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Enjoy a free movie screening of Il Postino followed by a brief introduction to the Daniel Catán opera---based on the movie and Skadar book---which will have its East Coast Premiere with the Center City Opera Theater May 17-20, 2012 at the Prince Music Theater.
Admission is FREE if you register online. CLICK HERE
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7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
WCA/Permanent Wave Philly Benefit for Survivors of Human Trafficking
Part of the Women's Caucus for Art Outreach: A Benefit for Survivors of Human Trafficking
Music by: Suzi Brown, Jurassic Shark, Ghetto Songbird, and Early Riser (NYC)
Films by: Women's Caucus for Art Philadelphia Chapter, Sara Suleman, Loretta Paraguassu, Bonnie MacAllister, Menaka Gopalan
Artwork by: Women's Caucus for Art Philadelphia Chapter
Tabling for Human Trafficking Awareness
Bake Sale
$5 donation
http://phila-wca.blogspot.com/
http://permanentwavephilly.tumblr.com/
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7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Termite TV 20th anniversary RETROspective
Screenings, installation, life story station, special guests, and more… Details coming soon. Mark your calendar NOW!
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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Spring 2012 Workshops
"Turning Issues & Isms Inside-Out"
A 5-part T.O. Workshop Series
Free intro class Tuesday 4/17
Series runs Tuesdays 4/17-5/15
7:00-9:00pm
Theatre of the Oppressed uses words, sounds, images, movement and the art of playfulness as ways to examine society from different perspectives. In this workshop series, the group will pick a handful of target issues and "isms" (e.g.: racism, sexism, ageism, ableism, etc.) and develop some tools for collectively deconstructing and rearranging this stuff in new ways. From there we'll strategize on how to replicate these transformations in the wider world.
Pre-register for the free intro class or the whole series by calling 215-730-0982, or email "tophilly@gmail.com". Tuition is sliding scale, $35-$75 for the month—no one turned away for lack of funds!
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8:00 PM - 11:30 PM
MAY 10
The Music of Chance (1993 / 98 minutes) James Spader and Mandy Patinkin are gamblers out of their league forced to pay off their gaming debts by building a wall made of stones. Co-stars M. Emmet Walsh, Charles Durning, Joel Grey, Samantha Mathis and Chris Penn. Directed by Philip Haas. Based on the novel by Paul Auster.
All I Desire (1953 / 79 minutes) Actress Barbara Stanwyck stops over in the smalltown she left behind ten years before to visit the family she deserted and weigh her choices. Directed by Douglas Sirk.
JUNE 14
The Red House (1947 / 100 minutes) Delmer Daves directs this rural, noir psychodrama with supernatural overtones starring Edward G. Robinson as a one-legged farmer trying to control the urges of his teenaged daughter.
Brother Orchid (1940 / 88 minutes) After an assassination attempt orchestrated by new mobster king-pin Humphrey Bogart, aging racketeer Edward G. Robinson reinvents himself as a monk. With Ann Sothern and Ralph Bellamy.
JULY 12
Vibrations (1967 / 75 minutes) A writer, moonlighting as a typist, moves into a New York apartment with her up-tight sister and is drawn to the secret cult next door. Directed by Joseph W. Sarno.
Fluctuations (1970 / 70 minutes) Grindhouse avant-garde stream of consciousness sexploitation directed by Joel Landwehr.
Submission (1969 / 73 minutes) A ménage a trois leads to a robbery plot, sexual confusion and unexpected double crosses in Allen Savage’s movie.
AUGUST 9
Carny (1980 / 107 minutes) Eighteen year old Jodie Foster runs away from home and takes up with two carnival hustlers played by Gary Busey and Robbie Robertson. With Meg Foster, Kenneth McMillan and Elisha Cook Jr. Music by Alex North.
Girl on the Run (1953) Offbeat noir murder mystery set at a burlesque show on the midway. Features Frank Albertson and, in his big screen debut, Steve McQueen.
SEPTEMBER 13
Dementia (1955 / 56 minutes) A nightmarish, dialogue-free film noir, with an amazing George Antheil score, follows a gamin though the shadowy streets of Venice Beach, California. The only film from director John Parker.
Freud (1962 / 120 minutes) Director John Huston biopic casts Montgomery Clift as the famous Viennese psychoanalyst and follows him from 1885-90 as he formulates his theories of the Oedipus complex. Based on a screenplay by Jean-Paul Sartre. Photographed by Douglas Slocombe.
OCTOBER 11
* * * * Two silent movies directed by Tod Browning with live musical accompaniment from Lincoln vs. The Moon (Jen Lightfoot and Ed Dymek) * * * *
The Unknown (1927 / 63 minutes) Wanted murderer Lon Chaney poses as “Alonzo the Armless Wonder.” Falling in love with unstable and phobic Joan Crawford, he becomes enraged when a strongman becomes romantic rival, setting the stage for an unforgettable Grand Guignol climax.
The Unholy Three (1925 / 86 minutes) A sideshow ventriloquist (Lon Chaney), a little person (Harry Earles), and strongman (Victor McLaglen) flee the carny life and form a perverse crime family operating out of a pet shop. Based on a novel by Tod Robbins, the author of “Spurs” the story that inspired Browning’s movie Freaks.
NOVEMBER 8
Pericles on 31st Street (1962 / 60 minutes) A young Sam Peckinpah directed this entry in “The Dick Powell Show,” based on the novel by Harry Mark Petrakis. Features Theodore Bikel, Carroll O’Connor and Arthur O’Connell.
The Man with Two Heads (1972 / 80 minutes) Writer/director Andy Milligan’s chaotic, angry and insane version of “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” shot on location in England.
DECEMBER 13
Rienzi – Der Letzte Der Tribunen [Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes] (2010 / 156 minutes) Philipp Stolzl and Christian Baier’s revision of Richard Wagner’s infrequently performed third opera (1842) about civil war in Rome. From the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Admission is FREE to all screenings. Screenings are continuous from 8pm.
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5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
My Sister's Keeper
Educating and Healing Women One by One
In Honor of National Women's Health Week 2012
Featuring:
a powerful fashion performance by Simply Netfah
live performances by Poetica/Aziza Kinteh
healing marketplace with: Akoma House, Mama Yoga Wellness, Atiya Old Raw Food, Afruiti Fruit Ice, Echo, Empress Thandi Wise, and more!
Admission/Love Offering: $7
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8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Alabaster Tongue presents an extremely rare appearance by Cardinal, the acclaimed orchestral psych-pop ensemble featuring Aussie expat Richard Davies (of The Moles) and Oregonian Eric Matthews. For this short East Coast jaunt, Davies will be joined by a large supporting cast, and even though Matthews will not be present, his arrangements will via modern technology. The band is fresh off a heralded SXSW performance and a NYC show, and won't likely be available to tour in the future, so catch this while you can. Fans of The Left Banke, Beatles, Kinks, Love, The Zombies, The Smiths, Belle & Sebastian, Divine Comedy, Nick Drake, Scott Walker and Tindersticks should not sleep on this.
Doors at 8pm, show at 8:30pm
Cardinal (Fire Records, featuring acclaimed singer-songwriter Richard Davies of The Moles)
Kuschty Rye Ergot (DC psych, mem. of Kohoutek)
Mike Bruno & The Black Magic Family Band (Philly folk-psych ensemble)
Cardinal
http://www.richarddaviesmusic.com/cardinal/
http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=artists&artistid=00000000638
Was there chamber pop after the Beatles and Bee Gees and before Belle & Sebastian? The missing link is Cardinal's self-titled debut. The album's release in 1994, which seemed to come out of nowhere, with its layered textures and delightful melodies, swam against the tidal wave of grunge. It ushered in an era of renewed appreciation for the orchestrated pop music of the 1960s, and at the same time inspired and influenced a host of modern artists, who followed in Cardinal's footsteps, endeavoring to duplicate its majesty and sound so classic.
Founded by Richard Davies, Australian by birth, Welsh by parentage, and American by choice, along with Oregonian Eric Matthews, Cardinal was formed when the unlikely duo met in Boston, Massachusetts. Davies most notably had been in the band the Moles, which led him from his native Sydney, to London, and then to New England, while Matthews was born in Southern California, studying music at a conservatory in San Francisco before moving to the north east.
What was erstwhile professional student Davies up to? Finding his own voice by throwing himself into different situations and different places. Matthews had spent his childhood immersed in music, learning trumpet and classical composition. He converted to independent music because he "heard Richard's ideas and saw something special in them that I wanted to be part of."
But, Cardinal was, and continues to be, a band with several identities. Whereas orch-pop set its co-ordinates for the past, and settled there, Cardinal simply imagined the music they wanted to listen to in the here and now. More importantly, songs like "Last Poems" and "Silver Machines" from Cardinal's debut sounded like futures untapped. The album met with deafening acclaim from the press, while at the same time the list of artists, both from that era and continuing to this day, who cite its brilliance, and laud Davies & Matthews as a major touchstone in their musical education, is both long and diverse - a list that includes The Flaming Lips, the Polyphonic Spree, Autolux, Vetiver, and many, many more. But as influential and significant as Cardinal seemed, their musical output totaled that lone, brilliant self-titled record, as Matthews moved home to the West Coast while Davies remained out East.
The two moved on to their respective solo careers. Richard Davies took his distinctive and gifted songwriting talents to Flydaddy, V2 Records and beyond. He made more albums that met with praise from the media worldwide, he shared the stage with the Flaming Lips, he made a record with fellow eccentric Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices (Cosmos), and he became a trial attorney, though never totally turning his back on music. Meanwhile Eric Matthews flew further in the face of grunge, becoming the enfant-terrible amongst a roster of guitar-heavy labelmates, as he signed to Sub Pop Records, releasing two highly acclaimed albums for the northwest label, and subsequently continued to create a further series of lush-orchestrated releases in the following decade, while at the same time taking his talents as a multi-instrumentalist to work as a sideman on various other records.
Miraculously though, what may have seemed, for many years, to be the end of the story, has not ended up as the closing chapter for Cardinal. A reconnection between the two musicians. An on-again/off-again chronicle of creating new music. A bi-coastal recording process. And finally completed in 2011, what was thought to be a pipe dream, and an object that is sure to elicit delight from both musicians and music fans alike, a new album. Twelve new songs. Hymns.
Their new album, and first in 18 years, Hymns, combines self-assured and pious pop gems (Northern Soul) with immense-canvas outback masterworks (Kal), and improbably, hot-blooded essays on the first law case Davies ever read (Carbolic Smoke Ball).
Like the first album a lifetime ago, Hymns is a set of diamonds. Great songs - actually, plain, old-fashioned good songs, filtered through Davies' John Donne/Sir John Mortimer law/art prism, and Matthews' trained arranger's ear.
The two are perfectly matched. It is clear that, once again, they spur each other on to greater heights. Guitars, vocals, horns and strings, bass, along with the weird, are used with invention, purpose, and confidence.
When Cardinal was released in 1994 they were arguably the best band in the world. In 2012, with Hymns, they are well-positioned for a repeat performance.
AMG's review of the 1994 self-titled debut:
The sole album from the Richard Davies/Eric Matthews pairing achieved something close to legend status in a few short years, at least among those taken by the fusion of guitar pop with orchestrations. Although the combination isn’t that groundbreaking to begin with — everyone from the Left Banke to Burt Bacharach had already tried something similar 30 years previous, for a start — Cardinal is still definitely enjoyable while not, in fact, being greater than the sum of its parts. While Matthews is a brilliant arranger, playing everything from harpsichord to trumpet and marimba, it’s Davies’ songs that carry the day, which a cursory review of Matthews’ solo work versus Davies’ makes clear. Regardless, together the two did achieve unexpectedly sharp heights. The recruited backing band, including, of all people, drummer/co-producer Thee Slayer Hippy from Portland punk legends Poison Idea, keeps everything moving well enough, while the two chief figures happily eschew the prevailing grunge fallout of 1994 for something else entirely. Davies’ quietly impassioned, slightly dry singing avoids both whispery vagueness and trying to sweat too much, perfectly matched by Matthews’ fun, killer interpretations. Matthews gets moments of slightly lugubrious and breathy lead singing at points, most notably on his own solo composition “Dream Figure,” while the duet with Davies on “You’re Lost Me There” is enjoyably low-key and mysterious. While Davies’ lyrics are generally clever enough, they’re also easy to avoid concentrating on in favor of the experience as a whole. Full-on cult appeal arrives in the form of “Singing to the Sunshine,” a cut from the self-titled album by the late-’60s group Mortimer. Other strong numbers include the clever time signature shifts throughout “Tough Guy Tactics” and the closing drama of “Silver Machines.”
Kuschty Rye Ergot
http://www.myspace.com/kuschtyryeergot
Kuschty Rye Ergot is the new project from long-time DC area multi-instrumentalist/vocalist John Stanton. A collective as opposed to a fixed lineup, performances range from drifty slowburn Popol Vuh-ish watercolour solo guitar/synth constructs to full blown ensemble sonic exhaust blasts, along with occasional stripped down acoustic folk musings. Elements of many of Stanton's wide-ranging previous efforts (Redeemers, Cash Slave Clique, Nik Turner/Harvey Bainbridge of Hawkwind, Spaceseed, Promise Breakers, Cotton & Billawtm) are in evidence, refracted via a prism of spatial folk, electronics, and whatever else the lineup du jour shakes loose from their collective tree. A universe where Ronnie Lane and COB channel Dome and Peter Hammill? You decide. In addition, John sometimes performs as a member of DC improv-psych band Kouhotek, playing guitar, synth, electric piano, and other instruments.
Volcanic Tongue on the KRE 3" on Kendra Steiner Editions:
Hand-numbered edition (of 75 copies) CD-R from psychedelic pioneer, out guitarist and exemplary head John Stanton aka Kuschty Rye Ergot. This is a pretty incredible recording, a multi-layered trip through American Primitive guitar, howling peyote ritual, Folkways environmental sounds and the kind of DIY madmanisms of Charlie Nothing before cohering into some fantastic pulse-based psychedelic rock. KSE have released a ton of great material this far but this has gotta be my favourite from the label to date. "Kuschty Rye Ergot mainman John Stanton has been a psychedelic soldier for decades, providing the greater Washington, DC area with a much-needed pure higher-key presence. When I lived in Virginia in the 1980s, I always looked forward to visiting DC two or three times a year and catching John Stanton with bands such as Gigolo Aunt, and I had the privilege of listening to many a Psycho and Heyoka and Breeder reissue with Mr. Stanton back then. A fine technician on the guitar, he exists somewhere within that rainbow running from Robbie Basho and Sandy Bull through Djinn Aquarian through Matt Valentine, yet he's always been his own man. When KSE began issuing music cdrs last year, one of my first tasks was to find John Stanton and get him to release something with KSE. SENESCENCE is the result. A three-part seamless swirling trip recorded live in DC in 2008, SENESCENCE has the warm glow and viscous flow of the best trips, musical or otherwise. You'll be reminded of everything from Ya Ho Wa 13's PENETRATION to Tony Conrad and Faust's OUTSIDE THE DREAM SYNDICATE on this 19-minute inner journey, but it's 100% Stanton. KSE is proud to offer this unique cdr from one of the East Coast's greatest psychedelic warriors. Don't wait for some European or Japanese label to proclaim Stanton a genius and issue a multi-cd box of his rarities dating back to the early '80s. He's still at it, both with Kuschty Rye Ergot and also as a member of Kohoutek, and this must-own disc captures him at his purest." (Bill Shute)
Mike Bruno & The Black Magic Family Band
http://blackmagicfamilyband.muxtape.com/
"Opium-den float rock." (The New York Post)
"Bruno delivers lullaby-esque ventures into misty graveyards." (Freddy's Backroom)
"Mike Bruno sets himself apart going down the hidden folk avenues on the indie map with his latest EP The Sad Sisters. Bruno’s voice is tormented and moving leaving you at the edge of your comfort zone. Dark and mysterious harmonies have you unsettled and calm simultaneously. Along with an acoustic guitar, a symphony of wineglasses, bells, drones, and a banjo fuel the infectious cooing. Bruno exerts raw emotion that is felt through every delicate pluck and whisper, to every coarse wail and strums. The tracks change dynamically leaving you anticipating what soothing or evocative sound will capture by surprise. The EP is hypnotic in its own sense with the unusual instrumentation. Bruno leaves you lost in your tracks in the place you know best." (treble-synthesis.blogspot.com)
"Mike’s music is so powerful because of its dynamic nature, simultaneously and seamlessly going back and forth between comfort and creepy. Take for instance his vocal styling. At one moment they are fragile and ethereal like a ceramic dove. Then switching to haunting, even a bit menacing as if sung in a whisper from the darkest corner of the attic...perhaps seeping out of a haunted gramophone. The same goes for his guitar abilities. Delicately plucked chords can soothe one minute and become the pounding hooves of the three horsemen heralding the end of times the next. It’s equal parts baroque and black metal. To make things even better, he is backed by a wonderfully strange symphony of sounds and percussion including the shallow whine of wine glasses, the hypnotic whirl of a chrome bowl whacked just so, and the mysterious vibrations and sounds of the waterphone. This lush arrangement added tremendously to the overall sound of the performance." (GREENSHOELACE.COM)
Admission is FREE ($5-$10 donation suggested)
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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Spring 2012 Workshops
"Turning Issues & Isms Inside-Out"
A 5-part T.O. Workshop Series
Free intro class Tuesday 4/17
Series runs Tuesdays 4/17-5/15
7:00-9:00pm
Theatre of the Oppressed uses words, sounds, images, movement and the art of playfulness as ways to examine society from different perspectives. In this workshop series, the group will pick a handful of target issues and "isms" (e.g.: racism, sexism, ageism, ableism, etc.) and develop some tools for collectively deconstructing and rearranging this stuff in new ways. From there we'll strategize on how to replicate these transformations in the wider world.
Pre-register for the free intro class or the whole series by calling 215-730-0982, or email "tophilly@gmail.com". Tuition is sliding scale, $35-$75 for the month—no one turned away for lack of funds!
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7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Poet-tree En Motion
Annual Spring Fundraiser Festivities and Fire Rite Celebration
for Friends of Plum Dragoness Performance Projects
Each event of the ongoing Poet-tree En Motion performance series highlights the work of resident performance artist Plum Dragoness AKA Gabrielle de Burke, and the acts she features according to the theme of each community event.
This is the final event of the 2012 Spring series. This season finale is a special annual event and includes a silent auction with items ranging from antiques, art, estate/handcrafted jewelry and clothing, to accessories, goods, and services, etc. Auction items are listed at the end of this page.
With performances by:
Alexa Gold
Alexis “GoldenLover” Simmons is a one of a kind talent. Not only does she shine in Philadelphia’s intensely demanding soul music scene, but she has shown a gift for versatility, crafting songs in genres from R&B to House to Pop through her voice, lyrics and now production
Barajagala
Barajagala Tribal Bellydance is the collective name of two American Tribal Style bellydancers, Irene Reinke and Pamela Hall.This is in part due to the fact that the dance combines classic bellydance with modified Rajastani folkloric steps and Flamenco stylizations.
Bill Fieger
electronic ambient space music; Composing electronic music under the name Oblivious Solitude. Then performing and recording with Heather Lind as Stares to Nowhere. Now performing with Mike Hunter as Mayakara recording and performing solo acoustic music. Sometimes modifying and creating new instruments to take the music to new places
The Femme-mynistiques
original beats by the Siren vocalist, lyrical poetess, and flowin' MC; Trio of sis-starz merging forces w/ fresh beats, mystic vocals, rhymes & lyrical poetics devoted to the “femminine mystic”. Together these three ladies bring to the stage backgrounds in beat/music production, dance choreography, staging theater productions, hostess-ing venues, singing, rap & spoken word performances
Infinite Giants
Lady Omni rhyming over infinite beats of Kevlar
Kuf Knotz
Songwriter/Producer/Mc @ Mad Dragon Records; Known for his unique blend of progressive hip-hop, soul, blues, jazz and rock, Kuf Knotz is one of Philly’s fastest emerging alternative artists. No musical territory goes unexplored when it comes to Kuf, and it is this attitude that has led him to perform with top acts like Common, Old DB, New York Dolls, Steel Pulse, Amos Lee & The Roots to name a few.
Lux Arati
fire dance and circus arts outside on the front plaza; Lux Arati is an all-female bellydance & fire troupe based out of Philadelphia. Blending influences of American Tribal bellydance, modern dance, along with tech and flow fire spinning (fire fans, fire fingers and more), the lovely ladies of Lux Arati are a powerful, hypnotic presence.
Music Over Matter
live percussion ensemble; Music Over Matter is made up of a group of dedicated women from many walks of life, who feel and express the profound rhythm which beats within us all. M.O.M. takes special pleasure in embracing the participation of all the children of the universe.
Sarah Jordan
Sarah Jordan lights up the stage with her fun hula hoop performances, and spreads happiness to others by sharing her love of hooping. She offers workshops, classes, and handmade hula hoops.
Plus visual projections to stimulate the retinas by VJ Kevlar, and digable dubstep & jungle beats to move them funky feet w/ DJ SoundJack & DJ Hydrophonic
Suggested Donation/pay-what-you-can: $5-20
Auction Items include:
• Recording Session @ Pine Street Studio
• Dinner & a Show @ Wall Street International
• Yoga Classes @ Cerca Trova Yoga
• Framed Picture by Photographer Becca Levy
• Gift Certificate to Rasa Salon
• Class cards for belly dance by Charly Brownskin
• Gift Certificate for Massage Session by Taj El
• A movie night out to the independent Cinema 16:9 that includes 2 tickets, 2 sodas, & a large popcorn with free refills
• Handmade Hula Hoop made by hooper Sarah Jordan
• Yoga Class donated by Yoga Child
• Series of writing, movement, storytelling & improv Workshops w/ Monica Day
• Textile design by Meg Cassidy
• Classes in Circus Arts @ the Philly School of Circus Arts
• 2 Prints by West Philadelphia Artist David Aronson
• 1 Leather Medium “The Concho Hat”
• 1 Eddy Brothers “Shoot Out Straw Hat”
• 1 Vintage Horn, Coral & Mother of Pearl Necklace donated by Mother Promised that to Me
• 1 Vintage Copper Cuff donated by MPM
• 1 Vintage Sterling Silver Signed Navajo (Dinae) Coral & Turquoise Ring donated by MPM
• 1 Antique Austrian Crystal & Rhine Stone Bracelet donated by MPM
• 2 Framed Pictures by Photographer Sunny Pierce
• 1 Vintage Schmidt Auto Harp donated by Front Street Sales
• One of a Kind Recycled Vintage Jewelry Art by RetroRelixs
*And more are still coming in that are not yet listed…
Food & Beverage Provided by Trader Joe's!
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6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
On May 17th, hotpot! is sponsoring a listening forum in Philadelphia to highlight the often unheard stories of queer immigrants.
We want to make people aware that in our city, there is a need to support LGBTQ Immigrants who face xenophobia, racism, homophobia and transphobia. Many LGBTQ immigrants face unique challenges and injustice. These include navigating the application for asylum based on sexual orientation, demanding the rights of transgender individuals in immigration detention, and mourning the isolation from mainstream non-immigrant LGBTQ communities. LGBTQ immigrants are often isolated and not seen.
We believe that building awareness and creating change through visibility and education are the first step in mitigating the injustices faced by LGBTQ immigrants as well as improving our interconnected lives. We hope that the Listening Forum will be the first step in addressing the challenges faced by LGBTQ immigrants.
Join us on May 17th from 6:30-9pm! In consideration of issues of safety and access, no ID is needed to get into the event.
Please be in touch if you or a friend needs an interpreter; we have contacts who can interpret in ASL, Spanish, Mandarin, French and Indonesian.
Admission is FREE.
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8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Bowerbird
presents
GATE
Join Bowerbird for a night of homegrown, spontaneously generated music with the dynamic quartet of Jack Wright (saxophones), Evan Lipson (double bass), Alban Bailly (guitar), and Johan Nystrom (percussion), vastly expanding beyond “extended techniques” to a world of rich, fugitive sounds;
Charles Cohen and Logan Higbie advocating retro-futuristic synth sounds as the “The Chaz and Digbee Show”;
and Unguent offering a far more minimal and spacious approach to Lance Simmons' (Dick Neff, Social Junk, and Mirror Men) invented/intuitive music.
PREVIEW AUDIO
Jack Wright / Evan Lipson / Johan Nystrom. TRACK ONE and TWO.
** Unfortunately, the Shaking Ray Levis have cancelled their tour. **
Admission is FREE
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12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Five Minute Follies OPEN CALL Auditions
By popular demand, we will be holding one OPEN CALL for the Five Minute Follies on Saturday, May 19th, from 12pm to 4pm.
PLEASE NOTE: This will be the only Follies OPEN CALL in 2012.
We will be looking for acts for all future Follies shows.
As always, we want to see every kind of act imaginable: singers, dancers/dance troupes, comics, sketch/improv groups, poets/spoken word artists/storytellers, clowns, musicians, jugglers, sideshow performers, contortionists, magicians, unusual and hard-to-classify acts, anything you can do that is entertaining in 5 minutes or less. Special consideration given to family-friendly acts, although we also welcome acts appropriate to a 21-plus audience.
PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND FILL OUT THE AUDITION FORM at http://fiveminutefollies.com/ and bring it with you to the audition.
Auditions are on a first-come, first-served basis.
No bands, but solo artists welcome with own accompaniment (single instrument live accompaniment or CD with backing tracks). No pyrotechnics, no nudity, no animal acts.
Questions? Email michaelsubvert@msn.com
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Hosted by PYPM
Hear the youth speak!
The Philly Youth Poetry Movement (“PYPM” or “The Movement”) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to helping the youth of Philadelphia discover the power of their voices through spoken word, literacy, and progressive workshop facilitation. The Movement, founded by “UnLitter Us” poet Greg Corbin, provides a safe space for at-risk, empowered youth ages 13-19 to use their voice to promote social change, leadership, cultural diversity, and build self-esteem.
Admission is $7 for youth, $10 for adults.
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12:00 PM - 10:00 PM
We at J1 Studios are putting together the long awaited EVENT!!
MAYHEM MADNESS 2 TOURNAMENT!!!
12:00pm - 10:00pm
Entry Fee:
$10 at the Door (allows you to enjoy free play games)
$15 Per Tournament
You can enter in all 3 tournaments and you can bring your own controller (BYOC)!
Double Elimination!
Tournament Games (PS3):
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Street Fighter X Tekken (no gems)
Cash Prizes (for each Tournament):
1st Place: 50% The more people in the tourney, the bigger the prize!
2nd Place: 20% The more people in the tourney, the bigger the prize!
3rd Place: 10% The more people in the tourney, the bigger the prize!
All from the Tournament Entry Fee money
FREE PLAY on Multiple Systems
Cosplay Competition (for Cash and Prizes)
Live Musical Performances:
Starving the Tsunami
Marc J
Mega Ran*
Win a Nintendo 3DS ($5 per raffle ticket)
*Raheem Jarbo, aka Random or Mega Ran. Teacher/Rapper/Hero. People will remember Ran for his daring leap into video game remixing which led to a Capcom cosign, but Random's penchant for storytelling has impressed retro gamers while garnering respect from Hip-Hop's harshest critics. An incredible impromptu "freestyle" MC, Random's unique combination of fantasy and introspective hip-hop has found its way into TV shows, movies, video games, and even coursework at several universities. That's Random.
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6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
**A SPECIAL**
Friends of 40th Street Meeting
Land Bank 2012
West Philly Community Briefing
Friends of 40th Street in partnership with People's Emergency Center and SCI- West will host a Community Briefing for interested West Philadelphia residents about the Philadelphia Land Bank 2012 Campaign.
A Land Bank, in short, is an entity with the authority to handle acquisition, maintenance, and sale of vacant property.
This community briefing will explore how a Land Bank could help the city to eliminate blight, reduce crime, rebuild neighborhoods, raise millions of dollars annually for city services and schools, and begin to recoup the $3.4 billion in equity now being lost by homeowners due to declining home values . . . all without raising taxes.
Why is this Important?
Because 2012 is the year for a Philadelphia Land Bank
* Legislation has been introduced in city council to create a Philadelphia Land Bank.
* State enabling legislation authorizing local governments to create Land Banks has passed the House and is in the Senate.
* Mayor Nutter through the Redevelopment Authority (PRA) is creating an inventory and data base of all publiclly owned surplus vacant land.
* Citizens and organizations across the city are uniting in support of a Land Bank.
What you can do:
* Attend the Meeting on May 21st to learn more and to get involved.
We will still have time for you to share your neighborhood or organizational updates and announcements.
Friends of 40th Street Meetings dates for 2012 are as follows:
Monday February 13, 2012
Monday May 21, 2012
Monday August 20, 2012
Monday November 19, 2012
All meetings will run from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
All community members and business owners are encouraged to attend !
The Friends are residents, businesses, institutions and non-profits working together to improve the 40th Street corridor and its surrounding area.
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8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Puppet Uprising
presents :
DEBRIS UPON THE FOREST FLOOR
a play.
A New Collaboration from members of The Missoula Oblongata and Polka Dot Dot Dot!
Written by: Madeline ffitch (of The Missoula Oblongata)
Music by: Jordan O'Jordan (of Polka Dot Dot Dot)
Designed by: Elspeth Vance (an exceptional weaver)
Directorial assistance: Sarah Lowry (of The Missoula Oblongata)
On our lush and intricately constructed world of oak, seaweed, wool, perfume, and plaster of paris, we follow the story of a hockey goaltender who, in 1959, finally got tired of the brutality of his position. He invented the first hockey mask and wore it onto the ice. It would be fourteen years before wearing a hockey mask was anything more than a personal choice. We ask you to become our allies, to remember a time when we could run as fast as horses, when our powers of memorization were uncanny, and when we could take photographs with our eyes.
PRAISE FOR JORDAN O’ JORDAN:
"Informed by preoccupations as diverse as electricity, science, a capella singin’, showtunes and folk songs, he has crafted a patchwork quilt of the scientific and the sublime." --Megan Beardsley, listenbeforeyoubuy.com
"Simple coincidence or cosmic cycle reaffirming all my life choices? Jordan’s music is enough to make me think the latter." --Elisa Hough, Adventures in Audio
PRAISE FOR THE MISSOULA OBLONGATA:
"The romance of vaudeville, the adrenaline of punk, and the
playfulness of the Children's Television Workshop...packing the house with theatre buffs as well as with those who tend to fidget in velve seats." --St. Louis Magazine
“Gorgeous, poetic, funny, moving…I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it.” --The Urbana News-Gazette
Suggested Donation $5-15
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8:00 PM - 12:00 PM
The 2nd installment of "The Big Give Back". It's the only concert that
pays you for inviting other people. 50% of the entry fee!!! So come
out to "The Big Give Back", where the people support the artist, and
the artist support the people!!!
"The Big Give Back"
Performing Live: Society Park , Khemist , Concepts , Kidd Chron ,
Dilemma and many more. Plus Open Mic !!
Doors Open @8:00pm
Show Starts@8:30pm
Cover: $10
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9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
TAKII 13 ~United We Stand
Arrives In Philly On May 26th & 27th, 2012!
It was less than a year ago that The Asian Karaoke Idol Invitational concluded its landmark 11th season, celebrating over 5 glorious years of "the most extreme Asian culture fusion festival" the Universe has ever seen. It also marked the birth of "a new generation of celebration" with the addition of more Co-Coordinators, tweaked festivities, & a more greatly enhanced relationship with our venue, The Rotunda. Since that fateful weekend in May 2011, we've been working feverishly on feedback we've received from our fans, combined with brand new opportunities, to produce what the world shall know as TAKII 13 ~United We Stand~! Returning to Philly's own The Rotunda on May 26th & 27th, 2012, our FREE ENTRY 13th season looks brightly towards the future with a spirit of life, love, & fusion festival equality.
In order to kick off this season right, we have revamped our #1 Contender's Pass & Vendor Table Slot pre-regging with even more nifty features & incentives! With the purchase of a Vendor Table Slot, you gain the invaluable ability to sell your swag, show off your art, promote your organizations, & you earn free #1 Contender's Passes in the process. When you pre-reg for a #1 Contender's Pass, you earn the right to participate in ALL of our "Pass-Exclusive" festivities (without paying $5 per festivity), gain access to a limited edition of our Hardcore Handbook, & are cordially invited to our post-TAKII "Domo Arigatou" party! When you pre-reg for a Pass, or a Slot, you also are automatically entered into a special drawing for prizes such as additional Contender's Passes & Table Slots, sponsor-themed gift packs, & special savings (that don't ever expire)!! The improvements by our Team TAKII Registration Coalition don't stop there, as Cheryl "Aquamarine" Snyder (a TAKII fanatic since the beginning & a highly-talented freelance artist) has recently joined the Team & will now be in charge of ushering in BRAND NEW BADGE DESIGNS that will incorporate more of an "originally extreme" flavor The Asian Karaoke Idol Invitational is & has been known for.
To take advantage of our lowest rates ($10.00 per Pass, $50.00 per Table Slot), please visit our "Registration" section ASAP! Our 1 & only pre-reg deadline ends May 19th, 2012. After that, #1 Contender's Passes will be available during TAKII 13 weekend at the price of $15.00 per Pass, while Vendor Table Slots will have been sold out.
No gathering of crazed otaku worth its name in Pocky would exist without major fan participation, something that The Asian Karaoke Idol Invitational has been an innovator of for the past 5+ years. As such, we warmly encourage you all to be guests/performers, or even panelists at TAKII 13 ~United We Stand~! With our "Guest & Performer Apps", "you take that 1st über-important step in becoming 1 of the many invitees that have graced "the house of hardcore Asian fandom" & help us in constructing 1 marvelous season after another." By way of our "X-Treme X-Posé Apps", "you get to produce your own festivity (at a season of The Asian Karaoke Idol Invitational) while creating many cherishable moments along the way for yourself & TAKII fanatics alike." By visiting both the "Guests & Performers" & "Festivities" sections of the TAKII site & filling out an "App" today, you become that much closer to tapping into your true fusion festival fanatic potential
ABOUT THE ASIAN KARAOKE IDOL INVITATIONAL (TAKII)
Established in February 2006, The Asian Karaoke Idol Invitational is the world's most extreme Asian culture fusion festival. Featuring 2 main seasons & numerous other co-branded events & performances throughout each year, it's filled with a diverse multitude of "Festivities" well-suited for people from all walks of life & fandom. With maverick innovations, such as "Project "DATTE"" ("Delivering Assistance To The Extreme"), the Team TAKII Coalition (a distinguished group of our most passionate supporters & outreach volunteers), & the TAKII World Tour (a traveling & customizable entertainment experience for individuals & organizations alike), it entertains, inspires, & enriches the lives of its fans worldwide on a continuous basis.
Admission is $10
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9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
TAKII 13 ~United We Stand
Arrives In Philly On May 26th & 27th, 2012!
It was less than a year ago that The Asian Karaoke Idol Invitational concluded its landmark 11th season, celebrating over 5 glorious years of "the most extreme Asian culture fusion festival" the Universe has ever seen. It also marked the birth of "a new generation of celebration" with the addition of more Co-Coordinators, tweaked festivities, & a more greatly enhanced relationship with our venue, The Rotunda. Since that fateful weekend in May 2011, we've been working feverishly on feedback we've received from our fans, combined with brand new opportunities, to produce what the world shall know as TAKII 13 ~United We Stand~! Returning to Philly's own The Rotunda on May 26th & 27th, 2012, our FREE ENTRY 13th season looks brightly towards the future with a spirit of life, love, & fusion festival equality.
In order to kick off this season right, we have revamped our #1 Contender's Pass & Vendor Table Slot pre-regging with even more nifty features & incentives! With the purchase of a Vendor Table Slot, you gain the invaluable ability to sell your swag, show off your art, promote your organizations, & you earn free #1 Contender's Passes in the process. When you pre-reg for a #1 Contender's Pass, you earn the right to participate in ALL of our "Pass-Exclusive" festivities (without paying $5 per festivity), gain access to a limited edition of our Hardcore Handbook, & are cordially invited to our post-TAKII "Domo Arigatou" party! When you pre-reg for a Pass, or a Slot, you also are automatically entered into a special drawing for prizes such as additional Contender's Passes & Table Slots, sponsor-themed gift packs, & special savings (that don't ever expire)!! The improvements by our Team TAKII Registration Coalition don't stop there, as Cheryl "Aquamarine" Snyder (a TAKII fanatic since the beginning & a highly-talented freelance artist) has recently joined the Team & will now be in charge of ushering in BRAND NEW BADGE DESIGNS that will incorporate more of an "originally extreme" flavor The Asian Karaoke Idol Invitational is & has been known for.
To take advantage of our lowest rates ($10.00 per Pass, $50.00 per Table Slot), please visit our "Registration" section ASAP! Our 1 & only pre-reg deadline ends May 19th, 2012. After that, #1 Contender's Passes will be available during TAKII 13 weekend at the price of $15.00 per Pass, while Vendor Table Slots will have been sold out.
No gathering of crazed otaku worth its name in Pocky would exist without major fan participation, something that The Asian Karaoke Idol Invitational has been an innovator of for the past 5+ years. As such, we warmly encourage you all to be guests/performers, or even panelists at TAKII 13 ~United We Stand~! With our "Guest & Performer Apps", "you take that 1st über-important step in becoming 1 of the many invitees that have graced "the house of hardcore Asian fandom" & help us in constructing 1 marvelous season after another." By way of our "X-Treme X-Posé Apps", "you get to produce your own festivity (at a season of The Asian Karaoke Idol Invitational) while creating many cherishable moments along the way for yourself & TAKII fanatics alike." By visiting both the "Guests & Performers" & "Festivities" sections of the TAKII site & filling out an "App" today, you become that much closer to tapping into your true fusion festival fanatic potential
ABOUT THE ASIAN KARAOKE IDOL INVITATIONAL (TAKII)
Established in February 2006, The Asian Karaoke Idol Invitational is the world's most extreme Asian culture fusion festival. Featuring 2 main seasons & numerous other co-branded events & performances throughout each year, it's filled with a diverse multitude of "Festivities" well-suited for people from all walks of life & fandom. With maverick innovations, such as "Project "DATTE"" ("Delivering Assistance To The Extreme"), the Team TAKII Coalition (a distinguished group of our most passionate supporters & outreach volunteers), & the TAKII World Tour (a traveling & customizable entertainment experience for individuals & organizations alike), it entertains, inspires, & enriches the lives of its fans worldwide on a continuous basis.
Admission is $10
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9:00 PM - 1:00 AM
(nearly every last Thursday)
new time: 9pm-1am
Established in 1996, The Gathering is the longest/strongest-running truly Hip Hop event in Philly.
The Gathering IS b-boys/b-girls, pop-lockers, emcees, graffiti writers, DJs, men, women, and children of all ages enjoying an organic, community-based celebration of The struggle, the Love, and the culture of Hip Hop.
DJs spin Hiphop, breaks, and funk all night, and there are open cyphas, a tag wall, and a featured performance and graffiti panel each month.
Admission is $3
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Event Categories
- Education
- Poet-tree en Motion
- Philly Youth Poetry Night
- Bright Bulb Screening Series (formerly Andrew's Video Vault)
- Ars Nova Workshop
- Bowerbird Presents Gate
- The Gathering
- Open Mic
- Philly Fringe Festival
- 40th Street Summer Series
- Event Horizon
- Bowerbird Liminal States Series
- The Bigger Picture (TBP) workshop series (formerly Vision Driven Artist Workshop Series)
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