Great Balloon Race Lifts Off July 4 in Philadelphia
The Great Philadelphia Balloon Race launches from Benjamin Franklin Parkway on July 4 at 5 p.m. as part of Freedom Week Festivities and the Paine Weber Grand Prix of Ballooning. Mayor Green will proclaim June 29 to July 4 as Balloon Race Week. Don Cannon will fly the Hare balloon with top aeronauts.
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Smithsonian Attic Exhibit Laughs at Its Own Dusty Treasures
A tongue in cheek Smithsonian show titled The Nation's Attic features quirky objects culled from the museum's 15 million piece collection. Visitors encounter categories such as Superlatives and Whatsit and a 14 foot tall mahogany clock touted as the greatest historical clock in America. Curator Robert Vogel notes the display plays up whimsy amid visitors' usual solemn museum mood.
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Winterthur Museum wins NEH grant for Odessa interpretive project
The Winterthur Museum and Gardens in Winterthur Delaware receives a 16185 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to fund a six month program enhancing interpretive tours at historic Odessa properties. Tours at the Corbit Sharp House built in 1772 by William Corbit and the Vege House built in 1769 by Maheeln David Wilson are planned as the area prepares a gallery in the Brick Hotel to showcase the Sewell C Biggs Collection of 19th century American art and furnishings.
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Dover
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David Wilson
Sewell C. Biggs
Daily Times Clip and Save for Handy Reference
The Daily Times provides compact clippings intended for quick reference. This brief keeps key names, dates, and figures prominent for easy access in a personal archive.
Philadelphia cultural consortium summer bus tours and FAFA talks
Lectures Philadelphia area cultural consortium outlines summer bus tours with expert lecturer guides and themes including Victorian Cape May and Manhattan neighborhoods. Reservations now for tours covering four notable Philadelphia neighborhoods. Call 735-5574 for brochure. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts offers Food for Thought Gallery Talks every Wednesday at noon with free admission noon to 1 p.m.
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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Food For Thought
Classical Music Listings at Longwood Gardens and area venues
A roundup of performances and exhibits across Philadelphia area venues. Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio at The Opera Company of Philadelphia conducted by Richard Wollach at Open Air Theater with rain date Sunday. Haverford College summer events including Mozart musicians in Magill Library. All-Philadelphia Boys Choir at Rose Tree Park amphitheater Sundays with rain contingency at Springfield High School. Drexel University Open International Folk Dancing Fridays 8 pm to midnight. Temple University Pennsylvania Ballet program at Ambler campus. The Grange Havertown art show by Ree Stratton. Community Arts Center Wallingford art by Zelda Meshberg. Rosemont College alumnae paintings in Lawrence Gallery. Teddi O'Brien paintings with sale in Upper Darby. Delaware State Arts Council in Wilmington features Eric Robinson photographs. Crossroads Gallery Chadds Ford features Connie Swensson paintings and Sandy Coyle photographs. Philadelphia Museum of Art Eighties: The Daring Decades exhibit opens in the Costume and Textile Gallery.
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Leisure calendar highlights through July include several museum shows
Through July 8 the Johnson Collection presents Related Works and Reconstructions ending Sunday. Carl Zigrosser: Legacy of a Curator runs to July 6. University gallery on campus Connelly Center hosts ongoing exhibit through August 29. Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford features Howard Pyle exhibit through July 1. Delaware Art Museum shows Delaware Show prize winners through July 13. Brooke Alexander: A Decade of Print Publishing 1968 1977 runs to August 17. Free events.
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Special Events and Theatre Lineup for Philadelphia Area
A weekend of activities includes Pepsi Days at the Zoo with Spider-Man and Pepsi’s Skate Team performing at 11 30 a.m. and 2 30 p.m. Other events span Rockwood Museum Wilmington Rockwood 4th of July festival Penn’s Landing Harbor Festival and a variety of theatre shows from Marionettes to operas and plays across Philadelphia suburban venues.
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Summer music and comedy lineup across venues in Middletown and Philadelphia
A dense listing of performances across multiple venues including Brownstone Inn Middletown, Bijou Cafe, Grand Opera House, and Temple University. Acts include Hal McKay, Dee Belrose Lane, Robert Fripp, Quaker City String Band, Banjo Dusters Band, Dizzy Gillespie with Temple Jazz Ensemble, Leon Redbone, and more scheduled mainly in July with varied evening hours.
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Temple University
Leon Redbone
London Grounds
Ambler
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