Leah Stein Dance Company is committed to making dances spontaneously, rigorously, on location, on stage, in collaboration, in connection with the moment; and has been for the past ten years. The company is best known for site-specific pieces at well-known Philadelphia places including Eastern State Penitentiary, Bartram’s Gardens, and Christ Church Burial Grounds. Now celebrating their 10th year, Leah Stein and Leah Stein Dance Company invite you to partake in the anniversary by attending a performance or contributing to their Kickstarter campaign (more than halfway there!). The performances run March 8-11 and are in collaboration with Philadelphia Dance Projects and with very special guest Sean Feldman as well as special surprise events.
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JAPANESE HOUSE AND GARDEN TO OPEN NEW SAKURA PAVILION
The Friends of the Japanese House and Garden announce the grand opening of the brand new Sakura Pavilion, to be celebrated on Saturday and Sunday, March 31 – April 1, on the grounds of Shofuso Japanese House and Garden. The Sakura Pavilion is two brick buildings that remained in Fairmount Park from the 1876 Centennial Exposition which have been restored and combined with a renovated flagstone patio to create year-round multi-use space. Shofuso Japanese House and Garden with Sakura Pavilion, located at Horticultural and Lansdowne Drives in Fairmount Park, is a traditional-style Japanese house and nationally-ranked garden in Philadelphia’s West Fairmount Park that reflects the history of Japanese culture in Philadelphia, from the 1876 Centennial Exposition to the renovation of the Sakura Pavilion today.
What to Expect at the 2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show
Late into last night exhibitors were putting the finishing touches on the 2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show. The award judging and preview tours started early this morning, and the Flower Show opens to the public tomorrow, Sunday, March 4 and runs through March 11.
Curious as to what to expect, I went on the media tour Friday night. The theme “Hawaii: Islands of Aloha” is certainly well-represented. Tons of orchids, birds of paradise, giant water features, volcanoes and hula skirts add color to the Pennsylvania Convention Center. There are vendors such as Kremps where you can buy exotic bouquets and landscape exhibitors showing the surfer’s dream gazebo and poolside outdoor kitchen.
A Little Something for Everyone at the 2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show
Want to soak in the full effects of the “Islands of Aloha!” theme of this year’s Flower Show? Good thing the 2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show has a little something for everyone…
Young and Ready to Party? Want to see a man cave? City-wide window Flower Shows?
Local Science Café Brings the “Bacteria Whisperer” to Philadelphia
Science on Tap is a monthly Science Café in Philadelphia that features public discussion on engaging science topics. Held in a relaxed, bar setting on the second Monday of every month, Science on Tap features a brief, informal presentation by a scientist or other expert followed by lively conversation.
Microbiologist Bonnie Bassler made the ground-breaking discovery that bacteria can communicate with one another through a process called “Quorum Sensing.” Quorum sensing is the cell-to-cell communication that allows bacteria to coordinate and synchronize, acting as a multi-cellular organism. Dr. Bassler’s current research focuses on disease therapies that interfere with quorum sensing and prevent bacteria from carrying out a deadly attack. She will discuss her groundbreaking research and its profound implication for the fields of Biology and Medicine.
Bryn Mawr College Performing Arts Series presents the famed John Jasperse Company
“So much of dance is incomprehensible,” choreographer John Jasperse said in 2000. “As I make more work, I’m not as interested in having to explain. What is so interesting is the stuff you can’t explain.” Bryn Mawr College’s Performing Arts Series will return to Jasperse’s groundbreaking work, Fort Blossom—performed only once before at New York City performance space The Kitchen in 2000—as Fort Blossom Revisited (2000/2012), with support from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through Dance Advance. Jasperse, who dance critic Anna Kisselgoff has described as “one of the best of the truly experimental artists,” is the recipient of a 2011 United States Artist Fellowship and a 2001 Bessie Award, among many other accolades. He has taken this opportunity to not only revisit the choreography, as the new title suggests, but to contemporize the work and push the limits of the previous staging.
Titanic: The Rise of Rosenbach, on view through June 24
Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the international tragedy of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, the Rosenbach Museum & Library presents Titanic: The Rise of Rosenbach, on view through June 24. The exhibition follows the story of book dealer Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach as he hears about the sinking of the Titanic and realizes that his friend and protégé, Harry Elkins Widener, has gone down with the ship. Visitors are invited to learn the details of the tragic event and how, ultimately, Dr. Rosenbach’s personal loss led to professional success as he undertook a project that positioned him to become the greatest rare-books dealer of the 20th century: the creation of Harvard’s Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library.
