August 4, 2020 8:00PM Street Movies "Whose Streets?" with Positive Movement Drum Line

Street Movies! is a free screening series for audiences of all ages that tours neighborhoods around the Philadelphia region, bringing a program of independent film - fiction, animation, documentary, and youth and community produced work - from around the world to local parks, lots, playgrounds, and community spaces.  Each screening is hosted by a community organization and followed by a moderated discussion about the topics raised in the films.  It’s a great way to see films, talk about community issues and meet your neighbors.

We are excited to launch the Street Movies! 2020, our 23rd season! The highlights of this summer’s outdoor screening and performance series, presented in neighbourhoods throughout Philadelphia and in Camden, are detailed below.

With the restrictions due to the spread of Covid-19, we ask you to continue checking this website often for the most up-to-date information on our final program. We will abide by CDC and Philadelphia Department of Health guidelines, including social distancing and requiring face masks be worn at all times. All events below are subject to change or cancellation so please check our website before you leave your house. To prevent the spread of the virus, there will be no public restrooms and no indoor inclement weather plans in case of rain. However, Street Movies! film presentations will also be presented online. At each location there WILL be live music, performances, films, and fun! Our slate below will be finalized in the coming weeks, so again, please check back with us often here or on all our social media accounts.

Tuesday August 4
NORTH PHILLY
Host: Uptown Entertainment & Development Corporation and The Urban Creators
Location: Life Do Grow Farm, 2315 N 11th Street
Emcee: Mari Morales-Williams
Performer: Positive Movement Drum Line
Films screening: WHOSE STREETS? Directed by Sabaah Folayan and Damon

FREE

August 4, 2020 3:00PM Ella Gahnt and Aaron Graves Virtual Concert

(Tip Jar: www.paypal.me/ellagahnt, venmo.com/Ella-Gahnt)

August 3, 2020 5:00PM Raphael Xavier's W.O.R.X.: Here & Now Virtual Solo Festival

MONDAY, AUGUST 3rd 5PM EDT
RAPHAEL XAVIER'S W.O.R.X:
HERE & NOW VIRTUAL SOLO FESTIVAL
Curated by: Raphael Xavier & Featuring: Josh Culbreath, Brian Newby,
Emily Pietruszka, Alex Gossen, & Bogdan Curca-Laurentiu

Here & Now II Virtual Solo Festival features five young dance artists performing original solos incorporating movement from the breaking vernacular. Performers submitted solos for consideration and were hand selected for the festival. Please stick around for a Q&A afterwards. The event will last about 70min.
This event is supported by W.O.R.X. Works of Raphael Xavier, the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts and Princeton University.
You can find the link to register here:
https://www.raphaelxavier.org. (scroll down to Here and Now image)
RSVP: sandyg@pentacle.org

You can also support this project, the dancers and the festival by donating what you wish. Just hit the support tab or scroll down to the donate button.
Hope to see you there and we thank you for your support.

August 1, 2020 8:00PM Street Movies "West Kensington" with Live Music

Join the 23rd edition of Scribe Video Center's Street Movies! on Saturday, August 1st at 8:00PM EST! Hosted by Taller Puertorriqueño, the event includes a film screening, live performance from the Instituto Puertorriqueño de Música / Puerto Rican Institute of Music, and post-film discussion with AFROTAINO’s Partner & #PHLAFF's Festival Director Marangeli Mejia-Rabell. Presented in partnership with the Philadelphia Latino Film Festival.

Saturday August 1
WEST KENSINGTON
Host: Taller Puertorriqueño
Location: Taller Puertorriqueño, 2600 N. 5th Street
Emcee: Marangeli Mejia-Rabell
Performer: Instituto Puertorriqueño de Musica
*This event is happening in partnership with Philadelphia Latino Film Festival.

Live performance at 8:00PM
Screening at 8:30PM!
FREE!

August 1, 2017 2:00-5:00PM Karen Smith and Weez the Peeples at Abiyah Naturals

July 30, 2020 3:00PM Lady Alma with Vertical Current Live Streaming Concert from WCL

We were bummed to have to postpone Lady Alma's show scheduled for the end of the month - so we're going virtual instead! Join Lady Alma and Vertical Current for a live experience on Thursday, July 30th at 3pm EST, presented by Walking Bear and streamed LIVE from World Cafe Live! The performance will be free to watch on Twitch
https://www.twitch.tv/THELADYALMA

LADY ALMA
International singer and songwriter, LADY ALMA, is bringing her soaring, searing vocals back to eager audiences who desire her incomparable funk-house-soul stylings. From her dynamic live shows that left critics and fans alike breathless across the globe for two decades, to the recent revival of her hit single produced by The Rainmakers entitled “Let It Fall”, LADY ALMA continues to be a widely praised source of true sonic satisfaction since her introduction.


VERTICAL CURRENT
Vertical Current is a band on the rise, a name on the lips of music lovers in one of the greatest musical cities in America, Philadelphia. The band was started in 2009 by local trumpeter and composer Christopher Stevens, while pursuing a music degree from Temple University. Since then, Vertical Current has become the go to band for visiting artists from the likes of Grammy Award winners Chrisette Michele and Kelly Price to the awe-inspiring Frank McComb. Additionally, the band has opened for a number of notable artists including The Robert Glasper Experiment, Derrick Hodge, Kneebody, Raheem DeVaughn, and Eric Roberson to name a few. Individually, the members of Vertical Current have traveled throughout the world, performing and recording with an array of celebrated and award winning artists including Roberta Flack, John Legend, Common, Freddie Jackson, Jazmine Sullivan, Jill Scott, The Roots, and more.

July 25, 2020 8:00PM Sun Ra Arkestra with Urban Shaman Attack at WCL

*RESCHEDULED FROM 4/3 - ALL TICKETS VALID*
Doors: 6:30 PM / Show: 8 PM
$25.00 - $37.00
All Ages

Sun Ra was one of the greatest and least known jazz artists of the last four decades. Composer, bandleader, pianist, poet and Afro-Futurist philosopher, he founded his Arkestra to take jazz into unexplored territories – his style drawing simultaneously on black vaudeville, modern dance, Egyptian cosmology, Eastern philosophy, surrealism, kitsch, and the Bible.

The Arkestra performs today led by 95-year young alto saxophonist and long-time Ra collaborator Marshall Allen. The mischievous brass blasts and the grooves keep rolling, as the big band – fully dressed, as usual, in space capes with a hint of Ancient Egy disciplined yet free thinking collectives of 20th century music’ The Quietus

We are Urban Shaman Attack, or USA, from Wilmington, Delaware. Our multi-genre music is the soundtrack for the movie happening now. Composed of drums, guitar, horns, and keys.. our psychedelic sounds and introspection bridges the gap between the jam band scene, jazz, and experimental.

World Cafe Live Philadelphia

3025 Walnut Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104

Tickets: $25 - $37 + fee

July 18, 2020 12:00-1:00PM West African Dance Class with Anssumane Silla at BalletX

Ballet X
Anssumane Silla, featured artist for our upcoming Jamaican retreat, July 12-18, 2020, conducts weekly dance classes at BalletX, 1923 Washington Ave, Phila., PA 19146.

Sign up here. http://www.balletx.org/classes/west-african-dance/

Anssumane Silla, anssumane@gmail.com 646-415-4796

• $25 per family (good for 4 people)
• Additional adult add $10
• Additional child add $5.
Ballet X
1923 Washington Ave
Philadelphia, PA  19146-2653

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July 8, 2020 12:00-1:30PM Red Rose Collective at Dilworth Park

The Red Rose Collective is part of PNC live at Dilworth Park lunchtime concerts...Catch us swinging tomorrow, July 8th from 12-130pm with Lynn Riley Miriam Suzzette Ortiz and Magic Fingaz aka Karen Smith . Free & bring your lunch!!

PNC presents Live @ Lunch is a free, outdoor concert series that brings diverse, local musicians to Dilworth Park! Philadelphia’s center stage shines every Wednesday and Thursday afternoon from July 8-August 27, Noon- 1 p.m. with a showcase of local singer-songwriters performing familiar tunes, along with their own original songs.

Grab a take out lunch at the Dilworth Park Café or Air Grille and enjoy this weekly outdoor concert on the PNC Terrace.

Please keep at least 6ft of distance from other participants, and masks are strongly encouraged. Anyone who feels sick, or has come in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 within the past 14 days, should refrain from entering the park.

July 5, 2020 12:00PM Speak Your Peace Jam in Malcolm X Park

July 2, 2020 7:00-9:00PM Kalectiv Cuban/World Fusion at Abington Art Center

These FREE concerts run Thursday evenings throughout July on the back lawn of AAC. This week features Cuban/World Fusion band Kalectiv.

About this Event

Although tickets are free, please consider making a donation for attending this event. Only the generosity of our community allows us to continue our public programming.

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Bring your own picnic, beverages available for cash sale, we are practicing all recommended protocols for social distancing and mask wearing. Concerts will also be live streamed on facebook!⁠

Please note there are no rain dates for any of AAC's summer concerts. In the event of inclement weather, the event will be only live streamed and not host a live audience.

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Created by Philadelphia native, Dariel Peniazek, Kalectiv is, in a way, exactly what it sounds like: a collective snapshot of cultural boundaries blurred through music, words, and collaboration. The music of Kalectiv represents a unique fusion of strong Latin American and Cuban roots with today's funk, RnB, and jazz sensibilities. The final result? Music that is thought provoking, yet accessible in nature, and bound to make you move. The group features a rotating cast of musicians but is held together at its core by founder Dariel Peniazek on the guitar and Cuban tres, Grammy award nominee Ariacne Trujillo Durand on vocals and piano, two time and Grammy award winner Arturo Stable on percussion. Kalectiv was born in 2019 during a residency held by Dariel Peniazek at the Kimmel Center for performing arts in Philadelphia. Following the band's inception in 2019, Kalectiv was invited to perform in multiple venues in South Korea, including the Daegu International Jazz Festival. Kalectiv continues to perform both locally and internationally and appeals to a wide range of audiences and venues alike.

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This year we are thrilled to be partnering with Michelle Lordi, internationally renowned vocalist, songwriter, bandleader and curator. Building on the hugely successful world music format of the past three summers, Michelle is putting together a phenomenal line up of musicians and bands from around the globe. Americana, Jazz, Gospel / Music for the Soul, Klezmer, Cuban and African music will round out this year's offerings!

Abington Art Center

515 Meetinghouse Road

Jenkintown, PA 19046

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