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Thursday, October 28, 7pm – Theater In the Future a Woman Shines Bright – a one person theater presentation on Frances Ellen Watkins Harper featuring Sekai, written by Stephen C. Satell. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was the best know African American poet of the nineteenth century as well as an activist in the anti-slavery, equal …
Sunday October 3, 3pm –Humor Rose A. Valenta author of Sitting on Cold Porcelain ($19.99 paper, $29.95 hardback) Local Comedian, Chip Chantry, will kick off this event with standup Philadelphia humorist, Rose A. Valenta, has written over 160 essays in her new book, “Sitting on Cold Porcelain.” This book provides delightful entertainment with an amusing, …
Saturday, September 11, 7:30 Sunday, September 12, 7:30 Part of the Philadelphia Live Arts and Fringe Festival Poor Richard’s Opera Presents The Marriage of Figaro: The Las Vegas Version Tickets [$20] can be purchased at the door or at www.livearts-fringe.org Move over, Da Ponte. Ever wonder what a Mozart opera would sound like in 1960s …
Thursday, September 16, 10pm The Philadelphia Joke Initiative Presents Main Line-O-Mania – $15 tickets Backstabbing, Gold-digging. Random charity fundraisers. The Real Housewives of Philadelphia. All the familiar drama of your favorite cable reality show. Thrill as an entire episode is improvised before your very eyes! Part of the Philadelphia Live Arts and Fringe Festival
Thursday, September 16, 8pm Friday, September 17, 8pm & 11:30pm The Philadelphia Joke Initiative Presents Cecily & Gwendolyn’s Fantastical Paranormal & Quantum Entanglement Cecily and Gwendolyn are two slightly mad Victorian time travelers created by Karen Getz and Kelly Jennings. In this completely improvised, two-person, audience-interactive extravaganza, these self-proclaimed social anthropologists will indulge their side …
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Thursday August 5, 10am – Performance – $10 The National Black Arts Spoken Word Tour Presents Youth Violence Prevention & Peace Performances “PEACE IN THE HOOD” a staged adaptation of spoken word and drama detailing the crime and violence that stunts the growth of young people. Group rate and $4 discounted tickets available from mauricebrianhenderson@yahoo.com
Tuesday, August 10, 10am – Performance – $10 The National Black Arts Spoken Word Tour Presents “WHY CHILDREN CRY IN THE DARK” A staged adaptation about the trials and tribulations that young people face growing up in America. 50 tickets available from mauricebrianhenderson@yahoo.com This event is Open for ambassador appreciation tickets.
Wednesday, August 11 -7pm – Performance – $10 The National Black Arts Spoken Word Tour Presents 7pm “HOW Love GOT Lost, Strayed and Love” – a performance about relationships 8pm “IF YOU AIN’T BEEN TO THE GHETTO, YOU DON’T COME FROM THE GHETTO” a boyz in the hood staged adaptation created by Robert Van Cliff from …
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Thursday August 12, 10am – Performance- $10 The National Black Arts Spoken Word Tour Presents Youth Violence Prevention & Peace Performances “TO BE YOUNG, BLACK & GIFTED WITH RAP” A nationally touring production, this staging engages the words, meanings and sounds that encourage young people the right to a better life. Group rate and $4 …
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Wednesday August 25, 7pm – Reading Hello… my name is Jimmy Baldwin Before he died in 1986, Jimmy Baldwin was one of the most sought after speakers of his time. He’s been away for a while but now he’s back, back to deliver a message and reintroduce himself. “Hello America… my name is Jimmy Baldwin”, …