MISS DOCENT: Electricity tubes, salty endings and a jazz oasis

Impressive permanent collections may have put our area museums on the map, but it's the rotating exhibits that keep visitors coming back. Every Thursday, Abigail Minor updates you on the newest and most browse-worthy. This week: electricity tubes, salty endings, and a jazz oasis.

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MISS DOCENT: Electricity tubes, salty endings and a jazz oasis

POSTED: Friday, April 13, 2012, 2:00 PM

Filed Under: Arts | Museum Philly Artists

“Philly Jazz” at the Kimmel Center

As deeply as I am in denial, April is quickly drawing to a close. This means two things: I will soon be able to walk outside without shaking my fist violently at the bitter wind, and there is a limited amount of time to catch “Philly Jazz: A View Through the Lens” at the Kimmel Center. Featuring pieces from the likes of photographers Anthony Dean and Ben Johnson and videographer Jason Fifield, this exhibit creates a comfortable oasis within the glass walls of the Kimmel’s main plaza, aiming to highlight jazz musicians in the creative, frustrating and focused aspects of their work. This first all-jazz photography exhibit, with photographs such as trumpeter Terell Stafford in “The Day the Horn Blow, You Gotta Be Ready To Go”, was initiated in part by Jazz Bridge, an organization which assists Philadelphian jazz musicians in crisis without robbing their dignity. (Photo courtesy of Anthony Dean.)

Through April 30, free, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, 260 S. Broad St., 215-790-5800, kimmelcenter.org.

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