September 5, 2020 5:00-8:00PM (LBDLC Presents) Noche De Bomba y Plena

Come out an celebrate with us and enjoy a night of music. A blend of traditional and contemporary styles of Bomba & Plena. Bring your chairs, blankets, and family and layback and enjoy the rich and soulful rhythms from the island of Puerto Rico. During the intermission a light snack and water will be available and will be given out by volunteers. Volunteers will also help space everyone out attending accordingly to follow distancing guidelines and for comfort and safety. Please do bring your masks. Thank you and looking forward to seeing everyone and enjoying the night.

September 2 & 3, 2020 6:00-8:00PM Trinidelphia in Live Outdoor Concert at Dilworth Park

 To support local restaurants, CCD is providing a new, evening outdoor dining experience adjacent to Dilworth Park’s fountains, with live music and cocktails to-go for those who purchase take-out from nearby restaurants.

Every Wednesday and Thursday evening from 5 p.m.-9 p.m., beginning August 19 and continuing through October 7, Philadelphians are invited to enjoy the fountains, lush landscaping and outdoor tables with umbrellas, during Dinner at Dilworth. Now more than ever, our public spaces can provide safe, socially distanced amenities that are open to all.  

Residents and visitors are encouraged to support Center City restaurants by either dining on their sidewalks or picking up a takeout order and dining outdoors in Dilworth Park. There will be live entertainment every Wednesday and Thursday from 6 p.m.-8 p.m., including mellow steel drum performances, jazzy crooners and singer-songwriter serenades.

Refreshing cocktails to-go made with summertime favorites like Jim Beam Black and Hornitos tequila, as well as Bud Light Seltzer, will be available for purchase in the park from Brulee Catering for adults 21 and over. The park’s Air Grille will have its own dinner menu, including braised mole beef tacos and a chicken al pastor quesadilla. 

 DILWORTH PARK

1 S 15th St (West Side of City Hall)
Philadelphia, PA 19102

DINNER AT DILWORTH
Hours
Wednesdays & Thursdays: 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Live music from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

August 19 - October 7

August 31, 2020 7:00-9:00PM Philly Drum Co. Live Stream Drum Clinic and Shed Session

August 30, 2020 6:00-8:00PM PanSon - Tailgate Takeout Series Concert

118 North presents the Tailgate Takeout Series – the first drive-in live music experience of its kind in the Greater Philadelphia Area. Each night will feature some of our favorite local musicians playing out of the restaurant’s bay windows with food and cocktails to-go available to order. In the event of inclement weather, or if you are unable to attend, all performances will also be streamed on 118 North’s Facebook Live. Presented by Brandywine Realty Trust.

SAFETY MEASURES:
To ensure the safety of concert-viewers, dining patrons, performers and staff members, 118 North is working closely with the township on developing guidelines and measures to follow during these experiences.
118 North encourages everyone to be responsible, wear a mask, maintain appropriate social distancing and to continue to support Wayne businesses during this challenging time.
Order take out or delivery: (610) 971-2628
https://www.118northwayne.com/
Eventbrite free tickets

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August 29, 2020 3:30-5:00PM 50 YEARS OF KULU MELE DANCE & CULTURE w/ The Paul Robeson House & Museum

August 29th at 3:30 PM: “Kulu Mele talks 50 years of Black dance, music and culture.” Free livestream discussion.

Kulu Mele talks 50yrs of Black dance, music and culture ~ Livestream Discussion w/Chris Rogers and John Morrison
August 29 @ 3:30 PM

Paul Robeson House & Museum LIVESTREAM
FREE. Donations encouraged at https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/kulu-mele

On August 29th at 3:30 PM, a free livestream discussion, “Kulu Mele talks 50 years of Black dance, music and culture” digs into Kulu Mele’s history and these new resources on Philadelphia culture and history. Explore the relevance of excellent Black pasts, presents and futures with Kulu Mele’s Dorothy and John Wilkie in a conversation hosted by Chris Rogers (Paul Robeson House), and John Morrison (free-lance journalist). Register here.

About the participants: Dorothy Wilkie, Artistic Director of Kulu Mele African Dance and Drum Ensemble, and John Wilkie, Music Director, joined Kulu Mele in 1971. John Wilkie has been playing percussion since he was young, learning from vanguard Philadelphia musicians. Dorothy has been dancing her whole life, beginning with the social dances of the day, and then following a path into African dance, always seeking and learning. From their early days drawing crowds on the dance floor to recent triumphs of Kulu Mele performance, the two are partners in art and life, visionary and humble leadership anchoring Kulu Mele’s long-lasting presence."We were revolutionaries through drums,”says Baba John Wilkie.

Christopher Rogers, Program Director at the Paul Robeson House, was born and raised in Chester, PA and is now a Ph.D Candidate within the Reading/Writing/Literacy program at PennGSE.

John Morrison is a Philadelphia-based DJ, producer, and music journalist. In addition to creating music, he has written for Red Bull Music Academy, Jazz Right Now, Bandcamp Daily and more.

August 26 & 27, 2020 6:00-8:00PM Trinidelphia in Live Outdoor Concert at Dilworth Park

 To support local restaurants, CCD is providing a new, evening outdoor dining experience adjacent to Dilworth Park’s fountains, with live music and cocktails to-go for those who purchase take-out from nearby restaurants.

Every Wednesday and Thursday evening from 5 p.m.-9 p.m., beginning August 19 and continuing through October 7, Philadelphians are invited to enjoy the fountains, lush landscaping and outdoor tables with umbrellas, during Dinner at Dilworth. Now more than ever, our public spaces can provide safe, socially distanced amenities that are open to all.  

Residents and visitors are encouraged to support Center City restaurants by either dining on their sidewalks or picking up a takeout order and dining outdoors in Dilworth Park. There will be live entertainment every Wednesday and Thursday from 6 p.m.-8 p.m., including mellow steel drum performances, jazzy crooners and singer-songwriter serenades.

Refreshing cocktails to-go made with summertime favorites like Jim Beam Black and Hornitos tequila, as well as Bud Light Seltzer, will be available for purchase in the park from Brulee Catering for adults 21 and over. The park’s Air Grille will have its own dinner menu, including braised mole beef tacos and a chicken al pastor quesadilla. 

 DILWORTH PARK

1 S 15th St (West Side of City Hall)
Philadelphia, PA 19102

DINNER AT DILWORTH
Hours
Wednesdays & Thursdays: 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Live music from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

August 19 - October 7

August 25, 2020 6:00PM Ella Gahnt and Trio Live Stream Jazz Concert

On Tuesday, August 25th at 6:00 p.m., Ella Gahnt will be doing a virtual concert along with Aaron Graves-piano, Lee W Smith-bass and Harry Butch Reed-drums!!! They'll be performing songs recorded by some of her favorite vocalists. Please Join Them!!

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

August 20, 2020 12:00-1:00PM V. Shayne Frederick in Live at Lunch at Dilworth Park

A diverse lineup of local musicians will host lunchtime concerts in the PNC Terrace every Wednesday and Thursday afternoon. Today’s performer, V. Shayne Frederick, is a pianist, vocalist, arranger and music director with over a decade of stunning performance. This program is presented by PNC Bank and supported by Live Nation.

Please keep at least 6ft of distance from other participants, and masks are required for everyone over the age of 2. 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.

DILWORTH PARK

1 S 15th St (West Side of City Hall)
Philadelphia, PA 19102

August 20, 2020 5:00-8:00PM "Community Patterns" Artmaking and Rhythm

OUTSIDE HANG!!🌞
ART MAKIN!!🎨
MUSIC GROOVIN!!📀🎚📀🔊

Very special outside hang this 🗓THURSDAY AUGUST 13TH from 🕔5pm till 8pm🕗

@art_from_anxiety will be leading pattern based🖌 art making while @olwfm spins💿 the right tunes
Art materials provided!!

Event will be held in the 🅿️arking lot. U can just chill in the car 🚗 or in lawn chairs and a blanket (also provided) AND make art at the table assigned to your spot!!! Don't forget to wear your masks 😷😷😷 please!!! #madfun #sociallydistancing

Each spot can be reserved for up to 4 people and 1 car #family. Price - $40. Go to MAINLINEARTS.COM/EVENTS to register for your spot today!!! Spots are filling up quickly

(Rescheduled from August 13th)

Location: Main LIne Art Center

746 Panmure Rd

Haverford, Pa  19041

August 19 & 20, 2020 6:00-8:00PM Trinidelphia Outdoor Concert at Dilworth Park

 To support local restaurants, CCD is providing a new, evening outdoor dining experience adjacent to Dilworth Park’s fountains, with live music and cocktails to-go for those who purchase take-out from nearby restaurants.

Every Wednesday and Thursday evening from 5 p.m.-9 p.m., beginning August 19 and continuing through October 7, Philadelphians are invited to enjoy the fountains, lush landscaping and outdoor tables with umbrellas, during Dinner at Dilworth. Now more than ever, our public spaces can provide safe, socially distanced amenities that are open to all.  

Residents and visitors are encouraged to support Center City restaurants by either dining on their sidewalks or picking up a takeout order and dining outdoors in Dilworth Park. There will be live entertainment every Wednesday and Thursday from 6 p.m.-8 p.m., including mellow steel drum performances, jazzy crooners and singer-songwriter serenades.

Refreshing cocktails to-go made with summertime favorites like Jim Beam Black and Hornitos tequila, as well as Bud Light Seltzer, will be available for purchase in the park from Brulee Catering for adults 21 and over. The park’s Air Grille will have its own dinner menu, including braised mole beef tacos and a chicken al pastor quesadilla. 

 DILWORTH PARK

1 S 15th St (West Side of City Hall)
Philadelphia, PA 19102

DINNER AT DILWORTH
Hours
Wednesdays & Thursdays: 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Live music from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

August 19 - October 7

August 18, 2020 6:00PM Sharon Katz and The Peace Train Concert Live on Facebook

Band Performing Together to Say Goodbye before we leave Philly for the West Coast Live on Facebook Tues, 8/18 at 6:00pm Eastern Time Go to: facebook.com/sharon.katz.2000 We'll be together in a private space so you can watch from your own home by going to: facebook.com/sharon.katz.2000 On 8/26, Sharon and Marilyn are heading back to the West Coast to continue their Transcending Barriers project with youth in the Tijuana-San Diego region with funding from the San Diego Foundation and in partnership with Promotora de las Bellas Artes. We're so grateful to have the support of the US Consulate in Tijuana, the South African Consulate in Los Angeles, and the Mexican Embassy in South Africa as we continue this important work.

Listen & Buy Here: New Album: We Can Be The Change Just like the rhythms and voices from Cuba, South Africa, Mexico and USA that swirl, meet, are influenced, and change from the musical encounters on this album, so do our human relationships. Featured Track this week is #5, the title track: We Can Be The Change featuring special guests Coro Orfeon from Cuba Music and lyrics by by Sharon Katz, Malcolm Nhleko and Nonhlanhla Wanda. This recording blends the rallying cry from our anti-Apartheid work in South Africa, our current Transcending Barriers project on the border between Mexico and the USA, and our 2019 tour in Cuba. It features the choral group Coro Orfeon, conducted by our dear friend and colleague Daria Abreu Feraud. Sharon wrote the original track for The Peace Train’s 2016 tour, “Putting the United Back in the USA.” It was the vision then, as it still is now, to communicate to the younger generation that we absolutely must commit ourselves to social justice. If we do not believe that things can change and act with conviction and commitment, then nothing will ever change. Sharon Katz & The Peace Train have been dedicated to the ending of violence and racism in society since we formed in 1992 in South Africa. A luta continua! (The struggle continues!)

Musicians: Sharon Katz – guitar &

August 12, 2020 6:00-7:00PM Live Stream of 2019 Ologundê Performance

Esperanza Arts Center presents a special streamed presentation of Ologundê’s entertaining and electric live 2019 performance at Teatro Esperanza.

Ologundê ensemble celebrates the rich Afro-Brazilian culture of Salvador, Bahia through a diverse repertoire of music, dance, and martial arts. Comprised of Brazilians living in the United States and Brazil, the ensemble includes former members of world-renowned music and dance troupes under the direction of master Afro-Brazilian percussionist Dendê Macêdo.

Tune in online:
Facebook.com/TeatroEsperanza
or
https://www.esperanzaartscenter.us/event/ologunde/

August 7, 2020 7:00-8:30PM Parable of Coronas Zine Release Zoom Event at AAMP

Escape Artist Mixtape: Parable of Coronas

Friday, August 7, 7 - 8:30 p.m

Zoom link emailed after registration

Escape Artist Mixtape Vol 5: Parable of Coronas

experience the soundtrack to the art of survival

The Escape Artist Initiative and the African American Museum in Philadelphia are teaming up to bring you the next issue of the Escape Artist Mixtape Zine Vol. 5: Parable of Coronas. This latest zine issue is inspired by Parable of the Sower, the prophetic novel by the late great Octavia E. Butler and current existential issues and resonant signs of the times.

Escape Artist Mixtape zines explore the art of survival through myth, media and music, D.I.Y and pop culture, afrofuturism and speculative fiction. Zine content is thematic and interactive including creative problem-solving activities, disaster prep protocol and practical survival tips from field experts and fellow escape artists.

This edition of the Escape Artist Initiative zine will include micro-interviews and an interactive playlist with contributions from local and national escape artists and radical visionaries of change. The upcoming issue and the collaborative program with AAMP features Greg Tate(musician/cultural critic), M. Asli Dukan (filmmaker/multidisciplinary artist), Femi Olatunji (visual artist/DJ) and LaTreice Branson (musician/radical wellness practitioner). The live zoom event will be hosted by lead artist and founder of the Escape Artist Initiative, Li Sumpter.

This event is free and open to the public. The Zoom link will be emailed prior to the event. Email jclaiborne@aampmuseum.org with questions.

The zine and release event were made possible with support from the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, the Leeway Foundation and Common Field.

August 7, 2020 7:00-8:30PM Songs of Hope and Freedom with V. Shayne Frederick & Trio

Songs of Freedom and Hope // Live from The Paul Robeson House & Museum // V. Shayne Frederick and His Trio // Aug 7 @ 7pm ET on Facebook

About this Event

We continue to be blessed by our village.

V. Shayne Frederick, who was scheduled for our Arts in the Parlor series before COVID, has been working with us to offer an exclusive live streaming experience. Embracing protocols for community safety, we are proud to be able to offer this concert for viewing in your homes and on your phones through our Facebook at Paul Robeson House Events.

In planning conversations, we were taken aback by V. Shayne’s offering of “What do you need? How can we support?” One of the projects that requires immediate attention but not accounted for in our successful shared fundraiser with the Colored Girls Museum is the restoration of The Paul Robeson House & Museum’s 3rd floor facade. (Pictured below) What may look like just requiring a new paint job, we have been told also requires attention to the rotting wood.

Proceeds from this concert will support that restoration project, and we’ve set a goal of $5,000 in the lead up and in celebration of this unique, one-of-a-kind experience. We ask that you donate what's right for you. Suggestions of increments of $10, $20, $50, and $100.