N.C. Wyeth’s ‘Apotheosis of the Family’
Apotheosis of the Family slowly from one end to the other. Because your entire field of vision is filled with the painting — it is 19 feet high and 60 feet long — you become a character in the artist’s world.
‘The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington’
a]:text-blue-mid [&>a]:no-underline [&>a]:hover:shadow-lightmode px-4 font-medium”>Subversive, inventive, and challenging, this play feels essential right now, not only because of the current presidential administration’s efforts to erase Washington’s legacy of slavery but because it pushes us to face the thorny, complicated nature of accountability.
a]:text-blue-mid [&>a]:no-underline [&>a]:hover:shadow-lightmode px-4 font-medium”>There are key moments that have stuck with me: When Betsy Ross and Abigail Adams — played by Black actors — break the colorblind sisterhood solidarity facade for a moment and ask Martha, “What does that feel like, to be free?” When Martha chuckles as she explains that Sucky Boy got his name because he cried whenever his mother was forced to stop feeding him and work in the field; She asks, “Isn’t that funny?” and is met with silence. When Ann stands up for herself and disputes that Martha ever really knew her at all.
Kurt Vile, ‘Chance To Bleed’ video
a]:text-blue-mid [&>a]:no-underline [&>a]:hover:shadow-lightmode px-4 font-medium”>The song comes with a delightfully loopy Lucky Marvel-directed video featuring cameos by gangsta rap progenitor Schoolly D, comedian Jim E. Brown and KV sibling Paul “Jelloman” Vile. It was shot in Fishtown at Kung Fu Necktie, under the Market-Frankford El and just up Front Street from the Steve “ESPO” Powers painted Wakin On A Pretty Daze mural.
play Connor Barwin’s Make The World Better benefit at the Dell Music Center on July 25.
‘Mohammed Omer Khalil: Common Ground’
Old City’s Twelve Gates Arts is a part of that multi-city celebration.
