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8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Many Arms + Colin Fisher
Colin Fisher solo
Many Arms will be collaborating on a new set of music with our good friend Colin Fisher. Colin will be joining us on tenor sax for this new material, but also opening up the show with a solo guitar set.
Colin's bio:
Multi-instrumentalist (guitar, saxophone, drums, guzheng, tanbour, flutes, misc instruments) and composer. Colin Fisher is an active voice in the Improvised, Rock, Folk, Experimental and Creative Music Community in North America.
Has been most active with Not the Wind Not the Flag, Elfin Choirs (solo project), Bernice, Bad Breath, HAHA, Body Help, Pick-A-Piper, Steve Kado’s 2003 band, New Civilization, Prince Enoki Insect Orchestra, - Colin has appeared and collaborated with: Anthony Braxton, Caribou, Jah Youssouf, Rhys Chattam, William Parker, Dominic Duval, Sabir Mateen, Joe Mcphee, Maury Coles, David Daniels, Chris Kelsey, Paul Hession, and many others.
Many Arms bio:
Formed in 2007, Philadelphia and New York-based Many Arms are a power trio in the truest sense of the term. The band’s music is a loud, aggressive blend of punk and free jazz, tied together with compositions that twist and turn through angular unison melodies and complex rhythmic vamps.
Many Arms’ punk rock touring ethos has taken their music across the US and Canada numerous times, where they've shared bills with many bands, including Marnie Stern, Nat Baldwin, Tera Melos, Dysrhythmia, Extra Life, Schnaak, Bardo Pond, Normal Love, Inzinzac, Eric Carbonara, Yowie, Les Rhinoceros, Mario Diaz De Leon, and Pitom.
To date, Many Arms have released three full-length albums and one EP. In 2012, the not-for-proft cooperative record label Tzadik Records (owned and operated by composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist John Zorn) released the band's third full-length, simply titled Many Arms.
Admission is FREE
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8:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Snowflake Hop! with Perseverance Jazz Band and DJ Breanna Perry
Join Perseverance Jazz Band, Philadelphian purveyors of traditional, New Orleans style Dixieland Jazz for a winter swing dance!
All dance levels welcome!
Dance Lesson at 8:00pm,
live music from 9:00pm - 12:00am.
DJing between sets by Breanna Perry!
$5 donation, no one turned away for lack of funds.
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8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Spring Garden Music
Presents
Andrea Pensado electronics, Salem MA
Walter Wright electronics, Lowell MA
Ben Bennett, solo, unamplified objects (percussion), Columbus OH
Bob Falesch, electronics, Ogdensburg, NY
Jack Wright, alto and soprano saxes, Easton PA
Andrea Pensado works with sound as a performer, composer and teacher. She has been using digital media and live interactive musical systems since 1995. She studied in Argentina and Poland. At first, she composed mainly for acoustic instruments. However, she gradually felt more attracted by different sound realms. Today, the abrasive digital noise of her improvisations is far away from her earlier pieces. Harsh dense layers of sounds, often interwoven with her voice, combine hybrid synthesis and sampling techniques to create a highly personal sound language, which reflects an intuitive, emotional and paradoxically also logical approach to music making. She currently lives in the US.
Walter Wright is an improviser on electronics of his fabrication. He is also a interdisciplinary artist, and community arts advocate. Educated as an architect, he has graduate degrees in engineering and interdisciplinary art. He is a co-founder of 119 Gallery in Lowell MA where he produces new music and performance events. One of these is XFest, an annual festival for improvised sound, video and movement. He teaches new media at UMass Lowell. He is a member of Apocalypso, bodydrama, Los Condenados, Loup-Garou, and One-Armed Mist. Most recently he toured with Stephanie Lak and this summer will tour Apocalypso.
Ben Bennett's current music stems mainly from various forms of free-improv: maximalist, reduced, noise, etc. A desire to get the most varied and visceral array of sounds from the simplest instruments has led to an ongoing process of distilling the drumset to its essential sound-maker, the vibrating membrane. Using extended techniques involving breath and friction, as well as the time-honored tradition of hitting things with sticks, he plays an evolving pile of frame drums, pre-tuned drum heads, metal things, tubes, and other objects that can be combined and recombined to get a variety of sounds during a performance. This set-up lends itself greatly towards being crammed in a backpack, strapped to a bike, dragged along the ground, or thrown down the stairs, generally without physical or psycological damage. Ben will be resident at the Spring Garden Music house during Dec. and Jan. 2012-13. For more info on playing partners and recordings: http://milmin.nixsyspaus.org/index.html
Bob Falesch, from Chicago, uses computers in freely improvised performance contexts for which he has designed several software systems. He has composed works for instrumental soloists and vocalists, for small ensembles, electronic music for tape, musicians with live electronics, and for theater and dance. He is the founder/producer and formerly co-host of the weekly two-hour "Classical and Beyond" program on WNUR-FM, has brought to Chicago the music of composer Karlheinz Essl and Hans Tutschku, and founded and organized two performing groups: Ensemble Mobius Midicus and FM Reception, the latter of which was the core of a semi-monthly series of improvised music workshops. As performer, Falesch has appeared at the High Zero(Baltimore), NEMO'96(Chicago), and Big Sur (California) international music festivals, the 2oo2 SEAMUS Conference, and at various other events in the USA. Falesch is documented on CD releases "Co-lage" and "Water Music" with Bob Marsh, solo releases "5xd" and "2k", and "Clang" and "I'd rather be a sparrow" with Jack Wright.
In the late 1970s, following an academic teaching career and radical politics, Jack Wright began directing his energies into playing the saxophone, which he had done in his youth. He is today one of the few musicians that have played improvised music exclusively since that time. Through years of touring in Europe and North America he came to be regarded as the "Johnny Appleseed of Improvised Music", inspiring countless others, and widely recognized as an original and virtuosic saxophonist, continually renewing his approach to music. As one reviewer said, he is an "undergrounder by design", but another reviewer (in the Washington Post) said, "In the rarefied, underground world of experimental free improvisation, saxophonist Jack Wright is king". Now living in Easton PA.
Admission is FREE
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6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Catching Babies is the journey of women as they reclaim the tradition of midwifery on the border." The film follows three student-midwives during their journey at the midwifery school Maternidad la Luz in El Paso, Texas. We watch as mothers go through the emotional experiences during their pregnancies and births, as they overcome challenges with the help of family and their midwives.
The documentary follows these young women as they discover the highs and lows of what it means to pursue midwifery, home birth, and Mexica culture.
The story of Mothers, Babies, and Birth is a timeless one, and the intimate look into birth center Maternidad la Luz provides a look into a honored tradition of mothers and midwives. This film is a unique view into a sacred world where women are celebrated as being in control of their births.
The film is directed by Barni Quazzim.
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8:00 PM - 11:30 PM
FREE Screenings Continuous From 8 PM
on the Second THURSDAY of Every Month!
This program is made possible through the generous support of the Cinema Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
Viewer discretion is advised.
JANUARY 10
Nightbirds (1970 / 70 minutes)
Andy Milligan’s legendary lost film found! Two drifters on the streets of the East End, Dee (Julie Shaw) and Dink (Berwick Kaler) have a malevolent romance in swinging 70s London.
Things (1989 / 83 minutes)
Director Andrew Jordan explores the horrors of infertility in this shot-in-8mm Canadian shocker starring Barry J. Gillis and Amber Lynn.
Mystique (1979 / 77 minutes)
Roberta Findlay directs Roger Michael Watkins’ heady script exploring the secret passions of a unique woman who lives her fantasies and dreams her realities. Starring Georgina Spelvin and Samantha Fox.
FEBRUARY 14
Debussy: The Fall of the House of Usher [La Chute de la Maison Usher] (2006 / 80 minutes)
Debussy’s unfinished Edgar Alan Poe opera is reconstructed and orchestrated by Robert Orledge and prepared with the short ballet, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune; Jeux. From the Wiener Symphoniker at the Bregenzer Festspiele.
The Life and Works of Richard Wagner (1913 / 82 minutes)
In one of the first feature films, director Carl Fröhlich tells the story of the great German composer—from his childhood through his iconic triumphs in orchestral and operatic music.
MARCH 14
Applause [Applaus] (2009 / 85 minutes)
Director Martin Pieter Zandvliet’s harrowing drama about an acclaimed but alcoholic actress played by Paprika Steen seeking to regain custody of her children while performing in a production of Edward Albee’s play, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Applause (1973 / 100 minutes)
Videotaped in London for TV, Lauren Bacall stars in Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Charles Strouse’s musicalization of the cult movie All About Eve wherein an ingénue insinuates herself into the company of an established but aging actress. Co-staring Larry Hagman and Penny Fuller.
APRIL 11
No Way Home (1996 / 90 minutes)
Buddy Giovinazzo’s crime melodrama stars Tim Roth as a man recently released from prison who comes home to his troubled brother James Russo, and new sister-in-law Deborah Kara Unger.
The Man With Two Faces (1934 / 72 minutes)
Stage actress Mary Astor is under the influence of brother Edward G. Robinson in Archie Mayo’s mysterious thriller.
MAY 9
The Couch (1962 / 99 minutes)
A serial killer and his therapy sessions with a psychologist are juxtaposed with his murders by director Owen Crump in this movie written by Psycho author Robert Bloch.
All The Pretty Maids in a Row (1971 / 92 minutes)
Somebody is knocking off girls at the high school in Roger Vadim’s first American feature—a sex-comedy-thriller starring Rock Hudson as the football coach, Angie Dickinson as a substitute teacher, and Telly Savalas as the homicide detective on the case.
JUNE 13
Dusty and Sweets McGee (1971 / 89 minutes)
Floyd Mutrux’s unforgettable chronicle of rock ‘n roll fueled Los Angeles junkies.
Rings on Her Fingers (1942 / 86 minutes)
Director Rouben Mamoulian’s screwball comedy film starring Henry Fonda as a poor man who gets mistaken for a millionaire and who is swindled out of his life savings. Co-starring Gene Tierney.
JULY 11
A Double Life (1947 / 104 minutes)
In George Cukor’s drama, written by Ruth “Maude” Gordon and Garson Born Yesterday Kanin, Ronald Colman is an actor who is strongly influenced by the characters he plays—when he agrees to play ‘Othello’, the role overwhelms him with the Moor’s murderous jealousy.
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942 / 85 minutes)
Ida Lupino lives in a small apartment with her father Monty Woolley who is a celebrated actor done in by drink. When things seem at their nadir, Woolley lands the apt role of “King Lear”. . .
AUGUST 8
Side Show (1981 / 98 minutes)
A teenage boy runs away from home and joins the circus. There, he witnesses a murder.
The Wagons Roll at Night (1941 / 84 minutes)
A lion escapes Humphrey Bogart’s carnival and is captured by grocery clerk Eddie Alert whom Bogart brings into the show and eventually makes chief lion tamer.
SEPTEMBER 12
West of Zanzibar (1928 / 65 minutes)
The ninth collaboration between Lon Chaney and director Tod Browning is a tale of revenge and debasement, wherein an evil English music hall magician is completely devoted to his wife who soon abandons him for an ivory trader.
Adventure In Iraq (1943 / 64 minutes)
Director D. Ross Lederman’s thriller where five Allied soldiers crash-land in Iraq. They are taken in by a local sheik, but soon begin to suspect that he may not be quite as friendly as he seems to be.
OCTOBER 10
The Monster (1925 / 86 minutes)
Roland West directs one of the first “mad scientist” films based on a play by Crane Wilbur. West’s movie freely mixes horror and comedy as Lon Chaney uses a “death chair” to transfer the soul of a woman into a man’s body.
The Eyes of The Mummy Ma (1918 / 57 minutes)
Director Ernst Lubitsch’s Egypt-set thriller about a young painter visiting the cursed tomb of a dead Queen.
NOVEMBER 14
Anna Nicole (2011 / 120 minutes)
Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and librettist Richard Thomas’ opera about the busty Playboy playmate who married an octogenarian billionaire.
DECEMBER 12
Rope of Sand (1949 / 104 minutes)
William Dieterle directs Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains and Peter Lorre in a gritty drama about stolen diamonds and double crosses.
Jewel Robbery (1932 / 68 minutes)
William Dieterle directs the fifth of William Powell and Kay Francis’ seven movies together wherein a robber uses marijuana to make off with coveted jewels.
FREE Screenings Continuous From 8 PM
on the Second THURSDAY of Every Month!
This program is made possible through the generous support of the Cinema Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
Viewer discretion is advised.
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9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Part of Cage: Beyond Silence, which runs October 26, 2012 - January 20, 2013 at a variety of venues in Philadelphia.
Created the year he died, Cage’s only feature-length film One11 (1992) was composed entirely using 1,200 random operations devised by a computer—each determining the movements of a crane-mounted camera and the qualities of lighting within an empty room. A meditation on the perception of emptiness that harks back to Cage’s much earlier 4’33” (1952), One11 is a film without subject, persons or things, offering instead a sublime impression of another, timeless place. For this performance, a video of Cage’s own realization will be accompanied by a recording of its companion piece, 103 (for a large orchestra).
Cage: Beyond Silence is a major festival celebrating the music of John Cage. Taking place at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and venues across the city, events will unfold in three parts. The first, Move from Zero (October 26 - November 4, 2012) will provide an introduction to John Cage's music, focusing on seminal works from his early career, such as Sonatas and Interludes (1946 - 48) and Music of Changes (1951), 4'33" (1952), and will explore a variety of other stylistic periods through his solo repertoire. Parts two and three-subtitled The Year Begins to be Ripe (November 30 - December 12, 2012) and At Least We Have Begun (January 11 - 20, 2013) respectively-will juxtapose two of Cage's "magnum opuses," the mid-career polystylistic Song Books (Solos for Voice3-92) (1970) and the late-career meditative series of compositions titled Number Pieces (1987 - 1992). Several works will be given multiple performances,underlining the important role of the interpreter in realizing Cage's scores and emphasizing the ephemeral and changing nature of these indeterminate works.
This festival will be presented in conjunction with the Philadelphia Museum of Art's major exhibition Dancing around the Bride: Cage, Cunningham, Johns, Rauschenberg, and Duchamp.
Confirmed artists include Margaret Leng Tan, Christian Wolff, Keith Rowe, Pauline Oliveros, Michael Pisaro, Joseph Kubera, Joan Labarbara and Ne(x)tworks,the BSC, JACK Quartet with James Hirschfeld, PRISM Quartet with, Curtis Ensemble 20/21, Network for New Music, Relâche, Either/Or, Rob Haskins and Laurel Karlik Sheehan, Dan Blacksberg, Jay Campbell, and more.
Admission to tonight's event is FREE.
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11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
The Vegan Pledge started in the UK. Board members of Peace Advocacy Network brought the Pledge to the US and with great success. The PAN Vegan Pledge program encourages people to adopt a vegan diet for 30 days with the program’s hands-on support. This support includes five weekly meetings consisting of cooking demonstrations, speakers addressing environmental, ethical, health, and practical issues , a personal mentor (experienced vegan), optional social events for even more support, and an incredible care package to make 30 days of being vegan that much easier. Meetings are Jan 12, 19 26, Feb 2, and Feb 9, with the first three happening here at The Rotunda, 11am-2pm.
The program is FREE. However, we do require an interview for final admission to the program. Pledges are expected to come to all of the meetings. Mentors are expected to come to the first and last meetings.
Here’s what some of our pledges have said:
I am still vegan (and trying to slowly convert the rest of the family). - Kelley Romyn
I am still vegan and doing well. I think I'm hooked on vegan for life. I've been trying to get my family to eat less meat and more fruits, vegetables and legumes. I've had limited success but I'm not giving up. - Patrick Reither
I am still 100% vegan, and doing some further research so that I can transition to be raw vegan. I feel great and I love my new lifestyle. - Chrissy Dwyer
My interest in becoming vegan was to learn healthier eating habits. The education I received from the meetings and my own research about the treatment of the animals and the impact on the environment really got my attention and repulsed to me say the least. More importantly how the consumption of animals affects my health - especially dairy. My husband and I have adapted to the lifestyle and will stick with it will little efforts. - Michele
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Based off of his most loved literary work "Why Must They Die!" A performance piece where Thierry Lundy tells why/and how he prepares to rage war against pests called ROACHES.
In this literary work, Thierry depicts the roaches as the BAD GUYS who reign havoc on his life.
It's time that we hear what the roach has to say. Roscoe is angry and is itching to tell his side of the story. Maybe the Roach wasn't the BAD GUY afterall??? YOU BE THE JUDGE! WILL YOU SYMPATHIZE WITH THE ROACH AFTER IT'S ALL OVER?
Don't only prepare to laugh, but be prepared for a powerful message of "Fighting for what you believe in!"
Admission is $12, which includes a FREE DVD of Thierry's previous one man show at The Rotunda. Group rates available. Buy advance tickets HERE
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8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
NEW///// MUSIC- IMPROV////// & SOUND STRUCTURE SERIES
Vavatican:
Booker Stardrum: percussion, Nathaniel Morgan: alto saxophone, Owen Stewart-Robertson: guitar, Weston Minissali: synthesizer
(pROM nIGHT rECORDS) Brooklyn. New Music group exploring the potential of timbre and form by use of extended technique, graphic notation and intuition, composing music that is a finely tuned amalgamation of improvisation and structure. The group's compositional aesthetics has been described as reminiscent of the efforts of Morton Feldman and early AACM.
Superlith:
(from Something Else! by S. Victor Aaron)
"Just when you think you’ve heard it all — literally — some really crafty cats come along and create sounds that hadn’t quite been previously contemplated. A couple of such musicians from Philadelphia’s fertile experimental music scene banded together to create some of this alien but strangely alluring noise. Trombonist Dan Blacksberg (Anthony Braxton Quartet, Archer Spade duo with Nick Millevoi) and transmuted Casio keyboard technician Julius Masri (Electric Simcha, Avant rock band LionsHead, Noise duo Chakra Khan/Air Pirates with Millevoi) pooled their vast experience working on the fringes of music to form a New Music duo called Superlith and recently came out with their first album, Plasma Cluster. (Public Eyesore/Eh? Records)
Each of these players brings a unique perspective to the table. Masri is a trained jazz drummer whose curiosity about electronic sounds became a passion that’s led him to compose electronic music for choreography projects. For his part, Blacksberg sees no bounds in the sonorous possibilities of the trombone; he’s a superb technician who wants to go beyond merely doing what’s been done before and push the trombone into unfamiliar territory. On Plasma Cluster, he exploits the openings he sees to do so within the realm of electronic avant garde, and finds the complements to the buzzes, drones and chiming of Masri’s circuit-bent machinery."
MPSP
MPSP is Mark Price and Sebastian Petsu, sonicists who align their broken and unorthodox techniques embarking on frenzied, derailed, and blasted-out joy rides through house, hiphop, metal, dub, and American noise. Mark Price solos as the enigmatic and genuinely unpredictable Cars Will Burn. Described as a methodical dissection of Top 40 hip-hop club bangers that are at once scummy and decadent. Ultimately saying “yes, but…” to the world in the finest sampler abuse tradition. For Sebastian Petsu, live manipulations of cassettes and cassette players form the core of his sound art process. Sebastian began re-purposing and layering found tapes with the Rain of Belle Isle duo. In current collaborations he now utilizes an unfair amount of controlled, textured tape deck feedback.
Admission is FREE
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7:30 PM - 11:30 PM
The Vocalz Are True Concert Series
Brought to you by Tru Talent Ent, This collection of young talent from the tri-state area are coming together to showcase their broad array of talent to the city of Philadelphia.
Sharif "Tru Vocalz" Sawyer has developed the Concert Series in order to gain acclaim and generate buzz for unheard or barely heard talent. Ranging from singer-songwriter style all the way through R&B and completing the stop at Hip-Hop these artist seem to be able to do it all. This event is special to all the hard working people involved.
Acoustic sweetheart Maggie Rose will serenade the audience with her raw and powerful lyrics and sweet soothing voice.
Vocal powerhouse GiGi will dazzle with pose and vocal control.
Hip-Hop artist Hazze will provide you with a smooth rap style with awesome lyrical abilities.
M.Able is a determined young rising icon ready to set the stage ablaze with swag and flow accompanied by being lyrically inclined.
La'Del Kent will wow all the ladies with his effortless suave manner while crooning under the same spotlight.
Tru Vocalz will close the night with the performance of a life time. Whether it be Rap, R&B or Pop he has it all and is prepared to bring down the house.
Hosted by the hottest Dj on the east coast DJ Soulbuck this is a show you are sure to not want to miss!
Admission is $5
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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
come celebrate the new year with the sykes family. it will be an evening of joyous music and fun.
the sykes family have been doing this free concert for 9 years now!
the concert is headed up by kenny sykes and his wife nichet. this year ,the family will have a special guest from st john ame church. so come on out and help us praise tthe lord and have a great time. program will begin at 7pm.
Admission is FREE
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11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
The Vegan Pledge started in the UK. Board members of Peace Advocacy Network brought the Pledge to the US and with great success. The PAN Vegan Pledge program encourages people to adopt a vegan diet for 30 days with the program’s hands-on support. This support includes five weekly meetings consisting of cooking demonstrations, speakers addressing environmental, ethical, health, and practical issues , a personal mentor (experienced vegan), optional social events for even more support, and an incredible care package to make 30 days of being vegan that much easier. Meetings are Jan 12, 19 26, Feb 2, and Feb 9, with the first three happening here at The Rotunda, 11am-2pm.
The program is FREE. However, we do require an interview for final admission to the program. Pledges are expected to come to all of the meetings. Mentors are expected to come to the first and last meetings.
Here’s what some of our pledges have said:
I am still vegan (and trying to slowly convert the rest of the family). - Kelley Romyn
I am still vegan and doing well. I think I'm hooked on vegan for life. I've been trying to get my family to eat less meat and more fruits, vegetables and legumes. I've had limited success but I'm not giving up. - Patrick Reither
I am still 100% vegan, and doing some further research so that I can transition to be raw vegan. I feel great and I love my new lifestyle. - Chrissy Dwyer
My interest in becoming vegan was to learn healthier eating habits. The education I received from the meetings and my own research about the treatment of the animals and the impact on the environment really got my attention and repulsed to me say the least. More importantly how the consumption of animals affects my health - especially dairy. My husband and I have adapted to the lifestyle and will stick with it will little efforts. - Michele
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Every 3rd Saturday of the month PYPM hosts a youth-led open mic and poetry slam for teens to come and share their work in a safe, uncensored environment.
Teens who participate in the slams earn points to qualify for the PYPM Slam Team, which competes at annual Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Festival and Slam held in various cities across the U.S with over 50 other youth poetry teams from around the world.
Interested in slamming or signing up for the open mic? See Slam Rules/Schedule, and Registration for full details.
Time: 6PM sharp (doors open at 5:45PM)
Admission: $10 adults, $7 youth and students ($5 for students who attend workshop earlier that day)
Name: Perry Divirgilio
Email Address: perry@pypm215.org
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3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
shows at 3 and 7pm!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Recess: Winner at the San Francisco Fringe Festival for “Best Female Solo Show,” “Best of Fest” at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, and nominated for “Outstanding Solo Performance” by the NY Innovative Theater Awards, Recess comes to Philadelphia’s The Rotunda, for two shows only.
Contact: Una Aya Osato, una.osato@gmail.com, (917) 327-8383
KEEP IT MOVIN’ PRODUCTIONS
PRESENTS
RECESS
Written by Una Aya Osato
Directed by Moises Belizario
at
THE ROTUNDA
Fresh from NYC, this award winning one-woman show takes audiences’ on a field trip into the hearts and minds of 7-year-olds navigating their way through life and public school in NYC. Recess is Una’s impassioned response to her experiences attending, witnessing, and teaching in NYC schools. Get inspired by a piece that has been described in Vancouver’s Plank Magazine as “This is possibly the best show I have ever seen. Ever.,” by The Montreal Gazzette as “a tour-de-force,” and given five (out of five) stars by Toronto’s Eyeweekly.
Performed by Una Aya Osato.
Una Aya Osato (writer/performer) was born and raised in NYC, where she works as a performer, writer and educator. She has performed Recess nationally and internationally for thousands of people in theaters, classrooms, community organizations, college campuses, and prisons.
January 20th, RECESS schedule:
Sunday, January 20, 2013
3pm
Sunday, January 20, 2013
7pm
At
The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, PA, 19104
www.therotunda.org
Tickets $8-$20 sliding scale
(no one will be turned away for lack of funds)
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http://www.recesstheplay.com/
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Recess: Winner at the San Francisco Fringe Festival for “Best Female Solo Show,” “Best of Fest” at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, and nominated for “Outstanding Solo Performance” by the NY Innovative Theater Awards, Recess comes to Philadelphia’s The Rotunda, for two shows only.
Contact: Una Aya Osato, una.osato@gmail.com, (917) 327-8383
KEEP IT MOVIN’ PRODUCTIONS
PRESENTS
RECESS
Written by Una Aya Osato
Directed by Moises Belizario
at
THE ROTUNDA
Fresh from NYC, this award winning one-woman show takes audiences’ on a field trip into the hearts and minds of 7-year-olds navigating their way through life and public school in NYC. Recess is Una’s impassioned response to her experiences attending, witnessing, and teaching in NYC schools. Get inspired by a piece that has been described in Vancouver’s Plank Magazine as “This is possibly the best show I have ever seen. Ever.,” by The Montreal Gazzette as “a tour-de-force,” and given five (out of five) stars by Toronto’s Eyeweekly.
Performed by Una Aya Osato.
Una Aya Osato (writer/performer) was born and raised in NYC, where she works as a performer, writer and educator. She has performed Recess nationally and internationally for thousands of people in theaters, classrooms, community organizations, college campuses, and prisons.
January 20th, RECESS schedule:
Sunday, January 20, 2013
3pm
Sunday, January 20, 2013
7pm
At
The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, PA, 19104
www.therotunda.org
Tickets $8-$20 sliding scale
(no one will be turned away for lack of funds)
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http://www.recesstheplay.com/
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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
REDEEMER TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH
PRESENTS
Martin Luther King Jr.Program 2013
MARCHING FROM 52ND ARCH TO 40TH WALNUT AT 12:00 P.M.
PROMOTING PEACE, LOVE AND CLEAN NEIGHBORHOODS
TO THE
ROTUNDA
4014 WALNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA PA,
MONDAY JANUARY 21, 2013
1:00 p.m. to 4: 00 p.m.
FEATURING
VENDORS
PHILADELPHIA POLICE DEPARTMENT NONVIOLENCE (D.A.R.E.)
READING, POERTY, SKIT, PRAISE DANCING AND SONGS
FROM OUR YOUTH AND OTHERS
COME ENJOY THE DAY LEARNING
STOMPING YOUR FEET, CLAPPING YOUR HANDS
AND MANY MORE/ T-SHIRTS WILL BE ON HAND
CONTACT: MINISTER DENISE TYWMAN/LAVERN 215-870-3917/ANTHONY 267-977-4206
SPONSORED:
REDEEMER TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH
219 NORTH 52ND STREET
PHILADELPHIA PA, 19139
A.G. SOLOMON PASTOR AND ORGANIZER
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7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
major super hero movie at 7 + xbox360 at 9. $3 for all ages. no one turned away for lack of funds.
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
POSTPONED!
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You provide the heart & soul of our music.
You rock stages & street corners worldwide.
You are... instrumental.
We have arranged a special tournament for you!
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:: A Tournament for Musicians ::
▼ THE BASICS ▲
This competition will feature 8 performers competing over the course of 3 rounds, with a limit of 3 minutes per performance, in front of a panel of 3 judges. The 8 contestants will register online, and then pay a fee of $15 each (in cash, on-site), to vie for a 1st Place grand prize of $100 and a booking at an upcoming local event, such as “The META: Creative Homely Gatherings”. The performer who ranks at 2nd Place will be featured in a 2013 episode of “Raw Diamonds”; the video series produced by the hip-hop collective SЁLA. Guest general admission is $5, and open to all ages.
"The META" | www.facebook.com/MetaPhilly
SЁLA'S "Raw Diamonds - http://bit.ly/SELArawdiamonds
▼ PERMITTED INSTRUMENTS ▲
Instrument types barred from competition will be turntables, sound-boards, and other related electronic devices. Permitted instruments include traditional ‘manual’ types; string, percussion, woodwind, etc. Amplified instruments are allowed; keyboards, electric guitars, etc.
▼ HOW TO APPLY ▲
Prospective contestants must e-mail SFrosty215@gmail.com by 11:59PM Wednesday, January 23rd. Subject: “The Instrumentalist”. The message *MUST* include a video presenting the applicant’s skill. -- 8 applicants will be chosen as competition registrants. 2 others will be notified to attend as potential fill-ins, in case any registrant forfeits (i.e., absence).
▼ GUIDELINES FOR JUDGMENT▲
Judges’ ratings will range from “0” (worst score) to “10” (perfect score). The three judges’ scores will be averaged to determine a performer’s score for a given round. In example, a judgment of “8”, “7.5”, and “8.5” = 24. And, 24/3 = a score of “8” for the given round.
▼ THE THREE ROUNDS ▲
- Round 1: Each of the 8 contestants performs, one-by-one, then is rated.
- Round 2: The highest rated 4 contestants perform. one-by-one, then are rated.
- Round 3: The highest rated 2 contestants perform, one-by-one, then are rated.
▼ VENDORS, SPONSORS, INFO TABLE REGISTRANTS▲
Prospective vendors, sponsors, and those seeking to setup information tables may contactSFrosty215@gmail.com [Subject: “The Instrumentalist”] to inquire about registration, table/space availability, and potential fees. As we have a catering partner, we are barring registration of any food or beverage vendors.
You fill ranks in bands.
You provide the heart & soul of our music.
You rock stages & street corners worldwide.
You are... instrumental.
We have arranged a special tournament for you!
Read more and get involved!
▼▲ THE INSTRUMENTALIST▼▲
:: A Tournament for Musicians ::
Thursday, January 24th, 2013 | 7PM-10PM
At the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Event Designer: Paul “S.Frosty” Jackson | SFrosty215@gmail.com
▼ THE BASICS ▲
This competition will feature 8 performers competing over the course of 3 rounds, with a limit of 3 minutes per performance, in front of a panel of 3 judges. The 8 contestants will register online, and then pay a fee of $15 each (in cash, on-site), to vie for a 1st Place grand prize of $100 and a booking at an upcoming local event, such as “The META: Creative Homely Gatherings”. The performer who ranks at 2nd Place will be featured in a 2013 episode of “Raw Diamonds”; the video series produced by the hip-hop collective SЁLA. Guest general admission is $5, and open to all ages.
"The META" | www.facebook.com/MetaPhilly
SЁLA'S "Raw Diamonds - http://bit.ly/SELArawdiamonds
▼ PERMITTED INSTRUMENTS ▲
Instrument types barred from competition will be turntables, sound-boards, and other related electronic devices. To exemplify, allowed instruments include traditional ‘manual’ types; string, percussion, woodwind, etc. Amplified instruments are allowed; keyboards, electric guitars, etc.
▼ HOW TO APPLY ▲
Prospective contestants must e-mail SFrosty215@gmail.com by 11:59PM Monday, January 21st. Subject: “The Instrumentalist”. The message *MUST* include a video presenting the applicant’s skill. -- 8 applicants will be chosen as competition registrants. 2 others will be notified to attend as potential fill-ins, in case any registrant forfeits (i.e., absence).
▼ GUIDELINES FOR JUDGMENT▲
Judges’ ratings will range from “0” (worst score) to “10” (perfect score). The three judges’ scores will be averaged to determine a performer’s score for a given round. In example, a judgment of “8”, “7.5”, and “8.5” = 24. And, 24/3 = a score of “8” for the given round.
▼ THE THREE ROUNDS ▲
- Round 1: Each of the 8 contestants performs, one-by-one, then is rated.
- Round 2: The highest rated 4 contestants perform. one-by-one, then are rated.
- Round 3: The highest rated 2 contestants perform, one-by-one, then are rated.
▼ VENDORS, SPONSORS, INFO TABLE REGISTRANTS▲
Prospective vendors, sponsors, and those seeking to setup information tables may contactSFrosty215@gmail.com [Subject: “The Instrumentalist”] to inquire about registration, table/space availability, and potential fees. As we have a catering partner, we are barring registration of any food or beverage vendors.
Guest general admission is $5, and open to all ages.
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7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
POSTPONED UNTIL SATURDAY MARCH 2! same time and same location.
HisMultimedia Intl.
Presents
the Rockin It Clean Family Cabaret and Showcase
All ages welcome.
Be entertained and get your post holiday groove on all in the name of love and clean fun.
Friday, January 25th 2013
7:30 to 11PM
Price $10 Adults and under 12 $5
Food and drinks available for sale
Partial proceeds to National Brain Tumor Association
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11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
The Vegan Pledge started in the UK. Board members of Peace Advocacy Network brought the Pledge to the US and with great success. The PAN Vegan Pledge program encourages people to adopt a vegan diet for 30 days with the program’s hands-on support. This support includes five weekly meetings consisting of cooking demonstrations, speakers addressing environmental, ethical, health, and practical issues , a personal mentor (experienced vegan), optional social events for even more support, and an incredible care package to make 30 days of being vegan that much easier. Meetings are Jan 12, 19 26, Feb 2, and Feb 9, with the first three happening here at The Rotunda, 11am-2pm.
The program is FREE. However, we do require an interview for final admission to the program. Pledges are expected to come to all of the meetings. Mentors are expected to come to the first and last meetings.
Here’s what some of our pledges have said:
I am still vegan (and trying to slowly convert the rest of the family). - Kelley Romyn
I am still vegan and doing well. I think I'm hooked on vegan for life. I've been trying to get my family to eat less meat and more fruits, vegetables and legumes. I've had limited success but I'm not giving up. - Patrick Reither
I am still 100% vegan, and doing some further research so that I can transition to be raw vegan. I feel great and I love my new lifestyle. - Chrissy Dwyer
My interest in becoming vegan was to learn healthier eating habits. The education I received from the meetings and my own research about the treatment of the animals and the impact on the environment really got my attention and repulsed to me say the least. More importantly how the consumption of animals affects my health - especially dairy. My husband and I have adapted to the lifestyle and will stick with it will little efforts. - Michele
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Team 1 Body INC mix tape on sale
1 Body in Christ Live!
Admission is $5
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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Unpacking Race
Theatre of the Oppressed Winter 2013 Workshop Series
Co-facilitated by Ariel Morales
and Morgan FitzPatrick Andrews
Intro Class: Monday January 28
Series: Mondays Feb 4–March 4
7:00pm-9:00pm at The Rotunda
4014 Walnut Street, West Philly
Register via "tophilly@gmail.com"
Theatre of the Oppressed combines images, sounds, movements and dialogue into ideas and actions for making social change. For 5 weeks this winter, we focus on the topics of race and racism. We aim to create a safe space where participants can speak their own truth and start to do the important work of unlearning the systemic racism we’ve been taught our entire lives. We hope to offer people healing from their racial privileges and oppressions while also giving them a starting point to make the structural and personal changes that can undo racism in ourselves, our communities and our world. Each 2-hour session will mix theatrical games and techniques with discussion supplemented by take-home readings and practical assignments to be enacted in everyday life.
There's a pay-what-you-wish intro class on Monday, January 28th from 7 to 9pm. The series runs the following 5 Mondays (February 4th through March 4th) at the same time. Series participants must be able to attend all 5 weeks, and must pre-register before February 1st by emailing "tophilly@gmail.com" or call 215-730-0982. Series tuition is sliding scale, $45-$95. Worktrade is available upon request.
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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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