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6:45 PM - 9:15 PM
IMAGES OF TRANSITION:
a two-part Theatre of the Oppressed workshop
2 Mondays: Nov 25 and Dec 2
6:45–9:15 p.m.
Tuition: $15-$35 sliding scale (work-trade also available)
Limited space—Pre-register via "tophilly@gmail.com"
Theatre of the Oppressed uses group games and techniques to dramatize our world as it is, and then create models for how we’d like it to be.
This 2-part workshop will focus on transition—both in our society and in ourselves—and how these transitions relate to shifts in power, privilege, oppression and liberation. Some such transitions could include:
A person who develops and adapts to a disability.
A child becoming an adult, then a parent, and then a grandparent.
A family whose economic status changes with time and circumstances.
A neighborhood being built, populated, abandoned, and repopulated.
A person whose sexual and/or gender identities go through shifts.
An individual whose identity is perceived differently depending on what group that person is associating with.
Participants will find common ground through sharing and enacting stories, then the group will reshape these scenarios into new possibilities. On the days between the two sessions, we’ll do some reading and a little writing to deepen and support our work as a group.
To attend this 2-part workshop, email "tophilly@gmail.com" or call 215-730-0982. Tuition is sliding scale, $15-$35. Work-trade is available upon request.
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8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Bushman's Revenge
Even Hermansen, guitars
Rune Nergaard, bass
Gard Nilssen, drums
Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to present the Philadelphia debuts of Bushman’s Revenge and Cortex, two fiery groups hailing from Norway.
"Bassist Rune Nergaard and drummer Gard Nilssen chase Hermansen's impulses as if Jitterbug was a Marshall-amp version of John Coltrane's Interstellar Space." -Rolling Stone
Bushman’s Revenge is a trio consisting of Shining guitarist Even Helte Hermansen, bassist Rune Nergaard and drummer Gard Nilssen. Since 2009, they have released five albums on the Rune Grammofon label and their latest studio album, A Little Bit Of Big Bonanza, was met with critical praise across the board. Jazzwise magazine likened them to “Jeff Beck being backed by Elvin Jones,” and describes guitarist Hermansen as “reveling in glorious post-Hendrix overdrive that combines jazz inventiveness with crunchy attack.” Equal parts Black Sabbath and Albert Ayler.
Cortex
Thomas Johansson, trumpet
Kristoffer Berre Alberts, saxophone
Ola Høyer, double-bass
Gard Nilssen, drums
Cortex was founded in 2007 by trumpeter Thomas Johansson with saxophonist Kristoffer Alberts, bassist Ola Høyer and drummer Gard Nilssen. They are a band with abundant energy, in the footprints of giants such as Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman and John Zorn. Eyal Hareuveni of All About Jazz has described their latest release on Gigafon Records, Göteborg, as “ establishing Cortex as one of the greatest bands currently working in Norway”, also including that “the band's camaraderie excels with telepathic, tight interplay.”
All members share a common background in jazz studies from Trondheim, Norway, and they are active in a number of other ensembles such as the Mathias Eick Quintet, Saka, Friends & Neighbors, All Included, AKODE and The Heat Death.
Admission is FREE
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9:00 PM - 1:00 AM
(nearly every last Thursday; Check us out on December 5, January 2, and then back to last Thursdays on January 30)
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 $5
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7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
The 14th Annual
Year-End Cabaret
& Cheap Art Bazaar
with performers from Philly, Baltimore and Brattleboro
Friday & Saturday Dec 6 & 7, 2013
Cheap Art at 7:30 • Cabaret at 8:00
Every winter Puppet Uprising reflects on the past and forecasts the future with its famed Year-End Cabaret, a cavalcade of visual and stage artists making movement, music and mischief with puppets and other performing objects. This year we've culled collaborators from up and down the East Coast for two nights of fun at the Rotunda in West Philly.
The Cause Company (Baltimore puppeteer Valeska Populoh with composer/musician Jonah Beram) stitches together 19th century histories, photographs, songs and sounds from immigrant textile workers in “The Garment Worker’s Tale”.
Vermont-based artist/musician Jonas Fricke appears as one-man-radical-courage-band "If Not I Than Who Then?" With drumset poetics and loop pedal in tow, Jonas manifests a magical mix of futuristic dance beats as a backdrop for old-timey painted banner shows.
Members of the Medium Theatre Company(Mason Rosenthal with Puppet Uprising M.C. Morgan FitzPatrick Andrews) pit the smarts civilized man against the untamed antics of a feral child in their extremely scientific demonstration, “Nature vs. Nurture”.
Philly artists Jen Brown and Alice Yorke each make their Uprising debuts with new solo works. Also appearing are the marionettes of Michael Lamison (from Baltimore’s Black Cherry Puppet Theatre), an (other) aqueme tribute to the Smiths, and our annual extraterrestrial encounter with the Great Quentini and his entourage of alien ideas.
Cabaret starts at 8:00pm, but do come early to reserve your seat and to check out the Cheap Art Bazaar! Need more info? Call: 267-909-2633.
Admission is FREE. Donations encouraged.
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7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
The 14th Annual
Year-End Cabaret
& Cheap Art Bazaar
with performers from Philly, Baltimore and Brattleboro
Friday & Saturday Dec 6 & 7, 2013
Cheap Art at 7:30 • Cabaret at 8:00
Every winter Puppet Uprising reflects on the past and forecasts the future with its famed Year-End Cabaret, a cavalcade of visual and stage artists making movement, music and mischief with puppets and other performing objects. This year we've culled collaborators from up and down the East Coast for two nights of fun at the Rotunda in West Philly.
The Cause Company (Baltimore puppeteer Valeska Populoh with composer/musician Jonah Beram) stitches together 19th century histories, photographs, songs and sounds from immigrant textile workers in “The Garment Worker’s Tale”.
Vermont-based artist/musician Jonas Fricke appears as one-man-radical-courage-band"If Not I Than Who Then?" With drumset poetics and loop pedal in tow, Jonas manifests a magical mix of futuristic dance beats as a backdrop for old-timey painted banner shows.
Members of the Medium Theatre Company(Mason Rosenthal with Puppet Uprising M.C. Morgan FitzPatrick Andrews) pit the smarts civilized man against the untamed antics of a feral child in their extremely scientific demonstration, “Nature vs. Nurture”.
Philly artists Jen Brown and Alice Yorke each make their Uprising debuts with new solo works. Also appearing are the marionettes of Michael Lamison (from Baltimore’sBlack Cherry Puppet Theatre), an (other) aqueme tribute to the Smiths, and our annual extraterrestrial encounter with the Great Quentini and his entourage of alien ideas.
Cabaret starts at 8:00pm, but do come early to reserve your seat and to check out theCheap Art Bazaar! Need more info? Call: 267-909-2633.
Admission is FREE. Donations encouraged.
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4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW!
"Celebration of Jesus Christ"
Redeemer Tabernacle Baptist Church and Guest
Presents
the 4th Annual Christmas Program
Admission: $10.00
Contact: Lavern Allen 215-870-3917 or Anthony Robinson 267-977-4205
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6:45 PM - 9:15 PM
IMAGES OF TRANSITION:
a two-part Theatre of the Oppressed workshop
NEW SESSION ON TUESDAYS
Facilitated by Morgan Andrews
December 10 + 17 • 6:45–9:15 p.m.
Tuition: $15-$35 sliding scale. Register at "tophilly@gmail.com"
★ Participants are asked to attend both sessions: what we begin in Week One we will continue into Week Two ★
Theatre of the Oppressed uses group games and techniques to dramatize our world as it is, and then create models for how we’d like it to be.
This 2-part workshop will focus on transition—both in our society and in ourselves—and how these transitions relate to shifts in power, privilege, oppression and liberation. Some such transitions could include:
A person who develops and adapts to a disability.
A child becoming an adult, then a parent, and then a grandparent.
A family whose economic status changes with time and circumstances.
A neighborhood being built, populated, abandoned, and repopulated.
A person whose sexual and/or gender identities go through shifts.
A person or group who undergo changes in faith and/or culture.
An individual whose identity is perceived differently depending on what group that person is associating with.
Participants will find common ground through sharing and enacting stories, then the group will reshape these scenarios into new possibilities. On the days between the two sessions, we’ll have some take-home assignments to deepen and support our work as a group.
To attend this 2-part workshop, email "tophilly@gmail.com" or call 215-730-0982. Tuition is sliding scale, $15-$35. Work-trade is available upon request.
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8:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Andrew's Video Vault
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.
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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9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society welcomes guest
Christopher Weuve, naval analyst, history fanatic, wargame designer, Macintosh zealot, book evangelist, and science fiction geek.
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.
Admission is FREE
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8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Event Horizon
presents
Beck/Fields
Delicate Monster
Tom Carter
Delicate Monster Both Art Cohen (guitar) and Steve Bowman (synths) love to arg ue about what makes g ood music-with each other and with anybody else who feels as passionat ely as the y do. Through Delicate Monster, they make their arguments
in sound.
When Art and Steve disagree with each other, it's a consequence of their divergent musical backgrounds. Art is rooted in psychedelic guitar,Berlin-school spacemusic, and American folk. He's been a fixture on the
Philly music scene for 25 years-you may know him as half of the duo The Ministry of Inside Things (with Chuck van Zyl). Steve has a musty degree in Music from Harvard, where he first encountered the Buchla. He draws his influence from classical music and radical composers like Ives, Stockhausen, Subotnick, Monteverdi, Bach, and Ligeti. (Their musical tastes do overlap with the Grateful Dead and Captain Beefheart). Art pushes Steve to let the music be clear and simple and to groove on the repetition. Steve pushes Art to surrender to his weird side and luxuriate in the complexity of counterpoint and the thrill of abject dissonance. Playing together off and on for 20 years, Art and Steve have managed to merge their stylistic differences into a novel musical language that is Delicate Monster.
Beck-Fields - Composer Jeremy D. Beck brings his ethereal aesthetics through guitar, piano, and voice to the electronic genius of William Fields, a veteran in atmospheric and dance works alike. Together they recognize no boundaries of style or genre. The duo is always expanding upon architectures and projections of sound, afforded by their near limitless collection of instruments and knobs. The result is a vast spread of original and unique scenery through the chance realm of improvisation.
Tom Carter - Tom Carter's electric guitar work weaves spare strands of melody into towering long-form drones, sculpting a rich landscape from both high-volume grit and charged silence. Although best known for his work with iconoclasts Charalambides, which he co-founded with Christina Carter in 1991, Carter has recently focused on his eponymous duo with No Neck Blues Band co-founder Pat Murano; Sarin Smoke, his duo with Pete Swanson; and his solo performances and recordings, which have increasingly featured visual components - including collaborations with filmmakers Martha Colburn and Margarida Garcia.
Admission is FREE
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
50 hand-picked Philly makers will share their unique jewelry and ornaments, art originals & reproductions, ceramics for warm winter meals, cozy hand-stitched woolens, children's toys and clothes, soaps, candles and more!
One-of-a-kind and locally made creations abound at affordable prices.You'll be sure to find the perfect gift for those on your list and maybe an irresistible new treasure for yourself.
Weckerly's Ice Cream will be there with the frozen treats you've come to love as well as Black Orchid Foods with mouth watering veggie comfort food. It will be a fun and festive day for all!
We're so excited to begin this holiday season. Our full list of vendors is here we have a pintrest board so you can see a sample of what the holiday fest will provide.
11am-5pm
Admission is FREE
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6:45 PM - 9:15 PM
IMAGES OF TRANSITION: NEW SESSION ON TUESDAYS
Facilitated by Morgan Andrews
December 10 + 17 • 6:45–9:15 p.m.
Tuition: $15-$35 sliding scale. Register at "tophilly@gmail.com"
★ Participants are asked to attend both sessions: what we begin in Week One we will continue into Week Two ★
Theatre of the Oppressed uses group games and techniques to dramatize our world as it is, and then create models for how we’d like it to be.
This 2-part workshop will focus on transition—both in our society and in ourselves—and how these transitions relate to shifts in power, privilege, oppression and liberation. Some such transitions could include:
A person who develops and adapts to a disability.
A child becoming an adult, then a parent, and then a grandparent.
A family whose economic status changes with time and circumstances.
A neighborhood being built, populated, abandoned, and repopulated.
A person whose sexual and/or gender identities go through shifts.
A person or group who undergo changes in faith and/or culture.
An individual whose identity is perceived differently depending on what group that person is associating with.
Participants will find common ground through sharing and enacting stories, then the group will reshape these scenarios into new possibilities. On the days between the two sessions, we’ll have some take-home assignments to deepen and support our work as a group.
To attend this 2-part workshop, email "tophilly@gmail.com" or call 215-730-0982. Tuition is sliding scale, $15-$35. Work-trade is available upon request.
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8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
The troubled life of sixteenth century composer Don Carol Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa is explored by filmmaker Werner Herzog in this film shot on location in Italy and featuring interviews with Gesualdo Consort director Gerald Pace, Il Complesso Barocco musical director Alan Curtis. From his sexual deviance and dangerous obsessions to a shocking act of murder, Gesualdo's personal demons and remarkable influence are explored as never before thanks to careful research and detailed interviews with those who have dedicated their lives to studying his remarkable legacy.
Admission is FREE
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6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
YOUTH NIGHT OPEN MIC & POETRY SLAM
Every 3rd Saturday of the month, except August and September, PYPM hosts a youth-led open mic and poetry slam for teens to come and share their work in a safe, uncensored environment at The Rotunda. Young people from all over Philadelphia come to express themselves in front of a supportive audience of over 125+ people where they can grab the microphone and be heard!
***Interested in slamming or signing up for the open mic? See Slam Rules/Schedule, and Registration for full details.
Date: Every 3rd Saturday from September through June
Time: 6PM sharp (doors open at 5:45PM)
Admission: $7 youth and Students with ID / $10 Adults / ($5 for students who attend workshop that day)
PYPM YOUTH SLAM TEAM & BRAVE NEW VOICES
Teens who participate in the slams earn points to qualify for the semi-final and final slams to make the PYPM Slam Team.
Each year PYPM sends a Youth Slam Team to represent Philadelphia at The Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Festival to compete against over 50 other poetry teams from around the world. The festival is held in various cities across the U.S giving teens an opportunity to travel, from Los Angeles to Chicago. Youth poets earn their spot on the team by competing in Youth Night Slams. PYPM won first place at Brave New Voices in 2011 and 2007.
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10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday December 28, 10am-10pm and Sunday December 29, 10am-10pm
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 (takii.pdnmz.com).
Buy advance tickets HERE
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10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday December 28, 10am-10pm and Sunday December 29, 10am-10pm
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 (takii.pdnmz.com).
Buy advance tickets HERE
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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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