Germantown Artists Roundtable

Tony Williams Jazz Quartet at LaRose Jazz Club
2019-07-08 18:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | La Rose Jazz Club, 5531 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Enjoy BLUE MONDAY at La Rose Jazz Club with the fabulous music of Tony Williams, sax, Craig McIver, percussion, Mike Boone,bass and Aaron Graves & Dave Posmontier on keyboard. A warm and welcoming jazz spot in G-town.

Julian Hartwell plays at The Barnes
2019-07-07 | The Barnes Foundation
PECO Free First Sunday Family Day – July 7th
Bernard Samuel & Julian Hartwell
The Barnes Foundation
2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
Philadelphia, PA 19130
FOR MORE INFO
July 7th is the first Sunday of the month, which means free admission at The Barnes. Visitors have access to the collection, plus all family activities and entertainment. As part of this FREE family-friendly, day of activity at The Barnes, the Philadelphia Jazz Project is excited to present two, solo pianists, Julian Hartwell and Bernard Samuel, who will share exquisite keyboard explorations filled with history, romance and humor.
Julian Hartwell will be performing at 1pm.

OPEN MIKE at the Listening Room
2019-06-27 18:30 - 21:30 | Germantown Expresso Bar, 26 W. Maplewood Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
The Listening Room at Germantown Expresso Bar
26 Maplewood Mall
Open Mic Every 2nd and 4th Thursday!
Calling all musicians, poets, comedians and performers! Come out to share your talent!
Sign ups at 6:30; first performance t 7:30. Each performer gets 3 songs or l5 minutes

The Destination is the Downbeat at Rittenhouse Soundworks
2019-06-22 17:30 - 20:00 | Rittenhouse Soundworks Studios, 219 W. Rittenhouse St, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
The Destination is the Downbeat is a new concert work that considers the notion of ‘keeping time’ in jazz music. TAKE IT AWAY DANCE!
Time is a feeling; it is swing, groove and rhythmic feel – the essence of tap dancing itself. For tap dancers, how they play time in jazz music has everything to do with who they are as musicians and as human beings. Rhythm is intimately personal and music is the original DM (direct message). Pamela Hetherington’s choreography explores the theme of keeping time across different types of jazz music, including blues, hard bop, free and post-bop. One new work will explore the music of legendary Philadelphia jazz musician, Bobby Timmons. The concert also leaps into the music of Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Christian McBride, Miles Davis and original compositions by Nicholas Krolak and Erica Mack.
Performing in the sweeping industrial space at Rittenhouse Soundworks, on the only tap performance floor in the city, five musicians and seven dancers deliver a deeply connected performance that fuses physicality and musicality. The musical accompaniment is provided by piano-vocalist, Erica Corbo, (who is also the music director), saxophonist, Jonathan Katz; bassist, Nicholas Krolak, drummer, Erica Mack, and vocalist, V. Shayne Frederick. Along with the musicians, there are seven tap dancers working in concert: Lauren Belasco, Alec Chupik, Rosie Marinelli, Khalil Munir, Morgan O’Shea, Kristin Potocki, and Vanetta Wood.
+Artistic direction and choreography: Pamela Hetherington
+Two shows: 5:30 and 8 pm
+Concert runs 75 minutes with no intermission
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Take It Away Dance maintains the connection of music and dance. We are a tap dance and live music company. Our work is inspired by diverse jazz music influences with a distinctive focus on the music and grooves that originated here in Philadelphia. Take It Away Dance has been presented by Jazz Bridge (Neighborhood Concert), The Philadelphia Jazz Project (7X7 Series), Reading Terminal Market (Music at the Market Series), Creative Philadelphia (Culture in the Courtyard), Dixon Place (30-30-30, Eight in Show), The Barnes Foundation (Free First Sunday), The Outlet Dance Project, the Allentown Art Museum (Third Thursday), and Symphony Space (Stam-Pede/APAP). Commercially , Take It Away Dance has been contracted for Philadelphia appearances by The Fillmore and SEPTA. The company creates new tap repertory works each year, and they have presented five, evening-length original concerts since 2014. They have also presented the work of world-renowned women tap dance choreographers through the re-staging and performance of their classic works. Take It Away Dance has been featured on the nationally-syndicated arts program, Articulate, has been directed by Pamela Hetherington since 2014.

Pastorius Community Garden Concert
2019-06-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Pastorius Community Garden, 10 E. Pastorius Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
PASTORIUS COMMUNITY GARDEN LIVE CONCERT SERIES

EVERY 3RD THURSDAY AT 7PM FROM MAY-SEPTEMBER

(CORNER OF GTN & PASTORIUS) 10E. Pastorius

JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL
2019-06-15 13:00 - 19:00 | Johnson House Historic Site, 6300 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, 19144, United States
JUNE 15TH FROM 12 NOON TO 7 :00 P.M. – JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL
@ Johnson House
6306 Germantown Avenue

Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival – Celebrates the anniversary of Juneteenth, the passage and ratification of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution that commemorates the end of slavery.
Features all day family oriented street festival. Activities include: panel discussion to examine social issues, historical reenactments, food and drink marketplace, performance and cultural arts, exhibits, vendor marketplace, resource tables, pop-up beer garden and guided historic tours. June 15, 2019.

Last chance: Ni SantA, Ni Puta, Solo Mujer by Betsy Z Casanas at iMPeRFect Gallery
2019-06-15 13:00 - 18:00 | Imperfect Gallery on Gtn Avenue, 5539 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
This solo exhibition, “NI SANTA, NI PUTA, SOLO MUJER” by Betsy Z. Casañas runs from May 18 through June 15, 2019.
The two project rooms, “THe GReaT GLaSS eLeVaToR” and “THe ReDRooM” will have installations created by the Senior Studio Class at Germantown Friends School, lead by their teacher Megan Culp.

G-town's Sun Ra Arkestra & Sounds of Liberation at Union Transfer
2019-06-13 20:00 - 22:30 | Union Transfer
Ars Nova Workshop Presents

The Marshall Allen 95th Birthday Celebration

Sun Ra Arkestra, Sounds Of Liberation, Eli Keszler

Thursday, June 13
Show | 8pm // Doors | 7pm
$20 to $100

VIP Tickets Available
RSVP on Facebook

Sun Ra Arkestra

The Sun Ra Arkestra has been hailed as one of the greatest big bands of all time, and their maestro Marshall Allen will be celebrating his 95th birthday this year! In celebration, Ars Nova Workshop is presenting the Arkestra on a double-bill with another legendary Philadelphia collective, Sounds of Liberation.
Though the iconic Sun Ra left the planet in 1993, his cosmic legacy is proudly maintained by the interstellar sounds of the Arkestra, which now operates under the direction of alto saxophonist Marshall Allen. With a massive, joyous songbook and the kind of well-organized chaos that sees their legendary two-hour sets move deftly between rolling grooves, sing-along chants, and atonal blasts of mischievous brass, the Arkestra remain one of the most unmissable live acts today. In 2018, the 83rd Downbeat Readers Poll saw the Arkestra ranked eighth in the “Big Band” category. In the last year alone, the Arkestra has backed Solange and U2, inspired Lady Gaga to include “Rocket Number Nine” as part of her stage show, and welcomed artists like Kamasi Washington and Shabaka Hutchings to join in the fun, opening up the ears of new music audiences globally to a challenging and uniquely defined sound.
As a young musician, Marshall Belford Allen (b. May 25, 1924) performed with pianist Art Simmons, Don Byas, and James Moody before enrolling in the Paris Conservatory of Music. After relocating to Chicago, Allen became a pupil of Sun Ra, subsequently joining the Arkestra in 1958 and leading Sun Ra’s formidable reed section for the next 40 years. Marshall, along with John Gilmore, June Tyson, and James Jacson, lived, rehearsed, toured, and recorded with Sun Ra almost exclusively for much of Sun Ra’s musical career. His membership in the Arkestra makes Allen a pioneer of the Free Jazz movement of the early 1960s, having remarkable influence on the leading voices in the avant-garde. He is featured on over 200 Sun Ra recordings, in addition to collaborations with Phish, Sonic Youth, Digable Planets, and Medeski, Martin & Wood. Allen assumed the position of maestro in 1995, following the ascension of Sun Ra in 1993 and John Gilmore in 1995. Marshall continues to be committed to the study, research, and development of Sun Ra’s musical precepts and has launched the Sun Ra Arkestra into a dimension beyond that of mere “ghost” band by writing fresh arrangements of Sun Ra’s music, as well as composing new music and arrangements for the Arkestra. He works unceasingly to keep the big-band tradition alive.

Sounds Of Liberation

Sounds of Liberation was a self-described “community force” that sprang from Philadelphia’s Germantown and Mt. Airy neighborhoods in the early 1970s, then seemingly vanished into the ether by decade’s end. At times reminiscent of the Modern Jazz Quartet and Elevation-era Pharaoh Sanders, SoL’s singular blend of free-funk, fiery spiritual jazz, and Afro-Cuban rhythms placed them at the forefront of the Black Avant Garde. SoL’s only documented recording, a self-titled LP released on the group’s own Dogtown label in 1972, was a mythical score for free jazz vinyl collectors until Porter Records’ Luke Mosling reissued it “sound unheard” 38 years later.

OPEN MIKE at The Listening Room at the Germantown Expresso Bar
2019-06-13 18:30 - 21:30 | Germantown Expresso Bar, 26 W. Maplewood Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States

The Golden Hour at Germantown Kitchen Garden
2019-06-09 18:30 - 20:00 | Germantown Kitchen Garden, 215 E. Penn Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States

IN SEARCH OF THE COLORED GIRL at The Colored Girls Museum
2019-06-09 13:00 - 17:00, 2019-05-26 13:00 - 17:00 | The Colored Girls Museum, 4613 Newhall Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
EVERY SUNDAY UNTIL JUNE l6th
OPEN SUNDAYS AT 1PM for hourly tours
IN SEARCH OF THE COLORED GIRL

Group Tours are available Tuesday through Saturday by appointment only for groups of ten or more. Please contact us through our website for more information.
“In Search of The Colored Girl”” is The Colored Girls’ Museum fourth exhibition since it opened in March 2015. This show WILL BE OPEN UNTIL June l6th..
The Colored Girls Museum is the first and only institution of its kind to document and celebrate the ordinary, extraordinary colored girl . The current campaign and exhibition considers movements like #Metoo, #Muterkelly, the adultification of black girls and the erasure of contributions of black women and girls from important movements and history. We also consider the nearly 75,000 black girls and women missing across the country.
“In a docent led tour of the exhibit”patrons will become the “search party.” The museum an excavation site and visual travelogue. Visitors must search for the colored girl she has gone missing. They can search for her in her kitchen, a bedroom perhaps they will find her in a photo album or favorite book. Maybe she is hidden in a closet or an old laundry basket . Is she in an action hero collection her music or favorite scent. Is she a chair covered in hair?
Each installation, work of art or artifact is evidence that she does exist, no matter how much she is excluded or overlooked. Who is she? Where was she seen last? Who did she talk to? What was she wearing? When was she reported missing, or was she? Did she have a best friend, a favorite book or place to visit? What are the consequences of our silence around her disappearance?

Jack St Clair and his l7 piece orchestra at LaRose Jazz Cafe
2019-06-06 19:30 - 21:30 | La Rose Jazz Club, 5531 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia,PA, PA, 19144, United States
Jack St. Clair and his 17 piece orchestra with vocalist Chelsea, keeps the place hopping at La Rose Jazz Café
5531 Germantown Avenue

Blue Monday at LaRose Jazz Cafe with Tony Williams
2019-06-03 18:30 - 21:30 | LaRose Jazz Cafe
Enjoy the fabulous Tony Williams Jazz Quartet every Monday night at La Rose Jazz Club from 6:30-9:30pm.
Tony Williams, sax, Craig McIver, percussion, Mike Boone, bass and Aaron Graves and Dave Posmontier on keyboard.
A warm and welcoming jazz club in the heart of G-town.

IN SEARCH OF THE COLORED GIRL at The Colored Girls Museum
2019-06-02 13:00 - 17:00 | The Colored Girls Museum, 4613 Newhall Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States

O BEAUTIFUL FOR...AN UNFINISHED SONG ABOUT AMERICA at Cliveden
2019-05-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Cliveden Carriage House, 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
O BEAUTIFUL FOR…AN UNFINISHED SONG ABOUT AMERICA
On Saturday, May 25th, let your voice be heard by adding new verses to the song, ‘America the Beautiful.’ From 10 AM to 12 PM, local author and artist Lucy Bell Jarka-Sellers will guide visitors in a workshop to discuss their feelings on what makes America beautiful, what is flawed about our country, and what we aspire to as a nation. Participants will then transform their feelings into new lyrics for ‘America the Beautiful’ and finish by singing both old and new lyrics as a group.
The workshop will be held in Cliveden’s Carriage House, located on 98 E. Cliveden Street, 19144, and is wheelchair accessible. Street parking is available in the surrounding neighborhood.
Tickets are $8 and on sale now. Space is limited, advanced purchase is required.
——————-About Lucy Bell Jarka-Sellers
Lucy Bell Jarka-Sellers is a local author, artist, and former teacher at Germantown Friends School.
About ‘America the Beautiful’
America the Beautiful is a song of celebration and aspiration. It acknowledges that America has flaws that need to be mended, but insists that America is both up to the challenge and worth cherishing. By writing new verses for the old song and singing them together we reaffirm our dedication to what’s beautiful about America and our commitment to mending what’s flawed, while promoting brotherhood (and sisterhood) from sea to shining sea! Singing about what we care about lifts us up and binds us together. It can help us to protect what’s best about our country, to see where we’ve gone astray, and to keep walking toward a more just society.

SINGING NINA: a cultural festival & conference celebrating Nina Simone
2019-05-19 10:00 - 21:00 | Rittenhouse Soundworks Studios, 219 W. Rittenhouse St, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
SPECIAL MUSICIANS GATHERING EVENT
May 19, 2019
Germantown Arts presents
Singing Nina:
A Cultural Festival & Conference
This one day festival, held at multiple locations in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, focuses on the life and music of Nina Simone
For Advance Tickets: https://www.artful.ly/store/events/17240

Open Reception for Betsy Z. Casanas at iMPeRFeCT Gallery
2019-05-18 18:00 - 21:00 | Imperfect Gallery on Gtn Avenue, 5539 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States

Help Sew THE JOHNSON HOUSE COMMUNITY QUILT
2019-05-18 10:00 - 14:00 | Johnson House Historic Site, 6300 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, 19144, United States
HELP SEW THE JOHNSON HOUSE COMMUNITY QUILT
W/ UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD QUILT CODES

At the Johnson House Historic Site, 6306 GERMANTOWN Ave

Pastorius Community Garden Concert Series
2019-05-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Pastorius Community Garden, 10 E. Pastorius Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
PASTORIUS COMMUNITY GARDEN LIVE CONCERT SERIES

First concert of PCG LIVE! (Season 3) is: Thursday, May the 16th at 7pm-Danie Ocean, Ruth Nyevero, and Genesis!
EVERY 3RD THURSDAY AT 7PM FROM MAY-SEPTEMBER

(CORNER OF GTN & PASTORIUS) 10E. Pastorius

Poetry event at Uncle Bobbies: Sham-e-Ali Nayeem
2019-05-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Uncle Bobbies
Uncle Bobbie’s welcomes poet Sham-e-Ali Nayeem for a poetry reading and signing of her collection City of Pearls. Admission is FREE and books will be available for purchase. Sham-e-Ali will be joined by poet Cynthia Dewi Oka for this event.

Stevie and the Bluescasters on the road
2019-05-11 20:00 - 22:00
Join local trio, Stevie and the Bluescasters as they go on the road in May!

Saturday, May 11, 2019
House Concert
For the Sake of Culture/Not Profit
Zuchman Studios
West Philadelphia, Pa 19143
215-693-1657
8pm -10 pm
$20 suggested donation
RSVP: zuchman@zuchmanstudios.com
(reserve seat and directions)

Sunday, May 12, 2019
Mother’s Day Music Sail on the A.J. Meerwald
Bristol Wharf
100-148 Basin Park
Bristol, PA 19007
6-8 pm
$27.50 – $47.50
Tickets @ bayshore center.org or by phone (856) 785-2060

Diane Pieri show at Cerulean Arts-Reception
2019-05-11 14:00 - 17:00 | Cerulean Arts, 1355 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19144-3822, United States

Creative Voice of Germantown
2019-05-11 14:00 - 15:00 | 92.9 FM
Enjoy meeting the wonderful and diverse artists who live in our community, hear music of local composers and musicians, enjoy the rich poetry of our local poets and more………
Listen on your FM radio dial (92.9FM),
on your computer or smartphone (gtownradio.com)
or on tunein.com (gtown radio)

Friday Night Rumba at Imperfect Gallery
2019-05-10 20:00 - 23:00 | Imperfect Gallery on Gtn Avenue, 5539 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Friday Night Rumba at Imperfect Gallery
Rumbas happen every Friday, except for Fridays before an opening. They are gatherings of people of all ages and nationalities, united by their love of Cuban folklore, we drum, sing and dance, this is not a performance, it’s an experience. Rumbas are free and open to the public
Contributions of drinks or food are shared and very appreciated.

Friday night movies at Uncle Bobbies: QUEST
2019-05-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Uncle Bobbie’s Bookstore, 5445 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Uncle Bobbie’s Friday Night Film series continues with a screening of Quest. “A moving portrait of an African-American family in North Philadelphia, Quest is a vivid illumination of race and class in America, and a testament to love, healing, and hope.” Director Jonathan Olshefski and other documentary stars will be running the film’s talk back.
Admission is FREE and open to the public!!

Mama Kimberly at Uncle Bobbies
2019-05-07 10:00 - 11:00 | Uncle Bobbie’s Bookstore, 5445 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Every Tuesday morning from l0-11 am enjoy Storytime with Mama Kimberly. Young children and their caregivers are invited to enjoy storytime and interactive singing, dancing and old fashioned fun.

Blue Monday at La Rose Jazz Club
2019-05-06 18:30 - 21:30 | LaRose Jazz Cafe
Enjoy the musical vibes of the Tony Williams Jazz Quartet every Monday night at this warm, welcoming local jazz spot. Tony Wiliams, saxophone, Mike Boone, bass, Craig McIver , percussion , Aaron Graves and Dave Posmontier, keyboard.
Cash bar. Dinner available.
Free parking.

Monnette Sudler Quintet at Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz
2019-05-02 19:30 - 22:00 | Philadelphia Clef Club, 738 S. Broad St, Philadelphia, PA, 19146, United States
Bobby Zankel Presents Philadelphia Stories; Original Music Series
Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz
736-38 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia PA 19146
215-893-9912
Dave Allen Group http://www.daveallenjazz.com/
and
Monnette Sudler Quintet
with Adam Faulk piano, Webb Thomas drums, Lamont Smith congas and Tony Jones bass.
http://www.monnettesudlermusic.com

Jack St Clair and his l7 piece orchestra at LaRose Jazz Club
2019-05-02 19:30 - 22:00 | La Rose Jazz Club, 5531 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia,PA, PA, 19144, United States
