The first Skyspace opening of our new season is a dawn opening at the luxuriously late start time of 6:26am on Sunday, March 12! That’s 50 minutes before sunrise (at 7:16am). If you’ve never been to a dawn Skyspace opening, you owe yourself this treat to start your Sunday sublimely. But if you oversleep you …
by admin The Jasper String Quartet presented the second of four concerts at CHFM on February 23. This series featured the following musical pieces: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Quartet in D major, K. 575*Samuel Barber | Quartet Op. 11, “Adagio”Ludwig van Beethoven | Quartet in B flat major, Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge The third concert in the series …
by admin Dear Pope Francis: On behalf of Philadelphia area Quakers, we write to thank you for your generous words in front of Independence Hall about our immigrant forefathers and mothers who founded this colony on the principles of religious freedom and tolerance for all people including those who lived here before we arrived. Your messages throughout your visit …
by admin Christa DiMarco reviews “Greet the Light” in the Broad Street Review.. James Turrell’s Skyspace, “Greet the Light,” a permanent installation at Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting, 20 Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia. Advance reservations required: http://chestnuthillskyspace.org/visit/rsvp/
by admin Here’s an end of the year present for Philadelphia—a two page spread in the December 4 issue of The Architect’s Newspaper. It’s a fantastic story by Bill Menking, the editor, who was in Philly in April on a With Art Philadelphia press trip. The story also profiles several architects, Dilworth Plaza, Penn, the Piazza, Eastern …
by admin Last month, members of the Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting began worshipping in their newly constructed Quaker meetinghouse, which includes a Skyspace by world-renowned contemporary American light artist James Turrell that’s expected to draw visitors from around the world. Beginning in the fall of 2013, through the end of December 2013, the Skyspace will be open …
by admin The new meetinghouse for Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting is complete! Here are a few photographs by Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting member Terry Foss, who has been documenting the process from the very beginning. For time-lapse slideshows of the construction process, please visit this page.
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