Admission ICA is Free for All! Free admission to the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania for the public is sponsored by the Amanda (C95) and Glenn (W87/WG88) Fuhrman Fund. Tours Self Guided Tours are always Free For All, if your Group is 10 persons or more you will need to fill out a Tour Reservation Form at least 24 hours in advance before arriving at the ICA. Guided Tours are led by professional educators, Penn graduate students and ICA staff. Tour requests are accepted by email or fax with a two week minimum advance booking required. To schedule your tour print a Tour Reservation Form [PDF, 13.3K]. Two alternate dates must be included in all requests. Tours are available during regular ICA gallery hours: Wednesday (11am-8pm), Thursday and Friday (11am-6pm), and Saturday and Sunday (11am-5pm). Guided tours are $75 plus $1 per student/senior and $2 per adult. Guided tours are FREE to all University of Pennsylvania groups. Individual student admission fees are waived for all groups within the School District of Philadelphia. All tours booked 3 weeks in advance will receive a reduced admission rate of: $1 for adults and $.50 for students/seniors. Teachers are strongly urged to preview exhibitions prior to a tour. For questions please contact our Tour Line at 215.746.3704 or [email protected]. Where To Stay The Le Méridien Philadelphia, a boutique hotel located in Center City Philadelphia is ICA's official Unlock Art™ partner hotel. Originally a YMCA, the hotel is housed in a 10-story Georgian revival-style structure with historical flair and is located in the heart of the city's business district and less than one block from the Pennsylvania Convention Center. http://www.lemeridienphiladelphia.com/
In the heart of University City, First District Plaza is a premier locale for any social and business event given its proximity to the 30th Street Amtrak Station, University of Pennsylvania and the Presbyterian Hospital. Nestled inside of the Plaza is the 15,000 square foot Grand Ballroom, which is able to accommodate any event as small as 20 persons to 1,000. We are your destination of grandeur and elegance for your next event, wedding, concert, reunion or corporate gathering.
We are a dynamic, world-class Shakespeare theatre that has a strong dedication to taking a fresh look at classical texts and inspiring future audiences through education.
More info can be found at www.RowhouseProductions.com. You can follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/RowhousePhilly. The recurring series include: ROWHOUSE FILM FESTIVAL. An ongoing Sunday evening event where we show movies at our house, serve flavored popcorn, and discuss the films after the screening. ARCO IRIS: The name of the classical cello duo consisting of Sarah & Alex. They play live regularly at Desi Village in West Philly where you can hear them perform while enjoying an Indian cuisine. S.P.E.C.: Society for the Promotion of Extraordinary Cocktails. Ascend to the cocktail class! No, it's not an actual class; it's a series where we enjoy the golden age of American elegance as expressed through the art of extraordinary cocktails set in an atmosphere of joie de vivre. GRRL's TEA. A gossip series for girls only is hosted by Sarah. (Ru is not allowed). The ladies gather in the lounge with sweets, savories, tea, and the occasional craft project. Occasionally they include in the Philadelphia area.
We aim to provide a supportive, comfortable, drama-free space for local and touring musicians to perform. This space is also meant to serve our community as a venue for locals to come together and enjoy live music.
New year, new projects, new name. Contact Raquel Munaron for booking
Theta Tau is the University of Pennsylvania's premier professional engineering fraternity. The purpose of Theta Tau is to develop and maintain a high standard of professional interest among its members, and to unite them in a strong bond of fraternal fellowship. Our three pillars of professional development, brotherhood, and service are reflected in our five-committee structure and complemented by our rush and pledge committees to keep membership fresh and enthusiastic. Please read on to learn more about the professional, social, and service oriented aspects of our fraternity. Rush Theta Tau, Penn's Coed Professional Engineering Fraternity! ΘT is the sole coed professional engineering fraternity at the University of Pennsylvania with a mission of brotherhood, professionalism, and service. Our events include dinners with professors, resume/cover letter/interview workshops, blood drives, semi-formals, and much more. Fall Open Rush will be held in September for all prospective engineers. Come meet the brothers and learn more about us at all our rush events!
Franklin Field is the home of the Penn Relays, and is the University of Pennsylvania's stadium for football, lacrosse and formerly for soccer, field hockey and baseball. It is also used by Penn students for recreation, and for intramural and club sports, including touch football and cricket, and is the site of Penn's graduation exercises, weather permitting. It is located in Philadelphia, at the eastern edge of Penn's campus, across the Schuylkill River from Center City. It was formerly the home field of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.HistoryFranklin Field was built for $100,000 and dedicated on April 20, 1895, for the first running of the Penn Relays. Deemed by the NCAA as the oldest stadium still operating for football, it was the site of the nation's first scoreboard in 1895.The Field supplemented and eventually replaced the venue called University Grounds, which was located a few blocks west on a block bounded by Spruce Street (north), 38th Street (east), Pine Street (south), Woodland Avenue and 37th Street T-intersection (northwest). Its location was typically given as "37th and Spruce".
The Anne & Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library, also known as the Furness Library, is located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, on the east side of College Green. Designed by the acclaimed Philadelphia architect Frank Furness, the red sandstone, brick-and-terra-cotta Venetian Gothic giant—part fortress and part cathedral—was built to be the primary library of the University, and to house its archeological collection. The cornerstone was laid in October 1888, construction was completed in late 1890, and the building was dedicated in February 1891.