My John Wind charm bracelet featuring a salty soft pretzel, the LOVE statue, and a nattily dressed William Penn, is one of my favorite pieces of Philly-centric jewelry.

In honor of our nation’s 250th birthday, Wind is giving the charms some more brotherly love. A proud Philadelphian, Wind has partnered with the Philadelphia Visitor Center for a six-piece commemorative jewelry collection featuring four necklaces, one bracelet, and a key-chain/bag fob.

The soft pretzel, the LOVE statue, and William Penn remain a part of the jeweled tableau and Wind has added a few additional knickknacks to the Semiquincentennial mix. Like a boxing glove as a shout out to Rocky; a soccer ball for World Cup afficionados, a star with red, white, and blue stripes for patriots, and a Liberty Bell.

Wind, who has been making charm jewelry since he started his business in the 1980s, has turned some of his tiny amulets into giant pieces of public art.

Earlier this week, Wind unveiled an installation of Philadelphia, patriotic, and social justice centered charms as wall art at Park Towne Place. The show, “Charm Offensive @ Reilly Memorial” will be up through Oct. 6. It is a joint project between Wind, InLiquid Art and Park Towne Place. All of the wall charms are available for sale for $150 each.

The John Wind x Philadelphia Visitor Center Collection is available at select Philadelphia Visitor Centers and at johnwind.com. Prices range from $48 for the key chain/bag fob to $108 for the necklace.

— Elizabeth Wellington

We’ll leave the notes on Amadeus, now streaming on Starz, to the film and TV critics — mostly. The miniseries based on Peter Shaffer’s play about Mozart and his less-than-genius jealous rival Antonio Salieri doesn’t have half the atmosphere or humor of the 1984 Milos Forman film.

That said, a hunky Mozart (Will Sharpe) seems like the update our age demands.

But we can offer a few notes on, well, the notes — the ones written by Mozart. Snippets of his music woven through the show last only a few seconds each, leaving a thirst to hear the rest of the musical works in recordings.

Mozart wrote only two piano concertos in minor keys, and one of them, the dark D Minor, K. 466, is heard in the opening credits. Annie Fischer’s 1959 recording with Adrian Boult and the Philharmonia Orchestra is exactly the storm you want.

Three pieces flicker by in Amadeus in the scene where Mozart’s wife, Constanze, shares Mozart’s scores with Salieri — The Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, ‘Gran Partita’ Serenade, and the Symphony No. 25. Each one of such beauty and invention there’s no mystery about why Salieri was undone by envy. A fun recording rabbit hole awaits listeners in each: the discovery that a particular interpretation can fundamentally alter the character of a piece.

A number of Mozart piano sonatas find their way into the miniseries, and Walter Gieseking’s recordings of crystalline tone and exquisite phrasing explain the kind of truths that are revealed when a composer finds his or her ideal interpreter. A form of genius, really.

‘Amadeus’ is now streaming on Starz

— Peter Dobrin

Dexter Wansel was the player par excellence during the latter stage of Philadelphia International Records run of excellence in the late 1970s and 1980s. He wrote and produced for the Jacksons, Patti LaBelle, Teddy Pendergrass, the Jones Girls, and more.

As Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff said in a statement after Wansel’s death on May 31 at 75, he “brought a new age sound” to PIR. “Dexter’s synthesizer and keyboard sounds were iconic.”

As great a behind-the-scenes player as he was, Wansel was also a solo artist whose music pushed PIR forward, blending old school R&B with futuristic sounds and the kinds of sci-fi adventures that were au courant in the ’70s, with the work of artists like David Bowie and George Clinton.

Wansel’s 1976 space-funk album Life On Mars is the place to start looking into his legacy. It was partly inspired by Bowie’s 1971 song “Life on Mars,” but Wansel’s track of the same name is a different song. His use of the ARP 2600 synth was innovative, and Wansel expanded the interstellar theme with song titles like “Stargazer” and “Rings of Saturn.”

But the smoothy produced album, which points forward the silky soul Quiet Storm format, remains connected to funky, earthly pleasures and structured songwriting. “One Million Miles from the Ground” is actually about lovemaking, not planet exploring. Life on Mars also opens with a tribute to Gamble, Wansel’s PIR employer, with a horn-powered instrumental called “A Prophet Named K.G.”

On June 24, as part of Art Philly, DJ-producer King Britt will honor Wansel and Life on Mars with a live performance at Johnny Brenda’s as part of his weeklong “Blacktronika: Philadelphia Now and Then” event series. The Blacktronika Icon Award that was planned to be presented to Wansel at the show will be given posthumously.

Blacktronika: Philadelphia Now and Then at Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., June 23-29. johnnybrendas.com

— Dan DeLuca

I know where are the cool kids were on Wednesday night — crowding into Yowie for the launch of Elsewhere, an art fair produced by Blah Blah Gallery and hosted within the rooms of the boutique hotel.

The premise: a blend of Philly and international artists taking over hotel rooms and inviting guests into their suites. The result was three floors of contemporary art curated by some of today’s most exciting, thoughtful, and sustainable artists and galleries from around the world.

There’s something extremely approachable and exciting about getting to hear about art while sitting on a couch with a gallery curator, sipping white wine together, being greeted by a piece of pop art inside a bathroom shower, or a Tadashi Adamson sculpture of toast with eyes staged on the hotel room’s kitchen counter.

I also spotted pieces by Philly-tied textile artist Qualeasha Wood in the hallway of an area on the second floor curated by DARLA out of New York. We love to see it.

Elsewhere Fair is on view through June 6.

— Emily Bloch

It’s always a good time when Philly stars collab for big projects, and that’s especially true with Tina Fey and Colman Domingo in the second season of their Netflix comedy, The Four Seasons. As a cocreator and writer of the show, Fey decided that the show’s cast of vacationing couples should take a trip to the Jersey Shore, where she used to visit for many summers as a kid. Those two episodes — filmed in Ocean Grove and Point Pleasant Beach — are some of the funniest in the season, and offer a chance for Fey’s and Domingo’s characters (Kate and Danny) to bond as they dream of opening a B&B.

One part that really had me cackling was when Will Forte, who plays Fey’s husband, makes a beach friend. Kate knows he’s been searching for a guy friend to talk sports or play games. There’s a moment when Kate and Danny see the two dudes talking and they start making fun of what topics they might be discussing (the Mets, TV sales, Gatorade flavors?) and then the camera cuts to the guys, who are actually talking about deep trauma and grief.

It’s a sweet and authentic portrayal of the Shore that feels like an excellent way to start the summer. There are so many laughs in this season I’d argue it might be better than the first. Plus, not to give anything away, but there’s even a brief trip to Philadelphia in the final episode, complete with a Wawa shout out.

‘The Four Seasons’ is streaming on Netflix.

— Rosa Cartagena