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In 1986, the Philadelphia Orchestra approved a plan to construct a new concert hall to replace the aging Academy of Music. It hoped to complete the new facility in time for its 1991 season. [ 2 ] The desire to move the orchestra from its facilities in the Academy of Music emerged as early as 1908, however plans stalled due to the lack of ...
Cecil Moore was a Philadelphia lawyer that was extremely involved in civil rights, and was a close friend of Georgie Woods, and was also involved in the freedom shows. In 1963, Georgie Woods, Jackie Wilson , and Del Shields won awards at the Uptown Theater from the Philadelphia branch of the NAACP for being entertainers that were actively ...
Goss is a co-founder of Keepers of the Culture, a Philadelphia storytelling organization affiliated with the National Association of Black Storytellers, and a founding member of Patchwork, a storytelling group in Delaware. [6]
P. Frank Palumbo; Palumbo's; Teddy Pendergrass; Penn Community Bank Amphitheater; Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; Pennsylvania Opera Theater; Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
The Sedgwick Cultural Center's mission was to build community through the arts. A stage was constructed in the oval Lobby, and performance have been held in that space since then. However, by 2006, despite having brought the Philadelphia community programming for ten years, the condition of the theater had not improved, and the Sedgwick ...
They recognized a lack of any local events dedicated to Polish-Americans, despite a significant population of Polish-Americans in the Philadelphia, upstate Pennsylvania and mid-Atlantic regions. The ‘original’ festival was an informal picnic organized by volunteers, their families and friends, and took place in the same year as the Shrine ...
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Barbara J. Bullock (Nov. 4, 1938) is an African American painter, collagist, printmaker, soft sculptor and arts instructor. Her works capture African motifs, African and African American culture, spirits, dancing and jazz in abstract and figural forms.