The vibrant pulse of Philadelphia's poetic scene is set to come alive as Philly Reincarnated hosts The Nuyorican Slam Team in a 4 round scrimmage!This event is a fundraiser dedicated to sending the Philly Reincarnated a team of Philly-based poets to compete on a national stage a Southern Fried Poetry Slam in Orlando, Florida, this June.The excitement is building for what's to come!

Tickets are 2 for $30 in advance, $29 day of (incl. fees). Buy tickets HERE

FEMINISMS AGAINST AUTHORITARIANISM: A Bridging Dyke and Trans Feminisms EventIn an authoritarian political moment strongly defined by overt anti-trans, anti-disability, anti-poor, anti-queer, racist and misogynist policy-setting in the context of an ever-growing police state, it is necessary that our intersectional communities build a tighter web of defiance, looking to feminist principles of solidarity and resistance to guide us. The work in the Bridging Dyke and Trans Feminisms exhibit speaks collectively to the intersection of feminisms, community care, world-building, and the continuing fight for Trans and Queer liberation.The May 4 discussion will delve deeper into aspects of feminism, art, and organizing that are at the heart of the exhibit.Our three Philly-based panelists are:

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Clementine (emo/punk from Rockford, IL) with @mycousinsgirlfriendshouse @attackdogband & @womeninsports_band. Admission is $15

Doors at 6:30pm. Show at 7pm. 

RESCHEDULED FROM SUNDAY FEB 22 DUE TO BLIZZARD!!

I Can Do Bad All By Myself, A Rick Watson stage play to encourage breaking the cycle of abuse in a relationship. Performances at 4pm and 7pm. Admission is FREE

RESCHEDULED FROM SUNDAY FEB 22 DUE TO BLIZZARD!!

I Can Do Bad All By Myself, A Rick Watson stage play to encourage breaking the cycle of abuse in a relationship. Performances at 4pm and 7pm.

Fire Museum Presents: Yeison Landero:

If you’re talking about cumbia royalty, there is no higher court than that of Andrés Landero — long considered the king of cumbia across the world for his contributions to the tropical genre. Yeison, his grandson, caught Andrés’ attention at the age of 7, when he displayed not just a raw talent for interpreting melodies, but also a pure love for the music — un corazón cumbiambero.

From the heart of the Montes de María region on Colombia's Caribbean coast, the birthplace of Cumbia, Yeison Landero has emerged as one of the genre's leading figures worldwide.

At the age of seven, he received his first accordion from his grandfather Andrés, becoming the only member of the family chosen to learn directly from him. Under his guidance, he inherited not only that musical treasure but also the soul of a minstrel and the virtuosity of the instrument. From then on, his path was marked by a clear mission: to preserve, innovate, and bring Cumbia to new audiences.

Yeison grew up surrounded by music. In his early years, his home was visited by musicians of the highest stature: Alfredo Gutiérrez, Lizandro Meza, Calixto Ochoa, Enríquez Díaz, Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto… innumerable distinguished folk figures performed around his kitchen table. The first band he performed in was with Andrés Landero himself — he and his sister were introduced as “los nietos de Andrés Landero”, performing cumbia at festivals, concerts, and fairs across Colombia. In 2025, he was nominated for a Latin Grammy with Los Kumbia Stars for the song "Baila Kolombia" in the Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album category, and in October of that year, he participated in the WOMEX showcase, the world's most important global music expo.

Yeison has dedicated his life to the genre and the instrument of his family legacy, in the spirit of Andrés, and he is rightly called the heir to cumbia. He lights up every stage he plays on.

Admission is $10-$20 sliding scale. 

venue is wheelchair accessible

Gordon Kurowski considers his compositions as freeform aural paintings, each tone a stroke of the brush. Frequency and color a synesthetic experience. Gordon brings his history of playing classical, rock, jazz, and free improvisation to bear on each performance to share the emotion and experience of a moment in time with listeners. Gordon uses traditional and electronic instruments both analog and digital in the construction of his sonic environments. p.s. – an Aubstraction is an aural abstract.

Laura Feathers is an experimental sound artist whose compositional process relies heavily on improvisation using synthesizers and loopers. Her improvisations can be found on SoundCloud under the name Magic Sun. Laura has performed with the Dark Circuits Bunker Orchestra, whose album Ten Minutes Late with No Bus in Sight and No Taxi Either was released on Gold Bolus Recordings in 2017. She is also featured on the recently released Dark Circus Orchestra Tribute to Phill Niblock Concert at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn on Philippe Petit’s label Modulisme available on Bandcamp.

Johnny Lancia realizes blissed-out ambient works and concerts under the name Huron. His music is filled with heady drones and intriguing rhythms that reflect the natural world – filtered through a variety of modular synthesizers, analog electronics and digital manipulation processes. Lancia’s synthesizers, a paradise of hidden synergies, conspire with the composer to realize a beautiful, untouchable sonic realm – as electrical currents spill out into the world with a charged dreamy glow.

Admission is FREE

Dialogues 7: Charumathi Raghuraman & Anantha R Krishnan

Co-presented with Sruti The India Music & Dance Society - Celebrating 40 years of Sruti and 25 years of Fire Museum Presents!

Dialogues: A Conversation and Performance is a series of events in which we invite someone to discuss their creative process and present an aspect or aspects of their work. For the sixth edition we present Carnatic (South Indian classical) musicians Charumathi Raghuraman (violin) & Anantha R Krishnan (mridangam).

Charumathi Raghuraman is a young and vibrant violin virtuoso gifted with a refreshing candor of combining the elements of traditional music from India’s exalted Carnatic tradition, with modern performance. She belongs to a special pedigree of artists who search for the beauty in creating and sharing the art as a live experience.​ She started learning from her mother Smt. Rama Raghuraman, then continued formalized training with the respected Guru Smt. T.R. Balamani in Mumbai, and soon thereafter, at the suggestion of the iconic violinist of South India, Padma Bhushan Prof. T. N. Krishnan, Charumathi became his ardent disciple in 1995. She has also studied Carnatic vocal music with the renowned teacher Padma Bhushan Sri. P. S. Narayanaswami. ​She played her debut concert along side Prof. T. N. Krishnan in 1998 and since then has been performing regularly both as a soloist and accompanist. She is an ‘A grade’ artist of the All India Radio and Doordarshan.

A rare phenomenon in the world of music, Anantha R. Krishnan started his musical journey on the mridangam, the principle drum of the Carnatic tradition. The grandson and disciple of the great mridangam maestro, Shri. Palghat R. Raghu, he first learned the fundamentals of the mridangam under his uncle, Shri. R. Ramkumar and then began an official tutelage under his grandfather at the age of five. He performed his first concert at the age of seven and before the age of twenty performed alongside a rare generation of Indian classical musicians like, Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Prof. T.N. Krishnan, Dr. KJ Yesudas, Mandolin Srinivas, among many others. He currently serves as faculty of percussion at A.R. Rahman’s KM Music Conservatory in Chennai, India.

Admission is FREE; donations appreciated

venue is wheelchair accessible.

Bowerbird is thrilled to welcome back Laraaji, a key figure in the evolution of ambient music whose distinctive sound has been captivating listeners for decades. Philadelphia-born and New Jersey-raised, Laraaji has pursued spiritual transcendence through music since the mid-1970s. After years of developing an aesthetic shaped by Eastern philosophies and transcendental research in his longtime Harlem home, Laraaji’s breakthrough came when Brian Eno discovered him busking in Washington Square Park in 1979, improvising celestial meditations on his electric zither. This encounter led to a collaboration on Eno’s influential Ambient series, resulting in the 1980 album Day of Radiance.

Since then, Laraaji has become a defining figure in new age and ambient music, known for his commitment to hand-crafted sounds over synthesizers and his embrace of a human presence in his performances. Whether playing monochord instruments, singing, or using electronics-kissed percussion, his music remains rooted in a cosmic African-American tradition. His soundscapes are as hypnotically beautiful as they are rich with moments of tension and dissonance, bringing depth to his trance-inducing explorations. For over four decades, Laraaji’s work has continued to evolve, inviting listeners into deep states of reflection while remaining grounded in a deeply personal musical journey.

Admission is FREE