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IN TAKING STEPS TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, THE ROTUNDA HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SHUT DOWN. CURRENTLY, WE ARE CLOSED UNTIL MAY 31, 2020. HOWEVER, THIS CLOSURE COULD BE EXTENDED DEPENDING ON THE PROGRESS OF THE VIRUS, SO PLEASE STAY TUNED! THE BRIGHT BULB SCREENING SERIES 2020
Free Screenings @ 8pm The Second Thursday of Each Month
April 09, 2020: Hosted
by Sarah Mueller of CineSPEAK, engaging diverse audiences through
independent, repertory + foreign film programming
- Program To Be
Announced
www.facebook.com/cineSPEAKeasyAdmission is FREECHECK OUT OTHER SCREENINGS IN THE BRIGHT BULB SERIES!
May 14th, 2020: THE SECRET CINEMA, Jay Schwartz' long-running specially curated programs from 16mm
- Program To Be Announced
. www.thesecretcinema.com
Thursday June 11, 2020: A
MAGGOT TANGO (1995, directed by Andrew Repasky McElhinney, 33 minutes,
U.S.)
KIDS (1995, directed by Larry Clark, 100 minutes, U.S.)
hosted by
Andrew Repasky McElhinney (director of CHRONICLE OF CORPSES, CHRISTMAS
DREAMS)The Underground legend surfaces for one night only!The
25th anniversary 4K digital restoration of director Andrew Repasky
McElhinney's third movie, A Maggot Tango. Filmed when he was sixteen
years old in the woods and old public buildings around Chestnut Hill,
Philadelphia, A Maggot Tango is now in the permanent collection of The
Museum of Modern Art, New York.Shot as a silent on B&W Ilford
16MM negative film, and matched in post-production to an electric
playlist on the soundtrack, A Maggot Tango follows the descent of a
young woman named "A" (18-year-old Erica Downie, in a committed and
fearless performance) who runs away from home, and perhaps kills
herself, only to become trapped in an increasingly surreal nightmare
filled with her disturbed parents, an angel, a dead little boy, a car
crash, two random polysexual hook-ups, drugs, cannibals, and the specter
of Death herself as well as several tango dance sequences.Operatic,
strange, grotesque, violently comic. Inspired by silent movies, the
avant-garde cinema of the 20s, 30s, 40 & 50s, the underground films
of the 1960s, and the cult movies of the 1970s. Part lyrical art film,
part seedy sexploitation picture. Come celebrate A Maggot Tango, a
pivotal early work from Andrew Repasky McElhinney, one of our
great contemporary film directors.Director, cast and crew in attendance.Second feature:KIDS (1995 / 100 minutes)"That
summer we made A Maggot Tango, we would film during the day, and go to
clubs, or house parties, or diners, or go see Kids at night. Kids was
18+ so we had to get around that but we must-of seen the picture five or
six times. If those kids weren't us, they were certainly kids we knew,
and it was so thrilling, empowering, and sad, to see a version of our
maladjusted world, up there on screen, as we were living it."—Andrew
Repasky McElhinney Photographer turned director Larry Clark and
screenwriter Harmony Korine's very-90s classic is a prurient,
reactionary scare film rubbing your face in the way it is. However,
reactionary melodrama is transformed by breathtaking cinematography
(Eric Edwards), editing (Christopher Tellefsen) and raw and fearless
performances from the cast (including the big screen debuts of future
stars Rosario Dawson and Chloë Sevigny).IN TAKING STEPS TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, THE ROTUNDA HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SHUT DOWN. CURRENTLY, WE ARE CLOSED UNTIL MAY 31, 2020. HOWEVER, THIS CLOSURE COULD BE EXTENDED DEPENDING ON THE PROGRESS OF THE VIRUS, SO PLEASE STAY TUNED!
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IN TAKING STEPS TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, THE ROTUNDA HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SHUT DOWN. CURRENTLY, WE ARE CLOSED UNTIL MAY 31, 2020. HOWEVER, THIS CLOSURE COULD BE EXTENDED DEPENDING ON THE PROGRESS OF THE VIRUS, SO PLEASE STAY TUNED! Poet~tree En Motion presentsThe 2020 Spring Her-Story Event: In Celebration of Women Artists!A FREE community event (Donations Suggested/Appreciated)This ongoing seasonal series features a variety of multi-disciplinary performance, arts & culture presentations...Experience
Performance Presentations, featuring a Fierce Female Lineup of Rhythms
& Artists ranging from Live Musical Acts to Spoken Word Flow-et-tree
to Folkloric Infused Dance Movements to Live Painting Body… A Live Music, Dance/Meditative Movement & Word Power in Celebration of Her-Story-
Gabrielle de Burke / a.k.a. Plum Dragoness (Dragon Spirit Arts):
Resident Performance Artist, Event Organizer & Arts Educator
dropping Ritualistic Lyrics of Poetic Dance Theater Movement
Meditations. DragonSpiritArts.com / ThePlumDragoness.com- Deborah de La Rosa: Live Painting on Canvas. instagram.com/deborarosadias-
Line On Some Trip (L.O.S.T.): A French / Middle-Eastern
Singer-Songwriter & Guitarist exploring Post-punk/Anti-folk
Psychedelic Irony. lineonsometrip.com-
Paulette Branson & Mixed People (acoustic set): A funky, soul
fusion band with hints of rock & world music... A new age of funk
that’s versatile musicianship, raw lyrics & full vocal harmonies
create a genuine, mixed musical experience. mixedpeopleband.com- The Goddess Crew w/ Styx Latte: A Philly based community drumming troupe sprung out of parades and performances at avariety of “burner” festivities.- Autumn Meeshka: Solo performance rooted in North & South American Acoustic Folk/Pop traditions. instagram.com/meeshka215ARTIST BIOS:Line On Some Trip (L.O.S.T.):
A French/ Middle-Eastern hippie punk singer-songwriter and guitarist
formerly based in Brooklyn, NY and freshly relocated to West Philly.
Born and raised in the suburbs of Paris, in a Muslim immigrant family
from Syria and Palestine, Line traveled across Europe and lived in
England, Italy, Scotland and Hungary where she found many human and
artistic inspirations before moving to the US in 2014. With a soft voice
that can turn into a storm of rage and strumming strings, Line tackles
the topic of depression caused by the consumption society. She composes
Post-punk and Antifolk sometimes psychedelic songs with simple and
quirky lyrics full of irony. “Music is a tool that helps me tame my
anger and achieve self and deathacceptance.”Debora Dias:
A Portuguese born, Philadelphia based artist, whose body of work
focuses on the portrayal of figures, with themes and symbolism that
speak directly to the phenomena of expressing the divine feminine on a
nurturing and sensual level. Furthermore, her colorful and detailed
abstract paintings tend create an impact on the viewer’s sense of
liberation, and elicit an emotional response.Paulette Branson and Mixed People:
A funky, soul fusion band with hints of rock and world music...or as we
like to call it - new age funk. Versatile musicianship, raw lyrics, and
full vocal harmonies create a genuine, mixed musical experience. The
name Mixed People derived from colors that bloomed out the whole funk
and nothing but the funk. It embraces the love of self and others
regardless of our differences and celebrates the beauty in us all. Mixed
People is a Philadelphia-based band, founded by guitarist, Paulette
Branson, in 2012. The music is progressive, and the energy and emotion
behind this band will get you dancing on your feet and singing along.The Goddess Crew:
A drumming troupe sprung out of parades and performances at a variety
of burn events, including PEX and Firebird. Having realized their own
prowess and excitement for rhythm, these talented ladies invited Styx
Latté to lead rhythms and bring structure to the music. Largely
improvisational and free form, the momentum will sweep you up on your
feet and shake your soul! You'll never notice the telepathic timecode
keeping it together... but if there's rhythm in you, The Goddess Crew
will coax it out. Come JOIN US! BYOD.Plum Dragoness:
Native to West Philadelphia, Plum Dragomess (a.k.a. Gabrielle de Burke)
is a multi-talented thespian, dancer, martial artist, instructor,
poetess and writer who has been involved with performing arts since
childhood. She is known for her poetic style, vocal performance, fire
dance, flow arts and choreographic flair throughout Philadelphia and
abroad. Over the past 15 years, she has toured not only as a solo
artist, founding member/core performer/assistant artistic director of
Archedream for HumanKind among many others. She has also independently
released 2 albums of original work with the project Plum Dragoness &
the Elements, known for its fusion of multi-media, live world beat
musical infusions, spoken word vocals & lyrical poetry. She has also
helped bring together the all female performance group trio known as
The Femme-Mynistiques, who will officially release their debut EP “Here
She Comes…” in the summer of 2016. Since 2007, Plum has been a resident
performance artist, as well as host and organizer for the successful
performing arts series known as Poet-tree En Motion at The Rotunda! This
has allowed her the opportunity toshare her own creative
performances (including collaborative projects she initiated) and work
created by a plethora of other unique artists with the west Philadelphia
community and beyond! Gabrielle’s work as a healing arts practitioner
and instructor continues to intersect with her work as an
inter-disciplinary performance artist through the incorporation of
Internal and Martial Arts forms in combination with Dance, Poetry and
Theater presentation. Gabrielle has been teaching in, around the
Philadelphia area & abroad since 2000. If you dig It… then follow: ThePlumDragoness.com + facebook.com/4plumdragoness & Listen: soundcloud.com/plum-dragoness + tunecore.com/music/plumdragoness + cdbaby.com/Artist/PlumDragonessandtheElements!Admission is FREE (Donations Suggested/Appreciated). Doors open at 7pmIN TAKING STEPS TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, THE ROTUNDA HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SHUT DOWN. CURRENTLY, WE ARE CLOSED UNTIL MAY 31, 2020. HOWEVER, THIS CLOSURE COULD BE EXTENDED DEPENDING ON THE PROGRESS OF THE VIRUS, SO PLEASE STAY TUNED!
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IN TAKING STEPS TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, THE ROTUNDA HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SHUT DOWN. CURRENTLY, WE ARE CLOSED UNTIL MAY 31, 2020. HOWEVER, THIS CLOSURE COULD BE EXTENDED DEPENDING ON THE PROGRESS OF THE VIRUS, SO PLEASE STAY TUNED! (nearly every last Thursday) 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 before 10pm, $5 after 10pm.IN TAKING STEPS TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, THE ROTUNDA HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SHUT DOWN. CURRENTLY, WE ARE CLOSED UNTIL MAY 31, 2020. HOWEVER, THIS CLOSURE COULD BE EXTENDED DEPENDING ON THE PROGRESS OF THE VIRUS, SO PLEASE STAY TUNED!
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