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ACRL 14th National Conference March 30 - April 2, 2011 Introduction

Welcome to the ACRL Arts Section’s ArtsGuide ! This selective guide to cultural attractions and events has been created for attendees of the 2011 ACRL Conference in Philadelphia, PA.

Map of sites listed in this guide See what’s close to you or plot your course by car, foot, or public transportation using the Google Map version of this guide: http://tinyurl.com/artsguidephiladelphia

Where to search for arts and entertainment • VisitPhilly.com: Official Visitor Site for Greater Philadelphia http://www.visitphilly.com/things-to-do/ • Philly Fun Guide http://www.phillyfunguide.com/ • Philadelphia Weekly or City Paper’s event listings http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/events/ http://citypaper.net/agenda/

This guide has been designed and prepared by: Eamon Tewell (Moore College of Art & Design)

Contributors: Yvette Cortes (Skidmore College) Jenna Rinalducci (George Mason University) Katherine Williamson (GSLIS Student, Simmons College)

*Efforts were made to gather the most up to date information for performance dates, but please be sure to confirm by checking the venue web sites provided.

Contents

VISUAL ARTS AND MUSEUMS 1 African American Museum in Philadelphia 1 1 Fabric Workshop and Museum 1 Institute of Contemporary Art 1 Mütter Museum 1 Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 2 Academy of Fine Arts 2 Philadelphia Museum of Art 2 2 Rosenbach Museum & Library 2 Gallery Districts 3

ARCHITECTURE 3

CENTER CITY DISTRICT City Hall 3 Masonic Temple 3

FAIRMOUNT PARK Eastern State Penitentiary 4 Cedar Grove 4 Lauren Hill Cemetery 4 Mount Pleasant 4 Woodford 4

OLD CITY DISTRICT 5 Christ Church and Burial Ground 5 Elfreth’s Alley and Museum 5 Franklin Court 5 & National Historic Park 5 Physick House 6 6 Second Bank of the U.S. 6

UNIVERSITY CITY/ Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania 6 Bartram’s Garden 6

Helpful Websites & Self-Guided Walking Tours 7

DANCE 7 Philadelphia Dance Collection, Temple University 7 Dance Links 7

THEATRE 8 Academy of Music 8 Arden Theatre Company 8 Lantern Theatre Company 8 Philadelphia Theatre Company 8 Walnut Street Theatre 8 Wilma Theater 8

MUSIC 9 Art After 5 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art 9 Chris’ Jazz Cafe 9 Philadelphia Chamber Music Society 9 Philadelphia Orchestra 9 R5 Productions 9 South Street 9

FILM 10 International House 10 The Ritz Theaters 10 Roxy Theater 10 Secret Cinema 10 The Tuttleman IMAX Theater 10

VISUAL ARTS AND Fabric Workshop and Museum Located in a renovated industrial building in MUSEUMS Center City Philadelphia, the facilities of The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) include three exhibition galleries, a video lounge, and the African American Museum in Museum Shop. Philadelphia (AAMP) Location: 1214 Arch St. Neighborhood: Center City Founded in 1976, the AAMP is the first institution Distance from Convention Center: .2 miles funded and built by a major municipality to Transportation: 5 minute walk from Convention preserve, interpret and exhibit the heritage of Center African Americans. The AAMP houses four Hours: Monday-Friday 10-6, Sat. & Sun. 12-5 galleries, each of which offers exhibitions anchored by three themes: the African Diaspora, Admission: $3 the Philadelphia Story, and the Contemporary Website: http://www.fabricworkshop.org/ Narrative. Phone: 215-561-8888 Location: 701 Arch St. Neighborhood: Center City Institute of Contemporary Art Distance from Convention Center: .6 miles The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at the Transportation: SEPTA Blue Line University of Pennsylvania believes in the power (Market/Frankford) subway to 8th Street Station of art and artists to inform and inspire. The ICA is Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10-5; Sunday 12-5 free for all to engage and connect with the art of Admission: $10 our time. Website: http://www.aampmuseum.org/ Location: 118 S. 36th St. (at Sansom) Phone: 215-574-0380 Neighborhood: University City Exhibitions/Events: Audacious Freedom: Distance from Convention Center: 2 miles African Americans in Philadelphia 1776-1876; Transportation: SEPTA Blue Line 381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story; (Market/Frankford) subway to 34th Street Station Photographic Legacy of Jack Theodore Franklin. Hours: Wednesday 11-8; Thursday & Friday 11- 6; Saturday & Sunday 11-5 Barnes Foundation Admission: Free Established by Albert C. Barnes in 1922 to Website: http://www.icaphila.org/ "promote the advancement of education and the Phone: 215-898-7108 appreciation of the fine arts", the Barnes Foundation is home to one of the world's largest Mütter Museum collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist Founded in 1858, the Mütter Museum is home to and early Modern paintings, with extensive over 20,000 anatomic specimens, plaster casts, holdings by Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne, Renoir wax models, and paintings. The Museum is part and Modigliani, as well as important examples of of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. African sculpture. Location: 19 S. 22nd St. Location: 300 N. Latches Lane Neighborhood: Center City West Neighborhood: Merion, PA Distance from Convention Center: 1 mile Distance from Convention Center: 8.5 miles Transportation: SEPTA Green Line trolley to Transportation: SEPTA Regional Rail (Paoli 22nd Street Station bound) to Merion Station Hours: Monday-Sunday 10-5 Hours: Thursday-Sunday 9:30-5 Admission: $14 Admission: $15 Website: Website: http://www.barnesfoundation.org/ www.collphyphil.org/Site/mutter_museum.html Phone: 610-667-0290 Phone: 215-563-3737

ArtsGuide Philadelphia | 1 Museum of Archaeology and Philadelphia Museum of Art Anthropology, University of The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) is one of the world’s greatest art institutions. The Pennsylvania museum, founded over 125 years ago, houses Founded in 1887, University of Pennsylvania’s over 225,000 works of art encompassing some Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has of the greatest achievements of human creativity. conducted more than 400 archaeological and Location: Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 26th St. anthropological expeditions around the world. Its Neighborhood: Art Museum District galleries feature materials from Egypt, Distance from Convention Center: 1.5 miles Mesopotamia, the Bible Lands, Mesoamerica, Transportation: SEPTA buses No. 7, 32, 38, 43, Asia and the ancient Mediterranean World, as 48, 76 serve the Museum. well as artifacts from native peoples of the Hours: Tues-Sun 10-5; Friday until 8:45 pm Americas, Africa and Polynesia. Admission: $16 Location: 3260 South St. (at the intersection of Website: http://www.philamuseum.org/ Spruce St. and 33rd St.) Phone: 215-763-8100 Neighborhood: University City Exhibitions/Events: Alessi: Ethical and Radical, Distance from Convention Center: 2 miles The Peacock Male: Exuberance and Extremes in Transportation: SEPTA Blue Line Masculine Dress, Flora and Fauna in Korean Art, (Market/Frankford) subway to 34th St. Station Isamu Noguchi at the PMA. Hours: Tuesday 10-5; Wednesday 10-8; Thursday-Sunday 10-5 Admission: $10 Rodin Museum Website: http://www.penn.museum/ The Rodin Museum, which opened to the public Phone: 215-898-4000 in 1929, houses 124 sculptures, including bronze Exhibitions/Events: Secrets of the Silk Road, casts of the artist's greatest works: The Thinker, Year of Water. The Burghers of Calais, Eternal Springtime, and The Gates of Hell. The museum also includes Rodin’s plaster studies, drawings and prints. Pennsylvania Academy of the Location: Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 22nd St. Fine Arts (PAFA) Neighborhood: Art Museum District PAFA's museum is known for its collections of Distance from Convention Center: 1 mile 19th- and 20th-century American paintings, Transportation: SEPTA Green Line Trolley to sculptures, and works on paper. 22nd Street Station Location: 118-128 N. Broad St. Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10-5 Neighborhood: Center City Admission: $5 suggested contribution Distance from Convention Center: .2 miles Website: http://www.rodinmuseum.org/ Transportation: 5 minute walk from the Phone: 215-568-6026 Convention Center Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10-5; Sunday 11-5 Admission: $10 Rosenbach Museum & Library Website: http://www.pafa.org/ James Joyce and Maurice Sendak fans rejoice! Phone: 215-972-7600 Location: 2008-2010 Delancey Place Exhibitions/Events: Anatomy Academy, Neighborhood: Center City/ American Art Starts Here: PAFA Refreshed, Distance from Convention Center: 1.3 miles Reloaded. Transportation: Green Line trolley to 19th Street Station Hours: Tuesday & Friday 12-5, Wednesday & Thursday 12-8, Saturday & Sunday 12-6. Admission: $10 Website: http://www.rosenbach.org/ Phone: 215-732-1600

ArtsGuide Philadelphia | 2 Gallery Districts ARCHITECTURE

For listings of Philadelphia art galleries: Center City District Gallery Guide-Philadelphia: www.artinfo.com/galleryguide/northamerica/city/ 42414/ City Hall InLiquid: www.inliquid.com/gallery/gallery.php Topped by a 37-foot bronze statue of William PhillyArtGalleries.com: Penn above a 548-foot tower, City Hall was www.phillyartgalleries.com/art_gallery_directory. Philadelphia’s tallest building until 1987. Today, htm with 642 rooms, it functions as the largest and most elaborate city hall in the country as well as Selected gallery districts: the tallest masonry-bearing building in the world. Exhibits of the tower and observation deck are Old City District open to the public. The Old City neighborhood was once a busy Location: Broad & Market Streets, East Portal commercial waterfront district. The restoration (Tour Office), Room 121 and conversion of many historic industrial Neighborhood: Center City structures into living spaces in the 1980’s and Distance from Convention Center: .2 miles 90’s coincided with an influx of art galleries, Transportation: 5 minute walk from Convention design firms, architects and performance groups. Center ACRL attendees will have the opportunity to Hours: Monday-Friday 8-5 attend First Friday, a monthly “open house” for Admission: Free; donations welcome arts groups in Old City to showcase their works. Website: http://www.phila.gov/ Website: http://www.oldcityarts.org/ Phone: 215-686-2840 http://www.visitphilly.com/events/philadelphia/ first-friday/ Masonic Temple (Grand Lodge

South Street of Pennsylvania) Considered one of Philadelphia's liveliest and Dedicated in 1873, this National Historic eclectic streets, South Street has a lively mix of Landmark is home to the Grand Lodge of the shops, restaurants and galleries. Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania, its Website: http://www.southstreet.com/ Masonic Library, and Museum of Pennsylvania. It contains a vast museum collection of artwork University City and furnishings as well as a premier research With its funky vibe and unique spirit, University library. City is one of Philadelphia's most vibrant and Location: 1 N. Broad St. diverse neighborhoods with its galleries, Neighborhood: Center City restaurants and shops. Distance from Convention Center: .2 miles Website: Transportation: 5 minute walk from Convention http://www.universitycity.org/cityguide/attraction Center s/museums-and-galleries/ Hours: Tuesday-Friday 10-3, Saturday 10-noon Admission: $8 Manayunk Website: http://www.pagrandlodge.org/ Manayunk is a unique shopping and dining Phone: 215-988-1900 destination with numerous boutiques, restaurants and galleries. Website: http://www.manayunk.com/shopping/galleries/

ArtsGuide Philadelphia | 3 Transportation: SEPTA Bus No. 61 to Ridge Ave & 35th, or Regional Rail (Roxborough/ Manayunk bound) to East Falls Station Eastern State Penitentiary Hours: Monday-Friday 8-4:30, Saturday-Sunday Operational from 1829 until 1971, Eastern State 9:30-4:30 Penitentiary was known for its “grand Admission: Free architecture and strict discipline,” and is now a Website: http://thelaurelhillcemetary.org/ National Historic Landmark. Phone: 215-228-8200 Location: 22nd St. and Fairmount Ave. Neighborhood: Fairmount Park Distance from Convention Center: 1.5 miles Mount Pleasant Transportation: SEPTA Bus No. 48 to 22nd and Built in 1761, Mount Pleasant stands as one of Fairmount the finest examples of Georgian architecture in Hours: 10-5 every day the country. Administered by The Philadelphia Admission: $12 Museum of Art, this elegant country estate does Website: http://www.easternstate.org/ not contain period room furnishings so that Phone: 215-236-3300 visitors can experience the architectural elements and craftsmanship of the structure. Location: Mount Pleasant Drive, East Fairmount Cedar Grove Park Administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Neighborhood: Fairmount Park Cedar Grove was moved from its original site in Distance from Convention Center: 3.3 miles the Frankford section of Philadelphia to Transportation: SEPTA Bus Nos. 32 or 48 Fairmount Park in the late 1920’s. It features towards Roxborough or unusual two-sided closets and many of the Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10-5 family’s original furnishings. Admission: $5 Location: Lansdowne Drive off North Concourse Website: http://www.fairmountparkhouses.org/ Drive, West Fairmount Park Phone: 215-763-2719 Neighborhood: Fairmount Park Distance from Convention Center: 3.5 miles Transportation: SEPTA Bus No. 38 to 41st Woodford Street and Parkside Avenue Administered by the Naomi Wood Trust, this Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10-5 elegant Georgian-style house was built as a Admission: $5 summer retreat in 1756-8 by William Coleman, a Website: http://www.fairmountparkhouses.org/ Philadelphia merchant and close friend of Phone: 215-878-2123 Benjamin Franklin. Today it contains the 18th century furniture and antique decorative art objects of the Philadelphia collector, Miss Laurel Hill Cemetery Naomi Wood, who died in 1926. One of the few cemeteries in the United States Location: Near 33rd and Dauphin Streets, East designated a National Historic Landmark, this 78 Fairmount Park acre burial ground for prominent Philadelphians, Neighborhood: Fairmount Park national war heroes, Titanic passengers, and Distance from Convention Center: 3.4 miles other individuals also functions as an outdoor Transportation: SEPTA Bus Nos. 61 or 32 sculpture garden, horticultural marvel, and truly towards Roxborough unique historical resource. Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10-4 Location: 3822 Ridge Ave. Admission: $5 Neighborhood: Fairmount Park Website: http://www.woodfordmansion.org/ Distance from Convention Center: 5 miles Phone: 215-229-6115

ArtsGuide Philadelphia | 4 Old City District Elfreth’s Alley & Museum Dating to 1702, Elfreth’s Alley is the nation’s oldest continually inhabited residential street. The Betsy Ross House block features 32 Colonial- and Federal- style Legendary home and burial place of Betsy Ross homes, with two open to the public for tours. (1752-1836), the Philadelphia seamstress who is Location: Front and 2nd Streets believed to have made the first American flag, Neighborhood: Old City this historic house commemorates the life and Distance from Convention Center: 1.2 miles accomplishments of a Philadelphia patriot. Note: Public Transportation: SEPTA Blue Line The house is not accessible to people with (Market/Frankford) subway to Penn’s Landing disabilities. Hours: Friday-Saturday 10-5, Sunday 12-5 Location: 239 Arch St. Admission: Self-guided tour $3; Guided tour $5 Neighborhood: Old City Website: http://www.elfrethsalley.org/ Distance from Convention Center: 1.1 miles Phone: 215-574-0560 Public Transportation: SEPTA Blue Line (Market/Frankford) subway to Penn’s Landing Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10-5 Franklin Court Admission: $3 Franklin Court was the site of Benjamin Franklin’s Website: http://www.betsyrosshouse.org/ home, built between 1763-5. Franklin died in Phone: 215-686-1252 1790, and the house was demolished 20 years later. Today, the site features a steel “ghost” structure outlining where Franklin’s house stood. Christ Church and Burial Franklin Court also includes an underground Ground museum and an 18th century printing office. Founded in 1695, Christ Church was the first Location: 314-322 Market St. parish of the Church of England (Anglican) in Neighborhood: Old City Pennsylvania and was where the American Distance from Convention Center: 1 mile Episcopal Church was born. The current church, Public Transportation: SEPTA Blue Line completed in 1754, is a fine example of Georgian (Market/Frankford) subway to Penn’s Landing architecture and was the building in which Hours: Museum: Wednesday-Sunday 12-5 famous Revolutionary leaders including George Admission: Free Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Betsy Ross, and Website: www.nps.gov/inde/franklin-court.htm Robert Morris worshipped. Phone: 215-965-2306 Location: Church: 2nd & Market Streets; Burial Ground: 5th and Arch Streets Neighborhood: Old City Independence Hall & National Distance from Convention Center: 1 mile Historic Park Public Transportation: SEPTA Blue Line In the Hall and surrounding buildings our (Market/Frankford) subway to 5th Street or Founding Fathers declared their independence Penn’s Landing Stations from British rule and composed the Constitution, Hours: Church: Monday-Saturday 9-5, Sunday the framework on which our nation is built. 1-5; Burial ground: Monday-Saturday 10-4, Location: Chestnut between 5th and 6th Streets Sunday 12-4 Neighborhood: Old City Admission: Church: $3 suggested donation; Distance from Convention Center: .8 miles Burial ground: $2 Public Transportation: SEPTA Blue Line Website: http://www.christchurchphila.org/ (Market/Frankford) subway to 5th Street Station Phone: 215-922-1695 Hours: Hall: 9-5; Visitor Center 8:30-5 Admission: Free Website: http://www.nps.gov/inde/index.htm Phone: 215-597-8787

ArtsGuide Philadelphia | 5 Physick House University City & Built in 1786, this building is one of two remaining freestanding townhouses from the Southwest Philadelphia Federal era in this neighborhood of Philadelphia. It functioned as the 19th century home of Dr. Fisher Fine Arts Library, Philip Syng Physick, the Father of American University of Pennsylvania Surgery in the days before anesthesia. Renowned Philadelphia architect Frank Furness Location: 321 S. 3rd St. completed this masterful Victorian structure in Neighborhood: Old City 1890, and was intended to be the University’s Distance from Convention Center: 1.5 miles primary library after its move to West Public Transportation: SEPTA Blue Line Philadelphia. (Market/Frankford) subway to Penn’s Landing Location: 220 S. 34th St. Hours: Thursday-Saturday 12-4, Sunday 1-4 Neighborhood: University City Admission: $5 Distance from Convention Center: .8 miles Website: www.philalandmarks.org/phys.aspx Public Transportation: SEPTA Blue Line Phone: 215-925-7866 (Market/Frankford) subway to 34th Street Station Hours: Open to visitors Monday-Friday 8:30- Powel House 8pm, Saturday-Sunday 10-8 Built in 1765, this elegant, Colonial- and Admission: Free Georgian-style brick mansion was purchased in Website: http://www.library.upenn.edu/finearts/ 1769 by Samuel Powel, the last mayor of Phone: 215-898-8325 Philadelphia under the Crown and the first “Patriot” Mayor of the city after the creation of the Bartram’s Garden new American republic. It includes a decorative In 1728 John Bartram purchased this 102-acre arts collection and walled garden. farm along the west bank of the lower Schuylkill Location: 244 S. 3rd St. River, three miles southwest of colonial Neighborhood: Old City Philadelphia, and turned it into America’s first Distance from Convention Center: 1.4 miles botanic garden. Public Transportation: SEPTA Blue Line Location: 54th St. and Lindbergh Boulevard (Market/Frankford) subway to Penn’s Landing Neighborhood: Southwest Philadelphia Hours: Reopening March 3, 2011 Distance from Convention Center: 5 miles Admission: $5 Public Transportation: SEPTA Green Line Website: www.philalandmarks.org/powel.aspx trolley 36 to Elmwood Ave and 56th Street Phone: 215-627-0364 Hours: Monday-Friday 10-5, Sat.-Sun. 12-4 Admission: $5 Second Bank of the U.S. Website: http://www.bartramsgarden.org/ Designed by William Strickland, this building is Phone: 215-729-5281 one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in the country. The portrait gallery in the Second Bank Building includes 185 paintings of Colonial and Federal leaders. Location: 420 Chestnut St. Neighborhood: Old City Distance from Convention Center: 1 mile Public Transportation: SEPTA Blue Line (Market/Frankford) subway to 5th Street Station Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 10-3 Website: www.nps.gov/inde/second-bank.htm Phone: 215-965-2305

ArtsGuide Philadelphia | 6 Helpful Websites & Self-Guided DANCE Walking Tours As of press time, no major dance events are Center for Architecture: scheduled during ACRL. Visit Philly Fun Guide http://philadelphiacfa.org/architectural-tours.php Dance Listings to locate events closer to the Constitutional Guided Walking Tour of time of the conference: Philadelphia: www.phillyfunguide.com/categories/index/4/0 http://www.theconstitutional.com/index.html Fairmount Park Website: Philadelphia Dance Collection, http://www.fairmountpark.org Independence Visitor Center: Temple University http://www.independencevisitorcenter.com The Philadelphia Dance Collection archives Landmarks Tours: Guided Architecture community and university dance companies and Walking Tours of Philadelphia & the Region: organizations, as well as individual performing http://www.philalandmarks.org/landmarks.aspx artists. Represented in the Collection are the Mural Arts Self-Guided Walking Tour: archives of the Pennsylvania Ballet, Philadanco, http://muralarts.org/explore/mural-mile the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and others. Penntracks Walking Tours of Philadelphia: Location: Paley Library, 1210 Polett Walk http://www.upenn.edu/nso/2005/events/penntra Neighborhood: North Philadelphia cks.html Distance from Convention Center: 2 miles Preservation Alliance: Public Transportation: SEPTA Broad Street http://www.preservationalliance.com/events/walk Line subway to Cecil B. Moore Station ing_tours.php Hours: Monday-Friday 9-5 Seven Walking Tours through Historic Admission: Free Philadelphia: Website: http://www.ushistory.org/districts/index.html http://library.temple.edu/collections/special_colle ctions/dance.jsp?bhcp=1 Phone: 215-204-8230

Dance Links

Attendees may also wish to acquaint themselves with Philadelphia’s most notable dance companies and centers:

Community Education Center: http://www.cecarts.org/

Koresh Dance Company: http://www.koreshdance.org/

Painted Bride Art Center: http://www.paintedbride.org/

Pennsylvania Ballet Company: http://www.paballet.org/

PHILADANCO: http://www.philadanco.org/

ArtsGuide Philadelphia | 7 Philadelphia Theater Company THEATRE “Founded in 1974…Philadelphia Theatre Company was the first of our city's ambitious Academy of Music young performing arts companies to produce Working in conjunction with the Academy of bold new work, while inviting audiences to Music, The Kimmel Center is Philadelphia's home participate in the development process.” Let Me for large-scale performing arts productions, from Down Easy will be playing during ACRL, theatre to music. During ACRL the Academy of described by the New York Times as "the best Music will be presenting Mary Poppins. theatrical experience this season.” Location: The Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St. Location: 480 S. Broad St. Neighborhood: Avenue of the Arts Neighborhood: Avenue of the Arts Distance from Convention Center: .8 miles Distance from Convention Center: .8 miles Transportation: SEPTA Broad Street Line Transportation: SEPTA Broad Street Line subway to Walnut-Locust Station subway to Lombard-South Station Admission: $28 Admission: $52 Website: http://www.kimmelcenter.org/ Website: www.philadelphiatheatrecompany.org/ Phone: 215-893-1999 Phone: 215-985-0420

Arden Theatre Company Walnut Street Theatre "Arden Theatre Company is dedicated to One of America's oldest theatres! It opened as a bringing to life the greatest stories by the greatest circus house with equestrian acts in 1809, storytellers of all time. We draw from any source passed through the hands of the Booth family, that is inherently dramatic and theatrical – fiction, and its boards have been trod by Barrymores nonfiction, poetry, music and drama.” Superior and Brando. See Speaking In Tongues or Alfred Donuts and Wanamaker's Pursuit are playing. Hitchcock's The 39 Steps at this historic venue. Location: 40 N. 2nd St. Location: 825 Walnut St. Neighborhood: Old City Neighborhood: Center City Distance from Convention Center: 1 mile Distance from Convention Center: .8 miles Transportation: SEPTA Blue Line (Market- Transportation: 15 minute walk from Frankford) subway to Penn's Landing Station Convention Center Admission: $29-$48 Admission: $10-$85 Website: http://www.ardentheatre.org/ Website: http://www.walnutstreettheatre.org/ Phone: 215-922-1122 Phone: 215-574-3550

Lantern Theater Company Wilma Theater Named "Best Theater Company" by Philadelphia “Established in 1973, the Wilma challenged the Weekly in 2007, the Lantern Theater Company's Philadelphia cultural community to create eclectic productions take place in St. Stephen's theatrical productions of original material and to Theater, near the Convention Center. ACRL develop local artists.” During ACRL see In The attendees can see A Midsummer Night's Dream. Next Room, or The Vibrator Play, 2010 Tony Location: 939 Ludlow St. Nominee for Best Play and Pulitzer Prize finalist. Neighborhood: Center City Location: 265 S. Broad St. Distance from Convention Center: .4 miles Neighborhood: Avenue of the Arts Transportation: 10 minute walk from Distance from Convention Center: .6 miles Convention Center Transportation: SEPTA Broad Street Line Admission: $20-$36 subway to Walnut-Locust Station Website: http://www.lanterntheater.org/ Admission: $22.50-$45 Phone: 215-829-0395 Website: http://www.wilmatheater.org/ Phone: 215-546-7824

ArtsGuide Philadelphia | 8 Philadelphia Orchestra MUSIC “Founded in 1900, The Philadelphia Orchestra has distinguished itself as one of the leading Art After 5 at the Philadelphia orchestras in the world through over a century of Museum of Art acclaimed performances, historic international tours [and] best-selling recordings.” During ACRL As part of the Philadelphia Museum’s “Art After the Philadelphia Orchestra will be presenting 5” Program, Friday evenings at the Museum “Truly Classical,” with works by Haydn, Mozart, feature live music in the Great Stair Hall. The and Beethoven. music program primarily features international Location: 260 S. Broad St. and jazz genres. Neighborhood: Avenue of the Arts Location: Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 26th St. Distance from Convention Center: .7 miles Neighborhood: Art Museum District Transportation: SEPTA Broad Street Line Distance from Convention Center: 1.5 miles subway to Walnut-Locust Station Transportation: SEPTA buses No. 7, 32, 38, Admission: $43-$120 43, 48, 76 serve the Museum. Website: http://www.philorch.org/ Hours: Performances begin at 5:00 pm and the Phone: 215-893-1999 Museum closes at 8:45 pm. Admission: Free after museum admission ($16). Website: http://www.philamuseum.org/artafter5/ R5 Productions Phone: 215-763-8100 As Philadelphia’s longtime promoter of independent rock and pop music, R5 Chris’ Jazz Cafe Productions books local and touring acts in a number of venues around the city, with many of A Philadelphia jazz institution, Chris’ Jazz Cafe is their concerts taking place at the First Unitarian home to live music six nights per week. The Church. Visit their website for information on intimate setting and range from local to well- bands playing during ACRL. established acts makes the venue a popular spot Location: First Unitarian Church (among other for jazz aficionados and nightlife seekers alike. venues): 2125 Chestnut St. Location: 1421 Sansom St. Neighborhood: Center City West Neighborhood: Center City Distance from Convention Center: 1 mile Distance from Convention Center: .5 miles Transportation: SEPTA Green Line trolley to Transportation: 10 minute walk from 22nd Street Station Convention Center Admission: $10-$20 Admission: $10-$20 Website: http://www.r5productions.com/ Website: http://www.chrisjazzcafe.com/ Phone: 215-821-7575 Phone: 215-568-3131

South Street Philadelphia Chamber Music Encompassing some ten blocks, the main drag Society (PCMS) of South Street includes several galleries and Celebrating 25 years in 2011, PCMS presents theaters as well as 60 different cafes and bars, renowned artists in a variety of unique theaters many of them known for their live music. and offers affordable tickets to many of their Location: Between Front and 10th on South St. shows. PCMS is presenting two concerts during Neighborhood: Center City/South Street ACRL, including Belcea Quartet and Hyunah Yu Distance from Convention Center: 1.5 miles with Randall Scarlata and Ken Noda. Transportation: SEPTA Broad Street Line Location: Various venues subway to Lombard-South Station (South Street Admission: $23 West) or Market-Frankford Line subway to Website: http://www.pcmsconcerts.org/ Penn’s Landing (South Street East) Phone: 215-569-8080 Website: http://southstreet.com/

ArtsGuide Philadelphia | 9 Secret Cinema FILM For nearly two decades Secret Cinema has presented “guaranteed unusual” film International House programming based on curator Jay Schwartz’s International House has provided independent, astounding archive of rare and obscure films. All avant-garde cinema from all over the world for screenings are shown in 16mm film. Secret more than 30 years. Films and screening times Cinema events are scheduled intermittently, and during the ACRL are not yet posted; please conference attendees are encouraged to check consult the website or phone number for the website below for screenings to attend. information. Location: Moore College of Art & Design (among Location: 3701 Chestnut St. other venues): 1916 Race St. Neighborhood: University City Neighborhood: Art Museum District Distance from Convention Center: 2.5 miles Distance from Convention Center: .8 miles Transportation: SEPTA Blue Line (Market- Transportation: SEPTA Green Line trolley to Frankford) subway to 34th Street Station 19th Street Station Admission: $8 Admission: $7 Website: http://ihousephilly.org/film Website: http://www.thesecretcinema.com/ Phone: 215-387-5125 The Tuttleman IMAX Theater, The Ritz Theaters of Science The Ritz Theaters are located in Center City The Tuttleman IMAX Theater at the Franklin Philadelphia and feature first-run independent Institute of Science boasts a 70-foot wide, 4.5 and foreign films. Their website contains listings story domed theater. Shows and times vary; for films showing during ACRL. check the website or phone number for listings Locations: Ritz at the Bourse: 400 Ranstead St.; and showtimes during ACRL. Ritz East: 125 S. 2nd St.; Ritz Five: 214 Walnut. Location: 222 N. 20th St. Neighborhood: Old City Neighborhood: Art Museum District Distance from Convention Center: 1 mile Distance from Convention Center: 1 mile Transportation: SEPTA Market-Frankford Line Transportation: SEPTA Green Line trolley to subway to 5th Street or Penn’s Landing Station 19th Street Station Admission: $6-$9 Admission: $9 Website: Website: http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Philad http://www2.fi.edu/theater/imax/theater-info.php elphia/Philadelphia_Frameset.htm Phone: 215-448-1200 Phone: 215-925-7900

Roxy Theater With two screens and basic amenities, the Roxy Theater is a great choice for enjoying a movie in a smaller theater off the beaten path. Offerings range from Hollywood fare to art house. Location: 2023 Sansom St. Neighborhood: Center City West Distance from Convention Center: 1 mile Transportation: SEPTA Green Line trolley to 19th Street Station Admission: $8 Phone: 215-923-6699

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