What fun! Today is the day you can take a walk in G-town and visit the studios of over 25 artists-you will never be the same. The talent surrounding us is mind boggling. Go to www.philaopenstudios.org/post/neighborhood/northwest to see full list of artists opening their studios and looking forward to meeting you. One day only. Today. […]
Enjoy a night of jazz with the Tony William Jazz Quartet: Mike Boone on bass, Craig McIver on percussion, Tony Williams on saxophone and Aaron Graves and Dave Posmontier on keyboard. A warm and welcoming jazz spot in G-town. Free parking on street or in rear parking lot. 2018 Schedule for LaRose Jazz Club
Mexican Costumbrismo: Race, Society, and Identity in Nineteenth-Century Art LaSalle University Art Museum, 1900 W Olney Ave Please join us for Mexican Costumbrismo: Race, Society, and Identity in Nineteenth-Century , a book talk and discussion with Mey-Yen Moriuchi, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Art History at LaSalle University.
Uncle Bobbie's welcomes political activists Dr. Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Reverend Leah Daughtry, and Minyon Moore for a book talk and signing on their most recent publication, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics. A book that "provides a much-needed lens into what it takes for African Americans to succeed in politics. Full of hope, […]
Germantown poet Ursula Rucker TAKES OVER the Barnes In honor of Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist, we have invited Philadelphia poetry powerhouse Ursula Rucker to create a performance in response to the Barnes collection. Her performance is the first in a series of Takeovers asking local artists to interpret the collection in any way they choose. […]
Saturday Special Historic Rittenhouse Town, 208 Lincoln Drive Two FREE opportunities: Join our paper maker Cozy and learn how the Rittenhouse family made paper over 300 years ago. Come straight to the barn between 1 - 5pm to see a demonstration! Join Steve Jones - President of Wissahickon Restoration Volunteers and HRT Board Member - […]
Enjoy a night of jazz with the Tony William Jazz Quartet: Mike Boone on bass, Craig McIver on percussion, Tony Williams on saxophone and Aaron Graves and Dave Posmontier on keyboard. A warm and welcoming jazz spot in G-town. Free parking on street or in rear parking lot. 2018 Schedule for LaRose Jazz Club
Join Uncle Bobbie's as we welcome author Camille Acker for a book talk and signing of Training School for Negro Girls. "The book is a beautiful and fierce look at the expectations that are placed on black women to be 'respectable,' and the (often false) promises of success that they are told they will receive […]
Calling all artists, poets, writers, storytellers, wordsmiths, and more! In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, my organization Women In Transition is hosting a poetry reading & open mic event at the Friends Free Library of Germantown Friends School (5418 Germantown - across the street from Uncle Bobbie's!) The poetry reading will feature Trapeta Mayson, […]