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| Among acres of diamonds, Temple's real gem: Baptist Temple to reopen as cultural arts center | Now, after a two-year, $29 million renovation, the university is ready to reopen the Baptist Temple on April 14 as a cultural center to anchor the northern section of the city's Avenue of the Arts. "It's going to be much more than a performing arts center," said Charles Henry Bethea, executive director of the Baptist Temple. |
| Harriet Tubman Artifacts Donated to New Museum in Phila | One of Philadelphia's and the nation's leading collectors of African American artifacts has turned over historic artifacts from abolitionist Harriet Tubman to a new museum scheduled to open in 2015. Charles Blockson, curator emeritus of the Charles Blockson Afro-American collection at Temple University, received 39 personal items from the estate of Underground Railroad Conductor Harriet Tubman from Tubman's great niece, who willed them to Blockson two years ago because she believed that he, Blockson says, would know what to do with them. |
| Home Is Where The Art Is | The NEA is offering 15 grants of $250,000 to cities (including Philadelphia) to fund bold arts initiatives. Proposing a Philadelphia Biennial is just the kind of move that could win the city that money. But it’s going to take more. |
| Feel Good, Buy Art, Help Haiti | The Haitian Art Project, currently running at the Haverford Township Public Library, benefits both the library and Doctors Without Borders, an organization providing medical assistance in Haiti. |
| Comcast-Spectacor buys Live Nation's ticketing business | The deal was part of an agreement with the Justice Department announced in late January that allowed Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. to merge with concert promoter Live Nation. As part of the agreement, Live Nation had to sell Paciolan. Terms of the deal with Comcast-Spectacor were not disclosed. |
