The Rotunda. Arts. Culture. Community.

October 2025

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28	29	30	1 In-person! Weekly improvised music drop-in jam session 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM In-person! THE HALLOWEEN SLUMBER PARTY SOCK DRIVE AND KIKI LOUNGE 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM	2 In-person! The Afrojazz Collective plays primarily tunes by South African Jazz composers as a birthday tribute for South African Anglican bishop and theologian, Reverend Desmond Tutu 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM	3 In-person! Event Horizon Series presents Richard T. Hill, PYXL8R, and Planet Y 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM	4 In-person! Vinyl Tap 215: Ladies Edition Vol 3, celebrating femme, nonbinary and gender non conforming Vinyl DJs & record collectors 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
5 OPEN CALL: PUPPETEERS WANTED! 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM	6	7 In-person! Come Move With Me! Dance + Movement Sessions with Sanovia 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM In-person! Vogue Practice Session 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM	8 In-person! Weekly improvised music drop-in jam session 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM In-person! A Celebration of the Black Arts Movement Forwardness 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM	9 In-person! SHATNER GONE MAD DOUBLE-FEATURE pres. by BRIGHT BULB SCREENINGS 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM	10	11 In-person! Spooky Films Double Feature: Tales From The Hood (1995) & Candyman (1992) 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
12 In-person! Cumbia y Casas, a homebuyers seminar with a Cumbia dance lesson 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM	13	14 In-person! Come Move With Me! Dance + Movement Sessions with Sanovia 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM In-person! Titian Juicy and Buuj Versace pres. the Family Matters Ball 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM	15 In-person! Weekly improvised music drop-in jam session 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM In-person! Fire Museum Presents: Deepak Kumar Pareek (Hindustani/Ghazal Vocal Performance) 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM	16	17 In-person! Bowerbird presents Don Slepian celebrating the forty-fifth anniversary of his album Sea of Bliss, which has been reissued on Numero Group. Opening the evening will be sound artist Saapato 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM	18 In-person! West Phila. Sanctuary 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
19	20 In-person! Philly Queer Trans Munch 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM	21 in-person! The West Philadelphia Sanctuary invites you to our Fun with Coloring event 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	22 In-person! Weekly improvised music drop-in jam session 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM In-person! A Night of NewOlduvai Music 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM	23 In-person! To honor the birthday of the United Nations, Nighthawks presents readings on War and Peace, featuring Leonard Gontarek, Overbrook Poets, and others. 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM	24 Online! The Haunting Hour: Frights, Flights & Folklore + Open Mic Swap 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM In-person! cinéSPEAK presents An Evening with Sam Feder: Heightened Scrutiny Philadelphia Premiere 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM	25 In-person! Making It Market with KITTYS'Z ENERGY 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM In-person! THE SOLE OPEN 2025 - Philadelphia 6:00 PM - 11:30 PM
26 In-person! The 13th Anniversary Celebration Concert Recording Party For HOUR T.Y.M.E Entertainment L.L.C. 4:00 PM - 11:00 PM Online! Green Cathedral live from ElectricLattéLand! 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	27	28 In-person! Book Talk and Discussion on Race, Real Estate, and Education: Inventing Gentrification in Philadelphia, 1960-2020 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	29 In-person! Weekly improvised music drop-in jam session 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM In-person! Poet-tree En Motion: Honoring the Ancestors 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM	30 In-person! The Gathering 7:00 PM - 11:59 PM	31 In-person! BlocoFunk Halloween Costume Dance Party at The Rotunda! BlocoFunk brings out signature blend of Funk, Soul and Samba, all set to the killer grooves of Brazilian Carnival 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM	1

The 40th St. Summer Series (Promotional Video)
Sonic Liberation Front Performing "Uh-Uh"
Charles Cohen - Summer 2004