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“Well,” he said, “if you were from here, you might call it Spring Garden or Callowhill. If you were a developer, you’d call it the Loft District. And if you were a hipster” — here I felt a little judged — “you’d call it the Eraserhood.”
WXPN 88.5 Welcomes … Low Cut Connie / Ceramic Animal at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Low Cut Connie Low Cut Connie was recently called “the essence of what rock n roll should be” by Greg Kot (Sound Opinions / NPR)..and the New York Times has said “their live show is a phenomenon.” They have been a rolling DIY caravan with an explosive live act bubbling under the surface of the music industry for 5 years, building…
Radio 104.5 presents Bishop Briggs / Foreign Air at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Bishop Briggs While those in a Tokyo karaoke bar may not have realized it, they were witnesses to a life-altering experience for four-year-old Bishop Briggs. As she sang her first song in public, Bishop fell instantly in love with performing, and her auspicious debut served not only as an indelible touchpoint, but also the initial indicator of an unmistakable identity. Born to Scottish…
Sixteen Jackies are pumped to celebrate the release of our second EP “Mascula” with y’all inside of the weird and wonderful walls of PhilaMOCA. We’ve teamed up with Born Losers Records to get this pressed to vinyl alongside our first EP “Movie Was Bad” and we can’t wait to hand you a freaking copy! Also playing is Isles Isles (featuring members of the now deceased The Lawsuits) and Madalean Gauze, a band that is truly unafraid to let their freak…
Quiet Slang at Underground Arts Friday, May 18th, 2018 21+ | Doors 8PM | Show 9PM Tickets: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1672857?utm_medium=bks On Sale Friday, 3/30 @ 10AM EST
ALEX AND ANI presents Festival of Disruption – Curated by David Lynch MUSIC: Angel Olsen (Solo), Animal Collective, Au Revoir Simone (band), Flying Lotus (DJ set), Jim James (Solo), Jon Hopkins, Rebekah Del Rio TALKS & SCREENINGS: David Lynch and Rare Short Films, Isabella Rossellini and Blue Velvet, Gregory Crewdson and There But Not There, EXHIBITS: William Eggleston, David Lynch, Sandro Miller, David OReilly, MEDITATION: Bob Roth and Brian Eno’s Reflection Net proceeds benefit the David Lynch Foundation May 19…
WXPN 88.5 Welcomes … Hop Along / Nervous Dater / Eight at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Hop Along Frances Quinlan has been meditating a lot on power. “When I was younger, I kept thinking that one day I would have a partner and that person would give me power,” she says. “That never came to be.” Instead, what Quinlan, the songwriter, lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist of Hop Along, has found is that “power has an…
Philadelphia Folksong Society + BrookLAdelphia Presents: Rumours: Philly Artists Pay Tribute to Fleetwood Mac Underground Arts 1200 Callowhill Street Philadelphia PA with: Katie Frank Ryan Tennis Primitive Heart & Dwight Remington Meaghan Kyle (No Good Sister) Black Horse Motel Morgan Pinkstone Lance Davis (Grady Hoss & The Sidewinders) Vessna Scheff Midnight Singers Christina Ward (Your Kids) Stargazer Lily DJ set by Grimace Federation **On Sale Wednesday at 12pm** Tickets: http://bit.ly/RumoursUA 21+ | Doors 8PM | Show 9PM
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Sunday, February 18, potluck dinner and tango party Food theme: Winter, International – to celebrate all of the countries that are participating in the Winter Olympics! 6:30 pm, appetizers 7 pm, dinner 8 pm to midnight, tango dancing Admission to dinner: Food or drink to share Admission to milonga: $12 general, $6 full time students Please read revised potluck guidelines below! 1. CONTRIBUTIONS for the POTLUCK: The food theme is only a suggestion. If you’re not a cook, wine or…
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…
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…
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 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,…
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 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…
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
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…
**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 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…
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 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…
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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…
Sunday, June 3 at 1 PM – 2:45 PM
When David Lynch moved to Philadelphia in the late 1960s to attend PAFA, he discovered a city that was both terrifying and inspiring. Explore the neighborhood just blocks away from PAFA that so electrified Lynch’s imagination with two guides: Hidden City’s Peter Woodall and Lynch–and Eraserhood–aficionado, Bob Bruhin. During this one-and-a-half hour walking tour, we’ll delve into the area’s industrial history, as well as the sights and sounds that inspired Lynch’s movies, particularly Eraserhead.
Tickets: Hidden City Philadelphia – Exploring David Lynch’s “Eraserhood”
This will be epic we will be showing all the Marvel movies on both floors and pairing beers with each of the 6 infinity gems. The first 30 customers that come out for for food & drinks get tickets on us to a 9pm showing of the movie.
Peter Hook & The Light at Union Transfer Performing the ‘Substance’ Albums by Joy Division & New Order UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Facebook Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Peter Hook & The Light Peter Hook & The Light return to North America from late April to early June 2018 with a run of shows performing Joy Division and New Order’s legendary Factory Records compilation albums “Substance” live, sequentially and in their entireties. Having toured the albums to great reactions from critics and fans…
2018 Cinedelphia Film Festival presents THE RANGER – PA Premiere (Dir. Jenn Wexler, 2018, USA, 80 min) Director Jenn Wexler, Co-writer Giaco Furino, and Producer Heather Buckley in attendance! When a drug-fueled night at an NYC punk club ends in a bloody scuffle with the cops, punk rocker Chelsea (Chloe Levine of CFF 2017 selection The Transfiguration) and her friends flee the city to the long-abandoned family cabin in the woods where she grew up. Upon their arrival, they cross…
ABOUT THE FILM: Set in Karachi, Pakistan, Gardaab (Whirlpool) is an intimate portrait of a city, rife with ethnic & class divisions, and turf wars. In this pulsating cityscape blooms a tender romance between a boy and girl from warring factions. Gardaab is a story of this romance and the violence that surrounds it. Gardaab also lays bare the cyclical nature of an environment, where a constant flow of young recruits, feed this violence. Harune Massey’s restrained direction takes real…
2018 Cinedelphia Film Festival presents King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen – Philadelphia Premiere (Dir. Steve Mitchell, 2017, USA, 110 min) Filmmaker Steve Mitchell in attendance! Buckle up for King Cohen, the true story of writer, producer, director, creator and all-around maverick, Larry Cohen (Black Caesar, God Told Me To, Q: The Winged Serpent, The Stuff). Told through compelling live interviews, stills and film/TV clips, the people who helped fulfill his vision, and industry icons such as…
Robyn Hitchcock And His L.A. Squires w/ Tristen at Underground Arts Friday, April 27th, 2018 21+ | Doors: 8PM | Show: 9PM Tickets are on sale NOW! Tickets: http://bit.ly/RobynHitchcock_Tickets Robyn Hitchcock And His L.A. Squires http://www.robynhitchcock.com http://www..facebook.com/robynhitchcockofficial http://www.twitter.com/RobynHitchcock http://www.twitter.com/hislasquires http://www.instagram.com/robynhitchcockofficial Robyn Hitchcock is one of England’s most enduring contemporary singer/songwriters and live performers. A surrealist poet, talented guitarist, cult artist and musician’s musician, Hitchcock is among alternative rock’s father figures and is the closest thing the genre has to a…
House of Borgeous vol. 2 feat. BORGEOUS Sikdope Friday April 27th @ District N9NE pres. by Disco Donnie Presents & sounds good here Tickets on sale Tuesday Jan 16 @ 11a Bottle Service – vip@districtn9ne.com (bottle service requires purchase of GA ticket)
2018 Cinedelphia Film Festival presents ROKUROKU: THE PROMISE OF THE WITCH – North American Premiere (Dir. Yudai Yamaguchi & Keita Amemiya, 2017, Japan, 92 min) Classic Japanese spirits terrorize modern Japan in this absolutely bonkers fright fest co-directed by Yudai Yamaguchi (Meatball Machine, The ABCs of Death) and Keita Amemiya (Zeram). Structured like an anthology with intermingling segments, Rokuroku features everything from a deep sea kaiju to a cackling disembodied head to a sickle-handed psychopath. A supernatural force hurls schoolgirls…
2018 Cinedelphia Film Festival presents ZERZURA – Philadelphia Premiere (Dir. Christopher Kirkley, 2017, USA/Niger, 87 min) From the creator of the “Nigerian Purple Rain” comes the first-ever ethnographic acid Western! Zerzura follows a young man from a small village in Niger who leaves home in search of an enchanted oasis. His journey leads him into a surreal vision of the Sahara, crossing paths with djinn, bandits, gold seekers, and migrants. Equal parts Jodorowsky and Jean Rouch and written and developed…
2018 Cinedelphia Film Festival presents Best Worst Marathon 2: The Ascension Frequently requested and always ignored…until now! Yes, it’s the return of our Best Worst Marathon, an evening of expertly curated crowd-pleasers featuring work by non-filmmakers, over-the-hill filmmakers, and just plain weird filmmakers. A self-made hero takes on a Satanic cult. A genre heavyweight delivers a baffling finale (?) to his career. A Canadian road odyssey that will have the crowd on their feet. And more! We’re limiting it to…
Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Makeness at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Unknown Mortal Orchestra The threads of our past never unravel, they hover like invisible webs, occasionally glistening due to a sly angle of the sun. On Multi-Love, Unknown Mortal Orchestra frontman and multi-instrumentalist Ruban Nielson reflects on relationships: airy, humid longing, loss, the geometry of desire that occurs when three people align. Where Nielson addressed the pain of being alone on II, Multi-Love takes on the…
The Ghost of Paul Revere + Boy Named Banjo at Underground Arts Saturday, April 28th, 2018 21+ | Doors: 8PM | Show: 9PM Tickets are on sale NOW! Tix: http://bit.ly/GhostOfPaulRevere_Tix < <>> ghostofpaulrevere.com facebook.com/ghostofpaulrevere twitter.com/ghostpaulrevere instagram.com/ghostofpaulrevere “We grew up listening to Radiohead and the Beatles and Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd,” says Griffin Sherry, guitarist/singer in The Ghost Of Paul Revere. “Everyone assumed we were a bluegrass band because we were playing these traditional instruments, but we weren’t writing traditional…
A Far Out Disco Dance Party on Vinyl with The Sound of Trestle (TSOT) and Go Go by The Trestle Specials. 4/28: j the audiophile Late Night Drink Specials 10PM-11PM $4 Select Craft Draft & $7 Cathouse Punch $5 Cover (cash only) Argo Nomics Case Bloom Christopher Schor David Adams Jason A Miller Kai Fentross Skeme Richards William Eggleton
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Wham City Comedy is a comedy & video collective known for their bizarre viral videos and absurdist presentational performances. They have created a series of infomercials for Adult Swim including Unedited Footage of a Bear, Live Forever As You Are Now W/ Alan Resnick, Commencement Speech, and This House Has People In It. Most recently they performed The Cry of Mann, an 8-part live series. This year Ben O’Brien, Robby Rackleff and Alan Resnick are thrilled to officially add long…
The 2018 Cinedelphia Film Festival presents Live script reading of THE ROOM with Greg Sestero (Mark) in attendance! Doors 7:00, Show 7:30 – SOLD OUT Doors 9:45, Show 10:00, Admission $15 Greg Sestero revisits his role as Mark for a live script reading of the original draft of the modern cult classic, THE ROOM! Major parts will be read by pre-casted local talent while minor roles and the coveted lead will be read by audience members (info below). Greg Sestero…
SOFI TUKKER Thursday 04/19/18 @ Union Transfer (Philadelphia, PA) ADV $21 // DOS $23 All Ages Doors 7:30 // Show Time 8:30 Sofi Tukker Performs “Best Friend” Live on Jimmy Fallon: http://bit.ly/BestFriendTheTonightShow Sofi Tukker “Drinkee” (Official Music Video): http://bit.ly/Drinkee_Official_Video SOFI TUKKER’s success was anything but planned. The band’s very existence happened haphazardly after Sophie Hawley-Weld met Tucker Halpern during an art show at Brown University, where they both happened to be performing. It only took a couple of months before…
Show opens Friday April 6th, with a reception on Friday April 20th. PAFA alumnus James Havard (b. 1937) has been making paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures for over five decades. Over the course of his career Havard has moved through various pictorial languages; ranging from realism, trompe l’oel “abstract illusionism,” and mixed media collage to his current figurative work. His exuberant, expressive, process-driven paintings are spirited and deceptively simple. In Talking in Color a selection of Havard’s current figurative works…
Stars / Dan Mangan at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Stars Like their celestial namesake, Stars only come out at night. It’s been 14 years since the Montreal band debuted with an album of intimate synth-pop whispers titled Nightsongs, but really, any of the increasingly assertive and sonically elaborate records they’ve released since could be named that. Whether between the sheets or on the streets, the nighttime is when the most pivotal moments of your life play…
Update 3/5: This event is now sold out, there will not be any tickets available at the door. To celebrate 30 years, MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT (Official) will perform their iconic Wax Trax! albums “I See Good Spirits And I See Bad Spirits” and “Confessions Of A Knife”, along with other club favorites from that early era. w/ local 7th Victim (Rodney from Dead Milkmen) Doors 8:00 / Show 8:30 / $20 adv / $25 doors Presented…
Underground Arts Presents a night of stand-up comedy featuring current staff writers for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. Featuring Matt Koff, Kat Radley, David Angello Joe Opio and others! Underground Arts 1200 Callowhill Street Philadelphia PA 21+ | 9PM Tickets: http://bit.ly/TheDailyShowUA +++++ David Angelo is currently a staff writer on The Daily Show. He was judged “New York’s Funniest Comic” at the 2017 New York Comedy Festival. He wrote and starred in the Comedy Central series, “Nothin’s Easy” and has…
Unlocked Presents VICIOUS FREE SHOW PhaseOne & HE$H Friday, April 20th at District N9NE FREE RSVP Here – http://ticketf.ly/2p1uUe6 Please note that free tickets are only valid until 11PM. Any RSVP that is scanned after 11:00 will be invalid. Can’t make it before 11PM? $10 tickets are available online and at the door!
The Cinedelphia Film Festival’s family-friendly costume dance party is back, and this time it’s monster-themed! Bring your little creatures in their frightful finest for an afternoon of dastardly dances, terrifying twists, and spooky surf rock! Mausoleum Monster Hop ft. The Primitive Finks and The Crimson Ghosts with special guest hosts Ghoul A Go-Go! Doors 3:30 / Show 4:00 / $10 adults / $5 twelve and under Up first are the enigmatic surf dragsters The Primitive Finks! Legend says they hail…
The Weepies / Mark Geary at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B The Weepies To mark the 10th year anniversary of their first entrance onto the Billboard Charts – 2008’s “Hideaway” – The Weepies are headlining 22 shows across the US with their band. Singer-songwriters Deb Talan & Steve Tannen began writing together the night they met, and soon formed folk-pop duo The Weepies. They married and had three children, rarely touring but continuing to release music, making…
2018 Cinedelphia Film Festival presents Boiled Angels: The Trial of Mike Diana – PA Premiere (Dir. Frank Henenlotter, 2018, USA, 105 min) Director Frank Henenlotter, Producers Anthony Sneed and Mike Hunchback, and Subject Mike Diana in attendance! In 1991 police officers in Gainesville, Florida were stunned to find that artwork featured in an issue of the underground zine Boiled Angel bore what they saw to be a startling resemblance to the 1990 multiple murder of five students from the University…
Acid Mothers Temple with Yoo Doo Right + Gondola at Underground Arts Black Box Saturday, April 21st, 2018 21+ | Doors: 8PM | Show: 9PM Tickets are on sale NOW! Tickets: http://bit.ly/Tickets_AcidMothersTemple < <>> http://www.acidmothers.com/ http://www.facebook.com/acidmotherstempleofficial/ http://www.twitter.com/acidmothers/ A freak-out group founded in 1995 by members of the Acid Mothers Temple soul collective and led by Kawabata Makoto. Its lineup is ever-mutating. with yoo doo right + Gondola
2018 Cinedelphia Film Festival presents VAMPIRE CLAY – Philadelphia Premiere (Dir. Soichi Umezawa, 2017, Japan, 81 min) From Japanese special effects master Soichi Umezawa (Dr. Akagi, Bright Future) comes a singular horror experience in an imaginative and hilarious marriage of The Blob and The Evil Dead. After studying in Tokyo, Kaori returns to Aina Academy to finish her prep classes for art school. Her time away has made her a better artist than most of her classmates and she soon…
In conjunction with the current exhibition, History in RGB, writer, Juliana Reyes, and Maria Dumlao will be hosting Merienda: Pinoy Potluck and Kuwentohan on Sunday, April 22 at 2-5pm. Come share food and stories about aswangs, kapres, and the other creatures that haunt and inspire Filipinos. Bring a snack (and a folktale from your culture!) to share. Filipinos and non-Filipinos are welcome.
2018 Cinedelphia Film Festival presents PAA JOE & THE LION – Philadelphia Premiere (Dir. Benjamin Wigley, 2016, UK/Ghana, 74 min) The Grandfather of Ghana’s Fantasy Coffin trade gets the documentary treatment in this critically-acclaimed festival favorite. Paa Joe dreams of his bygone days — bringing money home in briefcases and work being shipped to galleries the world over. Now, he sleeps as the cars hurtle passed. There are no customers, no tourists — there are no coffins to make. His…
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Nile + Soulfly w/ Cleric at Underground Arts Sunday, April 22nd, 2018 21+ | Doors: 6PM | Show: 6:30PM Tickets: http://bit.ly/NileSoulfly_Tickets NILE https://www.facebook.com/nilecatacombs/ https://www.twitter.com/nilecatacombs With eight critically acclaimed albums, a few EPs and several world tours under their belt, NILE has raised the bar for extreme metal bands musically, lyrically and conceptually. Their withering live performances are nothing short of legendary. Through force of will and dedication to their craft, NILE is one of death metal’s brightest hopes for the…
2018 Cinedelphia Film Festival HAGAZUSSA – A HEATHEN’S CURSE – Philadelphia Premiere (Dir. Lukas Feigelfeld, 2017, Germany/Austria, 102 min) The cold winter stretches over the Alps of the 15th century. A young goatherd and her mother are living in a remote hut, deep in the mountain woods. As her mother mysteriously falls ill and dies, she is left scarred and traumatized. 20 years pass. Herself a mother now, she slowly begins to discover a dark presence lurking in the old…
Jeff Rosenstock / Martha / Bad Moves at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Jeff Rosenstock Jeff Rosenstock was an anxious kid who grew into an anxious adult and has also made a bunch of music along the way with a bunch of bands, most notably BTMI! who apparently pioneered giving things away for free on the internet – or at least got some of the credit for it. Now he plays with his bi-coastal band of rad…
2018 Cinedelphia Film Festival presents Hellspawn: Short Films of the Damned Demons, witches, religious zealots, and a cursed garden shed are just some of the horrors revealed in this eclectic and unholy collection of shorts. Total running time: 110 minutes. “We Summoned A Demon” (Dir. Chris McInroy, 6 min, USA) CFF favorite Chris McInroy (“Death Metal”, “Bad Guy #2”) is back with a tale of two losers who (you guessed it) summon a demon in an effort to become cool.…
JOIN US –> Thursday April 12th from 4PM – 6PM at the soon-to-open Love City Brewing Company as we move to raise seed money for our cinéSPEAK Youth Crew Programming. WHAT TO EXPECT: Good Beer + Warm Company –> Love City Brewing has offered to generously donate 15% of ALL SALES during the event. PLUS! Team cinéSPEAK will be on-deck to mix-it-up + tell you more about how you can get involved + support this important work. We will be…
3/18: Advance tickets have sold out, there will be a limited number of standing room-only tickets available at the door on the night-of. No guarantees, no reserving. Join us for a live ritual and presentation on the Satanic Panic with The Satanic Temple co-founder Lucien Greaves and associates plus a special anniversary screening of the Mexican occult classic ALUCARDA! The Satanic Temple (TST) is a non-theistic religion founded by Lucien Greaves and Malcolm Jarry in 2012. TST is best known…
OG Maco Swag Hollywood Richie Wess Yung Dred Reggie Mills Yung Mal & Lil Quil Underground Arts 4/12 Tickets: http://bit.ly/OGMacoUA
Studio Incamminati Alumna Lynn Snyder performs a live-model painting demonstration and answers questions about the Studio Incamminati painting process.
Lotus at Union Transfer w/ Square Peg Round Hole (4/13), MINKA (4/14) 4/13 http://ticketf.ly/2n2V6Uw 4/14 http://ticketf.ly/2Dze682 Limited Two Show Passes are sold out. Congratulations to Lauren Therese, who won two tickets to Friday’s show, and Max William, who won two tickets to Saturday’s show! UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Lotus Having built a massive fanbase over the years, Lotus tours heavily selling out headline shows across the county and playing festivals such as Electric Forest, Imagine Music Fest, Camp…
Fortunate Youth with BALLYHOO! and Tatanka at Underground Arts Friday, April 13th, 2018 21+ | Doors: 8PM | Show: 9PM Tickets are on sale NOW: http://bit.ly/FortunateYouth_Tix Fortunate Youth http://www.fortunate-youth.com/ http://www.facebook.com/FortunateYouth/ http://www.twitter.com/FortunateYouth/ http://www.instagram.com/fortunateyouth310/ Fortunate Youth is a collective of six outstanding musicians/producers who have taken the worldwide music scene by storm. Spreading inspirational messages of Peace, Love, and Unity, Fortunate Youth connects music lovers from all over the world, creating a global family of positivity and progressive ideals. FY was born…
PhilaMOCA is bringing back the lost thrill of Saturday morning cartoon viewing with a new monthly series of animated favorites from yesteryear! Anything that aired between the 1960s-1990s is fair game including popular favorites, short-lived gems, and forgotten oddities, all screened with era-appropriate commercial breaks! Plus free sugary cereal! The 2018 Cinedelphia Film Festival is taking over this month’s installment with an all-monster program! From fan favorites to obscure oddities, it’ll be a fright-filled, family-friendly time. Doors 11:30, Program Noon,…
Riot Nerd is back but this time at District N9ne to bring you over 55 DIFFERENT vendors each day selling handmade and up-cycled macabre, curiousities, oddities, and pop-culture inspired items over two days. Saturday & Sunday 12pm – 5pm All ages! $5 cover at the door (free for children 10 and under) Save your wrist band for free admission on the second day! Food trucks: Empanada Guy Sponsored by NextFab & Inspire Apply to vend here: https://goo.gl/forms/M5mDNXaNe11GY3I22 Saturday Vendors: Quirky…
Brainwashing, pagan rituals, vengeful ghosts, and children imprisoned in giant Tupperware containers…just another day in Eerie, Indiana. Child investigators Marshall Teller (Omri Katz) and Simon Holmes (Justin Shenkarow) uncover the bizarre secrets of the strangest town in the Midwest in the highly influential and fondly remembered series Eerie, Indiana. Broadcast from 1991-92, a time when youth-oriented programming was dominated by harmless, moralistic sitcoms, Eerie embraced dark humor, subverted traditional horror tropes, and featured a cast and crew of experienced off-the-wall…
Titus Andronicus with Rick Maguire from Pile at Underground Arts Saturday, April 14th, 2018 21+ | Doors: 8PM | Show: 9PM Tickets are on sale NOW! Tickets: http://bit.ly/TitusAndronicus_Tickets ØˆØˆØ Titus Andronicus ØˆØˆØ http://www.titusandronicus.net http://www.facebook.com/TitusAndronicusOfficial http://www.twitter.com/titusandronicus Since debuting in 2008, Titus Andronicus has been conditioning faithful listeners to always expect only the unexpected, consistently zigging where others would zag and maintaining a steadfast dedication to fearless ambition. With the March 2 release of the new studio album A Productive Cough on…
2018 Cinedelphia Film Festival presents PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE with Jessica Harper in attendance! (Dir. Brian De Palma, 1974, USA, 92 min) Star Jessica Harper in attendance for a screening of the greatest horror musical of all-time! Brian De Palma’s glam rock version of the famous Phantom of the Opera story stars singer-songwriter Paul Williams as Swan, an evil record tycoon who steals the work of talented composer Winslow Leach (William Finley), along with the object of Winslow’s desires, Phoenix…
Asian Arts is looking to you to help us find our next inspiring leader! After 25 years of being the dynamic and visionary head of our organization, our Executive Director, Gayle Isa is leaving her position. We are so grateful to Gayle for her many years of creating community and forming a space where the power of art can bring people together to address critical issues and concerns. We all know how difficult it will be to fill her shoes…
When David Lynch moved to Philadelphia in the late 1960s to attend PAFA, he discovered a city that was both terrifying and inspiring. Explore the neighborhood that so electrified Lynch’s imagination in the company of two tour guides: Hidden City’s Peter Woodall and Lynch aficionado Bob Bruhin. During this one-and-a-half hour walking tour, we’ll delve into the neighborhood’s pre- and post-Lynch history, as well as the sights and sounds that inspired Lynch’s movies, particularly Eraserhead.
2018 Cinedelphia Film Festival presents INDIANA – Philadelphia Premiere (Dir. Toni Comas, 2017, USA, 76 min) While most paranormal investigators are either cheap con-men or tacky hacks on bad reality TV shows, the Spirit Doctors are of a different breed. Operating out of a small rural town in Indiana, old friends Michael (Gabe Fazio) and Josh (Bradford West) are genuinely invested in helping people, driven by empathy and pathos first and foremost. Whether the hauntings and possessions are real or…
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!
Sunday, February 18, potluck dinner and tango party Food theme: Winter, International – to celebrate all of the countries that are participating in the Winter Olympics! 6:30 pm, appetizers 7 pm, dinner 8 pm to midnight, tango dancing Admission to dinner: Food or drink to share Admission to milonga: $12 general, $6 full time students Please read revised potluck guidelines below! 1. CONTRIBUTIONS for the POTLUCK: The food theme is only a suggestion. If you’re not a cook, wine or…
2018 Cinedelphia Film Festival presents I AM NOT A WITCH – Philadelphia Premiere (Dir. Rungano Nyoni, 2017, UK/France/Germany, 93 min) When eight-year-old Shula turns up alone and unannounced in a rural Zambian village, the locals are suspicious. A minor incident escalates to a full-blown witch trial, where she is found guilty and sentenced to life on a state-run witch camp. There, she is tethered to a long white ribbon and told that if she ever tries to run away, she…
Russian Circles / King Woman at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Russian Circles At the end of 2014, Chicago trio Russian Circles celebrated the 10-year anniversary of their first show. A decade is a long time for any band to persevere, let alone a band that mines the relatively unmarketable niche of protracted instrumental dirges. But whereas many bands on the louder end of the rock-based instrumental world are content to work within the confines of the…
The Slackers w/ The Dull Blue Lights and Mad Conductor at Underground Arts Sunday, April 15th, 2018 21+ | Doors: 8PM | Show: 9PM Tickets: http://ticketf.ly/2BNAHZg The Slackers http://www.theslackers.com http://www.facebook.com/theslackers http://www.twitter.com/Theslackersband http://www.instagram.com/theslackersband The Slackers are self styled masters of Reggae, Ska and Rock’n’Roll from New York City. The Slackers began in 1991 in NYC. After years of local gigs and rehearsing in a dingy basement in Manhattan’s lower east side, the band released its debut album, Better Late Than Never,…
2018 Cinedelphia Film Festival THEY REMAIN – Philadelphia Premiere (Dir. Philip Gelatt, 2018, USA, 102 min) Writer/Director Philip Gelatt and Producer Will Battersby in attendance! William Jackson Harper (The Good Place) stars in this critically-acclaimed adaptation of the short story “-30-” by cult favorite writer Laird Barron. Two scientists are assigned to investigate an unspeakable horror that took place on land once occupied by a murderous, Manson-like cult. Operating out of a high tech encampment in a remote area, they…
Our Annual Spring Meeting & Board Elections are scheduled for Monday, May 14, 2018 at 7:30pm. The public meeting and election will be held in the offices of Azavea, 990 Spring Garden St. – 5th Fl. This year there are six board seats open. Any CNA member current on their dues and who resides, works at …
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