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/