Eraserhood Weekend!!

CHON w/ Polyphia, TTNG, Tricot at Union Transfer

June 7 @ 6:00 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

CHON / Polyphia / TTNG / Tricot at Union Transfer CHON In the past seven years, CHON have gone from playing local shows in their hometown of San Diego to a spot on the Billboard 200 and tours with Animals As Leaders and Circa Survive. The easiest category to put CHON in would be “instrumental,” but that doesn’t do the band justice. On their debut full-length Grow, CHON incorporate prog rock and jazz with lightning quick picking, staccato drumming and…

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Andrew Lipke w/ Camera Thief, Stereo Hideout, Dwight Remington

June 7 @ 8:00 pm – 1:00 am UTC-4

BrookLAdelphia Presents: Andrew Lipke w/ Special Guests Camera Thief, Stereo Hideout, & Dwight Remington Thursday, June 7th, 2018 Underground Arts 1200 Callowhill Street Philadelphia PA 21+ | Doors 7PM | Show 8PM Tickets On Sale Friday, March 23rd @ 12PM! Tix: http://bit.ly/AndrewLipkeUA

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Palberta Record Release Show

June 7 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm UTC-4

Palberta Ursula Body Meat $10 PhilaMOCA

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Parquet Courts / Goat Girl / Street Stains at Union Transfer

June 8 @ 7:30 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

WXPN 88.5 FM Welcomes … Parquet Courts / Goat Girl / Street Stains at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Unofficial: Parquet Courts Parquets Courts’ fifth album Wide Awake! is a groundbreaking work, an album about independence and individuality but also about collectivity and communitarianism. The songs, written by Andrew Savage and Austin Brown but elevated to even greater heights by the dynamic rhythmic propulsion of Max Savage (drums) and Sean Yeaton (bass), are filled with their traditional…

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Bill & Ted Day Marathon at PhilaMOCA

June 9 @ 7:30 pm – 11:30 pm UTC-4

June 9 (6/9) is national Bill & Ted Day and we’re celebrating with a marathon for B&T completists! We’ll be screening BILL & TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE (1989), BILL & TED’S BOGUS JOURNEY (1991) plus episodes of the live-action BILL & TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURES (1992), the animated BILL & TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURES (1990), and a ton of ephemera from years past (commercials, interviews, Halloween Horror Night clips). Station! BILL & TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE Bill Preston and Ted Logan are two totally…

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Hot Snakes / Vundabar at Union Transfer – Philadelphia 6/9

June 9 @ 8:00 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

Hot Snakes / Vundabar at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Hot Snakes Swami John Reis and Rick Froberg have been making noises together since high school. In 1986 it was the post-hardcore chime of Pitchfork. In 1991 it was the sprawling, multi-faceted arrangements of Drive Like Jehu. In 1999 it was the lean, mean swagger of Hot Snakes. Reis and Froberg are responsible for some of the most turbulent rock and roll of their, or any, generation.…

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Hidden In Plain View at Underground Arts (6/9)

June 9 @ 8:00 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

Hidden In Plain View Saturday, June 9th, 2018 Underground Arts 1200 Callowhill Street Philadelphia PA 21+ | Door 8PM | Show 9PM Tickets On Sale Friday, 3/30 @ 10AM EST Tickets: http://bit.ly/HiddenInPlainViewUA

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Eels at Union Transfer – Philadelphia 6/10

June 10 @ 7:00 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

Eels at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B THE EELS Hi, We could do the usual record company “bio” about this new record, but, seriously…who gives a heck? The world is a mess. This is just music. Music by someone who tends to believe that change starts in your own backyard. I’m just optimistic enough to believe that kind of thing can still help people. It doesn’t have any answers, other than maybe that there is no answer,…

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La Luz with Timothy Eerie at Underground Arts (6/10)

June 10 @ 8:00 pm – 1:00 am UTC-4

La Luz with Timothy Eerie at Underground Arts Tickets: http://bit.ly/LaLuzUA

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Eraserhood Weekend!!

MAY 2018

Burna Boy at Underground Arts (5/31)

May 31 @ 8:00 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

BurnaBoy at Underground Arts Thursday, May 31st, 2018 21+ | Doors 8PM | Show 9PM On Sale Friday, March 30th, 2018 @ 10AM Tickets: http://bit.ly/BurnaBoyUA BURNA BOY http://www.facebook.com/Officialburnaboy Damini Ogulu, better known by his stage name Burna Boy, is an afro fusion singer and songwriter. Known for his smooth patois influenced delivery in a voice reminiscent of notable music legends, Burna Boy has consistently wowed fans with his original and unpredictable style and energetic performances. His body of work includes…

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JUNE 2018

Tired Hands Birthday w/ Black Moth Super Rainbow, Pissed Jeans, & Cloakroom

June 1 @ 7:30 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

Tired Hands Brewing Company Birth Day Party with Black Moth Super Rainbow, Pissed Jeans & Cloakroom at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Black Moth Super Rainbow If you haven’t panicked lately, you’re either blissfully ignorant or have gone completely clear. For the rest of us attempting to navigate the political, economical, and cultural carnage, Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” succinctly captures the statue of psychic dislocation. Or N.W.A.’s “The Panic Zone.” Or Black Moth Super Rainbow’s Panic Blooms,…

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Self Defense Family / Sannhet / Planning for Burial

June 1 @ 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm UTC-4

Self Defense Family / Sannhet / Planning For Burial Doors 8:00 / Show 8:30 / $15 adv / $20 day-of SELF DEFENSE FAMILY A prolific post-hardcore and punk band that has colaborated with numerous artists and labels. SANNHET Metal band from Brooklyn, NY. Founded in 2010. PLANNING FOR BURIAL Blackened slowcore project from Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. PhilaMOCA 531 N. 12th Street http://www.philamoca.org

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Rozwell Kid / Prince Daddy & The Hyena at PhilaMOCA

June 2 @ 8:00 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

Get tickets: https://ticketf.ly/2IUMKIA Rozwell Kid Fronted by the affable, spectacled Jordan Hudkins, Rozwell Kid write massive, gritty, excitable power-punk songs; they channel Blue Album guitar grandiosity and eternally-hummable melodies conveyed in ‘ooo”s, the likes of which would make Rivers Cuomo weak in his problematic knees. But when it came to writing Rozwell Kid’s new album, Precious Art, Jordan Hudkins found himself in the strange place of wondering who and what Rozwell Kid actually was. After more than two years on…

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Exploring David Lynch’s “Eraserhood”

June 3 @ 1:00 pm – 2:45 pm UTC-4

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.

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Japanese Breakfast / LVL UP / Radiator Hospital – Union Transfer

June 3 @ 7:30 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

Japanese Breakfast / LVL UP / Radiator Hospital at Union Transfer UT Newsletter: http://ticketf.ly/1RqX4bJ Event Feed: http://on.fb.me/1Xjri0B Japanese Breakfast “The title Soft Sounds From Another Planet alludes to the promise of something that may or may not be there. Like a hope in something more. The songs are about human resilience and the strength it takes to claw out of the darkest of spaces.” Michelle Zauner wrote the debut Japanese Breakfast album in the weeks after her mother died of…

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Local history: Learn about Philadelphia’s seedy, beloved Tenderloin – May 17 & June 3 : Things To Do : Arts & Entertainment : WHYY

A historic photo depicting 6th and Callowhill streets in 1915. (Courtesy of PhillyHistory.org)

“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.”

Source: Local history: Learn about Philadelphia’s seedy, beloved Tenderloin – May 17 & June 3 : Things To Do : Arts & Entertainment : WHYY

Weekend of Disruption!

Low Cut Connie / Ceramic Animal at Union Transfer – 5/17

May 17 @ 7:00 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

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…

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Bishop Briggs / Foreign Air at Union Transfer – Phila. 5/18

May 18 @ 7:00 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

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…

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Sixteen Jackies (Release Show) w/ Isles Isles, Madalean Gauze, And TBA

May 18 @ 7:00 pm – 12:00 am UTC-4

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…

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Quiet Slang at Underground Arts (5/18)

May 18 @ 8:00 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

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

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Festival of Disruption – Curated by David Lynch

May 19 @ 10:00 am – 10:00 pm UTC-4

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…

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Hop Along / Nervous Dater / Eight at Union Transfer – 5/19

May 19 @ 7:30 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

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…

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Rumours: Philly Artists Pay Tribute To Fleetwood Mac (5/19)

May 19 @ 8:00 pm – 2:00 am UTC-4

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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Bring Your Own Vinyl

May 20 @ 5:00 pm – 2:00 am UTC-4

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!

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La Milonga en Casa this Sunday Night! International Winter Theme

May 20 @ 6:30 pm – 12:00 am UTC-5

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…

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First Friday Dreams of Home

Asian Arts Initiative 25th Anniversary Celebration Weekend

May 3 @ 10:00 am – May 6 @ 6:00 pm UTC-4

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…

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Mdou Moctar at PhilaMOCA

May 3 @ 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm UTC-4

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…

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Hope and Change in Callowhill

May 4 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm UTC-4

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…

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Carpenter Brut at Union Transfer – Philadelphia 5/4

May 4 @ 7:30 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-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,…

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Ananya Dance Theater’s Shyamali: Sprouting Words

May 4 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm UTC-4

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…

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The Weeks with Becca Mancari at Underground Arts

May 4 @ 9:00 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

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…

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Phila Flea in Fairmount

May 5 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm UTC-4

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

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One-Day Center for Refugee Poetics

May 5 @ 12:30 pm – 6:00 pm UTC-4

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…

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Todd Barry – 30th Anniversary Crowd Work Tour @ Underground Arts

May 5 @ 8:00 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

**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…

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SOLD OUT! Tom Misch / Gabriel Garzón Montano at Union Transfer

May 5 @ 8:00 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

*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…

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Ananya Dance Theater’s Shyamali: Sprouting Words

May 5 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm UTC-4

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…

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BC35 release-New Old Skull (x Live Skull) /Martin Bisi / more

May 5 @ 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm UTC-4

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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Bring Your Own Vinyl

May 6 @ 5:00 pm – 2:00 am UTC-4

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!

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Panda Bear / Geologist at Union Transfer – Philadelphia 5/6

May 6 @ 7:00 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

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…

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Jane’s Walk Philly (@janeswalkphl) • Instagram photos and videos

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Hidden City Philadelphia – Exploring David Lynch’s “Eraserhood”

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”

Eraserhood Weekend!

Avengers Infinity War Movie Release

April 26 @ 2:00 pm – 9:00 pm UTC-4
The Institute549 N 12th St
Philadelphia, PA 19123 United States

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.

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Peter Hook & The Light at Union Transfer – Philadelphia 4/26

April 26 @ 7:30 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

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…

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The Ranger – Pennsylvania Premiere, filmmakers in attendance!

April 26 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm UTC-4

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…

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Gardaab Film Screening

April 27 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm UTC-4

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…

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King Cohen (Larry Cohen doc) – Filmmaker in attendance

April 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm UTC-4

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…

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Robyn Hitchcock And His L.A. Squires at Underground Arts

April 27 @ 9:00 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

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…

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Borgeous + Sikdope at District N9NE

April 27 @ 9:30 pm – 2:00 am UTC-4

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 – [email protected] (bottle service requires purchase of GA ticket)

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Rokuroku: The Promise of the Witch – North American Premiere

April 27 @ 10:00 pm – 11:30 pm UTC-4
PhilaMOCA531 N 12th St
Philadelphia, PA 19123 United States

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…

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Zerzura (Nigerian acid western) – Philly Premiere

April 28 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm UTC-4

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…

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Best Worst Marathon 2: The Ascension

April 28 @ 7:00 pm – 2:00 am UTC-4

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…

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Makeness at Union Transfer – Philadelphia 4/28

April 28 @ 7:30 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

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…

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The Ghost Of Paul Revere + Boy Named Banjo at Underground Arts

April 28 @ 8:00 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

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…

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Saturnia w/ TSOT DJ j the audiophile

April 28 @ 10:00 pm – 2:00 am UTC-4

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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Bring Your Own Vinyl

April 29 @ 5:00 pm – 2:00 am UTC-4

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!

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Wham City Comedy at PhilaMOCA

April 29 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm UTC-4

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…

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Eraserhood Weekend!

The Room live script reading with Greg Sestero, 2nd show added

April 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm UTC-4

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…

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Sofi Tukker: Treehouse World Tour at Union Transfer – Philadelphia

April 19 @ 8:30 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

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…

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James Harvard: Talking in Color

April 20 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm UTC-4

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…

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Stars / Dan Mangan at Union Transfer – Philadelphia 4/20

April 20 @ 7:30 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

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…

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SOLD OUT! My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult at PhilaMOCA

April 20 @ 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm UTC-4

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…

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The Daily Show Writers Comedy Tour at Underground Arts (4/20)

April 20 @ 9:00 pm – 2:00 am UTC-4

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…

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Vicious *FREE w/ RSVP* ft. PhaseOne & HE$H at District N9NE

April 20 @ 9:30 pm – 2:00 am UTC-4

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!

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Mausoleum Monster Hop – All Ages Costume Dance Party

April 21 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm UTC-4

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…

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The Weepies – ‘Hideaway’ 10 Year Anniversary Tour w/ Mark Geary at Union Transfer – Philadelphia 4/21

April 21 @ 7:30 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

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…

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Boiled Angels: The Trial of Mike Diana with subject and crew

April 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm UTC-4

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…

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Acid Mothers Temple w/ Yoo Doo Right, Gondola – Underground Arts

April 21 @ 9:00 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

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

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Vampire Clay – Philadelphia Premiere

April 21 @ 10:00 pm – 11:30 pm UTC-4

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…

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Merienda: Pinoy Potluck and Kuwentohan

April 22 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm UTC-4
Vox Populi319 N 11th St
Philadelphia, PA 19107 United States

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.

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Paa Joe & The Lion (Ghanaian coffin doc) – Philly Premiere

April 22 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm UTC-4

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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Bring Your Own Vinyl

April 22 @ 5:00 pm – 2:00 am UTC-4

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!

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Nile + Soulfly w/ Cleric at Underground Arts

April 22 @ 6:30 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

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…

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Hagazussa – A Heathen’s Curse – Philadelphia Premiere

April 22 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm UTC-4
PhilaMOCA531 N 12th St
Philadelphia, PA 19123 United States

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…

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Jeff Rosenstock / Martha / Bad Moves at Union Transfer – Philadelphia 4/22

April 22 @ 7:00 pm – 11:59 pm UTC-4

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…

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Hellspawn: Short Films of the Damned

April 22 @ 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm UTC-4

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.…

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