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Recent Member News
| Orchestra gets a new leader in Vulgamore | Allison B. Vulgamore, president of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 1993, will take over the Philadelphia ensemble at a time when it has been badly shaken by financial turmoil. She is expected to start work as president and CEO no later than Feb. 1. | |
| Laurel Hill Cemetery's got big plans for the dearly departed. |
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| B. Someday Productions Recieves Nomination for Barrymore Award for Education Excellence | One of the educational outreach programs of B. Someday Productions was nominated for a Barrymore Award for Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service on Monday, August 10, 2009. The nomination was announced at the Press Conference at the general meeting for the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. This is the first nomination for B. Someday, resident at Walking Fish Theatre and the only professional producing and performing theatre company in their Fishtown/Kensington community. | |
| DANCECleveland, Dance Affiliates, and Dance St. Louis Receive Major Funding from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation | DANCECleveland, Dance Affiliates (Philadelphia) and Dance St. Louis, three of the foremost stand-alone dance presenters in the United States today, have been awarded a $120,000 grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation for a pilot program to build a national network of new dance-presenting venues in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Missouri. | |
| Museum Community Kicks Off Museum Week at Independence Visitor Center, Monday April 27th | Fifty-five area museums team up on April 27, 2009 to launch the first Museum Week, April 27-May 3, 2009. The launch event will take place on Monday, April 27th at 10am at the Independence Visitor Center on Independence Mall. It will feature a wide variety of local museums displaying samples from current exhibitions or collections. Press and the public are invited to attend. The event will also feature the debut screening of SPARK, a new short film about the impact that Philadelphia’s cultural institutions have on the hearts and minds of our community. | |
| Linda E. Johnson-- President and Chief Executive Officer, National Constitution Center | Linda E. Johnson is named the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Constitution Center, the only American museum solely dedicated to fostering a greater understanding of the history, and ongoing relevance of the United States Constitution. Ms. Johnson was named to the post in January 2009, having previously served on the Center’s Board of Trustees and its executive committee for a decade. | |
| People’s Light & Theatre Company receives $45,000 grant | People’s Light & Theatre Company in Malvern has received a $45,000 grant from the Harry B. Rust Charitable Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation to support the general operations of the Theatre. | |
| Peregrine Arts, A focus on Phila.'s hidden sites | An unusual monthlong arts festival was announced yesterday in the dim and cavernous auditorium of the old Metropolitan Opera House on North Broad Street, where decay lies thick and dusty on the floorboards and plaster drifts in mounds along the auditorium walls. | |
| New Lansdale Center for the Performing Arts | The Lansdale Center for Performing Arts (LCPA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Marja Kaisla as the Executive Director of the LCPA. | |
| Philagrafika 2010 is moving forward with the support of three major grants | Philagrafika is pleased to announce receipt of grants from the William Penn Foundation, The Barra Foundation and The National Endowment for the Arts, and the appointment of Adrienne Jenkins as managing director. |
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