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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
JIM STEPHENS AND ER3 PRESENT:
THE TRIO - ARTS, HEALTH, EDUCATION
Hosted by GREG SOVER
With a special screening of "MY BLOCK IS CRAZY" - A documentary by North Philadelphia high school students and directed by Ozzie Jones. This project was funded by the United States Department of Justice.
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Musical Performances by:
-KUF KNOTZ w/ LP Stiles
-SELINA CARRERA w/ LP Stiles
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Special Performance by Darryl Clark and H.E.L.P.(Help Educate Leaders for the Present ) Youth Troupe
and
SHINOBI TRACEURS
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Poetry Performances by:
-JAMILLAH HARRIS
-RYSHON JONES
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Speakers include:
PEDRO COTTO - CONGRESO DE LATINO UNIDOS. They will be providing an HIV Testing truck ON SITE, as well as providing literature.
DEREK ROUSE -Anti-bullying presentation
GABRIEL BRYANT - Philly Futures
ISAIAH THOMAS- Mature Cradle
PAUL "SFROSTY" JACKSON - Connect To Protect Health Collective
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There will also be live visual artists and dancers.
There will be Distribution of Mental Health resources and literature, and literature from our arts, education, and health communities in Philadelphia.
Food and refreshments will be available.
Promotional assistance by "S. Frosty Networx"
Admission is $15 ($10 for students)
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3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Hypocrisy The Anti-Sex Mystery
A Three Act Play
Written by Lisa Amos-Wilson
Directed by Jonathan Steadman
Produced by Steve Wilson
Sunday, January 8, 2012 @ 3:00 & 7:00 PM
“Hypocrisy The Anti-Sex Mystery ©” A Brief Synopsis
A Three Act Play by Lisa Wilson
Hypocrisy the Anti-Sex Mystery is about empowering the voice of women who may find themselves powerless to talk about sex or who may be in dissatisfying sexual relationships with no real means of expressing their displeasure to their partner.
Married people rarely talk about this subject. People in long standing relationships rarely talk about this subject. The church hardly ever talks about this subject and I think it's time that an open voice be given, preferably women and men so that shared stories, experiences and knowledge about the beauty of sexual intercourse is embraced.
Even God told Adam and Eve to be fruitful and multiply. This is a testament to the fact that sex is beautiful and should be shared in every aspect, especially through communication.
""Hypocrisy the Anti Sex Mystery" does not promote promiscuity or irresponsibility with respects to sexual intercourse. We are not supposed to rut like animals. We are supposed to protect ourselves from STD's. This play promote sex between two people who love one another and who desires to be in a long term commitment, specifically married but that is just my view.
What I am saying is that women should boldly speak up and tell their mates what pleases them. I am saying that the shame and stigma that goes along with having a free conversation about sex should be abolished.
Sex is a beautiful thing that God ordained and I believe if there was less shame and stigma, especially for a woman, there would be less rape, abuse and degrading of a woman's character or person. Women who truly enjoy intimacy with their mates would be more apt to have an open conversation about sex.
This play centers around five women from five generations who have different ideas and experiences with sex and relationships. Each woman adds their voice to this subject thereby validating the validity of various issues that surface with respects to women’s sexuality, sensuality and the limitless boundaries that may be explored though an open dialog.
This play also serves to express my two favorite genres of creativity, spoken word and the theater. The split sets, the living room and the Flowetic Logos Café, serve as transitional sets that allows the expressions of “Hypocrisy the Anti-Sex Mystery,” to flow free to its culminating conclusion.
For more info and to view a clip of the play visit us on the web @
www.wix.com/PenThePraise/Hypocrisy-The-Anti-Sex
To purchase tickets go to:
www.eventbrite.com/event/2574879534.com
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Hypocrisy The Anti-Sex Mystery
A Three Act Play
Written by Lisa Amos-Wilson
Directed by Jonathan Steadman
Produced by Steve Wilson
Sunday, January 8, 2012 @ 3:00 & 7:00 PM
“Hypocrisy The Anti-Sex Mystery ©” A Brief Synopsis
A Three Act Play by Lisa Wilson
Hypocrisy the Anti-Sex Mystery is about empowering the voice of women who may find themselves powerless to talk about sex or who may be in dissatisfying sexual relationships with no real means of expressing their displeasure to their partner.
Married people rarely talk about this subject. People in long standing relationships rarely talk about this subject. The church hardly ever talks about this subject and I think it's time that an open voice be given, preferably women and men so that shared stories, experiences and knowledge about the beauty of sexual intercourse is embraced.
Even God told Adam and Eve to be fruitful and multiply. This is a testament to the fact that sex is beautiful and should be shared in every aspect, especially through communication.
""Hypocrisy the Anti Sex Mystery" does not promote promiscuity or irresponsibility with respects to sexual intercourse. We are not supposed to rut like animals. We are supposed to protect ourselves from STD's. This play promote sex between two people who love one another and who desires to be in a long term commitment, specifically married but that is just my view.
What I am saying is that women should boldly speak up and tell their mates what pleases them. I am saying that the shame and stigma that goes along with having a free conversation about sex should be abolished.
Sex is a beautiful thing that God ordained and I believe if there was less shame and stigma, especially for a woman, there would be less rape, abuse and degrading of a woman's character or person. Women who truly enjoy intimacy with their mates would be more apt to have an open conversation about sex.
This play centers around five women from five generations who have different ideas and experiences with sex and relationships. Each woman adds their voice to this subject thereby validating the validity of various issues that surface with respects to women’s sexuality, sensuality and the limitless boundaries that may be explored though an open dialog.
This play also serves to express my two favorite genres of creativity, spoken word and the theater. The split sets, the living room and the Flowetic Logos Café, serve as transitional sets that allows the expressions of “Hypocrisy the Anti-Sex Mystery,” to flow free to its culminating conclusion.
For more info and to view a clip of the play visit us on the web @
www.wix.com/PenThePraise/Hypocrisy-The-Anti-Sex
To purchase tickets go to:
www.eventbrite.com/event/2574879534.com
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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Games for Actors and Non-Actors
Tuesday, January 10th • 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
with Morgan Andrews (former MC of Puppet Uprising)
FREE CLASS • donations welcome
To pre-register, call 215-730-0982, or email “tophilly@gmail.com”.
Come play games! This 2-hour class will pack in all sorts of group
games that break us out of usual routines and get our senses and
brains working in different ways. These games are great tools for
teachers, organizers, artists, actors and others who work with groups,
or anyone who loves playing games!
From Image to Action: A 3-Part Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop
Tuesdays: 1/24, 1/31 & 2/7 • 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Suggested Tuition: $25–$45—no one turned away!
To pre-register, call 215-730-0982, or email “tophilly@gmail.com”.
The stage is a place where we rehearse reality: what we do onstage we
may strive to do in everyday life. In this series, the group will use
the language of theatre to identify societal oppressions and create
dramatic models for dismantling them. We’ll then strategize ways to
transform our dramatizations into concrete actions. What we learn and
make in this workshop will be supplemented with take-home readings
written by others who use Theatre of the Oppressed in different ways
all over the world.
Note: We ask that participants commit to coming to all three sessions
in this series.
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8:00 PM - 11:30 PM
ANDREW’S VIDEO VAULT at THE ROTUNDA
presents a FREE double feature screening of
Peter Godfrey’s THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS (1947 / 99 minutes)
&
Michael Curtiz’s THE STRANGE LOVE OF MOLLY LOUVAIN (1932 / 73 minutes)
* Continuous show from 8 PM
2012 SCHEDULE
JANUARY 12
The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947 / 99 minutes) Moody psychological thriller starring Humphrey Bogart (cast against type) as an unstable painter caught in a murderous and bizarre love triangle with Barbara Stanwyck and Alexis Smith. Directed by Peter Godfrey.
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932 / 73 minutes) Michael Curtiz directs Ann Dvorak as poor country girl adrift in the city and on the lam in this sordid pre-Code crime drama. Co-starring Lee Tracy and Leslie Fenton. Based on the play, Tinsel Girl by Chicago source author, Maurine Dallas Watkins.
FEBRUARY 9
Samson and Delilah (1949 / 131 minutes) Cecil B. DeMille’s lavish biblical spectacle presents Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr as the titular characters, an Israelite and a Philistine who destroy each other. Co-staring George Sanders and Angela Lansbury.
Sodom and Gomorrah: The Last Seven Days (1975 / 99 minutes) A cosmic, witty and epic biblical pastiche from Artie & Jim Mitchell, the creators of Behind The Green Door.
MARCH 8
Girlfriends (1978 / 86 minutes) Claudi Weill’s comedic drama of two mismatched roommates, a photographer and a writer, in late-1970s New York City. A favorite of Stanley Kubrick, who remarked that it was one “of the very rare American films that I would compare with the serious, intelligent, sensitive writing and filmmaking that you find in the best directors in Europe… It seemed to make no compromise to the inner truth of the story.” Screenplay by Vicki Polon.
Windows (1980 / 96 minutes) Legendary cinematographer Gordon Willis’ only movie as a director is a dark and twisted thriller starring Talia Shire as a menaced woman and Elizabeth Ashley as her obsessed, voyeur neighbor.
APRIL 12
Rubber (2010 / 82 minutes) “Careful Where You Tread!” An abandoned tire with telekinetic powers seeks revenge. Stars Stephen Spinella, Wings Hauser and Roxane Mesquida. Written and directed by Quentin Dupieux.
Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977 / 77 minutes). An unusual horror film about a demonic bed that consumes anyone who lays on it. Written and directed by George Barry.
MAY 10
The Music of Chance (1993 / 98 minutes) James Spader and Mandy Patinkin are gamblers out of their league forced to pay off their gaming debts by building a wall made of stones. Co-stars M. Emmet Walsh, Charles Durning, Joel Grey, Samantha Mathis and Chris Penn. Directed by Philip Haas. Based on the novel by Paul Auster.
All I Desire (1953 / 79 minutes) Actress Barbara Stanwyck stops over in the smalltown she left behind ten years before to visit the family she deserted and weigh her choices. Directed by Douglas Sirk.
JUNE 14
The Red House (1947 / 100 minutes) Delmer Daves directs this rural, noir psychodrama with supernatural overtones starring Edward G. Robinson as a one-legged farmer trying to control the urges of his teenaged daughter.
Brother Orchid (1940 / 88 minutes) After an assassination attempt orchestrated by new mobster king-pin Humphrey Bogart, aging racketeer Edward G. Robinson reinvents himself as a monk. With Ann Sothern and Ralph Bellamy.
JULY 12
Vibrations (1967 / 75 minutes) A writer, moonlighting as a typist, moves into a New York apartment with her up-tight sister and is drawn to the secret cult next door. Directed by Joseph W. Sarno.
Fluctuations (1970 / 70 minutes) Grindhouse avant-garde stream of consciousness sexploitation directed by Joel Landwehr.
Submission (1969 / 73 minutes) A ménage a trois leads to a robbery plot, sexual confusion and unexpected double crosses in Allen Savage’s movie.
AUGUST 9
Carny (1980 / 107 minutes) Eighteen year old Jodie Foster runs away from home and takes up with two carnival hustlers played by Gary Busey and Robbie Robertson. With Meg Foster, Kenneth McMillan and Elisha Cook Jr. Music by Alex North.
Girl on the Run (1953) Offbeat noir murder mystery set at a burlesque show on the midway. Features Frank Albertson and, in his big screen debut, Steve McQueen.
SEPTEMBER 13
Dementia (1955 / 56 minutes) A nightmarish, dialogue-free film noir, with an amazing George Antheil score, follows a gamin though the shadowy streets of Venice Beach, California. The only film from director John Parker.
Freud (1962 / 120 minutes) Director John Huston biopic casts Montgomery Clift as the famous Viennese psychoanalyst and follows him from 1885-90 as he formulates his theories of the Oedipus complex. Based on a screenplay by Jean-Paul Sartre. Photographed by Douglas Slocombe.
OCTOBER 11
* * * * Two silent movies directed by Tod Browning with live musical accompaniment from Lincoln vs. The Moon (Jen Lightfoot and Ed Dymek) * * * *
The Unknown (1927 / 63 minutes) Wanted murderer Lon Chaney poses as “Alonzo the Armless Wonder.” Falling in love with unstable and phobic Joan Crawford, he becomes enraged when a strongman becomes romantic rival, setting the stage for an unforgettable Grand Guignol climax.
The Unholy Three (1925 / 86 minutes) A sideshow ventriloquist (Lon Chaney), a little person (Harry Earles), and strongman (Victor McLaglen) flee the carny life and form a perverse crime family operating out of a pet shop. Based on a novel by Tod Robbins, the author of “Spurs” the story that inspired Browning’s movie Freaks.
NOVEMBER 8
Pericles on 31st Street (1962 / 60 minutes) A young Sam Peckinpah directed this entry in “The Dick Powell Show,” based on the novel by Harry Mark Petrakis. Features Theodore Bikel, Carroll O’Connor and Arthur O’Connell.
The Man with Two Heads (1972 / 80 minutes) Writer/director Andy Milligan’s chaotic, angry and insane version of “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” shot on location in England.
DECEMBER 13
Rienzi – Der Letzte Der Tribunen [Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes] (2010 / 156 minutes) Philipp Stolzl and Christian Baier’s revision of Richard Wagner’s infrequently performed third opera (1842) about civil war in Rome. From the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Admission is FREE to all screenings. Screenings are continuous from 8pm.
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8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Archer Spade perform So Timid Persons Can Kill Their Own Fowl
Archer Spade will debut a new long-form piece, "So Timid Persons Can Kill Their Own Fowl," for electric guitar and amplified trombone. We'll also be performing other original compositions and "Sound Matrix" by composer John DeBlase.
While the show is free, we'd like to strongly encourage donations to our Kickstarter project so we can commission some new works!
Here's the info:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1828828693/archer-spade-commissioning-series?ref=live
For more info, see http://archerspade.blogspot.com/
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7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
BELOW and BEYOND
January 15-17, 2012 at 7:30pm each night plus a 2pm matinee on Jan. 16th (MLK Day).
Tickets are $5-10 at the door, no one turned away for lack of funds.
OR by them online HERE!
BELOW AND BEYOND is a new collaborative performance experiment by Beth Nixon and Sarah Lowry (of The Missoula Oblongata), with Matthew Schreiber on accordion and a million other instruments. Inspired by the long-submerged Mill Creek of West Philadelphia, as well as current debate about fracking in Pennsylvania, this original play explores the complications of what lies beneath our feet. Using puppets, pulleys, movement, maps, and the imagination, the performance examines the intricacies of extraction and recognizes a waterway that continues to resurface. Camouflaged heroes in house boats and vapor-sniffing bunker dwellers unite amidst an invasion of urban water buffalo. All this, plus a one-man band!
The show is directed by Donna Sellinger (also of the Missoula Oblongata) and Emily Abendroth was our dramaturg. The show is geared toward adult audiences though kids are welcome, especially at the MLK Day Matinee.
Then hopefully we take it on an East Coast Tour this spring…
Currently, Sarah and I are enjoying a free studio space for a year (!) as part of the 40th St. Artist-In-Residence Program. This project was funded in part by the Pew Center for Heritage and Culture and as well as The Leeway Foundation which awarded me a 2010 Transformation Award for my art and social change work. However, we are still in need of more bucks to pull this thing off, if you are able to make a tax-deductible donation of any amount we will applaud and celebrate your generosity.
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2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
BELOW and BEYOND
January 15-17, 2012 at 7:30pm each night plus a 2pm matinee on Jan. 16th (MLK Day).
Tickets are $5-10 at the door, no one turned away for lack of funds.
OR by them online HERE!
BELOW AND BEYOND is a new collaborative performance experiment by Beth Nixon and Sarah Lowry (of The Missoula Oblongata), with Matthew Schreiber on accordion and a million other instruments. Inspired by the long-submerged Mill Creek of West Philadelphia, as well as current debate about fracking in Pennsylvania, this original play explores the complications of what lies beneath our feet. Using puppets, pulleys, movement, maps, and the imagination, the performance examines the intricacies of extraction and recognizes a waterway that continues to resurface. Camouflaged heroes in house boats and vapor-sniffing bunker dwellers unite amidst an invasion of urban water buffalo. All this, plus a one-man band!
The show is directed by Donna Sellinger (also of the Missoula Oblongata) and Emily Abendroth was our dramaturg. The show is geared toward adult audiences though kids are welcome, especially at the MLK Day Matinee.
Then hopefully we take it on an East Coast Tour this spring…
Currently, Sarah and I are enjoying a free studio space for a year (!) as part of the 40th St. Artist-In-Residence Program. This project was funded in part by the Pew Center for Heritage and Culture and as well as The Leeway Foundation which awarded me a 2010 Transformation Award for my art and social change work. However, we are still in need of more bucks to pull this thing off, if you are able to make a tax-deductible donation of any amount we will applaud and celebrate your generosity.
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
BELOW and BEYOND
January 15-17, 2012 at 7:30pm each night plus a 2pm matinee on Jan. 16th (MLK Day).
Tickets are $5-10 at the door, no one turned away for lack of funds.
OR by them online HERE!
BELOW AND BEYOND is a new collaborative performance experiment by Beth Nixon and Sarah Lowry (of The Missoula Oblongata), with Matthew Schreiber on accordion and a million other instruments. Inspired by the long-submerged Mill Creek of West Philadelphia, as well as current debate about fracking in Pennsylvania, this original play explores the complications of what lies beneath our feet. Using puppets, pulleys, movement, maps, and the imagination, the performance examines the intricacies of extraction and recognizes a waterway that continues to resurface. Camouflaged heroes in house boats and vapor-sniffing bunker dwellers unite amidst an invasion of urban water buffalo.
All this, plus a one-man band!
The show is directed by Donna Sellinger (also of the Missoula Oblongata) and Emily Abendroth was our dramaturg. The show is geared toward adult audiences though kids are welcome, especially at the MLK Day Matinee.
Then hopefully we take it on an East Coast Tour this spring…
Currently, Sarah and I are enjoying a free studio space for a year (!) as part of the 40th St. Artist-In-Residence Program. This project was funded in part by the Pew Center for Heritage and Culture and as well as The Leeway Foundation which awarded me a 2010 Transformation Award for my art and social change work. However, we are still in need of more bucks to pull this thing off, if you are able to make a tax-deductible donation of any amount we will applaud and celebrate your generosity.
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7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
BELOW and BEYOND
January 15-17, 2012 at 7:30pm each night plus a 2pm matinee on Jan. 16th (MLK Day).
Tickets are $5-10 at the door, no one turned away for lack of funds.
OR by them online HERE!
BELOW AND BEYOND is a new collaborative performance experiment by Beth Nixon and Sarah Lowry (of The Missoula Oblongata), with Matthew Schreiber on accordion and a million other instruments. Inspired by the long-submerged Mill Creek of West Philadelphia, as well as current debate about fracking in Pennsylvania, this original play explores the complications of what lies beneath our feet. Using puppets, pulleys, movement, maps, and the imagination, the performance examines the intricacies of extraction and recognizes a waterway that continues to resurface. Camouflaged heroes in house boats and vapor-sniffing bunker dwellers unite amidst an invasion of urban water buffalo.
All this, plus a one-man band!
The show is directed by Donna Sellinger (also of the Missoula Oblongata) and Emily Abendroth was our dramaturg. The show is geared toward adult audiences though kids are welcome, especially at the MLK Day Matinee.
Then hopefully we take it on an East Coast Tour this spring…
Currently, Sarah and I are enjoying a free studio space for a year (!) as part of the 40th St. Artist-In-Residence Program. This project was funded in part by the Pew Center for Heritage and Culture and as well as The Leeway Foundation which awarded me a 2010 Transformation Award for my art and social change work. However, we are still in need of more bucks to pull this thing off, if you are able to make a tax-deductible donation of any amount we will applaud and celebrate your generosity.
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9:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Break Beat Supernova
featuring DJ Sammy B (of the legendary Jungle Brothers)
with #1 Concert/Party Host in the U.S. D.R.E.S. ThaBEATnik
Special appearance by vocalist/percussionist Ronin Ali
Admission: $10 in advance/$12 at the door
For tickets, call 267-253-2232
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8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Nate Wooley Quintet Alpha
Nate Wooley, trumpet
Josh Sinton, bass clarinet
Matt Moran, vibraphone
Eivind Opsvik, bass
Harris Eisenstadt, drums
Please join Ars Nova Workshop for the Philadelphia debut of the Nate Wooley Quintet Alpha. Led by the mighty trumpeter Wooley, the ensemble unites five young musicians representing the forefront of Brooklyn's jazz scene.
“Trumpeter Nate Wooley has made his name among the more texture-minded proponents of improvised music, often by distilling fresh clarity from abrasive obscurity,” writes The New York Times. Working in the margins of lowercase improv, noise and jazz musics, Wooley's unique approach to trumpet always yields exhilarating and unpredictable results. He's worked on several occasions with Ken Vandermark, C Spencer Yeh, Chris Corsano, Evan Parker, Peter Evans, Mary Halvorson and Paul Lytton, and whether in group or solo settings, Wooley ceaselessly articulates a lucid and adventurous sonic voice that explores the outer regions of extended technique and improvisation.
This quintet unites five young, leading musicians from Brooklyn's jazz scene and aims to examine and expand the American jazz vocabulary. Bass clarinetist Josh Sinton, vibraphonist Matt Moran, bassist Eivind Opsvik and drummer Harris Eisenstadt have carved out their own incomparable musical voices as group leaders and by working with artists such as Darcy James Argue, John Hollenbeck, Paul Motian and Sam Rivers. Inspired by Out To Lunch-era Eric Dolphy, Wooley leads this thrilling quintet through modern post-bop originals.
The Nate Wooley Quintet's debut recording, (Put Your) Hands Together, was released in 2011 by Clean Feed. A mesmerizing display of muscularity and sophisticated restraint, Wooley's ten original compositions are dedicated to the women who have made a significant impact on his life. From brutal breathy blasts, bizarre pops and bright hisses to beautifully dynamic group dialogue, (Put Your) Hands Together was one of the year's best jazz releases. Tonight the quintet will perform these, along with new, pieces.
Admission is FREE
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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
PLP The Unity Performance Art Ensemble led by Brother Robb Carter, Associate Director of the African-American Resource Center at Penn + Kitsi Watterson, professor within Penn's English department, + Dominic Cartwright. PLP The Unity honors the human spirit with improvisational meditative, soulful, spiritual, political and jazzy musical magic utilizing African rhythms, drums, percussion, wind, and native instruments, spoken word and storytelling.
Fatimah Loren presents wResting: a blues genealogy, a root system lullaby. wResting is an eclectic blend of blues music, poetry, and storytelling about her family roots as slaves and sharecroppers in Alabama. Using participatory art-making and imagination, this show brings African American genealogy to life such that it becomes embodied for audiences and communities of all backgrounds.
Sponsored by Penn's African-American Resource Center, Office of Affirmative Action, and Office of Governmental and Community Affairs. Contact: Brother Robb Carter @ 215-898-0105
Admission is FREE
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6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Hosted by PYPM
Hear the youth speak!
The Philly Youth Poetry Movement (“PYPM” or “The Movement”) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to helping the youth of Philadelphia discover the power of their voices through spoken word, literacy, and progressive workshop facilitation. The Movement, founded by “UnLitter Us” poet Greg Corbin, provides a safe space for at-risk, empowered youth ages 13-19 to use their voice to promote social change, leadership, cultural diversity, and build self-esteem.
Admission is $7 for youth, $10 for adults.
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3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
For Immediate Release
Contact: Dorothy Cardella or James R. Longacre
Touch of Classics! Musical Entertainment
Phone: 215-432-3362 or 215-868-9988
Fax: 215-465-0753
Email: info@touchofclassics.com
Web site: http://www.touchofclassics.com/
THE THREE WISEMEN STOP IN UNIVERSITY CITY, PHILADELPHIA!
TOUCH OF CLASSICS! MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT Presents Gian Carlo Menotti's Holiday Classic AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS for One Performance Only!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1/1/2012 - Philadelphia's TOUCH OF CLASSICS! Musical Entertainment is presenting the classic holiday opera AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS by Gian Carlo Menotti featuring a professional cast of Philadelphia performers and local South Jersey talent in a fully staged and costumed production at The Rotunda.
The Opera will be performed at 3:00pm on January 22nd in the Theater at The Rotunda and will be accompanied by piano. The production will continue the 25th Anniversary Season of the Philadelphia based TOUCH OF CLASSICS! MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT and feature Dorothy Cardella and James R. Longacre , the co-founders, along with
Clarksboro, NJ native Casey Howell, Soprano in the title role of Amahl.
The hour long opera will be performed in English and is the perfect venue for the entire family. Since 1951, the premiere year, AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS has been delighting audiences young and old with the story of the visit of the THREE KINGS on their way to pay homage to the Christ Child. The story focuses on the young crippled shepherd AMAHL and the miracle that ensues from the kingly visit.
The musical production features South Jersey native Casey Howell, from Clarksboro NJ, as the young AMAHL. Also in the cast is Dorothy Cardella, Soprano, as AMAHL’S MOTHER, James R. Longacre, Tenor as KING KASPER, Bass-Baritone Edward Bogusz of Philadelphia as KING BELSHAZZAR, with Jonathan Sills, Bass-Baritone as the mellifluous KING MELCHIOR and Ross Druker As THE PAGE. The one time production is staged by Michael Tunney with Musical Direction by Joseph Krupa. The opera includes a cast of singers, actors and dancers from Philadelphia and admission is Adults: $15.00 and Children (12 and under): $10.00, Cash-Only.
Come celebrate Epiphany with TOUCH OF CLASSICS and the wonderful music of composer Gian Carlo Menotti!
Remember, THE THREE WISEMAN STOP IN UNIVERSITY CITY FOR ONE DAY ONLY!
### For a quarter of a century, Philadelphia's own TOUCH OF CLASSICS! MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT! has delighted audiences with the finest in vocal musical entertainment available 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 Popular Music. Individually, they have performed in productions with companies such as Opera Delaware, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Arden Theater and Walnut Street 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 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!Musical Entertainment and are available for concerts, parties and holiday events. ###
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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
From Image to Action: A 3-Part Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop
Tuesdays: 1/24, 1/31 & 2/7 • 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Suggested Tuition: $25–$45—no one turned away!
To pre-register, call 215-730-0982, or email “tophilly@gmail.com”.
The stage is a place where we rehearse reality: what we do onstage we
may strive to do in everyday life. In this series, the group will use
the language of theatre to identify societal oppressions and create
dramatic models for dismantling them. We’ll then strategize ways to
transform our dramatizations into concrete actions. What we learn and
make in this workshop will be supplemented with take-home readings
written by others who use Theatre of the Oppressed in different ways
all over the world.
Note: We ask that participants commit to coming to all three sessions
in this series.
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10:00 PM - 2:00 AM
(nearly every last Thursday)
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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8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Bowerbird
presents
GATE series
featuring
WHAT REMAINS OF EDEN
listening & talk with Ian Nagoski
Curated by Chris Forsyth.
Ian Nagoski is music researcher, musician, writer and record producer. His avocation is inspiring people who love music to love it more. After curating a string of international collections on his own Canary imprint, in 2011 Nagoski released his most recent project, a 3CD set on the Tompkins Square label depicting the lives and work of Middle Eastern musicians (and their audiences) in and around New York City in the first decades of the 20th century, titled To What Strange Place: The Music of the Ottoman-American Diaspora, 1916-29. Reviewing the set and its voluminous notes in The Wire, Marcus Boon described Nagoski as “like [Harry] Smith, a Walter Benjamin visionary, using his collection of 78s to hallucinate a history that actually happened but which remains hidden beneath official dogma and nationalisms.” Broadcasting selections from it on his KCRW radio show, Henry Rollins said of To What Strange Place "I was entranced; I was fascinated. It is one of the most worthwhile purchases you will make this year. I went and got mine; I think you should, too."
Canary has recently released What Remains of Eden: Anatolian & Levantine Music, 1928-52 and, in the months to come, will release Nagoski's studies of late-Colonial Hindustani vocalists, proto-polka Slavic immigrant stringbands, songs of complaint and escapism from the Greek underworld of the 30s and 40s, the "oriental" nightclub scene on 8th Ave in the 40s-50s, and a global view of the rise of rock-n-roll. Nagoski is also a writer, who has contributed research on under-sung musicians and music to dozens of magazines and blogs. He lectures and teaches widely, moving between informal venues, sound-art festivals, radio and academic institutions. Jason Cherkis’ article on Nagoski’s life and work for the Washington Post was selected for DaCapo’s Best MusicWriting 2011, edited by Alex Ross.
Tonight, he'll be presenting extraordinary songs from around the world and the stories of the long-gone people who made them.
Documentary on To What Strange Place: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmmN4mC2gfk
Admission is FREE
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7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
FROZEN LIES, the much anticipated romantic comedy drama that examines the love lives of group of recently dumped singles, opens at The Rotunda on January 28 at 7:00pm with the comic genius Matt Black doing a kick off. His hilarious performance will be followed by an exquisite meal to lead the audience into the premiere. Be a part of this groundbreaking experience.
Advance tickets: $10; buy HERE
Day of show: $15
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7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Come celebrate the release of the vinyl LP/Poster/Download version of "Capital I and the Royal Waltzing We," an original stage musical by the Horrible Department! Last March this surreal production enjoyed two packed nights at The Rotunda and now they are back to release vinyl LP of the songs with a poster and a download of the full script!
Line-up:
Octomonkey
(Gypsy Jazz)
West Philly Orchestra
(Balkan brass with unique arrangements)
The Horrible Department
(Accordion-centric theatrical art-punk with french horn!)
Admission: $5-10 sliding scale
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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Forks over Knives
Doors open at 6pm
What has happened to us? Despite the most advanced medical technology in the world, we are sicker than ever by nearly every measure.
Two out of every three of us are overweight. Cases of diabetes are exploding, especially amongst our younger population. About half of us are taking at least one prescription drug. Major medical operations have become routine, helping to drive health care costs to astronomical levels. Heart disease, cancer and stroke are the country’s three leading causes of death, even though billions are spent each year to "battle" these very conditions. Millions suffer from a host of other degenerative diseases.
Could it be there’s a single solution to all of these problems? A solution so comprehensive but so straightforward, that it’s mind-boggling that more of us haven’t taken it seriously?
FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods. The major storyline in the film traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn.
Dr. Campbell, a nutritional scientist at Cornell University, was concerned in the late 1960′s with producing "high quality" animal protein to bring to the poor and malnourished areas of the third world. While in the Philippines, he made a life-changing discovery: the country’s wealthier children, who were consuming relatively high amounts of animal-based foods, were much more likely to get liver cancer. Dr. Esselstyn, a top surgeon and head of the Breast Cancer Task Force at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic, found that many of the diseases he routinely treated were virtually unknown in parts of the world where animal-based foods were rarely consumed.
These discoveries inspired Campbell and Esselstyn, who didn’t know each other yet, to conduct several groundbreaking studies. One of them took place in China and is still among the most comprehensive health-related investigations ever undertaken. Their research led them to a startling conclusion: degenerative diseases like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and even several forms of cancer, could almost always be prevented – and in many cases reversed – by adopting a whole foods, plant-based diet. Despite the profound implications of their findings, their work has remained relatively unknown to the public.
The filmmakers travel with Drs. Campbell and Esselstyn on their separate but similar paths, from their childhood farms where they both produced "nature’s perfect food," to China and Cleveland, where they explored ideas that challenged the established thinking and shook their own core beliefs.
The idea of food as medicine is put to the test. Throughout the film, cameras follow "reality patients" who have chronic conditions from heart disease to diabetes. Doctors teach these patients how to adopt a whole foods plant-based diet as the primary approach to treat their ailments – while the challenges and triumphs of their journeys are revealed.
FORKS OVER KNIVES utilizes state of the art 3-D graphics and rare archival footage. The film features leading experts on health, examines the question "why we don’t know," and tackles the issue of diet and disease in a way that will have people talking for years.
FORKS OVER KNIVES was filmed all over the United States, Canada and China.
Admission is FREE
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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
From Image to Action: A 3-Part Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop
Tuesdays: 1/24, 1/31 & 2/7 • 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Suggested Tuition: $25–$45—no one turned away!
To pre-register, call 215-730-0982, or email “tophilly@gmail.com”.
The stage is a place where we rehearse reality: what we do onstage we
may strive to do in everyday life. In this series, the group will use
the language of theatre to identify societal oppressions and create
dramatic models for dismantling them. We’ll then strategize ways to
transform our dramatizations into concrete actions. What we learn and
make in this workshop will be supplemented with take-home readings
written by others who use Theatre of the Oppressed in different ways
all over the world.
Note: We ask that participants commit to coming to all three sessions
in this series.
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