Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts 2013 Launches Preparations for Citywide Festival -- Kick Off Kimmel Center Plaza Transformation with the INSTALLATION of GIANT TIME MACHINE

Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts 2013 Launches Preparations for Citywide Festival -- Kick Off Kimmel Center Plaza Transformation with the INSTALLATION of GIANT TIME MACHINE

PIFA 2013 Bringing 'Round the Clock FREE Live Entertainment Back to the Kimmel Center Plaza with Something for Everyone to Enjoy!

WHAT:
Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts 2013installsGIANT TIME MACHINE in the Kimmel Center Plaza, marking the beginning of itstransformation to a destination of arts activities for the month long city-wide event.

Festival spokespeople will present updated information on activities and performances, including:


-- Introduction of Flash of Time song, written exclusively for the PIFA
2013, If You Had a Time Machine theme by the composer/ lyricist team of
Brian Lowdermilk and Kait Kerrigan.
-- A teaser performance of Shut Your Wormhole, a comic romp into the ethics
and paradoxes of time travel, created and performed by Tribe of Fools.
-- Details on some unique conjunctions of art and science as PIFA
organizers announce collaborations with the Franklin Institute Science
Festival
Taking its shape from DNA, tornadoes, the Hadron Collider, sound waves, and an EKG, an impressively large Time Machine (100 feet long and 16 feet in diameter) will spiral across the Kimmel Center Plaza, beginning at the Broad Street entrance doors and spreading across the expanse of the Plaza.

From March 28 to April 27, TheKimmel Center will be THE place to be for a feast of ticketed events and FREE activities, including the festival's interactive centerpiece - an INTERACTIVE TIME MACHINEexhibit, sponsored by Dow Chemical, and a twice-nightly (7pm and 10:30pm) FREE "Flash of Time" theatrical show celebrating the If You Had a Time Machine... theme -- plus an abundance of family-friendly FREE performances and events with the return of the city-wide festival.

WHO:
Kimmel Center President and CEO Anne Ewers

Artistic Director Jay Wahl

Time Machine Designers and Builders

WHERE:

KIMMEL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, BROAD & SPRUCE STS

WHEN:

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 10:00 AM

DETAILS:
See the ENORMOUS RINGS of the Time Machine being put together and learn about the special kiosk which will offer audiences the ability to truly experience "time travel" for themselves. PIFA organizers will present a rundown of plans for Plaza activities and samples of food that will be presented by Garces Restaurants during the festival.

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TELEVISION CREWS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE INVITED TO COVER THIS EVENT AND MUST BE SELF-CONTAINED.

Press Contacts:


Dafni D. Comerota/ Kimmel Center Nina Zucker Associates
Ph: 215.790.5847 Cell: 267.241.3289 Ph: 610.667.0706 Cell: 610.457.4387
ddcomerota@kimmelcenter.org nzapr@aol.com


/PRNewswire -- Feb. 15, 2013/

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