Friday nights are always something to celebrate at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where Art After 5 brings the top names in jazz and international music to the Museum’s elegant Great Stair Hall.
Each Friday evening the space becomes a lively concert hall, with table service, cocktails, elegant café-style appetizers, and desserts. The fall 2008 season features the return of popular favorite artists and several exciting newcomers, while the first-ever Art After 5 Halloween party brings the dark, ambient sound of the Gothic '80s back to life.
Art After 5 kicks off the season on an international note as Daniel Isengart takes the stage for an evening of Weimar Cabaret (Friday, October 3). A native of Paris and Munich currently based in New York, Isengart is a refined and dramatic musical performer with a postmodern take on cabaret, focusing on the understated and sensitive side of Germany's popular songs and its particularly sly humor. His program includes excerpts from Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht collaborations, popular Weimar hits, and the sultry standards associated with chanteuse extraordinaire Marlene Dietrich.
Performances are presented in two sets: 5:45 – 6:45 p.m. and 7:15 – 8:15 p.m., with guided tours of the galleries offered throughout the evening. A full cash bar and à la carte menu of appetizers, light entrées and desserts is available with table service in the Great Stair Hall. Admission is $14 for adults, $12 for senior citizens (62 and over); $10 for students with I.D. and children 13-18; children 12 years old and younger are admitted free at all times. Limited parking is available on the Museum’s Upper Terrace at $4 for members, $5 for non-members.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is located at 26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
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