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8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Ars Nova Workshop
presents
Ches Smith & These Arches
Tim Berne, alto saxophone
Tony Malaby, tenor saxophone
Mary Halvorson, guitar
Andrea Parkins, accordion + electronics
Ches Smith, drums
Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to present Ches Smith & These Arches. Led by the drummer Ches Smith, the group includes the saxophonists Tim Berne and Tony Malaby, the guitarist Mary Halvorson and the accordionist Andrea Parkins. About These Arches, The New York Times writes, “The group presents a volatile compound of attributes: deft and boomy, ragged and precise.”
Ches Smith is one of the most versatile drummers working in experimental music today. He has played with Xiu Xiu, John Zorn, Wadada Leo Smith, John Tchicai, Marc Ribot, Iggy Pop, Terry Riley and many others. For These Arches, initially formed as a quartet, Smith united several impressive voices in contemporary jazz and experimental music: the saxophonist Tony Malaby, the guitarist Mary Halvorson and the accordionist Andrea Parkins.
This quartet appears on These Arches’ debut album, Finally Out Of My Hands, released in 2010 on Chris Speed's Skirl label. Since then, Smith has brought the alto saxophonist Tim Berne onboard. The two have worked together in the past, most recently in Berne's group Snakeoil, which released an album in 2012 on ECM. In 2013, this new quintet version of These Arches will release Hammered, which Smith calls “a concise and hard-hitting album that explores collective improvisation in the context of expanded song forms.”
Tonight These Arches will perform pieces from Hammered.
More info and links here: http://www.arsnovaworkshop.com/events/ches-smith-these-arches-03-01-2013
Admission is FREE
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7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
HisMultimedia Intl.
Presents
the Rockin It Clean Family Cabaret and Showcase
Rescheduled from Friday January 25, 2013.
All ages welcome.
Be entertained and get your post holiday groove on all in the name of love and clean fun.
Price $10 Adults and under 12 $5
Food and drinks available for sale
Partial proceeds to National Brain Tumor Association
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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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7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Poet-tree En Motion…
Spring Performance Series!
Wednesdays March 6th, April 3rd, May 1st
& Saturday June 29th!
A FREE community event (but donations are always appreciated)!
This ongoing seasonal event series features a variety of dance/movement/theater mediums, live electronic/acoustic music, vocalists & poetry/spoken-word presentations, circus/fire/flow arts performances, community art creations & VJ projections… Plus an open stage/open mic!
(Doors Open @ 7pm/Sign up Begins)
Featured acts include:
MARCH
Honoring Her-stories & the Femme-mynsitique's Fundraiser!
• Blown Away-Aural-visual spectacle of Live Music and Pictures
• The Femme-mynistiques-a Trio of delicious beats, conscious rhymes & lyrical poetics
• Foxy Rock-presents “Warrior Goddess,” a Hip-hop, African & House Wackin’ dance Tribute
• Hooping by Sarah-Hoop Dance, Flow Arts, Instruction & Hoop making
• Irene-Tribal-Flamanco Fusion Dance Artist
APRIL
Paying Homage to the Spoken Word of Poet-Tree!
• Apiary Magazine- showcasing diverse talents from across the Philadelphia Region
• Madame Mojo-Erotica Educator, Entertainer, Host of “Free Love Fridays”
• Plum Dragoness & Guest Musicians (tba)-Dances with Spoken Word & Live Music
• Rigger & Guest- Philly based DJ/artist Otis Brown presents electronic music & spoken word
MAY
Spring Rites & Fire Celebrations Light the Night!
• Giovana-Singer, Songwriter & Musician blending her Panamanian roots w/ Jazz, Afro-Peruvian, Latin Pop & world music
• Hooping by Sarah-Hoop Dancer, Flow Artist, Instructor & hoop maker
• Lux Arati-Tribal Belly, Modern, Hip-hop/Liquid/Flow dance styles w/ Tech & Fire Arts
• Plum Dragoness-Tibetan Bowls meet Dragon Dancing, Movement Theater & Fire Arts
• 2nd Opinion- Live Music w/ Philadelphia-based dance-pop circus
JUNE
Solstice Salutations in the Sanctuary w/ Collaborative Festivities!
• Live Music, Dance & Theatrical Presentations, Community Art Collaboration & Creation with Fire Arts, DJ, VJ Performances & Annual Silent Auction Fundraiser for Plum Dragoness Performance Project!
More Updates on June Event Coming… Join the Poet-tree En Motion Group (facebook.com/groups/116980678334215) on Facebook!
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9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society hosts Jay Smith
Jay Smith is the creator and lead writer for the 2011 Parsec Award-winning audio drama series "HG World" available atwww.goodmorningsurvivors.com. When not scripting the zombie apocalypse, he occasionally contributes to the online pop culture/speculative fiction podcast "The Chronic Rift" (www.chronicrift.com).
Jay is a recovering filmmaker, chronic blogger and a man Harlan Ellison once called "a great scam-man liar or a born writer." Objective sources have yet to determine which is true. Jay married up and has four children, each of whom is being trained as a horseman for the coming apocalypse.
The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society is a non-profit organization that meets to discuss and promote science fiction and fantasy in literature, the arts, and popular culture. P.S.F.S. a 501c(3) tax exempt not-for-profit corporation.
Membership in the society is open to everyone. Becoming a member is easy. Attend your first meeting; we'll say "Hello." At your second meeting, you can nominate yourself for membership or ask someone else to nominate you. At the next meeting you attend following your nomination, you're eligible to be voted in as a General Member. Our current dues are $36 for a full year ($60 for couples). Attendance of 4 meetings each year maintains the status of Active Member.
General meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month and feature a guest speaker involved in some area of Science Fiction or Fantasy, such as writers, editors, artists,etc. See Meeting Notices for more information. Sponsored events, such as The Philadelphia Science Fiction Conference (AKA Philcon), are held throughout the year.
Other special interest events, are also sponsored by the society, such as the Book Discussion Group, which meets monthly to discuss a work of science fiction or fantasy; and the Special Events Group, which attends science fiction and fantasy movies and other events.
Copies of the Bylaws and Standing Rules can be made available to all Society Members by asking the Secretary.
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11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
NATIONAL WOMEN & GIRLS HIV AWARENESS DAY
presented by Positive Women’s Network-USA-Philly and Women Centered Care Coalition
11:00 am-3:00pm
Movie Screening –“Many Women, One Voice”
Luncheon
Hands on Female Condom Demonstrations
Free Gifts
Spoken Word
Free Rapid HIV Testing
This is a Free Event-Open to the General Public
Must RSVP (215) 985 -4448 Ext 153 More info: (267) 231-264 www.pwnusa.wordpress.com and http://www.blackwomenshealthproject.org
Extended Appreciation to: A.A.C.O. Overbrook Plaza Pharmacy Philadelphia FIGHT G.U.C.D.I.I
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Vitamin D Productions
presents our 13th Annual Womynsfest
A free, all-ages festival!
Womynsfest is a place where every womyn, can show off their talents! Music, Dance, Poetry, Comedy or Film!
THIS YEAR'S TOPIC: OPEN FOR DISCUSSION! BULLYING & ABUSE!
THIS YEAR'S LINE UP (not in order; subject to change):
Speakers with personal stories: Melonie J, Dawn R, Holy Sista
Mira Treatman is a physical theatre artist who works with movement and sound. Most recently, she has presented her work at PhilaMOCA, The Sandy Spring Museum, Artomatic, and The Philly Fringe Festival. Inspired by working in groups such as Girls Rock Philly, Permanent Wave, 2nd. Opinion, and the The Miss Rockaway Armada, Mira forms eccentric character studies through a humorous, feminist lens. In addition to her collaborative performance projects, Mira organizes and promotes events at Moishe House Philadelphia, Little Berlin, and Old City Coffee.
BLOWN AWAY: What do you get when you combine the melodic harmony of singing and guitar with the rhythmic mark making of projected drawing?An aural-visual spectacle, of course! A symphony of music and pictures that will transport you to a colorful dimension of whimsy and wonderment, leaving you BLOWN AWAY!
Sammy Shuster - Guitar, Vocals, Music; Corey Bechelli - Drawings, Projections, Art
The Barking Spiders: The Barking Spiders are an experimentally punk, vocals and rap - based duo - band from West Philly. The B.S. are made of two teenage, Doctor Who loyal, anti - pop girls: Mahala Katina (drums) and Calamity Rose (guitar and vocals). In a word: awesome.
LACHI: Urb/Pop/Alt songstress Lachi and her stellar band are one of the most critically acclaimed in all of NYC. Lachi has been tearing up the New York City scene with her stirring blend of pop, rock and soul since she hit the stage in 2007. The multi-talented singer/songwriter and performer takes her music to the next level with anthemic tunes, an affirmative celebration of life driven by soaring, instantly catchy hooks. It exhorts listeners to accept others; to live, and to love life. Her eclectic tracks deliver bright pop melodies, driven by phat rock guitar riffs, touches of funk and electro, and a hint of ska which showcase Lachi’s powerful vocals.
Bianca Boom: Influenced by female artists like Odetta, Joni Mitchell, and Amy Winehouse, Bianca Boom puts her own take on acoustics. A player of strings and electric things, her favorite color is Blue. Counting rap as a form of folk music, she's sure to give you a different take on the world. Letting her eclectic heritage guide music from the Soul. In 2013, she brings to bear a sound that takes you through the stories of her many travels through the US and the World in the spirit of Reggae, Blues, Folk, and Hip-Hop. Having most recently been brought into the Boom One Records family, a North Carolina based label specializing in Reggae and Electronic music, we are sure to hear more releases of her haunting vocals in the near future.
BARBARISM is a multimedia project developed by Rebecca Katherine Hirsch and Sarah Secunda that agitates on messianic behalf of gender-implosion, identity expansion and balls-out psycho-social analysis! Our videos and screeds aim to put forth a no-holds-barred bundle of art as activism. Check out https://vimeo.com/53913001 and https://vimeo.com/44169623
Sam LaRoche: I am poet/rapper and musician living in Brooklyn.
Please invite and repost our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/428955893841578
Admission is FREE
Vitamin D Productions @ 1998
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4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Directed by Ruchama Bilenky
When: March 10, 2013 3 PM and 7 PM
(Note: EDT Starts - SPRING AHEAD!)
Where: The Rotunda
Admission at the door: $10
Proceeds benefit Project SAFE (www.safephila.org), Morris Home (www.rhd.org/morrishouse.aspx) and V-Day's national campaign.
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES is based on V-Day Founder/playwright Eve Ensler's interviews with more than 200 women. With humor and grace the piece celebrates women's sexuality and strength. Through this play and the liberation of this one word, countless women throughout the world have taken control of their bodies and their lives. For more than twelve years, The Vagina Monologues has given voice to experiences and feelings not previously exposed in public.
Cast of The Vagina Monologues:
Jana Nogowski, Jane Moore*, Rosetta Williams, Beverly Brooks, Aisha Goss, Kate Brogan, Caitlyn Smith, Josephine Yvonne Paulovic, Dawn Munro, Mira Treatman, Dionne Stallworth, Esperanza Altamar, Theresa Candelaria, Evelyn Friel, Kathleen Harmer, Zarah Ivins, Kimya Jackson, April Murdock, Hannah Tsapatoris-Mcleod, Brittney Riddick, Maria Robb, Desire Delasabra, and Delena Williams.
*with special permission from Actors Equity Association
Produced by DysFUNctional Theater
www.dysfunctionaltheater.com
Any questions? Message Jana or Ruchama.
Each year community members and college students join the V-Day College and Community Campaigns to produce annual benefit performances of “The Vagina Monologues” and other artistic works to raise awareness and funds for anti-violence groups within their own communities.
V-Day is a global activist movement to stop violence against women and girls. Further information about V-Day can be found at:
www.vday.org
www.facebook.com/vday
www.twitter.com/VDAY
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
presented by V-Day West Philadelphia 2013
Directed by Ruchama Bilenky
When: March 10, 2013 3 PM and 7 PM
(Note: EDT Starts - SPRING AHEAD!)
Where: The Rotunda
Admission at the door: $10
Proceeds benefit Project SAFE (www.safephila.org), Morris Home (www.rhd.org/morrishouse.aspx) and V-Day's national campaign.
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES is based on V-Day Founder/playwright Eve Ensler's interviews with more than 200 women. With humor and grace the piece celebrates women's sexuality and strength. Through this play and the liberation of this one word, countless women throughout the world have taken control of their bodies and their lives. For more than twelve years, The Vagina Monologues has given voice to experiences and feelings not previously exposed in public.
Cast of The Vagina Monologues:
Jana Nogowski, Jane Moore*, Rosetta Williams, Beverly Brooks, Aisha Goss, Kate Brogan, Caitlyn Smith, Josephine Yvonne Paulovic, Dawn Munro, Mira Treatman, Dionne Stallworth, Esperanza Altamar, Theresa Candelaria, Evelyn Friel, Kathleen Harmer, Zarah Ivins, Kimya Jackson, April Murdock, Hannah Tsapatoris-Mcleod, Brittney Riddick, Maria Robb, Desire Delasabra, and Delena Williams.
*with special permission from Actors Equity Association
Produced by DysFUNctional Theater
www.dysfunctionaltheater.com
Any questions? Message Jana or Ruchama.
Each year community members and college students join the V-Day College and Community Campaigns to produce annual benefit performances of “The Vagina Monologues” and other artistic works to raise awareness and funds for anti-violence groups within their own communities.
V-Day is a global activist movement to stop violence against women and girls. Further information about V-Day can be found at:
www.vday.org
www.facebook.com/vday
www.twitter.com/VDAY
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8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
The EAM (Entertainment Arts Management) program at Drexel University
presents
D&M, The Monsters of EAM, and Wild Rompit
Admission is $5
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6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
This year marks the 100th Anniversary of the transition of Revolutionary Warrior Queen, Harriet "Black Moses" Tubman. Please come out and join us for this explosive intergenerational dialogue between longtime Black Female Revolutionaries in the struggle and the new school of Black Female Activists as they discuss community upliftment, social justice activism, motherhood, and the unique and important position of being a Black Woman in today's struggle.
Featured Speakers:
Pam Africa (ICFFMAJ/MOVE)
Regina Jennings (Black Panther Party)
Theresa Shoats (Human Rights Coalition for Prisoners)
Sacaree Rhodes (Daughters of Fine Lineage)
Basiymah Muhammad-Bey (United Negro Improvement Association)
Iresha Picot (Books through Bars/MOVE 9 Supporter)
Shesheena Bray (Askia Coalition/Sankofa Community Empowerment)
Patrice Armstead (Building Peoples Power)
Natasha Butler (International Democratic Uhuru Movement)
Lori Chambers (Finding Empowerment through Education)
For more information, contact Iresha.Picot or 267-535-0268
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8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
FREE Screenings Continuous From 8 PM
on the Second THURSDAY of Every Month!
This program is made possible through the generous support of theCinema Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
Viewer discretion is advised.
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 theCinema Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
Viewer discretion is advised.
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8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Bowerbird
Presents
GATE
This month:
CHRONOPOLIS
and other experimental animated films, 1961-1982
Curated by Thomas Patteson.
Join us for an event that includes a screening of Chronopolis, a 1982 animated masterpiece by Polish filmmaker Piotr Kamler with soundtrack by French musique concréte pioneer Luc Ferrari. The evening will also present a cross-section of experimental animation from the ‘Space Age’.
Beautifully executed in a muted color palette of tans, blues, yellow-ochers, clay-reds, violets, and creamy-whites, Chronopolis tells the story of a gargantuan city lurking in the sky colonized by powerful immortals who have become jaded with eternal life. Most of their time is spent monotonously constructing bizarre and unusual objects while waiting for the ultimate gift to arrive in their hands. With ziggurat formations, bas-relief sculptures, magical glyphs, archaic languages, and engravings by dying gods, the visual language of Chronopolis strongly evokes the feel of an archeological odyssey of a far of planet. Often labeled as science fiction, Kamler’s works explore the inner depths of imagination as much as the far reaches of outer space, eschewing linear narratives for dynamic, hallucinatory symbolism rendered in everything from clay to ink, paper cut-outs, early CGI and even pinboard animation.
Admission is FREE
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Philadelphia Theatre of the Oppressed presents Rainbow of Desire
Rehearse reality in this one-day workshop: The Rainbow of Desire uses a group process to take ideas out of our heads and put them onstage. In the morning we'll loosen up the body and enliven the senses with warm-ups and games that help develop a theatrical vocabulary. After lunch, we dive into the Rainbow of Desire technique by performing our own stories in order to take them apart and put them back together in new and different ways. By animating the invisible elements of our psyches, we can see what forces inside our own minds are blocking us, as well as what can help us. The entire group supports each other to find true transformation.
Workshop runs from 10am-4pm (there will be a 50-minute lunch break around noon). To attend, pre-register with an email to "tophilly@gmail.com" or call 215-730-0982. Tuition is sliding scale $15-$45. No prior theatre experience necessary.
6:00 PM - 11:00 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 PYPM workshop elsewhere earlier that day)
Contact: Perry Divirgilio, perry@pypm215.org
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3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Come celebrate women and solidarity with RAFIYA in honor of Women's Month!!
RAFIYA and her band will take you through an unforgettable journey filled with soul in their unique international sound.
It gets better! Proceeds will go to EHOBO (Empowering Humanity One By one), a non-profit organization dedicated to the education of Congolese women for the betterment of their communities.
The event will also feature special guest speakers:
Mrs Julienne Mbuy-Co-founder of EHOBO
Mrs Kummit Hatshepsitu-Author of Healing the Spirit
Don't miss this event!
Admission is Only $7. Tell your friends to tell their friends!
All ages welcome!
Check out Rafiya:
www.rafiyamusic.com
www.facebook.com/rafiyamusic
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6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Doors and meal at 6pm, movie at 6:30pm, discussion to follow
Every year there are more than 400,000 American children who are torn away from their friends, schools and homes to pick the food we all eat. Zulema, Perla and Victor labor as migrant farm workers, sacrificing their own childhoods to help their families survive. THE HARVEST/LA COSECHA profiles these three as they journey from the scorching heat of Texas’ onion fields to the winter snows of the Michigan apple orchards and back south to the humidity of Florida's tomato fields to follow the harvest.
From the Producers of the Academy-Award® Nominated film, WAR/DANCE and Executive Producer Eva Longoria, this award-winning documentary provides an intimate glimpse into the lives of these children who struggle to dream while working 12 – 14 hours a day, 7 days a week to feed America.
Admission is FREE
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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
thirtynothing
Written and Performed by Dan Fishback
Co-sponsored by: Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies at Penn, Penn Theater Arts Program, Kelly Writers House, Penn LGBT Center, QPenn, and The Rotunda
Dan Fishback is as old as AIDS. In his acclaimed, moving and quirky solo performance, thirtynothing, Fishback juxtaposes tales from the terrifying dawn of the AIDS epidemic with stories from his own more innocent childhood in those same years. As he unearths forgotten work by gay artists who died in the 80s and 90s, Fishback weaves stories from his own life through stories from theirs. Searching for role models and father figures amongst artists like Mark Morrisroe, David Wojnarowicz, David B. Feinberg, Essex Hemphill and many more, Fishback interacts with their work, dramatizing the generation gap between older and younger gay men. With insight, wit, and his characteristic dark, neurotic humor, Fishback tears open issues of sexual intimacy, mass death and cultural memory, creating an abstract theatrical landscape where the living and the dead can co-mingle and collaborate. thirtynothing premiered at Dixon Place in New York City in 2011; Fishback is currently adapting it into book form as part of the ArtsEdge Residency at the University of Pennsylvania.
Trailer for thirtynothing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvZl3xj0Qo4
Press:
"Dan Fishback seems so much like a nerdy close friend... that audience members, whom Fishback occasionally engages in conversation, have to restrain themselves from responding." - THE NEW YORKER
"Fishback has a Kushnerian sense for the complexities of historical memory." - THE VILLAGE VOICE
"thirtynothing is essential as a memorial, ensuring the younger gay community learns its own history and the bold legacy of those they never knew." - FLAVORPILL
"Since I moved to NYC, I can't tell you how many times I've heard about the Dan Fishback 'experience,' and now, having experienced it first hand, it's sort of like the Beyonce experience. Except, with Dan, neuroses replace the wigs, glitz and glamour." - GAYLETTER
"thirtynothing is one of the most powerful performance pieces I have ever seen." - KIMYA DAWSON
Biography:
Dan Fishback has been writing and performing in New York City since 2003. Major works include The Material World (2012), thirtynothing (2011) and You Will Experience Silence (2009), all directed by Stephen Brackett at Dixon Place. Time Out New York called The Material World "the best downtown musical" in years, and named it one of the top ten plays of 2013. Fishback has received grants from the Franklin Furnace Fund (2010) and the Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artists (2007-2009). He is a resident artist at the Hemispheric Institute for Performance & Politics at NYU (2012), and has enjoyed previous residencies at BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange (2010-2012), Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony. Previous works include No Direction Homo (P.S. 122, 2006), Please Let Me Love You (Dixon Place, 2006),Waiting for Barbara(Galapagos Art Space, 2006), boi with an i (Collective: Unconscious, 2004), and Assholes Speak Louder Than Words (Sidewalk Cafe, 2004). Fishback curates and hosts the queer theater series La MaMa's SQUIRTS.
Also a performing songwriter, Fishback began his music career in West Philadelphia before migrating to the East Village's anti-folk scene. His band, Cheese On Bread, has toured Europe and North America in support of their two full-length albums, "Maybe Maybe Maybe Baby" (2004) and "The Search for Colonel Mustard" (2007), the latter of which was re-issued in Japan in 2010 on Moor Works Records. As a solo artist, Fishback has released several recordings, including "Sweet Chastity" (2005, produced by César Alvarez of The Lisps), and his latest, "The Mammal Years" (2012). He was a member of the movement troupe Underthrust, which collaborated with songwriter Kimya Dawson on several performances and videos. Fishback's essay, "Times Are Changing, Reb Tevye," was featured in the anthology "Mentsh: On Being Jewish & Queer" (Alyson Books, 2004). His visual installation, "Pen Pals," was featured in the 2011 Soho exhibition of the Pop-Up Museum of Queer History, for which he later served on the Selection Committee. Fishback frequently teaches workshops on performance composition and queer performance culture. He blogs at thematerialworld.tumblr.com, and his real website is www.danfishback.com
Admission is FREE
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8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
G.Calvin Weston's Treasures of the Spirit
The Music of The Mahavishnu Orchestra
http://www.reverbnation.com/treasuresofthespirit
Playing the music of the Mahavishnu Orchestra with world renowned crew of musicians. This show will rock the very foundations of your understanding of early Jazz fusion... bring a friend, you're going to need a designated driver for the trip home.
Listen to tracks here: http://www.reverbnation.com/treasuresofthespirit
Admission is FREE
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8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
The Red Masque's CD Release Party at The Rotunda
The show is Free but donations are encouraged.
Philadelphia’s The Red Masque have been playing their dark and incendiary brand of music since 2001. Part art, part alchemy, the group's experimental songwriting style is both angular and eerie, accented by freeform space rock improvisations, intricate acoustics, dark atmospherics and chunky riffs. Unconventional and eccentric in musical form, the sophisticatedly sinister The Red Masque fuses together such disparate musical references as horror movie soundtracks, rock-in-opposition, progressive rock, experimental, zeuhl, heavy rock and metal, gothic, psychedelia, space rock, and kraut rock.
The show at The Rotunda is the CD release show for their latest album, Mythalogue, released on the experimental music label Beta-lactam Ring Records (Oregon). Funded entirely through a spring 2012 Kickstarter campaign, Mythalogue was recorded at Orion Sound Studios in Baltimore by Engineer Mike Potter and mixed by acclaimed producer and progressive rock musician Bob Drake in France. The Red Masque’s show at the Rotunda will feature songs off of Mythalogue as well as some material off of previous records. In addition, after the musical performance, The Red Masque’s Brandon Lord Ross and Steve Craig (who have been working with film) will be showing a few experimental and horror shorts, videos and trailers.
The Red Masque Lineup:
Lynnette Shelley: vocals and percussion;
Brandon Lord Ross: bass, keys;
Nicholas Giannetti: guitars;
Steve Craig: drums
Radio Eris
Philadelphia’s “post-everything band” Radio Eris will be opening the show. Being versatile and experimental, Radio Eris has myriad influences but no obvious genre. Performances have ranged from ambient and mellow to punk-rock loud. Sometimes spoken-word, sometimes a psychedelic punk band, sometimes a free-rock improv noise throw-down…sometimes a little of each all in the same set.
Founded in 1999 by Lora Bloom and Matt Stevenson, the thriving band of veteran cozmik rockers features Dan "Redbeard" Baker on guitar, and the mysterious Kenny on synthesizers and noise. Radio Eris will be performing with guest drummer Ed Wilcox from Temple of Bon Matin. The band has released 5 albums, run out of gas on the A-4 in eastern France, bought a house, hung out with members of Hawkwind, toured the South in a midnight-blue van in August, and had any number of other adventures across the last decade.
http://radioeris.bandcamp.com/
http://www.reverbnation.com/radioeris
Admission is FREE but donations are encouraged.
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9:00 PM - 11:30 PM
SPEC Jazz and Grooves
presents
Flume
The event is open to University of Pennsylvania ID holders only
More info and tickets for Penn ID holders: http://upennspec.ticketleap.com/flume-philadelphia/
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4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
TWO SHOWS! JUST ONE DAY!
For Immediate Release
Dorothy Cardella or James R. Longacre
Touch of Classics! Vocal Entertainment
THE SWINGIN’ 40’S at The Rotunda! Touch of Classics! Presents a 40’s musical revue, just before the upcoming Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts “Time Machine” theme!
Phone: 215-432-3362 or 215-868-9988
Fax: 215-465-0753
E-mail: info@touchofclassics.com
Web site: http://www.touchofclassics.com/
THE SWINGIN’ 40’S at The Rotunda! Touch of Classics! Presents a 40’s musical revue, just before the upcoming Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts “Time Machine” theme!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Touch of Classics! returns to The Rotunda in University City with The Swingin’ 40’s! for two performances only, at 4:00P.M. and 7:00P.M. on Sunday, 3/24/13. Experienced singers Dorothy Cardella, James Longacre, Sandra Hartman and Daniel Pantano perform The Swingin’ 40’s revue in a casual cabaret setting at The Rotunda.
This production, with its talented cast of performers, will delight you in the intimate and warm atmosphere of The Rotunda, one of Philadelphia’s coolest most sought after theatres. The Swingin’ 40’s! is a staged and costumed musical adventure full of the “jump and jive” era of the forties, all supported by the keyboard wizardry of John Dulik on the piano. Come hear the ballads and big band hits that enthralled and excited the greatest generation from this most amazing decade.
The cost is $15.00 at the door (Cash Only, No Checks or Credit Cards). The Rotunda is located at 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104. On-street parking is free on Sundays, and there is a paid parking lot directly across the street from the theatre on Walnut Street. The entrance is in the left rear of the Rotunda. HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE IN RIGHT REAR OF ROTUNDA!
Join us in “swingin’ the night away” on Sunday, 3/24/13, 4:00P.M. and 7:00P.M. at The Rotunda for The Swingin’ 40’s! We look forward to seeing you for a nostalgic look back to an exciting era!
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For a quarter of a century, Philadelphia's own Touch of Classics! Vocal Entertainment has been bringing to audiences the finest in vocal musical entertainment in the Tri-State area. Dorothy Cardella and James R. Longacre, husband and wife duo have performed together in a variety of musical performances throughout the United States. Their specialties range from Opera to Operetta and Musical Theater, along with cabaret and ethnic music. Individually, they have performed in productions with companies such as Opera Delaware, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Arden Theater and Bristol Riverside Theater, each having made a solo debut at Carnegie Hall in New York premieres. Dorothy has been soprano soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Delaware Symphony Orchestra, and James has performed a leading role with the Metropolitan Opera Guild, along with making a solo debut at Avery Fisher Hall. Graduates of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, they are recognized together by their company name, Touch of Classics! Vocal Entertainment. They are available for concerts, parties and holiday events.###
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
TWO SHOWS! JUST ONE DAY!
For Immediate Release
Dorothy Cardella or James R. Longacre
Touch of Classics! Vocal Entertainment
THE SWINGIN’ 40’S at The Rotunda! Touch of Classics!Presents a 40’s musical revue, just before the upcoming Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts “Time Machine” theme!
Phone: 215-432-3362 or 215-868-9988
Fax: 215-465-0753
E-mail: info@touchofclassics.com
Web site: http://www.touchofclassics.com/
THE SWINGIN’ 40’S at The Rotunda! Touch of Classics!Presents a 40’s musical revue, just before the upcoming Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts “Time Machine” theme!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Touch of Classics! returns to The Rotunda in University City with The Swingin’ 40’s! for two performances only, at 4:00P.M. and 7:00P.M. on Sunday, 3/24/13. Experienced singers Dorothy Cardella, James Longacre, Sandra Hartman and Daniel Pantano perform The Swingin’ 40’s revue in a casual cabaret setting at The Rotunda.
This production, with its talented cast of performers, will delight you in the intimate and warm atmosphere of The Rotunda, one of Philadelphia’s coolest most sought after theatres. The Swingin’ 40’s! is a staged and costumed musical adventure full of the “jump and jive” era of the forties, all supported by the keyboard wizardry of John Dulik on the piano. Come hear the ballads and big band hits that enthralled and excited the greatest generation from this most amazing decade.
The cost is $15.00 at the door (Cash Only, No Checks or Credit Cards). The Rotunda is located at 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104. On-street parking is free on Sundays, and there is a paid parking lot directly across the street from the theatre on Walnut Street. The entrance is in the left rear of the Rotunda.HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE IN RIGHT REAR OF ROTUNDA!
Join us in “swingin’ the night away” on Sunday, 3/24/13, 4:00P.M. and 7:00P.M. at The Rotunda for The Swingin’ 40’s! We look forward to seeing you for a nostalgic look back to an exciting era!
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For a quarter of a century, Philadelphia's own Touch of Classics! Vocal Entertainment has been bringing to audiences the finest in vocal musical entertainment in the Tri-State area. Dorothy Cardella and James R. Longacre, husband and wife duo have performed together in a variety of musical performances throughout the United States. Their specialties range from Opera to Operetta and Musical Theater, along with cabaret and ethnic music. Individually, they have performed in productions with companies such as Opera Delaware, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Arden Theater and Bristol Riverside Theater, each having made a solo debut at Carnegie Hall in New York premieres. Dorothy has been soprano soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Delaware Symphony Orchestra, and James has performed a leading role with the Metropolitan Opera Guild, along with making a solo debut at Avery Fisher Hall. Graduates of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, they are recognized together by their company name, Touch of Classics! Vocal Entertainment. They are available for concerts, parties and holiday events.###
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12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Simply Z Events is looking for acts (between the ages of 16-24) to perform at the Be You - Youth Celebration Concert 2013 on Saturday, July 6, 2013
The "BE YOU - YOUTH CELEBRATION CONCERT" is an event showcasing the individuality and talent of youth ages 16 - 24. Being you is cool, and helps you to reach your greatest potential! So come celebrate!
Auditions will be held Monday, March 25, 2013 from NOON - 3:30 PM. VIDEO AUDITIONS ACCEPTABLE! Send all video auditions and links tosimplyzevents@gmail.com.
SIGN UP NOW at:
SimplyZEvents@gmail.com
Come prepared with a 2-3 minute set. We ask that all material be clean, fun, and positive.
poets, dancers, musicians, singers, rappers (clean), groups.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Featuring interviews with leading medical experts from around the world discussing natural approaches to preventing and reversing chronic illnesses.
"Let thy Food be thy Medicine and thy Medicine be thy Food" - Hippocrates. That is the message from the founding father of modern medicine echoed in the controversial new documentary film Food Matters from Producer-Directors James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch.
With nutritionally-depleted foods, chemical additives and our tendency to rely upon pharmaceutical drugs to treat what's wrong with our malnourished bodies, it's no wonder that modern society is getting sicker. Food Matters sets about uncovering the trillion dollar worldwide 'sickness industry' and gives people some scientifically verifiable solutions for overcoming illness naturally.
"With access to better information people invariably make better choices for their health..."
In what promises to be the most contentious idea put forward, the filmmakers have interviewed several leading experts in nutrition and natural healing who claim that not only are we harming our bodies with improper nutrition, but that the right kind of foods, supplements and detoxification can be used to treat chronic illnesses as fatal as terminally diagnosed cancer.
The focus of the film is in helping us rethink the belief systems fed to us by our modern medical and health care establishments. The interviewees point out that not every problem requires costly, major medical attention and reveal many alternative therapies that can be more effective, more economical, less harmful and less invasive than conventional medical treatments.
The ‘Food Matters' duo have independently funded the film from start to finish in order to remain as unbiased as possible, delivering a clear and concise message to the world. Food Matters.
Admission is FREE
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8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
On Behalf of Travie McCoy and his label BATSQUAD Music Group, we formally invite you to attend Philadelphia's own Dante Kennedy in his Live Showcase as a BATSQUAD Recording Artist and release of his Worldwide single entitled, "BreathTaking". There will also be a listening session of Dante's songs that night, after the performance.
Admission is FREE.
We are embarking on a new phase and style of music and we want you to see for yourself whats new, fresh, and energetic. We hope you can make this event as we are looking forward to seeing you.
You may contact Kevin Smith "Manager" for Dante Kennedy at:
Email- dantekennedymusic@gmail.com
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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.
This month features a huge b boy battle!!
Admission is $7 tonight and next month in order to help offset costs associated with special battles.
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3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Featuring Ana Edwards, who was in the West African country in January when U.S.-backed French forces intervened. Edwards, host of the weekly DefendersLIVE! Radio Program on WRIR, is also the president of Virginia Friends of Mali. This was her third visit to the former French colony, one of the poorest countries in the world, but one with great geo-political value to the U.S. military.
Ana Edwards is a founding member of the Defenders for Freedom, Justice and Equality. The Virginia Defender newspaper was launched in 2005 along with DefendersLIVE radio program to be community voices of the struggle to reclaim Richmond's African Burial Ground. Both vehicles serve to identify and explore the connections between local, national, and international social justice concerns.
Sponsored by the Philadelphia International Action Center: 215-724-1618, phillyIAC@gmail.com, Facebook: PhillyIAC
Admission is FREE.
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
After a tiny apartment show and then a bigger and wilder house concert, this cumbia-driven accordion, horn and percussion ensemble makes it big at The Rotunda on a Saturday night!
Lungs Face Feet is an 8 piece brass, accordian, percussion band from Pittsburgh, PA that began in 2010 with friends from Mexico playing raw cumbia. We have since been pursuing our own blend of energetic sounds influenced by cumbia, oddities, cooked and uncooked fish and whatever keeps us honest. We play inside, outside, on the street and wherever people gather to enjoy their community. We perform, write and collaborate striving to make the music living, inclusive and true to our feelings as working people.
More details soon to come!
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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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