Emily Erb: American Love Story
Emily Erb contemplates American values and ideals in ‘American Love Story.’ Her silk paintings are created using an Eastern technique she learned in Madagascar in 2005. By combining this ancient silk painting tradition with imagery often collected from American paper currency, Erb investigates the tension between authoritative Western ideals and America’s ethnic and racial diversity. She argues, “There is no ‘American culture’ per se, it’s not hamburgers. The beauty of America is immigration.” American Love Story will be on view…
Harms Way, Ringworm, Vein, Queensway at Underground Arts
Thursday, February 22nd Doors at 6pm ALL AGES Tickets are on sale NOW! Tickets: http://bit.ly/HarmsWay_Tickets HARMS WAY Chicago assbeaters RINGWORM Clevo legends VEIN windbreakercore QUEENSWAY Baltimore hardcore In the Black Box at Underground Arts 1200 Callowhill Philadelphia
I Think Like Midnight (Record Release) / Rectors / Gringo Motel
I Think Like Midnight (Record Release) / The Rectors / Gringo Motel Doors 8:00 / Show 8:30 / $10 adv / $12 day-of I Think Like Midnight is an instrumental rock band formed by longtime devotees of the lost art of the succinct rock instrumental. Begun as a recording project, guitarist/songwriter Andrew Chalfen (The Trolleyvox, The Wishniaks, Gimme) and drummer Dean Clean Sabatino (The Dead Milkmen, Baby Flamehead) were so pleased with the results that they decided to release the…
Electric Hotpot w/ TSOT DJ Elvin T at The Trestle Inn
Philly’s newest weekly night dance party – Electric Hotpot! Eclectic records from the 60s and 70s with TSOT DJ Elvin T and Trestle Special Connie Love on the side. Join us every Thursday night for an all vinyl Go Go party simmering with a sweet and savory mélange of Motown, Yé Yé, Boogaloo, Psychedelic Rock, Afrobeat, and so much more. JIM BEAM BLACK DRINK SPECIALS – $5 Jim Beam Black w/ Mixer & $6 Black & Tang Cocktail NO COVER.
Lane 8: Little By Little Tour, Philadelphia
Lane 8 – Little By Little Tour w/ Enamour at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Lane 8 With his ‘This Never Happened’ concept becoming one of dance music’s word-of-mouth success stories, Lane 8 aka Daniel Goldstein proudly announces his second artist album, ‘Little By Little’, on his own This Never Happened label. Due for release in January 2018, ‘Little By Little’ distills Lane 8’s unique flair for melodic, heart-warming electronics, traversing reflective electronica, instrumental club epics and…
Stereotytans at Underground Arts
Stereotytans at Underground Arts: Black Box Friday, February 23rd, 2018 21+ | Doors: 8PM | Show: 9PM Stereotytans http://www.stereotytans.com http://www.facebook.com/stereotytans http://www.instagram.com/stereotytans http://www.twitter.com/stereotytan Many millennia ago, the earth and sky gave birth to the mighty Tytans – Kronos , Okeanus , Hyperion & Prometheus – who ruled benevolently during a period known as “ The Golden Age.” Unnerved by an ancient prophecy, Kronos grew fearful of his own children and devoured each of them whole. After escaping their father’s belly, Zeus…
North Country Pig Roast
Our first Social Saturday Souvenir is an old classic: The pig roast and brewery promo event. We’re featuring North Country Brewing Company and all of their cans as well as some specialty drafts. No tickets on this one. Here’s the twist: Most of the items for the event are……. #vegan. $15 plates o’pork or $12 veggie plates; individual sides $6. The sides Chipotle mashed sweet potatoes (vegan) Mac and Cheese (veg) Jalapeno Corn Bread (vegan) Braised greens (vegan) Baked Beans…
Nick Rotundo Memorial/Fundraiser Show
One more time in memory of Nick. If you knew Nick, want to celebrate his legacy or help defray costs of his lengthy hospice stay, please consider attending. More details to follow Tickets: http://bit.ly/Tix_NickRotundo Featuring: Boy Sets Fire http://www.boysetsfire.net/ Damnation AD https://damnationad.bandcamp.com/ Worlds Collide https://www.victoryrecords.com/worldscollide Walleye https://walleye1.bandcamp.com/ Railhed https://railhed.bandcamp.com/ All Else Failed https://allelsefailed.bandcamp.com/ I Hate You. https://ihateyou.bandcamp.com/ Charity auction and other special features to be announced soon
The Oh Hellos w/ Lowland Hum at Union Transfer
The Oh Hellos / Lowland Hum at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B The Oh Hellos The Oh Hellos began in a cluttered bedroom, where siblings Maggie and Tyler Heath (born and raised in southern Texas) recorded their self-titled EP in 2011. In the fall of 2012, the duo released their debut full-length record Through the Deep, Dark Valley, an album full of regret and redemption, which they wrote, recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered themselves. When the time…
Gunn-Truscinski Duo / Vampire Belt (Bill Nace & Chris Corsano) at PhilaMOCA
Get tickets: http://ticketf.ly/2Bcv9Hi GUNN-TRUSCINSKI DUO It’s an anomaly to make a record created out of the pleasure and desire of simply making music together. A record with no commercial aspirational location. The new duo record from John Truscinski (drums, synths) and Steve Gunn (guitars), “Bay Head”, makes it look easy, carving out a space where none existed before with assurance, resonating beautiful along the way. If I were forced to put what John and Steve play into a genre I…
Saturnia w/ TSOT DJs lil’ dave & Kai Fentross
A Far Out Disco Dance Party on Vinyl with The Sound of Trestle (TSOT) and Go Go by The Trestle Specials. 2/24: Kai Fentross & lil’ dave Late Night Drink Specials 10PM-11PM $4 Firestone Walker PIVO Pils & $7 Cathouse Punch $5 Cover (cash only) Argo Nomics Case Bloom Christopher Schor David Adams Jason A Miller Kai Fentross Skeme Richards William Eggleton
Womxn in Asian America – Registration FULL
Womxn in Asian America Sundays, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. February 4 – March 25 Sliding Scale: $50-$200* This course, taught by Melissa Kapadia, examines the hxstories and lived experiences of Asian American and Pacific Islander womxn (women, trans, and non-binary people) through readings of scholarly, narrative, activist, and popular texts; in-person conversations; film and other media; and explorations of our own lived experiences. *Registration is required* This course is open to all APA womxn and is co-hosted by the…
LIVE! on Stage: Jonathan Richman featuring Tommy Larkins on the Drums! / Ané Diaz at Union Transfer
LIVE! ON STAGE: JONATHAN RICHMAN featuring TOMMY LARKINS on the drums! / Ané Diaz at Union Transfer Jonathan Richman featuring Tommy Larkins on the drums! Jonathan Richman has been playing music, recording and touring for most of his life. Jonathan and his drummer Tommy Larkins win fans wherever they play. In the early 1970s, Jonathan formed the noted band The Modern Lovers. Tommy Larkins was in the groups Naked Prey, Giant Sand and other popular bands in Tucson, Arizona. Recent…
Tir Asleen / Gatherers / At the Heart of It / The Drowned God
$10 advance/$12 day-of Advance Ticket Link: http://www.ticketfly.com/event/1636652 All Ages Doors: 7PM First band: 7:30PM Tir Asleen (GA) Gatherers (NJ) At the Heart of it (NH) The Drowned God (PA) Venue Information: PhilaMOCA 531 North 12th St. Philadelphia, PA, 19123 http://www.philamoca.org/