| Past Schedule beginning with November 2006 |
| Fri. 11/3/06, 9pm The Art Of War Lyricist Competition The Art Of War Lyricist Competition blurs the line between slam poetry and hip-hop in a way that Saul Williams and Russell Simmons could never have imagined. 32 enthusiastic men and women will gather in Philadelphia to experience the heartfelt and intense contest called The Art of War Lyricist Competition. The brainchild of experimental hip hop artist Jalima Shani, this event showcases two spoken urban poetry forms in an entirety new light. Slam poets will compete along with traditional emcees in 4 rounds each showcasing their lyrical talent, written, and improv abilities. At the end of the evening, the most creative and passionate performer will take home the grand prize of $1,000 (provided by Chuckie Odem Media), amongst other notable prizes. Hosted by Jalima Shani, MADD ILLZ of SECRET SIRCLE , FULL IMPACT ALL STARZ and BEAT MINISTRY Performances by: Iron Solomon- Legendary Battle Emcee and host of 'End of The Weak,' New York's Longest running open mic; Jalima Shani(Philadelphia)- Nonsense Records, Artist, Creator of the Art of War, Co-Host, Co-Creator of the upcoming Live from Union Square TV Show; Madd Illz (Orlando)- Breaklanta 5 champ, Battle Basics 2&5 champ, Illfest (Atlanta) champ, Scribble Jam tour (Tampa) champ, Battlegrounds (Kentucky) Champ; DJ Rod One (Orlando)- Nonsense Records Judges for The Art of War Lyricist Competition include Iron Solomon, a notable Scribble Jam competitor; Ibe-4-Evr of Philadelphia's long-running jam session The Gathering (every last Thursday here at The Rotunda!); Mighty Flipside from the Illvibe Collective; and Godhead, the General co-founder of the T.H.O.R. Takeover emcee cipher held weekly at Medusa Lounge. Enter The Zone TV has agreed to provide live television coverage for the evening which will air on WWJT channel 7. This network features multi-cultural programming with a broadcast reach of 1.2 million homes in the Philly metro area. Covering the airwaves that night will be 1360 AM's IIour Hip-Hop Show to provide interviews for contestants and play by play details of all the verbal spells being cast by the performers. Also in attendance will be "Live From Union Square" a new hip hop show being filmed for Rock Me TV, a syndicated internet television network based out of New York which is part Myspace and part MTV. Admission is $5+
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| Sat. 11/4/06, 7pm BIG ART SHOW PHILADELPHIA Big Art Shows give local, unknown, and independent artists a chance to perform and display their work to their peers in an environment that is lead by volunteers who are driven by a passion to create a place devoid of the pressures and of the corporate media. Exhibitors/vendors: Elizabeth Core, Sarah Ingerson, Sara C. Scotton, Sarah Maier, Paul Maier, Sheila Helms, FOOL PERIOD, Laura Facenda Photography, Liv Soule, Wendy Goldberg Dan Slyfield, Digenger, travis applegate, Jim Horwat, Derek Mohr, George Hoffman, James Patterson, Jessica Gamble, Danielle Yurchinkonis, Lindsey Henon, nicole delrossi, George E. Cordero, Maria Pace Darin Prey-Harbaugh, colleen naughton, Nabeel Muaddi, ruy mejia, Amy M. Boras, Andrew Martyanov, PROJECT peach, jen hitchings, Aestro, Helen Kennedy, Robert L. Jenkins, aj nutter sarahbean of fuzzheadz, Nose, Mandy Heck, Rose Principe, David Williams, GeekboyPress, Jenn Kakoyannis, LABOLD BROTHERS INK, Michael shane simmons, Genell Canty, Michael Tolbert, Amy Groark, S. Jenx, Monica Pace, Dave Meszaros, David Williams Music by: Mr.Marbles – http://www.myspace.com/mrmarblesband, Screaming Females – http://www.myspace.com/screamingfemales, The Silence Kit – http://www.myspace.com/thesilencekit, Beast Infection – http://www.myspace.com/projectoperation, Univox – http://www.myspace.com/univoxmusic + Live Painting! Download a print-friendly flyer at http://bigartshow.com/BigArtShow_files/BASPhilly6.jpg
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| Sun. 11/5/06, 12-6pm NERDCON! NerdCon is a Philadelphia mini convention based in the realm of fandom. Local vendors set up showcasing artwork, home-made crafts and various merchandise such as comic books, toys and action figures, gaming, anime, fantasy, DVDs, video tapes and horror. Local DJs play music throughout the day to help give the event a party atmosphere and keep the energy strong. NerdCon was developed from the need to have a Philadelphia-based mixed convention that was affordable for both novice vendors and the public. The first NerdCon successfully occurred on Saturday, July 10th 2004. Nearly 40 vendors will be present! Vendor Tables are SOLD OUT! NERDCON. Be there and be square.
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Wed. 11/8/06, 7pm Sherman Community Arts ALEC K REDFEARN PERFORMER DESCRIPTIONS Alec K Redfearn Vialka Fence Kitchen F! Pepi Ginsberg
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Thu. 11/9/06, 8pm Andrew's Video Vault Presents This month's program is "A Little Night Music" BOARDING HOUSE BLUES KANSAS CITY MOON OVER HARLEM
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Fri. 11/10/06, 7pm The Doohickey Project comes to Philadelphia! Workshops include anatomy, menstruation, physiology and fertility cycles, abortion options, and facilitated discussion on starting local health collectives and networking. More info: nixiesticks@yahoo.com
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Sun. 11/12/06, 7pm Melange Theatre, "Live" was founded and created to provide talented people with a stage on which to experiment, gain exposure, develop or maintain a following, network with other east coast entertainers, gain publicity, market merchandise, and maintain a performance level in times of "performance famine"... In short, to have a great time performing in a no stress, non-competitive environment. At the heart of Melange Theatre's philosophy is the rationale that talent needs to be valued, respected, nurtured, encouraged and given the opportunity to mature, develop and grow without financial encumbrance. Appearing this month:Penni Gould (Vocalist) At Melange Theatre, "Live", the magic happens fueled solely by the energy of pure bliss that comes from producing something important and beneficial without a profit motive. This is truly "theater for the joy of theatre". The talented professionals that perform at Melange Theatre, "Live" come from all over the country and the world. They are from diverse backgrounds and levels of experience, but they all have one thing in common: extreme talent and the burning desire to entertain. TO AUDITION: please contact Penni Gould: 215-923-1790 pgould@melangetheatre.info;
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Tue. 11/14/06, 7pm Black Magic Woman Productions "Split Second" by Directed by Karen Vix When racism rears its ugly head, an ordinary cop - one who's prided himself on doing the 'right' thing - makes a deadly decision that changes his life forever. INFO:
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Wed. 11/15/06, 7pm and 9pm CURRENTLY FRANKLIN: THE STORY OF A PAPER BOY "One the of the gems of [the 2006] FOR TICKETS, CONTACT OR VISIT THE ANNENBERG CENTER BOX OFFICE (36th and Walnut Streets): 215.898.3900 !!!! GREAT FOR ADULTS AND KIDS!!!
Giant buckle shoes, moving sculptures, dancers, comic actors, puppetry, a lyrical script, and eclectic soundscape. Currently Franklin is a delight to watch, and a pleasure to hear. It stretches the aesthetics of storytelling, illuminates history, and entertains as it follows the story of Franklin from childhood, where he longs to be a sailor, through his life as printer, scientist, and diplomat. Throughout its Spring tour, this show engaged and mesmerized diverse audiences, from children as young as 3 to college students to Franklin scholars. Featuring: Karin Bookbinder, Kate Carr, Charlie Delmarcelle, Aaron Mumaw, and Sebastienne Mundheim Sound Design: James Sugg and Sebastienne Mundheim If you couldn't get a ticket for Currently Franklin during the Live Arts Festival in September 2006, get one now! Wednesday, NOV 15th at 7pm and 9pm; "Brilliant set work, ingenious interpretative movement, wonderfully creative puppetry" "Not only full of charm, it’s full of information and ideas. Suitable for children, as well as everybody else. Mundheim's commitment is clearly to both education and to art and it is a pleasure to see so much imagination harnessed to the task of teaching important and interesting lessons."
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Thu. 11/16/06, 8pm Ars Nova Workshop TODD MARGASAK'S DOUBLE DUO 69b "Starting with pre-composed melodic fragments, the music moves organically from Tanaka's fierce swirling grooves to Ajemian's meditative, standalone arco passages. Ajemian adds spontaneous vocals that range from howled chants to original poems sung as the kind of raw, plaintive folk music that the native of Virginia's mountain country seems to have in his blood." Chicago bassist Jason Ajemian studied with bassist Rufus Reid and Kevin Norton (Anthony Braxton). Active ensembles include Born Heller (with Josephine Foster), A Cushicle (with Jeff Parker), Dragons 1976, Mandarin Also on the bill is the debut of Todd Margasak's Double Duo. Cornetist Todd Margasak spent the formative years of his musical life in Chicago, as a student of the late A.A.C.M. trumpeter Ameen Muhammad and as a part of the then-burgeoning north side scene championed by Ken Vandermark. He currently resides in Philadelphia, where he is a member of Sonic Liberation Front, a
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Fri. 11/17/06, 8pm GATE Featured this month: MENOIR :: abstract idm/ambient/sound collage BEN FLEURY-STEINER :: dark atmospheric electronics SYNTHETIC BLOCK (with special guest Dave Fulton) :: progressive ambient music THE GREAT QUENTINI :: homemade instruments & performance art THEATRE OF THE MIND :: live visuals MENOIR: Jeff Bechtel has been performing with various ensembles in the Philadelphia area for more than 10 years. Menoir pieces are mostly live, real time performances. They use live and prerecorded sonic elements that are triggered and manipulated in real time through a large variety of digital processes. Even though a particular set of sounds or processes might be associated with a given piece, a very large array of vastly different versions are possible. Sound sources often consist of homebuilt electronics and instruments, and custom software. A significant portion of his recent performances are built around the PureData audio programming language, which allows some wildly biomorphic and complex composition. The music has foundations in IDM / ambient / abstract / noise aesthetics, but doesn't rely heavily on any particular style. BEN FLEURY-STEINER has been making atmospheric music for well over a decade. After years of tape recorded experiments, computers have enabled him to extend his sound experiments into a strange hybrid of musique concrete; combining samples, found sounds, and processing using Audiomulch software. In recent years, Fleury-Steiner has expanded his musique concrete vocabulary with midi-driven ambient elements, organic drone and feedback created with electric guitar played with ebow, a hardware looper, and numerous pedal effects. In addition to running and releasing music on his Wilmington, Delaware based label, Gears of Sand, Fleury-Steiner has released music on Dissonance (U.S.), Umbra (Italy), and the Mystery Sea (Belgium) labels. A forthcoming release, "He Dreams in Rivers" will be released early next year by Taalem Records (Paris, France). SYNTHETIC BLOCK: Jonathan Block has been recording and releasing electronic music for over 20 years. He created the term “progressive ambient music” to describe his explorations of the ambient, space and progressive domains. Block’s latest CD, Escape Velocity, is available on the Gears of Sand label. Other CDs have been released on labels such as Hypnos and Mindspore. Block's next CD, Means of Ascent, will be released on Gears of Sand in 2007. Dave Fulton is a founding member of Portland Oregon's Dweller at the Threshold. He has done several solo and side projects that have included two CDs with Hypnos recording artist Mike Griffin and another with Holland's Free System Project. Dave is currently finishing work with Giles Reaves on a soon to be released project. This show marks the debut live performance of Fulton and Block together.
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Sat. 11/18/06, 7pm Philly Youth Poetry Slam Youth must be 13-19 years of age to participate. |
Sun. 11/19/06, 2-4pm Black Public Issues Forum The topic will be Empowering Ourselves Through Knowledge Of The Law. There will be a panel of special guests and an open Q&A session. For more information contact Sabir Bey 267.918.5538, or listen in to Civil Alert World Friday nights at 9pm on WURD 900AM 215.634.8065
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Tue. 11/21/06, 7:30pm 3rd Tuesday
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Mon. 11/27, 7:15pm Every Monday, join us in the practice of Yoga instructed by Maryte Curran. Instructor Bio
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Tue. 11/28/06, 8pm RHYTHM&BREWS Productions Performances by: Dischord is a co-ed a cappella group from the University of Pennsylvania. Established in the fall of 1998, Dischord has a unique repertoire consisting of modern songs from a variety of musical styles and genres. Hayling Price aka Vocab is a conscious hip-hop artist hailing from New Rochelle, NY. Influenced by old school soul, funk and jazz of all kinds, Hayling Price brings an eclectic and gravitating style to his music. Malik Smith, a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, brings a perfect blend of soul and R&B. This pianist/singer/songwriter has already recorded more than two albums of his infectious melodies. Onda Latina is the premier Latin dance troupe at the University of Pennsylvania created in the fall of 1996 with the common vision to educate the PENN community about Caribbean and Latino culture through dance. The Excelano Project is a collective of spoken word poets dedicated to using art and expression as a means to spread their message to the Philadelphia community. Polymer is an explosive rock band from Philadelphia that has developed a reputation for having one of the most energetic stage shows around. Polymer’s music is original rock, highlighted by their catchy songwriting, elaborate instrumentation and four part vocals. The event will feature a raffle that will also go towards Strings for Schools as well. Tickets are $5 and with the purchase of a ticket you receive a raffle ticket. All additional raffle tickets are $1.
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Wed. 11/29/06, 7pm The Philadelphia Chapter of the Holistic Moms Network meets here on Final Wednesdays This chapter is a diverse group of holistic parents from across the city of Philadelphia, welcoming all area moms (and dads) with an interest in natural health and mindful parenting. This group's goal is to develop a dynamic and thriving local community of holistic parents with a wide range of interests and to explore a variety of topics related to holistic living and parenting. This chapter was created in July 2004 and has since grown into a wonderful community! Interested moms and dads are invited to attend a trial meeting to learn more about this community. Dads, grandparents, partners, and other caregivers are also welcome as members. Even future parents will find that this organization is a great place to learn and make new friends! Moms-to-be and new moms are encouraged to attend, ask questions, and seek to be informed.
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Thu. 11/30/06, 10pm-2am The Gathering
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Fri. 12/1/06 and Sat. 12/2/06, 7:30pm Puppet Uprising Two nights jam-packed with short puppet shows, art and music for everyone! WITH PERFORMANCES & ART FROM: Cheap Art Bazaar begins at 7:30, Cabaret at 8pm. ABOUT THE EVENT: Every December, Puppet Uprising puts together a roster of short puppet shows by local and out-of-town artists for our Year-End Cabaret. 2006 brings together pieces that were featured at puppetry festivals in Pittsburgh and North Carolina, along with some world premieres. The jolly Trash Worship elves (known colloquially as Yanbukis) have been toiling away on sackfuls of "Trash-To-Toys" for the impending holly--daze, and join resident painters and printmakers, potters and knitters, zinesters and scensters, at our 7th Annual Giant Cheap Art Bazaar. The whole shebang will be sweetened by the sounds of live Balkan dance music — horns, strings, drums, accordions, and yes, real live Balkans! ABOUT THE PUPPET SHOWS: The Great Quentini debuts a piece combining sound sculpture, costumed movement, and humanettes (human heads on tiny puppet bodies) to bring about bizarre stories that take us beyond our times. One question gets more than a simple answer when suitcase puppeteer Michele Posadas (Justice Works) asks "How Did I Get Here?" and connects the dots on a road trip to the colonial Philippines, the battlefields of World War II, and the dating bar that brought her into this world. MeansOfProductions (Daniel Lang/Levitsky from New York's Chinese Theater Works and Jews Against the Occupation) evokes words from modern Lebanon and medieval Iberia in Muqaddimah, a one-man montage of shifting images from Brooklyn to Beirut that remake the senses, the cities, and the heart. In last year's episode of Birds of a Feather, the Skekses (Sharon Wasko and Shannon Dunham, creators of Star Search) showed us how the power of wishes and whirled peas can help extraordinary entrees escape the clutches of holiday mastication. What have our handpuppet heroes been up to since? Come to Puppet Uprising's Year-End Cabaret and find out!
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Sun. 12/3/06, 10am-5pm Uhuru Holiday Bazaar The bazaar is a fundraiser for the Uhuru Movement programs for social and economic justice for the African community. With gifts from local artists and businesses selling: * Jewelry Sponsored by the Uhuru Solidarity Movement. For more information, including
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Mon. 12/4/06, 7:15pm Yoga for Life
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Tue. 12/5/06, 7pm Black Magic Woman Productions "Anna Lucasta" Directed by Lenny Daniels A torrid tale of love and greed, this 1950s Broadway hit stands as a a cautionary tale of what can happen when money, lies and deceit creative havoc in a family lost to themselves. Read by: A short Talk Back will follow the reading. INFO:
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Wed. 12/6/06, 8pm Hip Hop for Palestine A Fundraiser for SlingShot Hip Hop Admission: Sliding scale $5-$15 With Powerful poetry by: Jacob Winterstein (Philly) Live Hip Hop by: Son of Nun (revolutionary Hip Hop from B-more) Graffiti by The Legendary Pose 2 and Kasso This event needs VOLUNTEERS the night of the event. If you can help, set up, break down, run tables etc. Please email hiphop4palestine@gmail.com with VOLUNTEER in the subject line. If you would like to RENT A TABLE for $25 to sell products or give out information, Please email hiphop4palestine@gmail.com with TABLE in the subject line.
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Thu. 12/7/06, 9pm-1am The Klasik Hip Hop Movement Featuring DJ Cash Money Admission: There are 16 DJ slots. The fee to compete is $25. Prizes include a Rane TTM57 Serato DJ Mixer Register at 610-457-3493 or pkdj@klasikhiphopmovement.org Judges include:
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Fri. 12/8/06, 8pm Bowerbird ILLUSORY CORRELATIONS BLACKSBERG, HERNANDEZ and SEABROOK LITTLE OCEAN ILLUSORY CORRELATIONS Works by Burt... Works by Kasprzyk... What does a listener remember after he hears a new piece music? Each listener hears through a different set of musical experiences. Illusory Correlations is a performance exploring the construction of auditory experiences for an audience, and the interpretation or misinterpretation of the composer's intended musical messages. A composer may or may not try to make clear his musical intentions and what he purposes might be lost on his audience. The listeners with their own experiences may interpret the auditory information in ways that may exaggerate or diminish what the composer has invested and may even find value in aspects the composer did intend. The composer has provided the vessel in which more than just his ruminations on music can reside. We intend to investigate the boundaries of this phenomenon with a performance of newly composed works. We hope that you will be a part of the performance as observers and test subjects. [link]
NATHANIEL BARTLETT Allan Schindler: Precipice Nathaniel Bartlett was born in 1978 in Madison, Wisconsin. He studied at the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY), the Royal Academy of Music (London), and with the renowned marimbist, Leigh Howard Stevens. As an integral part of being dedicated to an instrument of our time (the modern marimba), he is also dedicated to the music of our time – constantly seeking out composers with whom to collaborate in the creation of new repertoire for the instrument. Recent collaboration projects include new music from Allan Schindler (Precipice), Augusta Read Thomas (Silhouettes), Greg Wilder (Interlude), and Jon Forshee (Verse From the Aethersphere). In particular, Nathaniel is interested in the integration of computers and other electronics in live performance, creating a high-definition, multi-dimensional, sound environment. In October 2005, Nathaniel finished the recording for his debut solo marimba album. The repertoire consists entirely of recent music by living American composers, featuring three world premiere recordings. The disc (a hybrid multi-channel SACD), entitled Precipice, will be released by Albany Records on August 1st, 2006. [link]
BLACKSBERG, HERNANDEZ and SEABROOK Daniel Blacksberg is a trombonist who is starting to make waves in jazz and improvised music along the East coast. He has performed with such acclaimed artists as Joe Morris, local and Joe Maneri in Boston and New York. A recent returnee to Philadelphia, Daniel is diving in to the exciting scene, playing with Toshi Makihara in a brass/drums quartet and with Dustin Hurt in Blackbird Daniel is graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, where he had the privilege of learning from many master teachers and talented peers.
LITTLE OCEAN Jake and Ben both started playing music on brass instruments, trumpet and trombone. As teenagers, they learned to play guitar for the obvious reasons. They both went to college in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where they got into bands like Don Caballero, Shellac, and Oxes. They played in bands ripping those bands off, including one with each other. More recently they've gotten into Afro-pop and the Reich/Riley type of minimalism -- arguably just to figure out where Ian Williams got his ideas. They've long been into John Fahey, both of them have, and last year they decided to see about trying an acoustic guitar duo. Jake also plays in the Magnet City Kids, a Philly party band, though he hates to party. Ben also plays in the Reptile Scum, an improv group in Tokyo, though he left Tokyo over two years ago.
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Sat. 12/9/06, 8:30pm Agent Moosehead AGENT MOOSEHEAD THE HYDROGEN JUKEBOX THE BOTTOM FEEDERS
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Sun. 12/10/06, 12-3pm The Liberty Center for the Survivors of Torture welcomes you to With: Featuring: ACAM-Guatemala ACAM ACAM is an association of traditional Mayan midwives who serve women in the rural areas of Quetzeltenango in a sanitary birthing center that respects and utilizes local spiritual and cultural methods of childbirth. The Liberty Center, in collaboration with ACAM, has initiated a women's Restoration Program (Vivir) to address issues of institutional and gender-based violence in the lives of Mayan women. The program offers bi-annual trainings for traditional healers and leaders to increase their knowledge and power to confront violence in the lives of women including trauma, models of healing, community organization, and self-protection. The program sponsors a local Mayan Mam social worker dedicated to working with women in addressing the consequence of violence at every level of their lives (economic, legal, psychological and spiritual).
ADAP is a volunteer agency of local leaders who support programs to confront needs, in the areas of health, education, community development and social marginalization within the Balimike community. ADAP assist health clinics, HIV Programs, orphanages, and preschool/ after school programs in rural areas to provide life-sustaining services to over 10,000 individuals. The Liberty Center, in collaboration with ADAP provides annual training for local leaders to increase their capacity in specialty areas (health, trauma and education), organizational development and community organization. The leadership development model utilized by the Liberty Center includes on-going technical assistance to the ADAP U.S. based-board through monthly meetings to support and guide the ADAP programs internationally.
VOCAAC VOCAAC is a volunteer organization of local professionals who provide programs for women and children residing in displaced communities addressing issues of war trauma, human rights, economic self-sufficiency and empowerment. The Liberty Center in collaboration with VOCAAC provides a yearly training on issues related to providing professional services in a post-conflict environment, as well as organizational development, grant writing and program evaluation. The Liberty Center sponsors a Women's Empowerment Center, which includes a computer-training program, micro-enterprise training, Internet café, and community gardens. The Liberty Center promotes economic self-sufficiency and the maintenance of restoration based services for women and children directed by survivors of violence in Liberia. The Liberty Center is a project of Lutheran Children and Family Service which serves families in need, and is affiliated with Liberty Lutheran Services (non-profit organizations).
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Sun. 12/10/06, 7pm Melange Theatre, "Live" was founded and created to provide talented people with a stage on which to experiment, gain exposure, develop or maintain a following, network with other east coastentertainers, gain publicity, market merchandise, and maintain a performance level in times of "performance famine"... In short, to have a great time performing in a no stress, non-competitive environment. At the heart of Melange Theatre's philosophy is the rationale that talent needs to be valued, respected, nurtured, encouraged and given the opportunity to mature, develop and grow without financial encumbrance. Appearing this month: TOM DETRIK - Singer Songwriter At Melange Theatre, "Live", the magic happens fueled solely by the energy of pure bliss that comes from producing something important and beneficial without a profit motive. This is truly "theater for the joy of theatre". The talented professionals that perform at Melange Theatre, "Live" come from all over the country and the world. They are from diverse backgrounds and levels of experience, but they all have one thing in common: extreme talent and the burning desire to entertain. A $7 donation will be encouraged at the door, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. TO AUDITION: please contact Penni Gould: 215-923-1790 pgould@melangetheatre.info; Carla Mariani: 215-732-5443 carlasclefs@aol.com
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Mon. 12/11/06, 3-6:30pm Philadelphia Mural Arts Program If you cannot attend the opening, please be sure to check out VIEWING HOURS Mondays and Thursdays 10am-5pm, through January 25. No viewing hours on Mondays Dec. 25, Jan. 1, or Jan. 15. From the Phila. Mural Arts Program: Big Picture is a year-long mural-training and art education program serving over 350 students ages 10 to 18 under the guidance of professional artists. If you have any questions about this exhibit or the Mural Arts Program's Art Education programs in general, please feel free to contact us by calling 215-685-0753 or by e-mailing maneesha.sane@phila.gov. We appreciate your continued support of our programs and hope you can join us for this very special event. **Ursula Rucker has never been afraid to take it there. There, that place, deep, inside, up and above, where she carves emotion with piercing lyrical cadence. There, where poetry and music intertwine, melodies and words mingle. On her third album, Rucker sets her sights There, aspiring towards an ancient Egyptian kemetic principle, the foundation of universal order and balance — ma’at — truth. Hence the album title: ma’at mama. From her native Philadelphia, Rucker’s affinity for crafting words catapulted her message into hungry ears when she began to read publicly in 1994 at Zanzibar. The Temple University journalism graduate struck a chord in Philly’s soul that reverberated around the world with her mezzo-soprano speak. Her recordings with the Silent Poets, Jamaaladeen Tacoma and Josh Wink captured the public’s imagination, so when Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson asked her to compose the final cuts on three consecutive Roots albums, she found an eager international following. True to form, Rucker’s albums are poetry in motion, guided by a time signature that speaks to the human experience with honesty and poignancy. Sensuality oozes without abandon in “Black Erotica.” She kicks straight goodness in the acapella “Church Party”, an ode to the glory days with clear imagery. They all stand in a buffalo stance/B-boy posin’/Skin and style pressed up against church hall wall/3-D graffiti hit/Somebody say, Exotic! Exotic! Rucker, a global activist, enlightens in the recording studio and at her powerful live shows. Recently she has performed at FREEDOM Festival in Australia, to raise awareness for Amnesty International’s global “Stop Violence Against Women” campaign. By her own definition, she is ma’at mama to the core. Oh yes, she’s gone there, to that place. |
Mon. 12/11/06, 7:15pm Yoga for Life
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Tue. 12/12/06, 7pm A Concert & Reading by
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Thu. 12/14/06, 10am-5pm Philadelphia Mural Arts Program VIEWING HOURS
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Thu. 12/14/06, 8pm Andrew's Video Vault This month's program is VESYOLYYE REBYATA / JOLLY FELLOWS 1988: THE REMAKE
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Fri. 12/15/06, 8pm GATE Featured this month: DANIEL BLACKSBERG & FRIENDS :: performing John Zorn's improv game piece "COBRA"CHAKRA KHAN/AIR PIRATES :: guitar/drum free jazz duo :: DANIEL BLACKSBERG leads a group of improvisers in a performance of John Zorn's famous game piece Cobra. Cobra is Zorn's most comprehensive game piece, which are pieces for groups of improvisers guided by rules derived from sports and board games, as well as game theory. Each unique performance involves a prompter/conductor that a myriad of cues from the players through the use of cue cards that give a specific musical direction. These direction cover a huge range of musical possibilities, from solos to mass textures to layering duos to instant cartoon soundtracks. Cobra is a piece of music that casts the act of group improvisation in a light that puts many of the usually internal musical choices of the players out in the open for people to see. The composer has said about the piece: "At its worst it can become psychodrama… at its best it's like magic." Psychodrama or magic, Cobra is a powerful musical experience that is often exciting and always unique :: CHAKRA KHAN/AIR PIRATES is Nick Millevoi (guitar) and Julius Masri (drums). Nick Millevoi is a guitarist and guitar instructor from Philadelphia. A graduate of Temple University, Nick leads the free country-rock group Circles, and is a member of rock band the Accidental Occurrence and the acoustic guitar duo, the TenTones. He has had the opportunity to perform and record with Glenn Branca, perform with a theater group at the Keswick Julius Masri is a Lebanese who moved to the States in 1990, and picked up drums a year later. He studied performance and composition at Bard College with the likes of Joan Tower, and has performed with Richard Teitelbaum of Musica Electronica Viva, and AACM's house percussionist Thurman Barker. Julius currently performs in several projects, including Kuru Kuru PA, (ne Wolf vs.)
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Sat. 12/16/06, 7pm Philly Youth Poetry Slam This will include workshops, support, instruction, and supervision by recognized local talent to prepare the Philly team. The mission is to bridge the generation gap for performance poetry by connecting veteran performers, producers, and musicians with the talented youth of the city who are anxious to carry on the torch by continuing the legacy of their predecessors. Youth must be 13-19 years of age to participate. Admission is $7, or $5 with food or clothes for the needy
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Sun. 12/17/06, 3pm Celebrate Chanukah with the Jewish Dialogue Group, Chanukah party and benefit concert featuring: The Sarah Aroeste Band, new interpretations of traditional Ladino* music plus stories & songs by Rabbi Shawn Zevit & thousands of calories of homemade latkes, Suggested donation: $18 (no one turned away) More info: Info@jewishdialogue.org, 215-266-1218. *Ladino is the Sephardic Jewish language, incorporating elements of Spanish & other languages. About the Performers: *Vocalist Sarah Aroeste and her band of some of New York's finest world musicians combine traditional Sephardic music with contemporary rock, funk, blues & jazz. Using traditional instruments such as flamenco guitar,and dumbek alongside electric guitar, bass and drums, the band (Yotam Beery: bass; Yaron Eilam: electric guitar; Dan Nadel: flamenco guitar; Liron Peled: drums, percussion) brings a fresh new face to Ladino & Sephardic music. Listen to a National Public Radio broadcast with Sarah: www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1554187 The Sarah Aroeste Band is best known for its innovative fusion of Spanish, Mediterranean and American musical traditions. Inspired by Sarah Aroeste’s cultural heritage—with Sephardic family roots originally from Spain and later settling in Salonika, Greece—the Aroeste sound combines and updates aspects from her unique family background. Most influenced by the music and language of her Spanish roots, Aroeste grounds her music in Ladino, a form of Castilian Spanish and the language originated by Spanish Jews after their expulsion from Spain in 1492. This medieval form of Spanish was carried by Spanish Jews to the various points where they later settled, primarily along the Mediterranean coast and North Africa. In time, Ladino came to absorb bits and pieces of languages all along the Mediterranean coast, including Greek, Turkish, Portuguese, French, Italian and Hebrew. This mysterious pan-Mediterranean language has, unfortunately, been fading away and is rarely spoken anymore. But the musical legacy of Spanish Jews highlights the strength of an oral tradition that spans many centuries and crosses many geographic boundaries. Aroeste realized that very few people in North America, and elsewhere, were familiar with Ladino and Mediterranean Sephardic music and she wanted to ensure that the culture would not be lost. She wanted to expose the music and make it more accessible, so she decided to update and reinterpret the tradition by fusing it with more contemporary sensibilities. Combining the various influences that have shaped her, Aroeste has created a unique sound that mixes traditional Mediterranean Sephardic music with contemporary Western styles including rock, funk, jazz and blues. The 5-piece Sarah Aroeste Band, comprised of some of New York’s most acclaimed ethno-world musicians (Yotam Beery, Yaron Eilam, Dan Nadel, Liron Peled), includes traditional instruments such as dumbek and oud, along with electric guitar, bass, piano and drums. The Band uses traditional Ladino folksongs in which most of the lyrics, although derived soon after the Inquisition 500 years ago, could just as easily have been written today. There are songs about family, first-love crushes, unrequited love, going off to war—all themes that cross centuries, geographic and ethnic boundaries. Taking this body of music and updating it with a contemporary sensibility, the Sarah Aroeste Band is known to be the only Ladino “Rock” group, and has helped to transform and revitalize a tradition. Since Aroeste launched her band in 2001, she has amassed a large and loyal following across the nation and abroad, and has been featured in both national and international press. The Sarah Aroeste Band has also performed in major music venues throughout New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, Washington, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and beyond. The Sarah Aroeste Band has gotten notable attention both for the band’s musical talent as well as for Aroeste’s innovation in working to make this style of Ladino music more accessible and exciting to a new generation.
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12/18/06, 7:15pm Yoga for Life
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12/21/06, 10am-5pm Mural Arts Annual Winter Exhibit Viewing hours
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Fri. 12/22/06, 8pm
Vortexx Productions Presents Dante "Tae" Kennedy CD Release Concert and Listening Party with special guests: Howard Kennedy, Harvey Mason, Twyse, Darrien Kennedy, Boy Wonder, Nichole Lynn, Lashia, Mark Keyzz, Omar Dominik, Emmanuel Dominik, et al. Doors@8pm. Show/listening party@9pm with jam session to follow.
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Sat. 12/23/06, 6-10pm REDEEMER TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH PRESENTS A NIGHT OF PRAISE AND SONG Admission is $10 CONTACTS: L. ALLEN
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Thu. 12/28/06, 10pm-2am The Gathering DJs spin Hiphop, breaks, and funk all night, and there are open cyphers, a tag wall, and a featured performance and graffiti panel each month. This month's featured performer is Philadelphia Slick Resident DJ: Phish Hosted by I be 4EVR and TuPhace
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Fri. 12/29/06, 8pm. $5 Bowerbird solo solo Bhob Rainey, a Boston-based soprano saxophonist, is best known as a solo artist and as one half of nmperign, with whom he plays alien extended technique effects that are influenced by electronic music, environmental sounds and free improvisation. Rainey studied at the New England Conservatory of Music with free jazz saxophonist Joe Maneri. Rainey's music during his early- to mid-twenties was, like Maneri's, characterized by long microtonal lines. Rainey's first CD, Ink, featuring Dan DeChellis, was released in 1997. After a controversial 1998 solo concert in Washington D. C. attracted a considerable amount of attention to Rainey's music, he and trumpeter Greg Kelley formed nmperign with the goal of avoiding linear approaches to form and melodic contour. nmperign, including Rainey, Kelley and Tatsuya Nakatani, recorded its first CD in 1998. Since 1998, Rainey has recorded extensively, including a number of projects with nmperign (minus Nakatani) and collaborations with improvisers like Jack Wright, Fred Lonberg-Holm and Jason Lescalleet. He continues to pursue a more sound-based (as opposed to note-based) approach in his work with nmperign, whereas his solo work, while far from traditional, often involves the use of more traditional melodic lines. Since 2000, he has also led the BSC, a large ensemble that uses both acoustic instruments and electronics. |
Sat. 1/6/07 and Sun. 1/7/07, 8pm Puppet Uprising Each night begins at 8pm with Going Nowhere, a shadow puppet tribute to John Cage, Pirate Jenny, and the seams and senses that connect us all. Total running time is approximately 2 hours. THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD: RECITE looks like a cross between a yard sale and a children?s play fort: A lighthouse crafted from broken window blinds overlooks a landscape littered with old suitcases, laundry lines adorned with artwork, a bookshelf of knick-knacks and piles of necessary junk. Here, a delusional grandma schools her grandson on the dangers of meteor showers, infectious disease, and unreliable radio broadcasts through a vaudevillian pageant of objects and imagination. Everything unfolds when the grandson befriends a resourceful wandering fisher-mailman leading to an inevitable octopus hunt and enough birthday cake for the whole audience to enjoy before everything finds its place. GOING NOWHERE, the debut collaboration between Erik Ruin and Morgan F.P. Andrews, journeys through a dozen short shadow puppet scenes framed within a question: "If you had to give up all of your senses, except one, which would you keep?" Things are not as they seem to be, and answers appear as dissolving architecture and spray-paint landscapes that refuse to stay still. A song from Three Penny Opera and stories by John Cage offer glimpses at the lives of undercover pirates, daydreaming butterflies, flag-burning patriots, and the linguistically tortured wife of a former New England mayor. Lovely soundtrack by Minneapolis duo Dreamland Faces, plus live music by Philadelphia legend Charles Cohen. THE MISSOULA OBLONGATA (Donna Sellinger, Madeline ffitch, and Leo Gebhardt) spent last summer touring The Wonders of the World: Recite internationally to theaters, festivals, nightclubs and living rooms. The play was named one of the top ten shows at the Montreal Fringe Festival in 2006 and made its Philly premiere to a spellbound crowd in the Living Loft Museum at Spiral Q Puppet Theater. Collectively, the troupe boasts a Fotis Award, numerous published comics and chapbooks, as well as albums of recorded stories and music. ERIK RUIN is a Minneapolis-based, Michigan-raised puppeteer, printmaker and author. He's been the director of shadow puppetry for Barebones Productions' annual Halloween Extravaganza in St. Paul for the past two years, and is infamous for his papercut projections in Liberty Cabbage Theater's ?An Olive on the Seder Plate.? Erik has performed at the Puppetropolis, Black Sheep, and Philadelphia Fringe Festivals, and last year he pulled his show ?How Can You Own?? around Europe in a bicycle cart. He recently co-edited the forthcoming book Realizing the Impossible: Art Against Authority (AK Press, 2007). MORGAN F.P. ANDREWS is a Philadelphia-based, Massachusetts-raised printmaker, puppeteer and electronic folk musician. He regularly performs with Beth Nixon, and recently collaborated on a shadow puppet project with world-class juggler Sara Felder. Morgan is Puppet Uprising's co-founder/curator, and in 2006 co-organized the RadiCackaLacky Puppetry Convergence in North Carolina, and the Black Sheep Puppet Festival in Pittsburgh. He has toured dozens of puppet shows around North America and Brazil with his own Shoddy Puppet Company, and every year takes a few weeks off to work with the Bread & Puppet Theater.
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Mon. 1/8/07, 10am-5pm: Mural Arts; 7:15pm: Yoga for Life
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Thu. 1/11/07, 8pm Andrew's Video Vault This month's presentation is Philly Premiers Innocence (2004/115 m/2.35:1) Dedicated to lover Gaspar Noe, Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s provocative adaptation of Frank “Lulu” Wedekind’s novel Mine-Haha, or the Corporeal Education of Young Girls is a surreal psychosexual nightmare. Mary (2005/83m/1.85:1) Abel Ferrara’s post 9/11, post Passion of the Christ political examination of Christianity in the mass media stars Juliette Binoche as an actress consumed by her role as Mary Magdalene in director Matthew Modine’s passion play. Also featuring Forest Whitaker and Heather Graham. Edmond (2006/82m, 1.85:1) Stuart “Re-Animator” Gordon’s dark and compelling film of David Mamet’s vitriolic 1982 play finds William H. Macy as a vaguely anonymous businessman named after Edmund Burke, the father of Anglo-American Conservatism. From his luxury apartment and social x-ray wife, to a rage filled romp though the red-light district, and finally, happiness in prison, Edmond’s every fear hides a wish.
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Fri. 1/12/07, 8pm Sherman Community Arts NOTEKILLERS (Ecstatic Peace Label) NORTHERN LIBERTIES THE BURRS
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Sat. 1/13/07, 12-8pm TAKII 3 ~Video Game Ecstacy~
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Sun. 1/14/07, 7pm Upcoming shows: Appearing this month: Penni Gould (Produce/Vocalist) has been singing and performing since childhood. She created and developed Mélange Theatre, “Live” to provide Philadelphia with a stress-free supportive venue for talented performers to thrive and grow. “Mélange” is Philadelphia’s first “performer-centered” variety series. (Of course, audiences love it too!) TO AUDITION: please contact Penni Gould: 215-923-1790 pgould@melangetheatre.info;
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Mon. 1/15/07, 7:15pm Yoga for Life
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Tue. 1/16/07, 7pm Third Tuesday @ The Rotunda Third Tuesday @ The Rotunda is presented by Jerry Perna and Gerald van Wilgen
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Thu. 1/18/07, 10am-5pm Philadelphia Mural Arts Program VIEWING HOURS
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Thu. 1/18/07, 8pm Ars Nova Workshop Please join Ars Nova Workshop for a rare performance featuring Trio Tarana, led by India-born percussionist and composer Ravish Momin, a student of Andrew Cyrille and Bob Moses. This trio primarily utilizes Indian and East-Asian rhythms (including Japanese, Afghani, Indonesian) as the foundation of their works. Of their debut CD, AllAboutJazz.com noted: “It is fair to say that Trio Tarana is without precedent in the world of improvised music. A true synthesis of North African, South and East Asian motifs with classical organization and the immediacy of free improvisation has probably Ravish Momin has worked with a wide-range of musicians, including vocalist Marie Afonso (ex-Zap Mama), percussionist Susie Ibarra, bassists Wilber Cellist Helena Espvall leads a new trio featuring Katt Hernandex and Sean Mattio. A member of the Philadelphia-based folk rock band Espers, she has
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Fri. 1/19/07, 8pm GATE PORKTAMER :: experimental electronic wall of flesh knife_jams :: Zapruder film video game soundtrack electronics / idm visuals by MARGE DURAN DURAN DURAN: Ed Flis became active in underground music around 1998, DJing at outdoor parties as well as performing live noise PAs in galleries and loft spaces - tho he'd been experimenting with sound and producing tracks since long before that. Together with Michael Chaiken, and Tony Gabor, they became "Duran Duran Duran". Chaiken and Gabor remain involved with the Duranx3 project as advisors, but it's Flis that is the primary artist involved with the musical production these days. Still living in his hometown of Philadelphia, PA, he has been involved with the world famous Cock Rock Disco records from NYC and Berlin, as well as Planet Mu and Irritant from the UK. After years of various remix collaborations and splits, he released his first album "Very Pleasure" in 2004 to massive critical acclaim. He has traveled extensively since 2001 playing many live concerts and festivals throughout USA, Europe and Japan. He's currently working on his second full-length LP for Cock Rock Disco as well as 12"s for the Peace Off, Sadistic, and Sonic Belligeranza labels. Some appearances have been: Wasted festival - Berlin, Marke B - Berlin, Wood II, Wood VI and Wood X – Belgium. Nu Music festival- Stevanger Norway and Night of the stars - London. He has also been on tour with artists such as Jason Forrest, Knifehandchop, and Xanopticon and has performed along side of Afrika Bambaataa, Blowfly, Cannibal Ox and Carl Craig. PORKTAMER: At one point, LaLiLuLeLo and Ecksicon were the democratically elected leaders of Porkistan. However, US interference lead to their ouster. Ironically, these two formers leaders sought asylum in the country responsible for funding the coup that displaced them. They promised to wage a war of subtle subversion through the crafting of fast-food music. Musically speaking, 'experimental' suffices as the strictest definition of their sound. Due to a chronic case of Musical Attention Deficit Disorder, Porktamer has taken on IDM, Breakcore, Noise, Punk, Ambiance, Prog, Hip Hop, Synth pop, avant tard, neu jazz, film scores, as well as many other genres. Porktamer makes sure to translate their 'jack-of-all-trades' nature into their live performances which often include projected visuals. VJ MARGE has provided projections for such bands as Notekillers, Goldenball, Make A Rising, The Doctor & Philip, Ramona Cordova, Kilroy, Bubblyfish, Sharks With Wings, Beast Infection and Porktamer to name a few. VJ Marge has been a video artist/VJ since 2000. Large Marge started using Avant-Garde footage, Commericals, Stop Motion Animation, 70's and 80's videos, Found Films and more to create live projections for DJ's and bands. He then starting only using Public Domain footage to manipulate collages in Final Cut Pro, which eventually led to tweaking these live using AVMIXER and a MAC. He has recently been working using old slide projectors and slides, manipulating SUPER 8 film by coloring, bleaching, and scratching onto the film, oil projections, and live video feedback by filming the performers and tweaking it live.
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Sat. 1/20/07, 7pm Philly Youth Poetry Slam Youth must be 13-19 years of age to participate.
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