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  • 12:00 PMIn-person! Weekly improvised music drop-in jam session
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Weekly Improvised Music Session. All are welcome to come and jam if you like to play music with friends and/or strangers. Any genre/instrument/experience level welcome. Every Wednesday 12pm-2pm
  • 6:00 PMIn-person! THE HALLOWEEN SLUMBER PARTY SOCK DRIVE AND KIKI LOUNGE
  • 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM THE HALLOWEEN SLUMBER PARTY SOCK DRIVE AND KIKI LOUNGE It’s a slumber party in Philly. We’re having fun, giving back, and promoting the spirit of the kiki. Walk categories you don’t typically walk, and just have fun with it! For all categories, bring a donation of unused socks or lightly used clothing. All donations will go to Bebashi as our giveback from the scene going into the Holiday season.-GRAND PRIZE: OTA Face with Performance—no dips! Halloween slumber party: This is the art of selling face! Tonight, we’re calling out more than just the face girls. In the spirit of Halloween, bring it in cozy, baggy loungewear with the colors orange and black. -OTA Runway: Sleepwear with a boot The slumber party isn’t complete until we’ve raided the closet. Tonight, we’re getting into the shoe closet to see who can pump the best in mom’s boots. Bring it in your sleepwear (pajamas, bath robe, etc) and a nasty boot. -Comm v Comm: Come with a chant incorporating the words “Dreams” and/or “Nightmares” -Hands Performance: You can give a nasty hands performance in your sleep! Covering your eyes with a sleep mask or blindfold, tell us a spooky story with your hands. -OTA Realness: What’s the one thing you can’t go to sleep without? Bring it with a cozy, comfort item, (blanket, teddy bear, pillow)-OTA Performance: Don't let the party fall asleep! Just bring it in pajamas with a performance that'll wake it up. -New performance: Bring it in pajamas-Legendary Performance: Bring it in pajamas
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  • 8:00 PMIn-person! Event Horizon Series presents Richard T. Hill, PYXL8R, and Planet Y
  • 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM

    Event Horizon Series presents Richard T. Hill, PYXL8R, and Planet Y The Event Horizon concert series takes place at The Rotunda. It features Electronic, Avant Garde, and Experimental music along with the work of live video, laser and analog projection artists. The concerts are always free and open to all.Richard T. Hill is a self-described “blue collar composer” and guitarist from Philadelphia and has worked as a semi-pro musician locally, regionally and nationally for over 30 years. He studied Music Composition at Community College Of Philadelphia and West Chester University under Jimmy Bruno, Drs. John Dulik, Larry Nelson and Robert Maggio. In addition to instrumental and vocal music, he also has a deep appreciation for electronic music and has previously performed at The Rotunda combining electronics and guitar. His style fuses aspects of minimalism, aleatoric techniques, musique concrète, granular synthesis and soundscape with his distinctive guitar style.

     

    PYXL8R is the ongoing musical project of Ken Palmer, who is an artist and graphic designer, and the creator of trippy live visuals for Cosmic Crossings, Event Horizon, and other live events. Atmospheric, otherworldly, and always dense with unusual sonic textures, PYXL8R’s long-form synthesizer compositions are always performed completely live with no backing tracks. To achieve all of this on stage, Ken is joined by his talented spawn, Kyle and Sage, performing as a trio. His wife Ruth provides the live visuals, so the whole clan has come to embrace the nickname “the Partridge Family of Electronic Music,” so c’mon, get happy!

     

    Planet Y is completely improvised space music featuring WAIL members Yanni Papadopoulos and Pete Wilder. Yanni Papadopoulos relies heavily on his Casio DG20 guitar synth and a handful of effects pedals to create the space scape.

    There is no looping or sampling involved, all sounds are created in real time. Yanni is joined by musician Pete Wilder, who adds to the mix with guitar, Theremin, and a Casio DG20 guitar synth. (yes, sometimes there will be 2 guitar synths!)

    Admission is FREE

     

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  • 12:00 PMIn-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 We’ll be cuttin’ upSaturday October 4th from 12-5PMwith @VinylTap215 for the Ladies Edition Vol 3, celebrating femme, nonbinary and gender non conforming Vinyl DJs and record collectors.Hosted by the illustrious @starfire_369 featuring—100-200- @foxy.nora200-300-@comradecota300-400- @xmissmaddie_400-500-@the_aura_spherePLUS the VinylTap 215 Makers MarketConfirmed vendors include—@artandsoulphl and #vinyltap215family @duiji_13 @brizzo16 @dr_davemcWe are prioritizing women and nonbinary members of the community for the remaining vendor slots.We’ll start the day playing a couple of album sides like we were in your Mama’s living room.Join us as we share energy, knowledge and joy while conjuring sacred space together.Suggested donation at the door: $5
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  • 8:00 PMOPEN CALL: PUPPETEERS WANTED!
  • 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM OPEN CALL: PUPPETEERS WANTED!The Just F*cking Do It Puppet Slam is BACK!Sunday, October 5th8:00 PMThis round’s theme: MASQUERADEThings aren’t always what they seem… sweet treat or nasty trick? Why not both?We’re seeking short-form puppetry acts for grown-ups — whether you’re a first-timer or a seasoned pro, the stage is yours. Bring the weird, the spooky, the silly, the surreal.Submit your act idea by Sept 25th to https://forms.gle/6EdVWmMeC2FNjPMS6Let’s unmask the magic together. Are you in?#PuppetSlam #PhillyArts #Masquerade #PhillyEvents #GPAPG #Puppetry
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  • 4:15 PMIn-person! Come Move With Me! Dance + Movement Sessions with Sanovia
  • 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

    Come Move With Me! is not your average dance + movement experience. It’s an inclusive, interactive, and judgment-free space for ages 12–18 of all shapes, sizes, colors, and dance abilities. Led by Sanovia — a talented, trauma-informed artist — this live movement experience will leave you feeling refreshed and uplifted.

    What makes it special? You get to help create the playlist! Share your favorite clean-version songs so we can make it our very own dance party. Bring a friend — the more, the merrier! 

    Light snacks will be available.

    Session Dates: Sept 16, 23, 30 • Oct 7, 14 • Nov 11, 18, 25 • Dec 2, 9

    Time: 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

    Cost: Pay What You Wish

    Registration is HIGHLY encouraged and appreciated, though not required. Register HERE

  • 6:00 PMIn-person! Vogue Practice Session
  • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Practice for the balls! Vogue drop-in. All are welcome. These [almost] weekly sessions are free unless the event is a ball in which case the admission price will be stated in the event info. 6pm-9pm. 
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  • 12:00 PMIn-person! Weekly improvised music drop-in jam session
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Weekly Improvised Music Session. All are welcome to come and jam if you like to play music with friends and/or strangers. Any genre/instrument/experience level welcome. Every Wednesday 12pm-2pm
  • 6:00 PMIn-person! A Celebration of the Black Arts Movement Forwardness
  • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM A Celebration of the Black Arts Movement ForwardnessHighlighting the forthcoming 40th Anniversary of the National Black Authors Tour and the organizational dynamics furtherance of the National Black Arts Spoken Word Tour, Poetic Ventures, R.E.A.L. (Research in Exemplary African Literature), New Arts Productions, Phyre and Eyce, Mantua Dance Company, Adelphia Company, the Urban Reflections Show formerly on WPEB 88.1 FM and currently Literacy Nation founded by Richard Ashby, Jr.

    Wednesday, October 8, 2025   6pm-9m

    Free and Open to the Public, A Free Dinner will be served, Free Gifts for the first 25 attendees. Also includes Live Performances, Booksignings, Record Releases, Award Presentations and vendors available with an OPEN MIC.

    Honoring Victoria Peurifoy and the Drexel Writers Room, Stiltwalkers Bookstore, Minority Focus co-founded by Angela Moore, Black Writers Museum founded by Supreme Dow, Soul Sanctuary founded by Stephanie Renee, Paul Robeson House, Charles Blocson Literary Society, Al Knight of WKDU Radio Station, Larry Robins founder of the Celebration of Black Writing, Bridging Worlds, SCOOP USA Newspaper, WURD Radio Station with Tiffany Bacon, Temple University PASCEP, First World Theatre founded by Zuhairah McGill and In the Company of Poets, among others

    For more information and to RSVP Please contact 267-314-9483 or mauricebrianhenderson@yahoo.com

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  • 7:00 PMIn-person! SHATNER GONE MAD DOUBLE-FEATURE pres. by BRIGHT BULB SCREENINGS
  • 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM BRIGHT BULB SCREENINGS, Free Screenings Every Second Thursday of the Month @ The Rotunda (4014 Walnut, Philly)Follow Bright Bulb Screenings on Facebook, Instagram- - - -SHATNER GONE MAD DOUBLE-FEATURE!Films to be screened:THE INTRUDER (1962, directed by Roger Corman, 84 minutes, U.S.)IMPULSE (1974, directed by William Grefé, 82 minutes, U.S.)William Shatner is unforgettable as demagogue Adam Cramer. As the fictional southern town of Caxton struggles with the forthcoming desegregation of their public school, Cramer blows into town to stir up racial resentments, make common cause with the town's newspaper publisher and seduces the local school girls. Will the townspeople see through this incendiary trouble maker?Shot on location in Southern Missouri with area residents as extras (local authorities were given a heavily-diluted script), THE INTRUDER crackles as an unvarnished portrait of hatred in the Civil Rights-era South and the men who sought to ride it to power. Loosely based on the rabid segregationist John Kasper, THE INTRUDER struck such a dark chord that distributors did not want to handle it, leaving Corman and his brother Gene to schedule its meager bookings. Roger Corman described the film in his autobiography as his only feature to lose money, but in years since the film has been sited as one of Roger Corman's most substantial works and as one of Shatner's greatest performances.- - - - -The early seventies were a low point in William Shatner career, With STAR TREK ending its original run and no new series in the offing, Shatner had to make due with guest shots on assorted prime time programs and TV movies as well as occasional game show appearances. It had been six years since he had a feature film role so it's understandable that in 1974 he could end up in Florida playing the lead in regional filmmaker William Grefé's low-budget crime thriller IMPULSE.Shatner is sexy Matt Stone, a serial widow seducer who was institutionalized as a child for killing his mother's creepy lover. As one murder leads to another, Stone draws the attention of a sassy 12 year old girl, whose lonely widowed mother won't heed her warnings.Productions values signal that we're not in Hollywood anymore, but in the trade-off we get to see the less-glamorous side of Tampa, some incredibly garish off-the-rack '70s fashion and Bond villain Harold “Oddjob” Sakata as “Karate Pete.” Ruth Roman from STRANGERS ON A TRAIN also appears in the film, which carries a slight resemblance to Hitchcock's own SHADOW OF A DOUBT.- - - -Follow Bright Bulb Screenings on Facebook, Instagram
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  • 4:00 PMIn-person! Spooky Films Double Feature: Tales From The Hood (1995) & Candyman (1992)
  • 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM Spooky Films Double Feature: Tales From The Hood (1995) & Candyman (1992)4pm to 9pmAdmission: Pay What You LikeConcession: Snacks & Beverages For Sale4:30PM'Candyman' (1992): Skeptical graduate student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) befriends Anne-Marie McCoy (Vanessa Williams) while researching superstitions in a housing project on Chicago's Near North Side. From Anne-Marie, Helen learns about the Candyman (Tony Todd), a knife-wielding figure of urban legend that some of her neighbors believe to be responsible for a recent murder. After a mysterious man matching the Candyman's description begins stalking her, Helen comes to fear that the legend may be all too real. 7:00PM'Tales From The Hood' (1995):A creepy mortician, Mr. Simms (Clarence Williams III), attempts to scare teenage drug dealer Stack (Joe Torry) and his friends straight by telling them four horrifying stories. One is about a guilt-riddled cop (Anthony Griffith) who goes crazy after ignoring his corrupt partner (Michael Massee). He also tells of a meek schoolboy (Brandon Hammond) with terrifying supernatural powers. Although the young thugs want to take their drugs and escape Mr. Simms, he still has two more tales to tell.Films Are Rated [R] - Guests Under 17 Must Be Accompanied By A Parent or Adult GuardianEvent Coordinator: Paul 'Frost' Jackson / 2157304571Admission: Pay What You LikeConcession: Snacks & Beverages For Sale
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  • 3:00 PMIn-person! Cumbia y Casas, a homebuyers seminar with a Cumbia dance lesson
  • 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Cumbia y Casas, a homebuyers seminar with a Cumbia dance lesson. This event will have a local community activist teaching the Cumbia class, a mortgage lender and a title company rep. sponsoring food and non-alcoholic beverages. This event is FREE to anyone who wishes to attend, and open to the public. 3pm-6pm. more info coming  
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  • 4:15 PMIn-person! Come Move With Me! Dance + Movement Sessions with Sanovia
  • 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

    Come Move With Me! is not your average dance + movement experience. It’s an inclusive, interactive, and judgment-free space for ages 12–18 of all shapes, sizes, colors, and dance abilities. Led by Sanovia — a talented, trauma-informed artist — this live movement experience will leave you feeling refreshed and uplifted.

    What makes it special? You get to help create the playlist! Share your favorite clean-version songs so we can make it our very own dance party. Bring a friend — the more, the merrier! 

    Light snacks will be available.

    Session Dates: Sept 16, 23, 30 • Oct 7, 14 • Nov 11, 18, 25 • Dec 2, 9

    Time: 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

    Cost: Pay What You Wish

    Registration is HIGHLY encouraged and appreciated, though not required. Register HERE

  • 6:00 PMIn-person! Vogue Practice Session
  • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Practice for the balls! Vogue drop-in. All are welcome. These [almost] weekly sessions are free unless the event is a ball in which case the admission price will be stated in the event info. 6pm-9pm. 
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  • 12:00 PMIn-person! Weekly improvised music drop-in jam session
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Weekly Improvised Music Session. All are welcome to come and jam if you like to play music with friends and/or strangers. Any genre/instrument/experience level welcome. Every Wednesday 12pm-2pm
  • 7:30 PMIn-person! Fire Museum Presents: Deepak Kumar Pareek (Hindustani/Ghazal Vocal Performance)
  • 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

    Fire Museum Presents: Deepak Kumar Pareek (Hindustani/Ghazal Vocal Performance)Deepak Kumar Pareek is a light classical singer and composer from the state of Rajasthan, India. His music covers a wide spectrum of styles: ghazals (romantic poetry), bhajans (devotional songs), kirtan and classic film songs. Deepak first studied with his father, Shri P.N. Vyas, and later with Ustad R.F. Dagar, Ustad Moinuddin Khan and Shri Mohinderjit Singh. He has also been studying with Khayal classical singer Mrs. Kankana Banerjee, disciple of the legendary vocalist Ustad Amir Khan. Deepak is accomplished on several musical instruments including harmonium, tamboura, guitar and keyboard. He is co-director of the East-West School of Music at Ananda Ashram.Admission is FREE (donations greatly appreciated)

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  • 8:00 PMIn-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 Bowerbird is pleased to present 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.

    ating 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.

    ABOUT THE ARTISTS

    Don Slepian, a composer, performer, and music technologist, is celebrated as a pioneer in the ambient and new age music movement, blending classical influences with cutting-edge electronic techniques. From serving as artist-in-residence at Bell Laboratories and Synthesizer Soloist with the Honolulu Symphony to performing at esteemed venues like Lincoln Center, WNYC’s New Sounds, and the Centre Pompidou, his career spans decades of innovation and acclaim. Recently, he has sold out shows at the Philosophical Research Society, accompanied therapeutic psychedelic ceremonies, lectured at Stanford University, appeared on Dublab radio, and is preparing a tour celebrating the forty-fifth anniversary of his seminal record Sea of Bliss. Now based in the Pocono Mountains, Slepian continues to compose, perform, and build innovative instruments, cementing his legacy as a visionary in the field.donslepian.comSea of Bliss

    Saapato is the music project of upstate NY based sound artist Brendan Principato. His work focuses on the intersection of ecology and music, using a distinct blend of manipulated field recordings and lush electronic soundscapes to encourage listeners to reconsider their place within nature. He spent August 2023 in residence with the Alaska State Park Service recording bird migrations and the salmon run outside of Juneau. In September of 2022 he was in residence with the National Park Service on Fire Island, NY documenting “shoulder season” in rare and rapidly disappearing swale and dune habitats.saapato.comAdmission is FREE/pay-what-you-can

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  • 5:00 PMIn-person! West Phila. Sanctuary
  • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

    5PM-7PM: West Phila. Sanctuary special event outside on the front plaza (will be inside if weather is bad). Info coming. 

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  • 12:00 PMIn-person! Weekly improvised music drop-in jam session
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Weekly Improvised Music Session. All are welcome to come and jam if you like to play music with friends and/or strangers. Any genre/instrument/experience level welcome. Every Wednesday 12pm-2pm
  • 8:00 PMIn-person! A Night of NewOlduvai Music
  • 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM A Night of NewOlduvai Music:Elliott Levin- words & reedsTom Rollison/ Rick Iannacone/ Dave Hotep- guitars & electronicsJan Jeffries// Tom Lowery/ Kevin Diehl- percussionplus special guests.2 sets of original compositions & improvisations.Admission is FREE
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  • 10:00 AMIn-person! Making It Market with KITTYS'Z ENERGY
  • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

    Making It Market with KITTYS'Z ENERGY on 10/25 from 10AM-3PM. Come inside for Kitty’s special performance from 1:30-2:30PM!

    Vending Criteria: You are BIPOC, OR a Parent Guardian Or Caregiver (animals included), OR the eldest sibling, OR an advocate for Empty The Tanks &/or mammal rights on a spectrum.

    We have a limited number of spots:

    13 spots available with table, chairs, and a rain plan to move inside

    16 weather permitting spots that are BYOT & BYOC.

    Look out for a follow-up email requesting your best promo media as we intend to make vendor highlights leading up to the event.

    **Follow this link for outdoor spots if this sign-up is full** https://signup.com/go/TuGWQpQ

    Vending fees can be paid to the following platforms, include in the note: MIM2025

    Paypal & Cashapp: makingitmarket Venmo: kamizzy

  • 6:00 PMIn-person! THE SOLE OPEN 2025 - Philadelphia
  • 6:00 PM - 11:30 PM THE SOLE OPEN 2025 - PhiladelphiaWe’re back at it! @funkysolefundamentals is proud to present TSO 2025! We have a LEGENDARY line up for this one!1v1 HOUSE - $500Judges@tonyvmcgregor@jlbrickhouse@justsole1v1 OPEN STYLES - $500Judges@loosejointhiphopdance@chrybaby_cozie@queen_dinitaDJ’s @djlonelythebronxonian and @rebel_fosterDoors Open at 5pm , Battles at 6pm- Promptly!Sign Up Will be out shortly! Stay tuned for updates!MORE COMING!
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  • 5:00 PMIn-person! Book Talk and Discussion on Race, Real Estate, and Education: Inventing Gentrification in Philadelphia, 1960-2020
  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

    Book Talk and Discussion on Race, Real Estate, and Education: Inventing Gentrification in Philadelphia, 1960-2020

    Free and open to the public. Please RSVP at https://forms.gle/jKvyuKFPZND5tnS97

    Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 5pm-6:30pm

    With author Edward M. Epstein and guests Jerry Davis and Amy Orr, neighborhood residents and research participants in the book.

    Introduced by Julia McWilliams, Co-Director, University of Pennsylvania Urban Studies Program Author introduction by Elaine Simon, former Co-Director, University of Pennsylvania Urban Studies Program

    Co-sponsored by Temple University Press and the University of Pennsylvania Urban Studies Program

    Description: Race, Real Estate, and Education is about the connection between efforts to change K-12 schools and Philadelphia’s transformation from an industrial city into one focused on tourism, higher education, and medicine. It focuses on the redevelopment of parts of West Philadelphia as “University City” during the 1960s, in part through the demolition of the Black Bottom, but also through improvements to public education in the more affluent sections of the neighborhood. Author Edward M. Epstein will be in conversation with members of the community who experienced these transformations and whose testimonies are in the book. In his book, Epstein outlines the citywide context for West Philadelphia’s remake. He recounts the precedents for University City in the redevelopment of Society Hill. He also looks at 1960s-era attempts to correct the segregation, overcrowding, and authoritarian management throughout the School District of Philadelphia. As the West Philadelphia Corporation, a proxy for the universities and hospitals, initiated gentrification efforts in its neighborhood, the local community resisted and protested, causing the project to fail. The effort was revived with spectacular success, however, with the launch of the well-funded Penn Alexander School in 2001. The result has been a rapid increase in housing costs and a drain in the area’s Black population.

    Race, Real Estate, and Education shows how the pursuit of urbanist ideals sometimes deepens neighborhood injustice. Epstein’s exploration of whether Philadelphia’s overall approach was beneficial or misguided presents a cautionary tale.

    About the author:

    Edward M. Epstein is the Alan J. Lee Director of Penn’s Teachers Institute of Philadelphia. He is coauthor of Race, Gender, and Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations. Epstein received his Ed.D. from Penn’s Graduate School of Education and has taught courses there on university-community engagement. He is also founder of the 40th Street Artist-in-Residence program, which offers studio space to West Philadelphia in exchange for service to the community.Free and open to the public. Please RSVP at https://forms.gle/jKvyuKFPZND5tnS97

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  • 12:00 PMIn-person! Weekly improvised music drop-in jam session
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Weekly Improvised Music Session. All are welcome to come and jam if you like to play music with friends and/or strangers. Any genre/instrument/experience level welcome. Every Wednesday 12pm-2pm
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