November "Free at the Kimmel" Events Offer Something for Everyone
November 5, 2007
Kimmel Center Presents Sponsored by Citi 2007-08 Season
Sixth Anniversary Season Marked with 50 Free in the Plaza Performances, 20 Artist Chats, and Seven Organ Postludes
Kimmel Center Presents’ Free at the Kimmel events continue in November during the 6th anniversary 2007/08 season with more than 75 free events and performances to take place throughout the center’s spaces this year. Free at the Kimmel includes: Free in the Plaza with local artists performing classical, jazz, pop, country, world, dance and family fun on the Commonwealth Plaza stage; as well as Artist Chats with Kimmel Center Presents performers; Education Events in the Merck Arts Education Center; and Organ Preludes and Postludes on The Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ in Verizon Hall. Updates and complete schedules are available at www.kimmelcenter.org. All artists and programs are subject to change.
FREE AT THE KIMMEL events are made possible through the Wachovia Gateway to the Arts Community Access Program supported by a generous grant from Wachovia Foundation.
Below is a full schedule of the Free at the Kimmel performances for the month of November.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
6:30pm | Commonwealth Plaza Stage | Free in the Plaza
La Vita Williams Guitar Duo
Recently hailed as a "duo of spectacular energy and technical resource" (Nylon Review), and billed as "rising stars in the New York classical guitar scene" (New York Classical Guitar Society), La Vita Williams Guitar Duo has stunned audiences with a delicate mixture of virtuosity and musical sensitivity for nearly three years.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
6pm-10pm | Commonwealth Plaza Stage | Free in the Plaza
Starfinder’s Young Stars Photo Exhibit
The Starfinder Foundation and the Kimmel Center partnered to enrich the lives of approximately one thousand children in Southeastern Pennsylvania this summer. The Starfinders’ young stars took photographs of soccer in their communities in a unique combination of art and sports. The children’s photographs will be exhibited in Commonwealth Plaza.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
6:30pm | Commonwealth Plaza Stage | Free in the Plaza
ACANA Showcase
Join us and the African Cultural Alliance of North America for a showcase of the best African musicians in the region.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
1:30pm | Commonwealth Plaza Stage | Free in the Plaza
P.K.M. Polish Folk Dancers
The P.K.M. Polish Folk Dance Group was organized by the Intercollegiate Club in 1960 to promote Polish dance through public performances. Join us in the Plaza for a beautiful display of this local tradition!
Friday, November 30, 2007
6:30pm | Commonwealth Plaza Stage | Free in the Plaza
Symphony in C Chamber Ensemble
Members of the Symphony in C Orchestra perform classical selections prior to the Kirov Orchestra performance in Verizon Hall.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Post-Show| Verizon Hall | Organ Postlude
Organ Postlude
Join us for the season’s second Kimmel Center Presents organ postlude performed on the Fred J. Cooper Memorial organ. Immediately following the Kirov Orchestra concert in Verizon Hall.
Kimmel Center Presents 2007/2008 season is sponsored by Citi. Support for the Mellon Jazz Series comes from The Bank of New York Mellon. The Great Orchestra Series is supported by ARC Wheeler. Additional support is provided by the University of Pennsylvania Health System and American Express. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents. Toyota is the Official Vehicle of Kimmel Center Presents Mellon Jazz, Mellon Jazz Up Close and World & Pop. In-kind support is generously provided by Deloitte. NBC-10 is a Media Partner for Kimmel Center Presents, and additional media sponsors include WDAS, WRTI, WJJZ, Afro-Pop, WXPN and WXPN's Kids Corner 20th Anniversary.
The Kimmel Center also receives support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The William Penn Foundation, The Wachovia Foundation, Verizon Foundation, PNC Foundation, The Philadelphia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and the Philadelphia Music Project and Dance Advance, Initiatives of The Pew Charitable Trust administered by The University of the Arts.
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