Voices | Dec. 10-17
New Year’s Eve is fast approaching.
Your turn: Amid the city’s shutdown, how do you plan to celebrate? At home? Headed to a place outside of the city?
Send your responses to voices@philadelphiaweekly.com.
Six-foot rule ignored at museum
Would you be interested in letting the public know that the Philadelphia Museum of Art does not enforce the six-foot rule? I am a patron and I see that when bags and pocketbooks are inspected that the people and the guards stand extremely close. The guards and I want the guidelines adhered to – a six-foot table would help, but alas, only a wooden stool has been placed near the guards. It is not adequate.
Los tres grandes indirectly helped shape U.S. cultural policy too.
In 1933, George Biddle, an artist who had spent time with Rivera in Mexico, wrote a letter to his friend Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who had recently been sworn in as president. In it, he told Roosevelt about the ways in which the Mexican government had funded the creation of murals on government buildings as a way of expressing “the social ideas of the Mexican Revolution.”
Roosevelt passed the letter along to the Treasury Department, which launched a public works project in government buildings. This was followed, a year later, by the establishment of the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project, a program that helped keep thousands of artists employed during the Great Depression, and resulted in the production of thousands of public murals and works of sculpture.
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Winslow Homer’s “Snap the Whip” is a familiar sight at the Butler Institute of American Art and arguably the most famous painting in the museum’s permanent collection.
There’s something different about the version hanging on the second floor starting Sunday. In the middle of that playful gang of kids is a jolly old man in a red suit and a white beard.
Artist Ed Wheeler reimagines “Snap the Whip” and dozens of other masterworks in the exhibition “Santa Classics,” which will be on display through Feb. 7, 2021.
Butler Executive Director Louis A. Zona said, “This seemed like a perfect fit with this year’s holiday season so different than it usually is. People really look forward to the craft show and the fun day with do for the families when Santa appears. With those canceled, this seemed like a perfect replacement. It’s a lot of fun, and it’s educational the way he includes Santa in some of the great paintings throughout history.”
The Rundown | Dec. 10-17
Frisky for the Holidays
Calling all sexy vixens for a special two-hour striptease aerobics masterclass featuring sultry holiday tunes! Join Timaree and Deb for the 10th annual “Frisky for the Holidays” workshop, which will be virtual this year. Get ready, Santa Baby, ’cause this will be one HOT holiday party! As in past years, the playlist will include a mix of hip-hop and holiday-themed music. In addition to old favorites like Lady Gaga’s “Christmas Tree” and Selena Gomez’ “Winter Wonderland,” we’ll have a handful of new routines to keep you on your “mistletoes.” And, of course, you’ll also do some raunchy grinding on the floor. Cost: $18 for a virtual ticket. Dec. 11, 8-10pm. Phillydancefitness.com
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