellers and craftspeople for a weekend of song and merriment in Schwenksville.
215-242-0150
August 29-September 13, 2008
Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe
For two weeks of artistic pleasure, avant-garde performance meets street theater throughout the city.
215-413-9006
