New Newspaper Blog: Philly’s “ArtsWatch”

Born on the Third of July: Another Arts Blogger
Not to be undone by the NY Times‘ arrhythmic ArtsBeat, the Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday launched ArtsWatch, but this one appears to be a one-man band: Its sole pundit is veteran culture writer Peter Dobrin (above), whose specialty is classical music (subject of his first two posts). The blog does bill itself as “who’s making news, noise and splash in the Philadelphia arts world and beyond,” so we can only hope that visual arts will be part of the mix. After all, with the Barnes relocation controversy, the “Fakins” and the imminent expansion of the Philadelphia Museum, there’s a lot to opine on.
Speaking of “making splash,” please excuse me while I prepare a rain-fizzled Fourth of July, with a terrace view of the likely-to-be-curtailed fireworks, for 14 of my unfortunate friends.