Asian Arts Initiative 25th Anniversary Celebration Weekend
Join us as we commemorate Asian Arts Initiative’s 25th anniversary with an array of artistic experiences across the city. Our celebration weekend will feature a multi-sited, multi-disciplinary exhibition of over 25 commissioned art works created by Asian and Asian American artists across the globe; a poetry and performance showcase; and a national convening in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (APAC). For a full schedule and more details, visit: https://www.asianarts25.org THURSDAY, MAY 3 Bus Loop featuring Activist Songbook…
Mdou Moctar at PhilaMOCA
Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar returns to PhilaMOCA! Doors 8:00 / Show 8:30 / $14 adv / $17 day-of * This will be a standing/dancing show, not seated. MDOU MOCTAR In the crowded scene of Tuareg guitarists, Mdou Moctar stands apart from his peers. Playing in the repertoire of desert guitar popularized by groups like Tinariwen and Bombino, Mdou is pushing the boundaries of the genre with a uniquely personal sound. With versatile compositions and genre-defying albums, Mdou’s music has been…
Hope and Change in Callowhill
Walk Leader: Bob Bruhin Meeting point: SE corner of N. Broad and Noble streets Free. Rain or Shine. The railroads are gone. The factories are closed. The dimness and fear that inspired David Lynch have blown away. What next? We will visit locations where change is actively happening in the Callowhill District, and discuss the impact of change, both positive and negative, on the neighborhood as both an historic district, and as a vital, living community. Walk time: 90 minutes…
Carpenter Brut at Union Transfer – Philadelphia 5/4
Carpenter Brut at Union Transfer T Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Carpenter Brut Carpenter Brut draws its influences from 80s TV shows and B-movies loaded with synthesizers. The man behind the pentagon – or the Brutagram as his fans would name it – evokes an encounter between Justice beats and the universe of John Carpenter. After touring for more than two years in Europe and North America selling out venues in Paris, London, Montreal, Los Angeles or Helsinki amongst others,…
Ananya Dance Theater’s Shyamali: Sprouting Words
Audré Lorde cautioned: “Your silence will not protect you.” Shyamali: Sprouting Words explores how dissent fuels life force and growth, recognizes the courage of women who speak up and talk back to sustain communities against injustice, and celebrates women who refuse to be broken. Inspired by the courage of women around the world, “Shyamali” means “dark green” in Bengali, and invokes the resilience of grass, which springs up when trod upon. In celebration of their 25th Anniversary, Asian Arts Initiative…
The Weeks with Becca Mancari at Underground Arts
The Weeks with Becca Mancari at Underground Arts Friday, May 4th, 2018 21+ | Doors: 8PM | Show: 9PM Tickets: http://bit.ly/TheWeeks_Tickets ØˆØˆØ The Weeks ØˆØˆØ http://www.theweeksmusic.com http://www.facebook.com/theweeksmusic http://www.twitter.com/theweeks http://www.instagram.com/theweeksmusic High-energy, Rowdy, Raucous, Longhair Mississippi Glam Rock. That’s the sound of Easy, The Week’s long-awaited followup to their breakthrough album, Dear Bo Jackson. Recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis — a place filled with the ghosts (and gear) of the Replacements, ZZ Top, and Big Star, all of whom traveled to…
Phila Flea in Fairmount
Great vintage and antique finds await you at the largest outdoor market surrounding Eastern State Penitentiary. 2201 Fairmount Ave, Phila, PA 19130 8AM til 5PM Rain Date Sun, 5/6/18
One-Day Center for Refugee Poetics
Currently there’s no institutional space devoted expressly to poetry of the refugee experience. Let’s imagine one into existence together, for a day. Join the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Asian Arts Initiative, working in partnership with the Association for Asian American Studies, the Critical Refugee Studies Collective, Kundiman, the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA), and Temple University Press, to begin the process of dreaming. We invite you to a One-Day Center for Refugee Poetics, a pre-launch or…
Todd Barry – 30th Anniversary Crowd Work Tour @ Underground Arts
**Due to unforeseen circumstances the Todd Barry event had to be moved to May 5th, 2018. All previously purchased tickets will be accepted. Refunds will be available at your point of purchase if necessary.** Todd Barry – 30th Anniversary Crowd Work Tour at Underground Arts Saturday, May 5th, 2018 21+ | Doors: 8PM | Show: 9PM Tickets: http://bit.ly/ToddBarry_Tickets Todd celebrates 30 years of telling jokes by doing a tour where he won’t be telling any jokes. That’s right, an entire…
SOLD OUT! Tom Misch / Gabriel Garzón Montano at Union Transfer
*SOLD OUT* Tom Misch / Gabriel Garzón Montano at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Tom Misch The 21-year-old producer dropped ‘Beat Tape 2’ in August 2015, a collection of songs and beat sketches he put together in the first half of that year, and he now has major tastemakers like Annie Mac, Zane Lowe and Beats 1’s Julie Adenuga queuing up to proclaim him as one of the most exciting new emerging musical talents. While his current…
Ananya Dance Theater’s Shyamali: Sprouting Words
Audré Lorde cautioned: “Your silence will not protect you.” Shyamali: Sprouting Words explores how dissent fuels life force and growth, recognizes the courage of women who speak up and talk back to sustain communities against injustice, and celebrates women who refuse to be broken. Inspired by the courage of women around the world, “Shyamali” means “dark green” in Bengali, and invokes the resilience of grass, which springs up when trod upon. In celebration of their 25th Anniversary, Asian Arts Initiative…
BC35 release-New Old Skull (x Live Skull) /Martin Bisi / more
BC35 is an album marking the 35 year anniversary of BC Studio, Martin Bisi’s Brooklyn-based recording studio. Live performers from across the 4 decades: New Old Skull (all original Live Skull members) Martin Bisi (full band) Jim Coleman (Cop Shoot Cop) and Algis Kizys (original Swans) Duo Tidal Channel This Wilderness thiswilderness.net Founding BC Studio in 1981 with the help of Brian Eno and Bill Laswell, Martin Bisi has recorded landmark music there by Sonic Youth, Swans, John Zorn, Africa…
Bring Your Own Vinyl
Bring Your Own Vinyl on Sunday nights and we’ll give you 20% off your tab just for hanging out and sharing your favorite tunes with us!
Panda Bear / Geologist at Union Transfer – Philadelphia 5/6
Panda Bear / Geologist at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Panda Bear When Panda Bear met the Grim Reaper, they jammed. Noah Lennox, a.k.a. Panda Bear, a.k.a. one-fourth of the founding members of Animal Collective, has had a far-from-quiet few years since the release of his fourth solo record, 2011’s Tomboy. Since the breakout success of 2007’s universally-adored Person Pitch, each new Panda Bear release is a highly anticipated event, and with a high-profile Daft Punk collaboration…