May 29, 2026 8:00-10:00PM Mankwe Ndosi & Jamal R. Moore duo & Eric Ruin's Ominous Cloud Ensembleat Pageant: Soloveev

 

Mankwe Ndosi is Vocalist, Composer, and Interdisciplinary Culture Maker who conjures sound, story, and movement into transformative experiences. A sonic shape-shifter, she bends melody and rhythm into a living practice that amplifies the resonance between people, land, and ancestral memory. Rooted in Black ritual legacies of music and performance, Mankwe’s work explores the power of voice—not just as an instrument, but as a force for healing, connection, and liberation. 

Jamal R. Moore is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, improviser, educator, and native of Baltimore, Maryland. Moore’s research-driven practice incorporates percussion, woodwinds, and electronic synthesis, exploring African American/Diasporic traditions and global indigenous aesthetics.

Erik Ruin’s Ominous Cloud Ensemble is an ever-evolving, collectively-improvising large ensemble for projections and music, led by visual artist Erik Ruin, lauded by the New York Times for his “spell-binding cut-paper animations.” Erik manipulates intricate paper-cuts and painted films on overhead projectors to create abstract landscapes and fragmentary scenes that are nonetheless charged with meaning, merging with music that ranges from dark atmospherics to ecstatic peaks of dissonance. 

Tickets are sliding scale: $15-$25 + fee ($1.88 - $2.27)

Venue is wheelchair accessible

Pageant: Soloveev

(607 Bainbridge St, Philadelphia, PA 19147)