Emily Thomas – Temple Update

Kimmel Center Jazz Residency

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:33:38 +0000

While most of the city winds down at the end of Jazz Appreciation Month, the Kimmel Center continues its jazz residency program that began in December and concludes later next month. In its 6th year of running, the residency theme this year is “Philly Made” and focuses on cultural ideas of identity and belonging. Each of the three teams of musicians approached by the Kimmel Center composed a…

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Philly Celebrates Jazz

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 14:44:14 +0000

Jazz Appreciation Month runs throughout all of April and with it a number of free and ticketed events put on by dozens of organizations around the city. The Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy introduced “Philly Celebrates Jazz” this month with a free neighborhood series that includes jazz performances, exhibits, film screenings, and dance lessons.

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Love Run Half Marathon & 5k

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 18:06:24 +0000

As spring peeks around the corner, the City of Brotherly Love gears up for its annual Love Run Half Marathon & 5k this Sunday at 7:30am. The course begins and ends at Art Museum at Eakins Oval; for those not ready for 13.5 miles, a 5k run is also offered called the #Allcity5k. The half marathon course weaves through downtown Philadelphia so runners can experience the sights and sounds of the…

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Bach in the Subways

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:10:43 +0000

For the past three years, Philadelphia has been participating in Bach in the Subways, a traditionthat began in 2011 in New York City to celebrate the life and legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach, the annual event brings his music to the public. Each March on the weekend anniversary of Bach’s birth, any musician capable of performing his music is welcome to participate and allow commuters the…

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Tomorrow: Bach in the Subways

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:10:52 +0000

Bach in the Subways 2019 is coming back the city of Philadelphia once more. Begun in New York City in 2011, Bach in the Subways is a weekend in March dedicated to musicians performing Bach pieces in various locations around the city for free. The tradition grew beyond NYC and subways to include more than 150 cities and 40 countries worldwide today. The purpose of the 100%

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2019 Tyler MFA Thesis Exhibiton

Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:40:22 +0000

The change to spring also means a change of space for Temple Contemporary, located at the Tyler School of Art. The ground floor of Tyler’s main building has been transformed into a gallery space for the 2019 MFA graduate thesis exhibition which runs through April 13th. The exhibition showcases a total of 26 students who display their work in groups of two to four that rotate each week.

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The BIG Exhibit: Celebrating the life of the Notorious B.I.G.

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 01:12:57 +0000

The Philly Arts Collective celebrates the anniversary of the death of Notorious B.I.G. this weekend with a free exhibition held from 6-9pm in Old City. The one-night pop up show features over 30 visual artists who are paying tribute to the hip-hop legend through live music and art. The Notorious B.I.G. passed away on March 9th, 1997, and Philly Arts Collective aims to celebrate his impact and…

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Tonight: Karl Hess in the World of Ideas

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 00:45:34 +0000

The Galleries at Moore continues its 2019 Faculty Triennial tomorrow night with a video essay created by professor Daniel Tucker. The experimental documentary titled Local Control: Karl Hess in the World of Ideas follows the story of writer Karl Hess as he navigates political groups of the 1960s and promotes his ideas of localism. The film addresses the often said phrase “All Politics Are Local”…

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Now Open: Philadelphia Flower Show

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 14:17:15 +0000

The city kicks off the annual Philadelphia Flower Show this weekend, which runs through March 10. This year’s theme, Flower Power, aims to pay tribute to the impact of flowers on our lives with interactive displays and flower exhibits that scale the high walls of the Convention Center. The show features the Flower Show Entrance Garden, which pulls inspiration from Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein…

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2019 Faculty Triennial at The Galleries at Moore

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:20:17 +0000

2016 Temple alumnus and poet Kai Davis performed at The Galleries at Moore as part of the People’s Poetry Audio Tour Kickoff, a program run through the 2019 Faculty Triennial at the Galleries. Davis performed along with senior Moore student Destiny Garner to celebrate the poetry audio tour that was compiled from workshops run with students from around Philadelphia this month.

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