PIFAThis blog has been archivedSam Wood A work of fartHoward Shapiro The Burden of Being French, Part Three Network for New Music peers into the detailsDavid Patrick Stearns The burden of being FrenchDavid Patrick Stearns AdvertisementMovies at PIFAWhat's this French thing for Jerry Lewis? PIFA is showing some pre-sound films that illustrated the French taste for the absurd. Is it a refuge from sophistication? Or a level of sophistication we don't get?David Patrick Stearns Ralph Rucci Wins Top Fashion Honor at PIFA ShowAs part of Friday night's PIFA Fashion Show Festivities, designer Ralph Rucci was awarded PIFA's Visionary Award for Fashion, and who is more deserving?Elizabeth Wellington Carmelita Couture Rocks PIFA Fashion ShowThe Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts - PIFA - hosted a dynamite fashion show Friday night featuring the work of local designers on Friday. This dress by Carmelita Martell - of Old City's Carmelita Couture - is marvelous, isn't it?Elizabeth Wellington Astral Artists: Triumph At PIFAIf the crepes, mimes and erection of a presumably expensive and possibly ephemeral 81-foot homage to the Eiffel Tower gnawed at the idea that a serious artistic thread could be seen or heard in the Kimmel Center’s Francophilia festival, reassurance could be found Saturday morning at the Perelman - in a children’s concert. PIFA: Terry Adams, Free at Noon at the KimmelTerry Adams is one of the great rock and roll piano players, a wildly proficient combination of Jerry Lee Lewis and Thelonius Monk who spent decades as one quarter of the elegantly masterful bar band NRBQ. Two critics on Pulcinella AliveDance critic Ellen Dunkel and music critic David Patrick Stearns compared notes following the opening night gala of the Philadelphia Festival of the Arts, namely, the Pulcinella Alive program in which the Philadelphia Orchestra and Pennsylvania Ballet collaborated on the Stravinsky commedia dell'arte redux, Pulcinella. Here is their point and counterpoint.Ellen Dunkel and David Patrick Stearns Video: A night at the Kimmel CenterInquirer photographer David Swanson was at opening night, where the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Pennsylvania Ballet collaborated on Pulcinella Alive.Ellen Dunkel The magical world of PIFAThe Kimmel Center was transformed into a whimsical, magical world Thursday night, when the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts had its official opening.Ellen Dunkel PIFA String Quartet CancelsThe Ebène Quartet - the ensemble that would have brought an authentic French accent to the opening of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts - has canceled its Kimmel Center concert planned for Thursday night. Three members of the group have a stomach flu and are unable to travel. Review: This 'Wanamaker' is bargain basementWanamaker’s Pursuit, a new play by Rogelio Martinez at the Arden Theatre, is the first show of the Paris-themed PIFA (Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts). It is not an auspicious start.ToZinman Philadelphia International Arts Festival Collaborates with HermesWhat is Paris fashion without Hermes? Exactly. This is why organizers at The Philadelphia Festival of the Arts - PIFA - are psyched about the Paris-based accessories giant, Hermes' decision to design one of its coveted silk scarves in honor of PIFA.Elizabeth Wellington See more storiesAdvertisement
Movies at PIFAWhat's this French thing for Jerry Lewis? PIFA is showing some pre-sound films that illustrated the French taste for the absurd. Is it a refuge from sophistication? Or a level of sophistication we don't get?David Patrick Stearns
Movies at PIFAWhat's this French thing for Jerry Lewis? PIFA is showing some pre-sound films that illustrated the French taste for the absurd. Is it a refuge from sophistication? Or a level of sophistication we don't get?David Patrick Stearns
Ralph Rucci Wins Top Fashion Honor at PIFA ShowAs part of Friday night's PIFA Fashion Show Festivities, designer Ralph Rucci was awarded PIFA's Visionary Award for Fashion, and who is more deserving?Elizabeth Wellington
Ralph Rucci Wins Top Fashion Honor at PIFA ShowAs part of Friday night's PIFA Fashion Show Festivities, designer Ralph Rucci was awarded PIFA's Visionary Award for Fashion, and who is more deserving?Elizabeth Wellington
Carmelita Couture Rocks PIFA Fashion ShowThe Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts - PIFA - hosted a dynamite fashion show Friday night featuring the work of local designers on Friday. This dress by Carmelita Martell - of Old City's Carmelita Couture - is marvelous, isn't it?Elizabeth Wellington
Carmelita Couture Rocks PIFA Fashion ShowThe Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts - PIFA - hosted a dynamite fashion show Friday night featuring the work of local designers on Friday. This dress by Carmelita Martell - of Old City's Carmelita Couture - is marvelous, isn't it?Elizabeth Wellington
Astral Artists: Triumph At PIFAIf the crepes, mimes and erection of a presumably expensive and possibly ephemeral 81-foot homage to the Eiffel Tower gnawed at the idea that a serious artistic thread could be seen or heard in the Kimmel Center’s Francophilia festival, reassurance could be found Saturday morning at the Perelman - in a children’s concert.
Astral Artists: Triumph At PIFAIf the crepes, mimes and erection of a presumably expensive and possibly ephemeral 81-foot homage to the Eiffel Tower gnawed at the idea that a serious artistic thread could be seen or heard in the Kimmel Center’s Francophilia festival, reassurance could be found Saturday morning at the Perelman - in a children’s concert.
PIFA: Terry Adams, Free at Noon at the KimmelTerry Adams is one of the great rock and roll piano players, a wildly proficient combination of Jerry Lee Lewis and Thelonius Monk who spent decades as one quarter of the elegantly masterful bar band NRBQ.
PIFA: Terry Adams, Free at Noon at the KimmelTerry Adams is one of the great rock and roll piano players, a wildly proficient combination of Jerry Lee Lewis and Thelonius Monk who spent decades as one quarter of the elegantly masterful bar band NRBQ.
Two critics on Pulcinella AliveDance critic Ellen Dunkel and music critic David Patrick Stearns compared notes following the opening night gala of the Philadelphia Festival of the Arts, namely, the Pulcinella Alive program in which the Philadelphia Orchestra and Pennsylvania Ballet collaborated on the Stravinsky commedia dell'arte redux, Pulcinella. Here is their point and counterpoint.Ellen Dunkel and David Patrick Stearns
Two critics on Pulcinella AliveDance critic Ellen Dunkel and music critic David Patrick Stearns compared notes following the opening night gala of the Philadelphia Festival of the Arts, namely, the Pulcinella Alive program in which the Philadelphia Orchestra and Pennsylvania Ballet collaborated on the Stravinsky commedia dell'arte redux, Pulcinella. Here is their point and counterpoint.Ellen Dunkel and David Patrick Stearns
Video: A night at the Kimmel CenterInquirer photographer David Swanson was at opening night, where the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Pennsylvania Ballet collaborated on Pulcinella Alive.Ellen Dunkel
Video: A night at the Kimmel CenterInquirer photographer David Swanson was at opening night, where the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Pennsylvania Ballet collaborated on Pulcinella Alive.Ellen Dunkel
The magical world of PIFAThe Kimmel Center was transformed into a whimsical, magical world Thursday night, when the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts had its official opening.Ellen Dunkel
The magical world of PIFAThe Kimmel Center was transformed into a whimsical, magical world Thursday night, when the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts had its official opening.Ellen Dunkel
PIFA String Quartet CancelsThe Ebène Quartet - the ensemble that would have brought an authentic French accent to the opening of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts - has canceled its Kimmel Center concert planned for Thursday night. Three members of the group have a stomach flu and are unable to travel.
PIFA String Quartet CancelsThe Ebène Quartet - the ensemble that would have brought an authentic French accent to the opening of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts - has canceled its Kimmel Center concert planned for Thursday night. Three members of the group have a stomach flu and are unable to travel.
Review: This 'Wanamaker' is bargain basementWanamaker’s Pursuit, a new play by Rogelio Martinez at the Arden Theatre, is the first show of the Paris-themed PIFA (Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts). It is not an auspicious start.ToZinman
Review: This 'Wanamaker' is bargain basementWanamaker’s Pursuit, a new play by Rogelio Martinez at the Arden Theatre, is the first show of the Paris-themed PIFA (Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts). It is not an auspicious start.ToZinman
Philadelphia International Arts Festival Collaborates with HermesWhat is Paris fashion without Hermes? Exactly. This is why organizers at The Philadelphia Festival of the Arts - PIFA - are psyched about the Paris-based accessories giant, Hermes' decision to design one of its coveted silk scarves in honor of PIFA.Elizabeth Wellington
Philadelphia International Arts Festival Collaborates with HermesWhat is Paris fashion without Hermes? Exactly. This is why organizers at The Philadelphia Festival of the Arts - PIFA - are psyched about the Paris-based accessories giant, Hermes' decision to design one of its coveted silk scarves in honor of PIFA.Elizabeth Wellington