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The Academy of Natural Sciences gets to the guts of its taxidermy displays.
"The idea at the time was to transport people to places they couldn't go," Sontchi says of the dioramas. They were crafted between the '20s and the '40s, in the days before television and the Internet could give up-close-and-personal views of far-off landscapes.
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DANCE REVIEW: Pennsylvania Ballet's "Pushing Boundaries"
Thematically, "pushing boundaries" could describe not only the astonishing performance the troupe presented at the Merriam last weekend, but the more literal sense of the willpower and commitment needed to expand their physical space.
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Mary Parisi's "Food"
If abstract art is intended to present viewers with puzzles, Parisi does this with a taste of subversion. She turns our kitchens into alien landscapes, definitely not places you'd care to eat or prepare food.
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Matt Ruff's The Mirage | Adam Johnson's The Orphan Master's Son
The image of a gun emplacement atop a suburban Piggly Wiggly has surprisingly little impact when it shows up late in The Mirage. At this point, we're already in an alternate reality.
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Opening reception Fri., Feb. 17, through March 30, 5-8 p.m., free, Esther Klein Gallery, 3600 Market St.
It's been five years since she closed Spector Gallery — home base of some of Philly's finest (and most fun) visual artists — and Shelley Spector's picked up a few tricks.
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Through Feb. 26, $20-$25, First Baptist Church, 1636 Sansom St.
Elaine Murphy's Little Gem is one of those uniquely Irish monologue collections — Inis Nua Theatre Company's specialty.
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Bruce Springsteen takes his rightful place among the Founding Fathers at the Constitution Center.
It makes sense that Philadelphia is the only city, besides Cleveland, to host "From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen."
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THEATER REVIEW: Clybourne Park at Arden Theatre
The behind-the-scenes action around Clybourne Park has been drama-filled, to say the least. Luckily, Philadelphia audiences needn't concern themselves with any of this — they can see it right here at the Arden in a superlative production.
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Fri.-Sat., Feb. 10-11, 8 p.m., $20-$25, Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St.
Like father, like daughter? Seems that way with Lindsay Browning.
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