philly has heART

Lucinda makes Robert play This or That, and makes him answer the age old question: dirty or clean martinis?

Lucinda is joined by the Philadelphia Orchestra's Chief of Artistic Programming, Jeremy Rothman, to announce the opening and highlights of the PhilOrch 2026-2027 Season Program.

Subscribe to PhilOrch here, and secure your tickets now: https://philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/philadelphia-orchestra-series-and-subscriptions

On this week's episode, we have Alia Boynton, founder and owner of The People's Gallery Project.

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peoplesgalleryproject/
• Website: https://www.peoplesgalleryproject.com

Thank you, Alia for allowing us to record at The People's Gallery Project and agreeing to record with us for the third time.

And the drinking game word was YASSS.

On this week's episode, we have Peter Stark, Director and President of The Rock School..

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rockschooldance
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRockSchool/
• Website: https://www.therockschool.org

// Show Notes:

• Contribute to the Philadelphia Ballet Capital Campaign: https://event.philadelphiaballet.org/BcBi1u
• Echos of Our Future at the Barbara Crawford Gallery at the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy campus: https://www.sch.org/learn/arts/visual-arts/exhibitions
• All In: 2026 Faculty Triennial at The Galleries at Moore [Moore College] on Friday, January 23th from 5–7pm: https://moore.edu/events/2026-faculty-triennial/2026-01-24/
• New Year's Group Show at FAN Gallery until January 30th: https://www.thefangallery.com
• Group Show, Joyland, at James Oliver Gallery, throughout January 31st: https://www.jamesolivergallery.com/joyland
• Deann Mills, Circling Back, at Muse Gallery until February 1st: https://www.musegalleryphiladelphia.com/exhibitions/deann-mills/circling-back
• The Winter Group Show, Painted Universes, at Locks Gallery is open until February 14th: https://www.locksgallery.com/exhibitions/painting-universes
• Karen Dias, A Dotted Line, from January 16th to February 24th at Twelve Gates Art: https://www.twelvegatesarts.org
• 100th Annual International Competition Solo Exhibitions; Glen Baldridge's The Pond, Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter's Epilogues of the Black Madonna, and Adi Sundoro's Seeking Into The Folds from January 23rd – April 4th, at The Print Center: https://printcenter.org/100/upcoming-exhibitions/
• Marek Wojtowicz and Maciek Szczepanowski are showing into February at PII Gallery: https://piigallery.com

On this week's episode, we have Thom Weaver, theater set designer.

• Thom Weaver Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thomweaverdesign/
• Thom Weaver website: https://www.thomweaverdesign.net

// Show Notes:

Contribute to the Philadelphia Ballet Capital Campaign: https://event.philadelphiaballet.org/BcBi1u

Performing arts recommendations

• Suffs as presented by EnsembleArts at the Academy of music through the 18th: https://www.ensembleartsphilly.org/series-and-subscriptions/broadway-series/suffs
• The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Orchestra After 5: Italian Getaway at the Kimmel Center on January 15th: https://philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/philadelphia-orchestra-series-and-subscriptions/orchestra-after-5/italian-getaway
• The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Medelssohn's "Italian" Symphony, also at the Kimmel Center, on January 16th and 17th: https://philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/2025-26-season/mendelssohns-italian-symphony
• The children's program Havana Hop presented by Philadelphia Theatre Company is running at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre this Saturday, January 17th, and Sunday, the 18th: https://philadelphiatheatrecompany.org/havana-hop/
• The Philadelphia Orchestra presents the 36th Annual Martin Luther King Junior tribute concert on January 19th at the Kimmel Center, FREE: https://philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/2025-26-season/martin-luther-king-jr-tribute-concert

Visual arts recommendations

• Opening tomorrow at 5 pm, Echos of Our Future at the Barbara Crawford Gallery at the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy campus: https://www.sch.org/learn/arts/visual-arts/exhibitions
• Group show, Make-it-POP!, at InLiquid Gallery is opening on January 16th, and running until February 21st: https://www.inliquid.org/inliquid-gallery-events/make-it-pop
• All In: 2026 Faculty Triennial at The Galleries at Moore [Moore College] on Friday, January 23th from 5–7pm: https://moore.edu/events/2026-faculty-triennial/2026-01-24/

On this week's episode, we have Philadelphia Ballet's Shelly Power and Angel Corella:

• Online: https://www.instagram.com/philadelphiaballet | https://philadelphiaballet.org
• Angel Corella Dances with the Alphabet on Sesame Street: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqmpHt_zsBU
• Contribute to the Philadelphia Ballet Capital Campaign: https://event.philadelphiaballet.org/BcBi1u

// Show Notes:

• EnsembleArts Broadway Series presents Suffs through January 18th: https://www.ensembleartsphilly.org/series-and-subscriptions/broadway-series/suffs
• Presented by Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, the BalletX & ensemble132 collaboration is going down on January 8th and 9th at the Kimmel Center: https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/balletx-ensemble132-1/
• The Philadelphia Orchestra's Mahler's Symphony No. 4 from January 9th through 11th at the Kimmel Center: https://philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/2025-26-season/mahlers-symphony-no-4
• Taste of Exile and MenuFesto on January 10th and 11th, a free, multi sensory journey popping up at The Print Center: https://printcenter.org/100/event/taste-of-exile/
• Edna Andrade's Bright Objects is ongoing at Locks Gallery until January 10th: https://www.locksgallery.com/exhibitions/edna-andrade17
• Thomas Pontone, Moving Toward the Sun at 5U Space until January 10th: https://5uspace.net/
• Flow States by Lauren Mabry and Chimera by Sarah Pater at Pentimenti until January 17th: https://www.pentimenti.com/
• New Year's Group Show at FAN Gallery until January 30th: https://www.thefangallery.com
• Group Show, Joyland, at James Oliver Gallery, throughout January 31st: https://www.jamesolivergallery.com/joyland
• Deann Mills, Circling Back, at Muse Gallery until February 1st: https://www.musegalleryphiladelphia.com/exhibitions/deann-mills/circling-back
• Havana Hop presented by PTC is running at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre from January 17th to the 18th: https://philadelphiatheatrecompany.org/havana-hop/

Lucinda makes Robert put down his issue of Modern Luxury Philadelphia magazine to play Two Truths and a Lie: Philadelphia Edition, Art Edition, Architecture Edition.

On this week's episode, we have vocalist, Carla Gamble

• Instagram / Threads: https://www.instagram.com/therealcarlagamble | https://www.threads.com/@therealcarlagamble
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdfPbl77r_wzNY6bvI6Ub1Q
• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1sxtA3Tp62DZiTKZG9WwU7
• Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/carla-gamble/1483387005
• Website: https://www.therealcarlagamble.com/

// Show Notes:

• The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Disney's Fantasia in Concert from January 2nd - 4th at the Kimmel Center: https://philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/2025-26-season/fantasia-in-concert
• Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents Dover Quartet on January 4th: https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/artist/dover-quartet/
• EnsembleArts Broadway Series presents Suffs from January 6th - 18th: https://www.ensembleartsphilly.org/series-and-subscriptions/broadway-series/suffs
• Taste of Exile and MenuFesto on January 10th and 11th, a free, multi sensory journey popping up at The Print Center: https://printcenter.org/100/event/taste-of-exile/
• Edna Andrade's Bright Objects is ongoing at Locks Gallery until January 10th: https://www.locksgallery.com/exhibitions/edna-andrade17
• Thomas Pontone, Moving Toward the Sun at 5U Space until January 10th: https://5uspace.net/
• Flow States by Lauren Mabry and Chimera by Sarah Pater at Pentimenti until January 17th: https://www.pentimenti.com/
• Materiality, at Bridgette Mayer Gallery: http://www.bridgettemayergallery.com/exhibitions/materiality
• Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets at The Barnes: https://www.barnesfoundation.org/whats-on/exhibitions/henri-rousseau-a-painters-secrets

On this week's episode, we have Opera Philadelphia singer, Olivia Prengergast:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oliviaprendergast.soprano/
• Website: https://www.oliviaprendergast.com

// Show Notes:

• EnsembleArts presents Cirque Dreams Holidaze at Miller Theatre until December 28th: https://www.ensembleartsphilly.org/series-and-subscriptions/broadway-series/cirque-dreams-holidaze
• Philadelphia Orchestra presents New Year’s Eve Celebration at the Kimmel Center: https://www.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/philadelphia-orchestra/2025-26-season/new-years-eve-celebration

Until end of the Year

• David Dempewolf ghost signals I-IV at Practice Gallery: https://www.practicegallery.org/blog/david-dempewolf-ghost-signals-iiv
• Colors of the Season, the Muse Gallery Annual Members Show: https://www.musegalleryphiladelphia.com/exhibitions/2025/colors-of-the-season
• Patricia Moss-Vreeland's The Stillness Between Us at PII Gallery: https://piigallery.com/index.html
• Gregory Prestegord show, New Paintings, at FAN Gallery: https://www.thefangallery.com
• Jake Weinstein's Clanker at Works on Paper Gallery, with an artist night on the 26th from 6 to 9 pm: https://www.wpartcollection.com/art
• Under $500 Show, an annual members show at 3rd Street Gallery: http://www.3rdstreetgallery.com

In 2026

• Edna Andrade's Bright Objects at Locks Gallery: https://www.locksgallery.com/exhibitions/edna-andrade17
• Thomas Pontone's Moving Toward the Sun at 5U Space: https://5uspace.net/
• Group show Materiality at Bridgette Mayer Gallery: http://www.bridgettemayergallery.com/exhibitions/materiality
• A Usable Past: Reflections on a Nation and Its Inheritance at the Museum for Art in Wood: https://museumforartinwood.org/exhibition/a-usable-past-reflections-on-a-nation-and-its-inheritance/

On this week's episode, we have gallerists, Larry Becker and Heidi Nivling:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lbcaphilapa/
• Website: https://www.instagram.com/lbcaphilapa/

// Show Notes:

• Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra Society presents Mark Steinberg, violin and Jonathan Biss, piano, tomorrow, December 18th at the Kimmel Center: https://www.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/resident-companies/philadelphia-chamber-music-society/mark-steinberg-violin-jonathan-biss-piano
• The Glorious Sound of Christmas by The Philadelphia Orchestra from December 18th to the 20th, also at the Kimmel Center: https://philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/2025-26-season/the-glorious-sound-of-christmas
• At the Kimmel Center, Opera Philadelphia presents The Seasons from December 19th to the 20th: https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/2526-season/the-seasons/
• Steve Riedell's I Want the West at Larry Becker Contemporary Art: https://www.artnet.com/galleries/larry-becker-contemporary-art/-i-want-the-west-
• David Dempewolf ghost signals I-IV at Practice Gallery through the end of the year: https://www.practicegallery.org/blog/david-dempewolf-ghost-signals-iiv
• Thomas Pontone, Moving Toward the Sun at 5U Space until January 10: https://5uspace.net/
• Colors of the Season, the Muse Gallery Annual Members Show for the month of December; artist reception this Saturday 12/20 at 2 pm: https://www.musegalleryphiladelphia.com/exhibitions/2025/colors-of-the-season
• Patricia Moss-Vreeland's The Stillness Between Us at PII Gallery for the month of December; artist reception this Saturday 12/20 at 2 pm: https://piigallery.com/index.html
• Under $500 Show, an annual members show at 3rd Street Gallery : http://www.3rdstreetgallery.com
• Philadelphia Ballet's The Nutcracker runs from December 5 - 31, at Academy of Music: https://www.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/resident-companies/philadelphia-ballet/george-balanchines-the-nutcracker-2