Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is a PIFA collaborator on the following events
Pig Iron Theatre Company Meets Marc Chagall: One Day I’ll Be French, featuring the poetry of French Symbolists, odd snatches of song, and tableware puppetry
Location: Gallery Café, Perelman Building

$7 ($5 members and students with valid ID); after Perelman Building admission;
- Saturday, March 5, 2011, Starts at 2:30 p.m., and 4:00 p.m. (Sold Out)
- Sunday, March 6, 2011, Starts at 2:30 p.m., and 4:00 p.m. (Sold Out)
“You died or came out famous”: Marc Chagall
and the Artists of La Ruche, 1910–25
With Michael Taylor, The Muriel and Philip BermanFriday, April 1, 2011
Starts at 6:30 p.m.
Starts at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Van Pelt Auditorium

To register, call (215)-235-SHOW (7469).
Modern Masters: Chagall
Thursday afternoons: 4 sessions, April 7, 14, 21, and 28, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
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Saturdays: 2 sessions, April 16 and 30, 10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
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Saturdays: 2 sessions, April 16 and 30, 10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Lecturer: Matthew Palczynski, Staff Lecturer for Western Art
Location: Van Pelt Auditorium
Location: Van Pelt Auditorium

Members: $80
Nonmembers: $100
Convergence: A Charm of Moonlight
World Premiere by Composer Thomas Pasatieri
With the Pennsylvania Girlchoir and the Keystone State Boychoir
With the Pennsylvania Girlchoir and the Keystone State Boychoir
Location: Great Stair Hall and Museum galleries, first floor
Free after Museum admission
- Saturday, April 9, 2011, Starts at 1:00 p.m., and 1:45 p.m., and 2:30 p.m., and 3:15 p.m.
- Sunday, April 10, 2011, Starts at 1:00 p.m., and 1:45 p.m., and 2:30 p.m., and 3:15 p.m.
Bella: The Color of Love
Location: Suzanne Roberts Theatre, Broad and Lombard Streets

$29 ($25 Museum members and Philadelphia Theatre Company subscribers, or when you mention this brochure; $15 students with valid ID).
For tickets, call 215-985-0420 or visit philadelphiatheatrecompany.org. The Gershman Y joins the Philadelphia Theatre Company to present a newly commissioned theatrical cabaret about Bella Chagall, Marc Chagall’s wife and muse. Written and performed by Yiddish jazz chanteuse Theresa Tova, this piece takes us into the mind of Bella and her years with Marc in Russia and Paris. It is complemented by projections of Chagall’s work by designer Mary Kerr.
- Thursday, April 28, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
- Friday, April 29, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
- Saturday, April 30, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
- Sunday, May 1, 2011, 2:00 p.m.
The Irma and Herbert Barness lecture:
Like a Pebble Tossed in a Pond: The Circle of
Montparnasse and Its Ramifications
With Kenneth Silver, Professor of Art History, New York UniversityFriday, April 29, 2011
Starts at 6:30 p.m.
Starts at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Van Pelt Auditorium

To register, call (215)-235-SHOW (7469).