Sonia Sanchez introduces Nikole Hannah-Jones: The l6l9 Project
2021-11-17 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Parkway Central Library, 21rst & Parkway, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Wednesday, November 17, 2021

7:30 p.m.
IN-PERSON | Nikole Hannah-Jones | The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story| Parkway Central Library

IN-PERSON | Nikole Hannah-Jones | The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Wed, November 17, 2021 7:30 p.m.
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: $40.00 Auditorium ticket w/book*; 38.00 In-house simulcast w/book*
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In conversation with Tamala Edwards, anchor, 6ABC Action News morning edition, and Dr. Anthea Butler, Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought and Chair of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Introduced by legendary poet, Sonia Sanchez
Nikole Hannah-Jones won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for her work on The 1619 Project, a continuing initiative started by the The New York Times Magazine to reexamine United States history through the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans. The co-founder of the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, Hannah-Jones has earned, among many other honors, a Peabody Award, two George Polk Awards, three National Magazine Awards, and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. She was recently was named the Knight Chair in Race and Journalism at Howard University. Interweaving 18 essays with 36 works of fiction and nonfiction by a group of writers of diverse backgrounds, skills, and experiences, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story is a greatly expanded exploration of the continuing legacy of slavery in our cultural, political, and legal institutions.
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Seating is limited due to Covid-19 restrictions.
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*A pre-signed book is included with each ticket and may be collected at the venue on event night.
Due to Covid, there will not be an opportunity to meet the author.
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EBENEZER MAXWELL MANSION: LITERARY PARLOR - MISS MARJORIBANKS BY MARGARET OLIPHANT
2021-11-21 13:30 - 15:00 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken St, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Lucilla Marjoribanks is determined to look after her widowed father and become ‘the sunshine of his life whether he likes it or not. Once installed back at home and presiding over her father’s drawing-room, she launches herself into Carlingford society, aiming to raise the tone with her select evening parties. Lucilla is optimistic, resourceful, and completely without self-doubt, but will her indomitable nature diminish her marriage prospects? Miss Marjoribanks (1866) is a wonderfully comic depiction of the conventions and proprieties that rule a vacuous society
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Ebenezer Maxwell Mansiondiane@ebenezermaxwellmansion.org
200 W Tulpehocken St Philadelphia PA 19144

PRISM: Philadelphia Student Composers Project
2021-12-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Fisher Bennett Hall, 3340 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
PRISM Quartet

presents the inaugural program of the Philadelphia Student Composers Project featuring music from the City of Brotherly Love
Matt Levy director of and musician with PRISM is a long time Germantown resident.
World Premieres

spotlighting new works by rising star composition students representing four eminent Philadelphia music institutions:
Elise Arancio, Curtis Institute of Music
Brendan McMullen, University of Pennsylvania
Sepehr Pirasteh, Temple University
Gloria Quinn, University of the Arts
plus music written for PRISM by three acclaimed composers with deep ties to Philadelphia
David Serkin Ludwig
James Primosch
Julia Wolfe
Monday, December 6 @ 7:30 PM
The inaugural concert of the
Philadelphia Student Composers Project
University of Pennsylvania, Fisher-Bennett Hall
4th floor, Rose Concert Hall
3340 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tuesday, December 7 @ 7:30 PM
Christ & St. Stephen’s Church
120 W 69th St., New York, NY 10023
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TICKETS
Philadelphia: free admission, limited seating, first-come, first-served
New York City: $25 general admission, $20 students & seniors (all fees included) at www.prismquartet.com
Enter the code PrismPromo5 for $5 off!

HEALTH AND SAFETY
Both concerts are open only to fully vaccinated and masked individuals.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania students, faculty, and staff must show Penn Card and Green Open Pass for entry. The general public must show proof of vaccination and Green Open Pass for entry, available to complete on-site or in advance at pennopen.med.upenn.edu/campus.
New York City: Anyone wishing to enter the building must show a proof of vaccination – such as a Covid-19 vaccination card or an Excelsior Pass – to staff at the door.

Clockwise from top: composers Elise Arancio, Sepehr Pirasteh, James Primosch, Gloria Quinn, Julia Wolfe

Credited with more than 300 commissions since its founding, the intrepid PRISM Quartet (Matthew Levy, Timothy McAllister, Zachary Shemon, Taimur Sullivan) presents a program of new and recent works by composers with deep ties to the City of Brotherly Love. The program features world premieres by four extraordinarily talented composition students, each representing one of four eminent music institutions in Philadelphia: Atomic Tangerine and Indigo; Green by Elise Arancio (Curtis Institute of Music), Spliced Tapesby Brendan McMullen (University of Pennsylvania), Four Short Songs by Gloria Quinn (University of the Arts), and Transgression (Act of Sin) by Sepehr Pirasteh(Temple University Boyer College of Music and Dance). All four works were commissioned and are presented in Philadelphia as the inaugural concert of the Philadelphia Student Composers Project under the direction of Erin Busch on December 6th. The program makes its way to the Quartet’s NYC concert series the following evening.
The program also features past Quartet commissions from master composers with longstanding ties to Philadelphia, including Cha by Philadelphia native and Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Wolfe from the Quartet’s 2019 album, Animal, Vegetable, Mineral. Cha is dedicated to the memory of the composer’s father. Wolfe writes: “My favorite memory is dancing the cha-cha-cha with my father. He would hit the dance floor and take me along with him. The piece takes the cha cha as a starting point and creates a joyful deconstruction/exaggeration of the style for the sax quartet.”
Pew Fellow David Serkin Ludwig — who recently left his long-time position on the composition faculty of Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music to assume the role of Dean and Director of the Music Division of the Juilliard School — contributes Josquin Microludes from the Quartet’s 2016 album, The Curtis Project. Ludwig describes Microludes as “a set of miniatures that incorporates Josquin’s Mille Regretz into its musical language, as if channel surfing between ancient music and contemporary sounds.”
The program also includes the jazz-inflected I Never Knew and Straight Up by PRISM’s frequent collaborator James Primosch (1956-2021) from the group’s 2011 album, Dedication, to honor his memory and rich musical legacy. Primosch, a Guggenheim and Pew Fellow, served on the composition faculty of the University of Pennsylvania for more than 30 years.
The Philadelphia program, which is followed by a composer talkback moderated by Ludwig, is presented on December 6 at 7:30 PM at the University of Pennsylvania’s Fisher-Bennett Hall, Rose Concert Hall located at 3340 Walnut Street. The concert is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and is offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Both concerts are open only to fully vaccinated and masked individuals. Anyone wishing to enter the venues must show a proof of vaccination at the door. Individuals attending the Philadelphia concert must also complete a University of Pennsylvania Green Open Pass for entry, available to complete on-site or in advance at pennopen.med.upenn.edu/campus.

Featured on the program: David Serkin Ludwig’s Josquin Microludes, V. Brief mes jours definer…

photo by Ara Howrani

PRISM Quartet
www.prismquartet.com

The PRISM Quartet seeks to place the saxophone in unexpected contexts, chart fresh musical territory, and to challenge, inspire, and move audiences. “A bold ensemble that set the standard for contemporary-classical saxophone quartets” (The New York Times), PRISM has been presented by Carnegie Hall and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; appeared as soloists with the Detroit Symphony and Cleveland Orchestra, and conducted residencies at the nation’s leading conservatories, including the Curtis Institute and the Oberlin Conservatory. PRISM has commissioned hundreds of works, from talented students to recipients of the Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship. PRISM’s discography is extensive, with releases on Albany, BMOP/Sound, ECM, innova, Koch International, Naxos, and its own label, XAS Records.

“An eminent classical saxophone quartet with
an unquenchable thirst for intrigue and adventure.”
— Time Out New York
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Stream, download, or buy PRISM’s newest recording, Heritage/Evolution, Vol. 2 , featuring Ravi Coltrane, Joe Lovano, and Chris Potter on your preferred music service.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Philadelphia concert is presented by the Philadelphia Student Composers Project with generous grant from the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation, and funding from PRISM Quartet, Inc., the Curtis Institute of Music, and the University of Pennsylvania Music Dept.
