| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
31
|
1
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Mónica-Enríquez-Enríquez: Film Screening & Director’s Talk
6-8 pm
MÓNICA ENRÍQUEZ-ENRÍQUEZ is a queer person of color, born and raised in Colombia who migrated to the U.S. in 2001. She has an M.F.A in Digital Arts and New Media from University of California Santa Cruz. Her interdisciplinary interests include community based video installations, community art and issues of migration and anti-criminalization. Her project Fragments of Migration interrogates the institution of asylum in the U.S. based on sexual identity and gender identity. Un/binding desires documents the stories of queer immigrants and children of immigrant parents around issues of belonging, desire and identity. Art is for her a site for community activism and participation as well as a site to question institutional oppression and challenge normative constructions of gender, desire, citizenship and nation.
Mónica's work has been screened at the Women of Color Film Festival at UC Santa Cruz, the Queer Women of Color Film Festival in San Francisco, the Pittsburgh Contemporary Queer Cinemas Project, and the prestigious Frameline: The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. Her 2004 documentary A Journey Home—about queer Latina lesbians in the San Francisco Bay Area— won the Best Lesbian Film Award at the International Latino Film Festival. Her installation pieces have been shown in numerous immigrant, queer, and anti-violence community centers in both rural and urban spaces, as well as community galleries. Mónica's political and ethical commitment to making her art relevant and accessible to the communities she is in conversation with guides her production and exhibition practices.
Screenings will include:
escrito, 2007, 2 min: poetically gestures to the contradictions of what it means to be a queer immigrant in the U.S.
entre nos, 2012: queer migrants survivors of violence speak amongst themselves ("entre nos") about what being undocumented in the U.S. means and the devastating impact of law enforcement and immigration enforcement collaboration.
un/binding desires, 2011: develops the idea of “marginal desires” and displays images of bondage as an expression of queer difference. These images accompany the audio based conversations with queer migrants and queers who explore their parents’ histories of migration while speaking about their own desires. By destabilizing the accessibility of U.S. history of migration through making a space for these marginal desires and literally re-reading such history, this piece invites you to question the ways in which migration and desire are usually represented.
fragments of migration installation, 2008: This piece interrogates the institution of asylum in the U.S. based on sexual identity and gender identity.
intimate margins installation, 2007: By interweaving intimate conversations among undocumented lesbians, we reclaim political spaces in the margins.
work in progress: fragments of conversations with a queer migrant as she journeys back "home" horizontally juxtaposed with the words of a queer young person of color speaking about homelessness, criminalization and sex work.
This event is part of the Philadelphia Queer Media Activism Series
What is the relationship between queer media and queer activism? How have queers, trans* folks, feminists, people of color, poor people, and people with disabilities harnessed media production practices in the service of social justice activism? How have local Philadelphia artists, activists, and academics mobilized to create films, video artworks, performances, training workshops, and courses that stretch beyond the local context and into the transnational public sphere? The Philadelphia Queer Media Activism Series examines the relationship between queer activism and queer media production through film screenings, lectures by transnational video artists, roundtables on social justice media making, live performances, and discussions about oral history media projects. The Philadelphia Queer Media Activism Series explores these questions through a multimedia, multidisciplinary, and multi-sited series of events around Philadelphia during March and April 2013.
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
This series is generously supported by Giovanni’s Room Bookstore; The Rotunda; the William Way LGBT Community Center; Temple University’s Film and Media Arts, Latin American Studies, Tyler Visual Studies, and Women’s Studies departments; Temple University’s Queer Student Union and General Activity Fees; Drexel University’s Culture and Communication department; and the University of Pennsylvania’s Art History, Cinema Studies, Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies, History, Latin American & Latino Studies, and Visual Studies departments as well as the Penn Humanities Forum.
Want to get involved with the series? Have a question? Want copies of fliers to help publicize events? Check out our website (phillyqueermedia.com), or email the Director Cathy Hannabach at phillyqueermedia@gmail.com.
Admission is FREE
|
2
|
3
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Poet-tree En Motion
Spring Performance Series!
Wednesdays April 3rd, May 1st
(& SAVE THE DATE FOR A SPECIAL EVENT ON 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:
APRIL
Paying Homage to the Spoken Word of Poet-Tree!
Apiary Magazine-showcasing diverse talents from across the Philadelphia Region (apiarymagazine.com), featuring contributors Mydera-Speek Me Free (speakmefree.com), Celeste-The Sophisticated Poet (twitter.com/Sophistic_Poet)!
Elliott Levin- World Music, Jazz & Experimental Musician & Beat Poet (facebook.com/elliott.levin.9)!
Kelly Writers House- a center for writers of all kinds in the Philadelphia region (writing.upenn.edu), represented by Rosa Escandon-Event organizer for the “Speakeasy” @ KWH (facebook.com/Speakeasy)!
Lili Bita- World Famous Greek Poetess, Musician & Actress (lilibita.com)!
Moonstone Arts Center- promoting creative exchange through diverse cultural programs (moonstoneartscenter.org), represented by Dave Worrell-host of New Poetry Series @ Fergie's Pub facebook.com/dave.worrell!
Plum Dragoness & The Elements (Jan Jefferies, Ali Richardson & Elliott Levin)-Dances with Spoken Word & Live Music (www.plumdragoness.com)!
Plus many more awesome presenters during the Open Stage/Open Mic portion closing the night!
To keep Updated on Coming Events …
Join the Facebook Group for Poet-tree En Motion (facebook.com/groups/116980678334215) & join the Event Invite here @ this Link for April 3rd, 2013!
Bios of performers:
MYDERA SPEAKMEFREE
Born and raised in Norristown, Pennsylvania, Mydera SpeakMeFree Robinson is a poet, writer, artist, motivational speaker, educator, and entrepreneur. Mydera SpeakMeFree has been writing since childhood. Growing up she was influenced by the work Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, Sonia Sanchez, and Lauryn Hill. In 2010 Mydera SpeakMeFree began attending poetry events and sharing her own poetry for the first time. Her love for the craft of poetry has grown enormously since hitting the stage and giving her words through performing. In 2012 she released her debut spoken word album “Confessions of a Caterpillar”. Mydera SpeakMeFree continues to perform locally and abroad. She has made it her mission to help others find their voice. You can often find her teaching workshops, hosting youth poetry slams, and volunteering in her local arts community. For more information on Mydera SpeakMeFree or for booking please visit her official website www.SpeakMeFree.com
CELESTE N. PRESTON - THE SOPHISTICATED POET
Celeste N. Preston is a native of the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia. She is a groundskeeper/landscaper by day and performing poet by night. She was introduced to African American poetry while competing in oratorical contests at Lotus Academy. At the age of 13, the death of someone very dear to her provoked her to start writing and has been writing ever since. She started performing her poetry 3 years ago at Panoramic Poetry and has developed a passion for poetry and spoken word. God blessed her with this gift and she found the purpose to minister to others through her own life experiences and inspirations. Poetry has been and will always be her therapy. Celeste has performed and featured at various venues including Panoramic Poetry, Jus Words, Soul Connection Philly, Art of Conversation Philly/Baltimore, Prophetic Presentations: Word Feast events, Poet-ify and more. “Poetry is an outward expression of my innermost emotions”, says Celeste. In January 2013 she was the finalist for the “Fuze Poetry Presents: Women of the World” poetry slam. Her poetry has also taken her to the stage in a different way as she held an acting role in a choreopoetic stage-play called “He Calls Me Rib” in January 2013. In November 2011 she was a featured poet in the stage-play “Whose Body Is It?”. Both plays were written by Parenthysis Errica G. Her debut spoken word album, “My Poetry Is Just Me” was released digitally and on cd on September 2011. She has also served as a mentor working with young ladies at the Mothers in Charge after school program. Stay tuned as she makes her way as God leads her every step of the way.
ELLIOTT LEVIN - compositions & performances through flutes, saxophones, words. Born and based in Phila., Pa. pursuing early studies with Michael Guerra (legendary saxist/clarinetist of Phila. Orchestra under Stokowski); and composer/flutist Claire Polin (collaborator with flute innovater William Kincaid). Studied music and creative writing at the U. of Oregon. Later studies with masters- pianist/improvisor/composer Cecil Taylor; and later with saxophonist/improviser/composer Odean Pope- led to long time relationships of performing and recording with their ensembles. A member of many groups in Phila/NYC area over the past 30 years (since the early '70's), he has continued to work with his own ensembles as well including INTERPLAY Ensemble, NEW GHOST, The PHILADELPHIA PHENOMENA to name a few...(collaborating with artists such as Rick Iannacone, Ed Watkins, Ron Howerton, Keno Speller, Marshall Allen, Tyrone Hill, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Calvin Weston, and many others). RECORDINGS include: OLDUVAI- "Baubo" on Tiwa Records (original poetry & music). ILTAR- "Iltar" on Tiwa Records (original poetry & music). THE MOTION OF EMOTION; SOUL-ETUDE; A FINE INTENSITY; OPPORTUNITIES & ADVANTAGES ("ON IN ON-ON-DAGA!")- on CIMP Recordings (as a leader)... THE LIGHT OF CORONA; also- ALMEDA- on FMP (w/ Cecil Taylor Ensemble)... THE SOUND VISION ORCHESTRA- on Eremite (w/ Alan Silva)... ODEAN POPE'S SAXOPHONE CHOIR- "Locked & Loaded"(w/Michael Brecker; James Carter, & Joe Lovano), LEVIN/CARTER/BALGOCHIAN/KRALL/SHURDUT Ensemble; a solo Poetry & Music CD, Bobby Zankel's WARRIORS OF THE WONDERFUL SOUND-"Ceremonies Of Forgiveness"., SECRET VOICES "No Time For Silence" (1KRecordings) w/ Ursula Rucker, Rich Medina, etc. (International poetry & music compilation). NEW GHOST -"Live Upstairs @ Nick's" on ESP (original poetry & music). INTERPLAY- "Apology to the Atonists/Tritone Suite)" on Porter Re3cords (original poetry & music), SEESAW ENSEMBLE- "Elliott Levin Meets the Seesaw Ensemble" on Porter Records (original poetry & Music). His book of poetry "does it swing...?" is published by Heat Press (LA). for more info: www.radical3over2.com/elliott/levin.html, http://www.myspace.com/elliottlevin
LILI BITA
A native of the island of Zante, she graduated both from the Greek Conservatory of Music and the Athens School of Drama, and holds an M.A. in Drama from the University of Miami. After a notable career in Greece performing classical and contemporary roles for leading directors, she settled in the United States. In this country she has appeared widely on stage, television and radio, and held appointments at several universities. She tours extensively with her one woman shows,"The Greek Woman Through the Ages"," Body Light" and "Freedom or Death." Lili Bita has published ten books and chapbooks of poetry, two books of short fiction, a novella, two volumes of translation, and several plays. Her work has been translated into English, French, Spanish, German, and Bengali.
DAVE WORRELL
Dave Worrell’s first chapbook titled “We Who Were Bound” was published in August 2012 by Casa de Cinco Hermanas Press. His poems have appeared in U.S. 1 Worksheets, Mad Poets Review, Exit 13, Wild River Review, Fox Chase Review and Adanna. He has performed his music-backed poems at Chris’ Jazz Café in Philadelphia and The Cornelia Street Café in New York.
PLUM DRAGONESS
Plum Dragoness (Gabrielle de Burke ) is a Performer/Poet/Theater Artist. She has been an artist in residence at The Rotunda since 2007 with the performance series she organizes & hosts, called, “Poet-tree En Motion”. This ongoing free community fall/spring performance event has led to collaborating w/ various artists in the Philly underground art scenes. She performs her sung-spoken words regularly for the series, working with VJ artists for visual projections & musicians & dancers & so on… Her work as an artist has led to touring shows in a verity of arrangements varying from solo/duo presentations to an ensemble of venues & has been presented by the Rossport Gathering (June, 2009/County Mayo, Ire), the Winter Solstice Nexus event (December, 2009/Toronto, ON, CA), The OM Reunion Project Festival (June, 2010/Northern Ontario, CA), the PEX Fest Summer Festival (Darlington, MD. 2009/2010/2011), the Gaian Mind Festival (Artimus, PA. 2007/2008), the Coalesce Fest (Darlington, MD 2009/2010), the Desiderata Festival (July, 2009/Upstate, NY), Alex Grey's Chapel of Sacred Mirrors (NY, NY) & the Times Square Performing Arts Center (NYC, NY) & in local west Philly venues such as the Rotunda, The Community Education Center & at The World Cafe Live (December 2010) & more.
|
4
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
outside sound
artwork created by people with disabilities as an inspiration for music
contact: Chris Coyle, ccoyle2@gmail.com 610.952.0194
Outside Sound is a mixed-media project that takes artwork created by adults with developmental disabilities and sets it to original music. Throughout its course the project has included music intensive workshops, interviews and photography at three participating art programs (Center for Creative Works in Lower Merion PA; Oasis Art Center in center city Philadelphia; Outside the Lines in Medford, MA). Now the project is culminating with two public concerts/gallery events in which music will be performed, art displayed, and the mission/background of the art programs will be discussed. Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the programs.
What does it mean to be an artist? - Outside Sound has brought several fascinating ideas and topics to light. One of these is how the personalities, the experiences, and the eccentricities of the featured artists are all conveyed through their artwork. It is at times quirky, humorous, or dark but it often resonates with the joy of simply being able to create. The art programs and their participants prove that people with disabilities can inspire creatively but can also inspire new thinking about how we cope with mental conditions, physical ailments, and any struggles in life. Lastly, one of the goals of OS is to demonstrate how music can bring art to life and how it also has the potential to lift people with challenges in a variety of ways.
Events
Philadelphia - Thursday April 4th @ The Rotunda (4014 Walnut St.) 7:00pm *tickets available at outsidesound.bpt.me
Boston - Tuesday April 9th @ Somerville Armory (191 Highland Ave. Somerville) 7:00pm *tickets available at outsidesoundboston.bpt.me
www.outsidesound.net made possible by AMERICANCOMPOSERSFORUM
|
5
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
THE FIVE MINUTE FOLLIES SING-OFF!
Singers compete for a $100 Grand Prize!
Winner determined by Audience Vote.
All Ages and Styles Welcome.
No explicit content.
You must register to perform.
Registration is Free. No Fees.
To register email fiveminutefollies@gmail.com with:
1) Your Name
2) Your Song Title
3) Your Backing Track as an attachment
Registration Deadline is March 30th, 2013.
General Admission $10
Come out and Support your Favorite Singer!
Click the link HERE to purchase tickets or call 1-800-838-3006 to purchase tickets 24/7 over the phone.
Questions? Email fiveminutefollies@gmail.com.
|
6
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Race, Class, and Classroom
Bread & Roses Community Fund is co-sponsoring a workshop with the Coalition for Racial Justice to help move conversations about race to a different level. Titled, "Race, Class & Classroom," this workshop will create a space for people of all races and classes to talk about ways to strategically undo Philadelphia’s legacy of institutional racism-starting with our schools.
To learn more or sign up to attend this free workshop, click HERE
Race, Class & Classroom
Facilitated by Michaela Pommells and Reagan Price
The workshop is being offered twice - once on Saturday and once on Sunday - to allow more people to participate.
Saturday, April 6, 10 am-3 pm
or
Sunday, April 7, 10 am-3 pm
Lunch will be provided
Join the Coalition for Racial Justice and Bread & Roses for an interactive community action workshop where we'll:
• Explore the responsibility we have to lead change,
• Analyze how race, class, and where we live shape our ideas about “brotherly love,” and,
• Learn how to support each other through our intersecting journeys as neighbors and allies.
To sign up, please click HERE
|
|
7
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Race, Class, and Classroom
Bread & Roses Community Fund is co-sponsoring a workshop with the Coalition for Racial Justice to help move conversations about race to a different level. Titled, "Race, Class & Classroom," this workshop will create a space for people of all races and classes to talk about ways to strategically undo Philadelphia’s legacy of institutional racism-starting with our schools.
To learn more or sign up to attend this free workshop, click HERE
Race, Class & Classroom
Facilitated by Michaela Pommells and Reagan Price
The workshop is being offered twice - once on Saturday and once on Sunday - to allow more people to participate.
Saturday, April 6, 10 am-3 pm
or
Sunday, April 7, 10 am-3 pm
Lunch will be provided
Join the Coalition for Racial Justice and Bread & Roses for an interactive community action workshop where we'll:
• Explore the responsibility we have to lead change,
• Analyze how race, class, and where we live shape our ideas about “brotherly love,” and,
• Learn how to support each other through our intersecting journeys as neighbors and allies.
To sign up, please click HERE
|
8
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
The Fully Functional Cabaret
A thundrous, campy, beautiful love letter to trans womanhood written and produced by and starring an all-trans-woman cast; a peepshow into our hearts and voices.
Watch a preview HERE!
Collaborative, full-length, community theater facilitated by Annie Danger
With Star Amerasu, Ryka Aoki, Annie Danger, Red Durkin, Bryn Kelly, and Shawna Virago.
This beautiful piece of community theater is brought to you by the minds that produced The Fresh Meat Festival, It's That Easy! With Terry VanWeen!, The San Francisco Trans Film Fest, In Search of Geishaghost, The Gay Ole Opry, Red Durkin Is an Incredibly Funny Transsexual, and more.
The Fully Functional is a modern Vaudevillian cabaret; a full-length, theatrical production replete with musical numbers, deep audience participation, camp, terror, redemption, and more Reveals than you can shake a non-gender-specific stick at. Generated by an all-trans-woman cast, the content of this show takes the audience well past the skin-deep secrets and straight to the bone-deep truths of these six incredible, trans women. How do we get there? With riotous humor, T-ticket rides, song and dance, and wide-open hearts. Remember: in the end, Everybody's Benjamin is Hairy...
Recommended for audiences 16 and older.
Pay-what-you-can. Buy tickets HERE
|
9
|
10
|
11
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.
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.
|
12
|
13
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Clef Club Senior Ensemble
The Tal Shtuhl quartet
Truth & Consequence (feat. Wayne Smith, Behn Gillece, Marc Pryzbelowski, Mike Lorenz)
Admission is FREE
|
|
14
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Put the Gunz Down
Dance Off
3-7pm
Hosted by Will Holli
Featuring Party Rockers/ Team/ Floca/ Skorch Flamez/ Loyalty Brothers/ Cool Kidz/ Hi-Definition/ Revolution Unserenity/ Check Boyz/ Bratt Pack/ Breel & Buzz/ Blizzy TV and many more!
Music by DJ 2RAW
SPONSERD BY Hip Hop Party for the People and Peace House Creative Space
Admission is $3
|
15
|
16
|
17
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
THE NATIONAL BLACK ARTS SPOKEN WORD TOUR
Presents
"OH GOD PLEASE SEND ME A DO RIGHT MAN"
7PM - 8:20PM (No Intermission)
by Maurice Brian Henderson
The return of the Gospel Dramatic Musical and National Touring production that explores the relationships of Men and Women and its effects on the family structure and child development.
Tickets: $15.00 per person (Group Rates available). This staging is a benefit for Community Change – National Support Agency. The Performance can also be used as a Fundraiser or Benefit presentation for your Group, Organization, Agency, Company, Center, Association or Institution.
For more information contactmauricebrianhenderson@yahoo.com or 215-254-9314 and 267-230-0317
********************
8:30-10:00PM (No Intermission)
National Black Arts Spoken Word Tour
Presents
"DisAdvantaged Minority"
Live Concert
Featuring Spoken Word/Hip Hop/Soul Music Lyricals
Performances by
Popa uce
Frenchie
Mars' Parker Raspy
Soul Rock Entertainment
Hosted by Faze One
Donation $10.00
This event is a fundraiser/benefit for the Hip Hop Business School for the Arts and Humanities and the African-American Association of Young Entrepreneurs
For more information contact Popa use @ 267-975-5517 or MauriceHenderson @ 267-230-0317 and 215-254-9314
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM
National Black Arts Spoken Word Tour
Presents
"DisAdvantaged Minority"
Live Concert
Featuring Spoken Word/Hip Hop/Soul Music Lyricals
Performances by
Popa uce
Frenchie
Mars' Parker Raspy
Soul Rock Entertainment
Hosted by Faze One
Donation $10.00
This event is a fundraiser/benefit for the Hip Hop Business School for the Arts and Humanities and the African-American Association of Young Entrepreneurs
For more information contact Popa use @ 267-975-5517 or MauriceHenderson @ 267-230-0317 and 215-254-9314
|
18
8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
BLEW 4-tet:
MARSHALL ALLEN- EVI, reeds
ELLIOTT LEVIN- words, reeds
MARC EDWARDS & WEASEL WALTER - drums
with Color Is Luxury opening!
The Color Is Luxury (Charles Cohen + Hair_Loss) sound is always improvisational, changing and evolving, ranging from very dense and harsh to minimal and ambient with some beats/pulses, based on their mood at the time and the atmosphere of the space they're playing in. Regardless of the situation, they manage to come up with something truly unique.
Elliott Levin: Have you seen this man walking the streets of Philly? His signature single dread emits musical spores over sidewalks, music halls, and coffeehouses. Elliott is the ubiquitous Philadelphia musician. He has played with everyone, reading his poetry into his flute, literally, improvising with Charles Cohen, Rick Iannacone, and New Ghost, et al. Elliott studied music and creative writing at the University of Oregon. He also studied extensively with Michael Guera (former saxophonist with the Philadelphia Orchestra), Cecil Taylor (pianist/composer/improviser), and Claire Polin (flutist/composer). Elliott has performed with groups including Cecil Taylor’s Ensemble, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Odeon Popes’ Sax Choir, Scram!, New Ghost, Atzilut (Fourth World), and Talking Free Bebop. He has collaborated in performance with poets Miguel Algarin, Gloria Tropp, Mbali Umoja, Marty Watt, and Frank Messina & Spoken Motion among many others. Venues have included Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The United Nations, The U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Yale University, The Greek Theater, Watts Towers, Lollapalooza! and scores of galleries, clubs and theaters. In 1999, he performed at the Crossing Borders Festival in the Hague, the Sexial Jazz Festival in Lisbon and Portugal, The Alternative Festival in Prague, and the Sonic Logos Festival in Philadelphia. Elliott has received awards from New American Radio (New York), The City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts and the California Endowment for the Humanities. A prolific poet, Eliott’s work has appeared in L.A. Weekly, Blue Beat Jacket (Japan), The Painted Word, Po’ Fly, Vital Pulse, Poets & Prophets, and Intervals: The Poems of Musicians (Beehive & Sisyphus Press).
Weasel Walter (first name, last name) is best known as the drummer and primary composer for the cult punk jazz/no wave/brutal prog band, The Flying Luttenbachers. Between 1991 and 2007, the group recorded 16 full-length albums, toured Europe and the US extensively, and included such musicians as Ken Vandermark, Mick Barr, Ed Rodriguez (Deerhoof), Jeb Bishop, Jonathan Hischke (Hella) and Fred Lonberg-Holm in its ranks. Mr. Walter has also worked with groups like XBXRX, Behold...The Arctopus, Zs, Erase Errata, Bobby Conn, Burmese, Lair of the Minotaur and others. Also known as an improviser, Mr. Walter has performed and/or recorded with Evan Parker, Marshall Allen, Peter Evans, Henry Kaiser, Mary Halvorson, Marc Edwards, Nels Cline, William Hooker, Darius Jones, Jim O'Rourke, John Butcher, Vinny Golia, John Lindberg and members of ROVA among many others. Mr. Walter runs the ugEXPLODE record label which has recently released music by extreme/unclassifiable acts like White Suns, Burmese, Toy Killers, Orthrelm, Henry Kaiser and many others.
Marc Edwards studied drums while in Junior High School, played with the Manhattan Borough All City Band, All City High School Band, The Warriors Drum & Bugle Corps. He also studied at the Berklee School of Music with teachers Alan Dawson, Gene Roma and Les Harris. In addition, he had worked with David S. Ware in Apogee. This band was later absorbed into the Cecil Taylor Unit. Marc has toured the USA and Europe where the band did the recording, "Dark To Themselves," a record that has withstood the test of time, becoming a template of how to play Free Jazz. Marc continued working with David S. Ware, appearing on some Ware's early recordings, leaving the band after 20 years to strike out on his own. Personnel varies in Marc's band. After doing the album, "Time & Space, Vol. 1," Marc began calling his band, Slipstream Time Travel. The band has been fairly stable in terms of the musicians. Featured are: Tor Snyder, Ernest Anderson III, Takuma Kanaiwa - Electric Guitars; Gene Janas - Bass and Marc Edwards on Drums. Marc connected with Punk Rock musician Weasel Walter, working with him on the album "Firestorm," "Mysteries Beneath The Planet," and their most recent effort, "Blood of the Earth," all released from Ugexplode Record label. Weasel Walter moved to New York City in 2009. He and Marc immediately began working together in earnest. Marc plays in Weasel's "Cellular Chaos" band, and the Marc Edwards Weasel Walter Group with Marcus Cummins and Jeremy Viner. Full interview in All About Jazz: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=20296
Marshall Belford Allen, alto saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, bandleader, and arranger, was born May 25, 1924 in Louisville, KY and started clarinet lessons at age 10. At 18, he enlisted in the Army's 92nd Infantry (the Buffalo Soldiers), playing clarinet and alto saxophone in the 17th Division Special Service Band. Stationed in Paris during World War II, he played with pianist Art Simmons and saxophonist Don Byas, and he toured and recorded with James Moody during the late '40's. Upon honorable discharge, Mr. Allen enrolled in the Paris Conservatory of Music, studying clarinet with Delacluse. Returning to the States in 1951, Marshall settled in Chicago, where he led his own bands, playing in clubs and dance halls, while writing his own music and arrangements, as he continues to do today.
During the mid-'50's, Marshall met Sun Ra and became a student of his precepts. After joining the Sun Ra Arkestra in 1958, Marshall Allen led Sun Ra's formidable reed section for over 40 years (a role akin to the position of Johnny Hodges in the Duke Ellington orchestra). Marshall Allen lived, rehearsed, toured and recorded with Sun Ra almost exclusively for much of his musical career, leading the reed section during the time that the Sun Ra Arkestra won the "Downbeat" polls as number-one big band in 1988 and 1989. As a featured soloist with the Arkestra, Marshall pioneered the avante-garde jazz movement of the early '60's, expanding a style rooted in Johnny Hodges and Don Byas, and influencing all leading avante-garde saxophonists thereafter. During this time, Marshall also invented a woodwind instrument he called the "morrow," utilizing a saxophone mouthpiece attached to an open-hole wooden body. (This instrument is currently being marketed under another name, as Marshall never secured a patent on his invention).
Marshall Allen was one of the first jazz musicians to play traditional African music and what is now called "world music," working frequently with Olatunji and his Drums of Passion. In fact, Marshall is most likely the sole jazz musician who builds and plays the kora (a popular West African multi-stringed instrument), and he has been a major factor in its introduction to American audiences, as well as the world at large.
Marshall Allen is featured on over 200 Sun Ra releases, as well as appearing as special guest soloist in concert and on recordings with such diverse groups as NRBQ, Phish, Sonic Youth, Diggable Planets, Terry Adams, and Medeski, Martin & Wood.
Perhaps most significantly, Marshall Allen assumed the helm of the Sun Ra Arkestra in 1995 after the ascension of Sun Ra in 1993 and John Gilmore in 1995. Mr. Allen continues to reside at the Sun Ra Residence in Philadelphia, composing, writing and arranging for the Arkestra much like his mentor, totally committed to a life of discipline centered totally on the study, research, and further development of Sun Ra's musical precepts.
Marshall maintains the Sun Ra residence as a living museum dedicated to the compilation, restoration and preservation of Sun Ra's music, memorabilia, and artifacts. Marshall has launched the Sun Ra Arkestra into a dimension beyond that of mere "ghost" band by writing fresh arrangements of Sun Ra's music, as well as composing new music for the Arkestra. He works unceasingly to keep the big-band tradition alive, reworking arrangements of the music of Fletcher Henderson and Jimmie Lunceford for the Arkestra to play, along with many other American standards.
Marshall Allen is recognized all over the world as the premier avant-garde saxophonist, appearing in solo concert in London in 1995, duet with Terry Adams in 1997 in Canada, and featured in articles in "JazzTimes" (12/02), "Signal to Noise" Magazine, and innumerable other music magazines and radio and TV interviews. He is frequently called upon to give master classes, lectures, and demonstrations of Sun Ra's musical precepts, and he Keeps himself accessible to all who have an interest in Sun Ra's legacy.
Marshall Allen plays the alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, oboe, kora, and E.V.I. (Electronic Valve Instrument).
Admission is FREE
|
19
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Join Bowerbird for its first event exploring sound poetry, an artistic form that bridges literary and musical composition.
As Joan La Barbara reminds us, voice is the original instrument. Even when text is simply read aloud, the prosody (the rhythm, stress, and intonation of the speech) conveys as much information, if not more, as the words themselves. As early as the 1600s, poets like Benjamin Johnshon began to see the possibility of merging text and the voice as a sound making apparatus. More recently, sound poets such as Raoul Hausmann, Christian Bök, Henri Chopin, or chris cheek, have created extremely bold texts yielding some of the most extreme forms of vocal performance.
A program for the uninitiated and the more seasoned prosodic travelers, writer and editor Danny Snelson has assembled a survey of texts, micro-lectures, and instantaneous digital publications to be performed by a cast of emerging sound poets. Testing the "catalog of effects" at play in the practice of sound poetry, this event queries a broad database of historical forms to consider potentials for the contemporary application of poetic performance at the very limits of the human voice.
Admission is FREE
|
20
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
CANCELLED! back on May 18!
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
|
|
21
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
FANTASY WEAVERS
Original Opera and Theatre for Children and Adults
Presents
Becky Butterfly and the Story of the Wayward Wasp
2 shows! 2:30pm and 4:30pm
A Children’s opera, about the importance of accepting differences in others, and ending bullying.
Original Children’s Fantasy Opera returns to the Rotunda
“Becky Butterfly and the Story of the Wayward Wasp,” a nature fantasy opera especially for children, will be presented by Fantasy Weavers. This show is back by popular demand, having premiered in October of 2011 at The Rotunda. Fantasy Weavers is an opera company whose mission is to reach out to the community in Philadelphia and other areas of the US, to bring a message of positivity through music and drama. Through our children’s shows, we hope to reach the underprivileged, at-risk children in poor neighborhoods with schools that do not have art, nor the funding for it. Both the book and the music of “Becky Butterfly” were written by Kate Quinn, President of Fantasy Weavers.
Kate Quinn conceived and wrote the story of Becky Butterfly at age 6. She was a very imaginative and inventive child who interacted with fantasy playmates, creating then in her head as she fabricated her stories. Kate had brought her childhood imaginings to life in this wonderful manifestation of her childhood wonderland. Be prepared for color, lights, and music! An effervescent and magical experience for the whole family!
“Becky Butterfly and the Story of the Wayward Wasp” focuses on Becky the butterfly who, while bullied by a wasp named Kevin, soon realizes this wasp is a fluke of nature, born a “male worker wasp.” This is a very strange turn of events, because in the insect world, “worker wasps” are always female, and “drone wasps” are always male. However, Kevin Wasp finds himself with a stinger, a gift that no drone has ever been given. He also has the ability to fly large distances and forage in meadows for nectar….activities usually reserved for “garden variety” female workers. Because Kevin is so different in this sense, no worker or drone wants to associate with him. They ostracize him and bully him terribly. Winona, the “Queen Wasp,” who also finds Kevin strange, makes very little attempt to stop the other wasps from attacking him. Enter Becky Butterfly, who bravely decides to befriend Kevin because she feels for him and his plight. She confronts Winona, the Queen, asking her to stop letting the other wasps bully Kevin.
Featured in the cast and crew are Kate Quinn(Becky Butterfly), John Rudolph(Kevin Wasp), Sharon Derstine(Queen Winona the Wasp), and Echo Shi, Alyssa Lehman, Stephen Raytek and Raja Vaidya as the Queen’s court, as well as meadow flowers. Production is by Kate Quinn, Stage Direction is by Dorothy Cardella, and Musical Direction is by Ting Ting Wong. Sets are provided by Dorothy Cardella and Eve Edwards. Costume Designer is Lois Babbit.
More about Becky Butterfly: www.fantasyweavers.org/ChildrensTheatre.html
More about other shows by Fantasy Weavers: www.fantasyweavers.org
Admission:
Adults: $10
Children over 10/ Students/ Seniors: $5
Children under 10: FREE
You can buy advance tickets HERE
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
FANTASY WEAVERS
Original Opera and Theatre for Children and Adults
Presents
Becky Butterfly and the Story of the Wayward Wasp
2 shows! 2:30pm and 4:30pm
A Children’s opera, about the importance of accepting differences in others, and ending bullying.
“Becky Butterfly and the Story of the Wayward Wasp,” a nature fantasy opera especially for children, will be presented byFantasy Weavers. This show is back by popular demand, having premiered in October of 2011 at The Rotunda. Fantasy Weavers is an opera company whose mission is to reach out to the community in Philadelphia and other areas of the US, to bring a message of positivity through music and drama. Through our children’s shows, we hope to reach the underprivileged, at-risk children in poor neighborhoods with schools that do not have art, nor the funding for it. Both the book and the music of “Becky Butterfly” were written by Kate Quinn, President of Fantasy Weavers.
Kate Quinn conceived and wrote the story of Becky Butterfly at age 6. She was a very imaginative and inventive child who interacted with fantasy playmates, creating then in her head as she fabricated her stories. Kate had brought her childhood imaginings to life in this wonderful manifestation of her childhood wonderland. Be prepared for color, lights, and music! An effervescent and magical experience for the whole family!
“Becky Butterfly and the Story of the Wayward Wasp” focuses onBecky the butterfly who, while bullied by a wasp named Kevin, soon realizes this wasp is a fluke of nature, born a “male worker wasp.” This is a very strange turn of events, because in the insect world, “worker wasps” are always female, and “drone wasps” are always male. However, Kevin Wasp finds himself with a stinger, a gift that no drone has ever been given. He also has the ability to fly large distances and forage in meadows for nectar….activities usually reserved for “garden variety” female workers. Because Kevin is so different in this sense, no worker or drone wants to associate with him. They ostracize him and bully him terribly. Winona, the “Queen Wasp,” who also finds Kevin strange, makes very little attempt to stop the other wasps from attacking him. Enter Becky Butterfly, who bravely decides to befriendKevin because she feels for him and his plight. She confronts Winona, the Queen, asking her to stop letting the other wasps bully Kevin.
Featured in the cast and crew are Kate Quinn(Becky Butterfly), John Rudolph(Kevin Wasp), Sharon Derstine(Queen Winona the Wasp), andEcho Shi, Alyssa Lehman, Stephen Raytek and Raja Vaidya as the Queen’s court, as well as meadow flowers. Production is by Kate Quinn, Stage Direction is by Dorothy Cardella, and Musical Direction is by Ting Ting Wong. Sets are provided by Dorothy Cardella and Eve Edwards. Costume Designer is Lois Babbit.
Admission:
Adults: $10
Children over 10/ Students/ Seniors: $5
Children under 10: FREE
You can buy advance tickets HERE
|
22
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
The Makanda Project
The Makanda Project is an ensemble based in Makanda Ken McIntyre's hometown of Boston and dedicated to continuing Makanda's legacy through the performance of his music - specifically, by playing compositions which Makanda never had the opportunity to record or perform in public. An enormous body of such work exists, reflecting the full range of his imagination as a composer. The group hopes that there will be a heightened appreciation for Makanda's significance as a musician.
The band, which was formed in 2005, includes some of Boston’s most renowned jazz musicians as well as some members from New York. The leader, pianist John Kordalewski, who studied and performed with Makanda, has written arrangements for the large group, working from the lead sheets in Makanda's notebooks. For this concert, the Makanda Project is pleased to welcome Philadelphia saxophonist, Odean Pope, as a guest soloist. Also, compositions from the work of the late Bill Barron, a native of Philadelphia, will be performed in addition to the music of Makanda Ken McIntyre. Barron and Makanda were contemporary pioneers of Jazz Education in New York and Connecticut beginning in the 1960's. And, Bill Barron, elder brother of master pianist Kenny Barron, was a contemporary and friend and musical colleague of John Coltrane, Jimmy Heath and Benny Golson when they were all developing as young lions in Philadelphia in the 1940's and early 1950's.
Doors at The Rotunda will open at 7:30
Kurtis Rivers – alto saxophone
Arni Cheatham – alto saxophone, flute
Odean Pope – tenor saxophone
Lance Bryant – tenor saxophone, flute
Sean Berry – tenor saxophone, flute
Charlie Kohlhase – baritone saxophone
Jerry Sabatini – trumpet
Eddie Allen – trumpet
Robert Stringer – trombone
Bill Lowe – bass trombone, tuba
Diane Richardson – voice
John Kordalewski – piano
John Lockwood – bass
Yoron Israel – drums
Warren Smith – drums, percussion
Mickey Davidson - dance
Admission is FREE
|
23
|
24
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Art-Reach
presents a FREE
Artist Networking Event
and
Resource Fair
Are you an artist interested in working with new and non-traditional audiences?
April 24, 2013 | 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Art-Reach is searching for talented teaching artists
In “speed dating” style, each artist will be given 10 minutes to tell Art-Reach why they want to be an Art-Reach Roster Artist and explain the art-making experience(s) they wish to lead. Our team aims to learn about new artists, their creative disciplines and proposed workshop ideas geared to serving Art-Reach’s members. Artists that meet Art-Reach’s criteria will be invited to begin the full process of joining the paid artist roster.
Art-Reach serves people of all ages and abilities; including youth, seniors and adults that are economically disadvantaged, have cognitive disabilities, have physical disabilities, are blind or deaf and/or have mental illness. Artists should share the populations with whom they feel most connected and at ease leading.
Simultaneously, we’ll be hosting a Resource Fair for Individual Artists with representatives from:
40th Street Artists in Residence Art in City Hall in Philadelphia CFEVA InLiquid Mainline Arts Center Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Young Rembrandts Stockton Rush Bartol The Art-Reach Art Connection Program
What to Bring
• Portfolio or samples of art work
• Examples of work from completed workshops demonstrating audience participation
• Resume
• Proposed Interactive workshop ideas that can be completed in 1-3 hour blocks of time
• An open and friendly demeanor, with a Service Friendly perspective
To pre-register email noidick@art-reach.org or call 215-568-2115 x4
This is event is FREE | RSVPs appreciated
Those that RSVP will be able to choose their time slot in advance
|
25
7:00 PM - 1:00 AM
The Gathering welcomes the Red Bull BC One Philadelphia Cypher
On April 25th, some of Philadelphia's best B-Boys will head to The Rotunda for the Red Bull BC One Philadelphia Cypher. 16 B-Boys will be invited to compete 1 on 1 with judges, Ronnie, Domkey, and Float making the final decision on who makes it through to the next round. Local Philly MC and B-Boy, Fame 1 will be on the mic all night with DJ's Skeme Richards and Crazy Legs giving these participants some dope beats to break to!
Doors at 7pm; event til midnight.
Admission is $7.00
|
26
8:00 PM - 12:00 AM
The Great Quentini
Quentin Davis is The Great Quentini. He is a sculptor and a performance artist who makes his costumes and musical sculptures out of found materials. He has shows in which he wears costumes, plays these musical sculptures, and tells humorous stories; acting out the parts that defy words. These stories are often from his life experience.
Genetique
Aaron Todd is from the Philadelphia area and has been composing electronic music for five years under the name Genetique. Recently, he has performed at Electro-Music 2011 & 2012. A major part of Aaron's music is live manipulation and deformation of rhythmic elements. Many of his themes evoke the feeling of travel by the use of textures that slowly evolve throughout the song. Aaron utilizes both hardware and software instruments, and tends to write music in a minor key that does not conform to a particular genre. His influences include Aphex Twin, Autechre, Tipper, and Cex.
Mar8ram (pronounced Mar-bram)
An electroacoustic duo featuring Bill Marconi on various percussion and Wyman Brantley on computer electronics & electric guitar. Working in the elecroacoustic free improvisation lineage, mar8ram creates a music with space, echoing the classic lineage of this music while leaving room for new innovations to take root. Their most recent CD is entitled Antemeridian.
The Event Horizon concert series is a Philadelphia, PA based concert series featuring Ambient, Electronic, Experimental and Space Music.
|
27
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sisters With Initiative To Change Humanity, Inc. (SWITCH)
and
TrendSetters, Inc.
present
B~YOU~til~Full© Women’s Conference
Leave filled with yourself!
Invited Special Guest Speakers
Tanya Morris, CEO
“Power of the T” Enterprises
Nancy Roth, Ph.D.
Director, Mental Health Services
Phila FIGHT
MoShay Lauren
WRNB 100.3
WORKSHOPS
HAIR: Natural vs. Weave
DETACH the CLUTTER
GRIEF vs GRATITUDE
NUTRITION: Diabetes, Heart Disease
InternETIQUETTE!
Fashion & JEWELRY
B~INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS
Line DANCING Lessons * B~SERENE Meditation Techniques
Conference Co-Sponsors DS Jewelry, Maitri Moments, and Loveworks24.7
Admission: $ 5 in advance / $ 13 at door
Tickets 215-301-0053* 267-318-5856* 609-280-5126
Tax deductible portion of proceeds donated to Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN) and National Organization for Women
|
|
28
|
29
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Whether you're a Penn student studying for finals or you just need some good music, and good people on a Monday after work, come out!
The Outlet! and CSSP: Community School Student Partnerships
present
STUDY BREAK
with
Mixed People
a funky soul, fusion band with a splash of alternative. It was formed by guitarist, Paulette Branson in August 2012. Band members include: Paulette Branson - lead guitar and vocals; Porsha Branson - vocals; Pierre Nix - percussion and vocals; Bird Williams - keys and vocals; George Tillman - bass; and Najashi Abdur-Rasheed - drums. Mixed People has performed at various Philly venues, such as World Cafe Live, The Legendary Dobbs, The Grape Room, Studio 98 and Elena’s Soul Lounge. The name Mixed People derived from colors that bloomed out of the whole funk and nothing but the funk, and it’s an appreciation for human differences and various genres of music. The sound is fun, loving and energizing. A Mixed People debut EP is in progress, featuring original songs, Shark Attack, the Window Song, Desire and other fan favorites. The band is quickly stamping its sound in Philly and has plans to stamp the world.
ill doots
a Philadelphia based hip hop band which started in 2009 as a dorm room studio project between a few passionate musicians and has since then evolved into an 11 piece live band. Eclectic personalities give way to eclectic sounds. Soul, Funk, Jazz, Rock, and Hip Hop are some of the few genres that make up ILL Doots’ original sound.
Big Tusk
Admission is FREE
|
30
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Oren Ambarchi, electric guitar
Ars Nova Workshop is excited to present Australia’s Oren Ambarchi, an experimental guitarist who effortlessly blurs the lines between drone, metal, noise, ambient, rock and contemporary classical music.
Spin called 'Sagittarian Domain,' one of several 2012 releases by Oren Ambarchi, “a 33-minute black acid trance-out that rides a Neu!-matic groove into haunting, ghostly pits of oblivion.” The Australian multi-instrumentalist has worked with John Zorn, Fennesz, Evan Parker, Merzbow, Sunn O))), and many other experimental artists. As hinted by his numerous collaborators, Ambarchi’s music defies popular categories and thrives on pluralism.
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
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)
Click to Close