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Tuesday

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January 2015

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“Pigonometry,” a Pig Iron Theatre benefit cabaret

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Pig Iron Theatre is hosting its annual benefit cabaret on Jan. 23 at The Trocadero. Titled “Pigonometry: Let Us Take You On A Tangent,” this year’s show will be hosted by Quinn “Pedagogy” Bauriedel and feature Ms. Martha Graham-Cracker, Brian Sanders’ JUNK, Magda and Chelsea, Johnny Showcase and his Left Lucy Cabaret, Fantasy Grandma and Unidos da Filadelphia.

Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $25 in advance and $35 at the door.

Wednesday

3

December 2014

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Dance company hosts $7 show

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The Putty Dance Project, started by Lauren Putty White, is a company of dancers, actors, guitarists, trombonists and media designers. White and her husband, a trombonist who has toured with singers as notable as John Legend, often collaborate in their work. On Dec. 5-6, the Putty Dance Project show some of its short pieces at the Moving Arts of Mount Airy venue. It will also include performances from local theater and circus arts companies that span across northwest Philadelphia.

Lauren Putty White will perform a piece titled “A Hip and A Swing.” It will include self-choreographed and self-performed works accompanied by Brent White, Lauren White’s husband, on the trombone. The Project’s works will last about 15 minutes, and admission to the 70 minute production is only $7.       

Wednesday

3

December 2014

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1812 Productions to host a new political comedy

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1812 Productions, a Philly theater company, will show its newest political comedy, “This Is The Week That Is” through Dec. 31 at Play’s and Players Theatre.

The comedy group used the 2014 midterm elections as inspiration for its latest show, which aims to keep audiences up to date on current national and local politics, by using satire.

Tickets start at $26 and vary in time depending on the day. Information about the show and how to purchase the tickets can be found on the group’s website.

Wednesday

3

December 2014

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Fred Elmes to hold discussion concerning David Lynch

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On Dec. 7, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts will host a discussion with award-winning cinematographer Fred Elmes as part of the ongoing “David Lynch: The Unified Field Exhibition,” running through Jan. 11. Having collaborated on films like “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and “Wild at Heart,” Elmes and Lynch were both influenced by many different art forms in the way they told their stories.

Elmes’ interests expanded originally from photography to include cinematography and filmmaking, and this discussion will have Elmes talk about how his exploration of paintings and sculptures inform the way he tells a story through film. The event will be held at the Historic Landmark Building at 2 p.m.

Monday

3

November 2014

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Iolanta plays at the curtis opera this weekend

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The romantic fairytale opera “Iolanta” will be playing at the Curtis Opera Theater this weekend. The event will take place from Thursday until Sunday, with multiple showings each day. The opera, which is performed in Russian with English supertitles, will be in accompaniment with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra. The story involves a protected princess, unaware of her royalty and beauty due to being blind. All of that changes when a knight finds her secret garden opens up her world to light and color. The one act lyric opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky shows the triumph of love over prejudice. Admission is free.

Monday

7

July 2014

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Aerial performance uses the Schuylkill River as its stage

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Since 2010, producer and choreographer Alie Vidich has propelled dancers from the Strawberry Mansion Bridge in a performance art piece to advocate for Philadelphia’s watershed. Vidich will use the Schuylkill River as the backdrop for a performance called “Invisible River” on Saturday, July 12 and Sunday, July 13.

The show is used as a tool to promote the health of the river and educate constituents about how to create a more “sustainable, swimmable and drinkable river,” according to the Invisible River website. The shows are meant to take spectators on a journey that questions reality through music, nature and performance.

This year, the performance will feature newer elements, such as the opportunity for spectators to rent boats to watch the circus art inspired show for $25. From the shore of the river on Kelly Drive at 7:15 p.m. spectators can watch the aerial dance performance under the Strawberry Mansion Bridge for free. Dance choreographed by Vidich will take place on Peter’s Island and just north, past the tree installation on Kelly Drive, choreography by Olivia Jorgensen will be performed as well. Visit invisibleriver.org for directions, times and more details about the show.

Sunday

27

April 2014

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Slam poetry finals held on Friday

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The Philadelphia Poetry Grand Slam Finals will be held on Friday at the Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art, located on 531 N. 12th Street. Philadelphia’s best poets will represent Philadelphia in the National Poetry Slam in Oakland, Calif. A workshop will start at 7:30 p.m. before the beginning of the show, which starts promptly at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.

Saturday

19

April 2014

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Geno’s Steaks’ English controversy dramatized in “Down Past Passyunk”

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In 2006, Geno’s Steaks gained national attention with its controversial sign that read, “This is America: When Ordering ‘Speak English.’” Some Philadelphians and tourists hailed the sign as discriminatory, but former owner, Joey Vento defended it. Ultimately, the Commission on Human Rights deemed the sign as being acceptable.

This controversy has been translated into a play from InterAct Theatre Company and debuted at the Adrienne theatre earlier this month. Written by A. Zell Williams and directed by Matt Pfeiffer, the show will be having its last few performances every day till Sun, April 27. Tickets purchased interacttheatre.org

Sunday

9

March 2014

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Monday

24

February 2014

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Philly Improv Theater shows off

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Philly Improv Theater is showcasing its talents at The Adrienne Theater on the 2000 block of Sansom Street on Friday for a “Variety Comedy: Story UP! After Dark” performance. This is a chance to see the cast in a new light “as they put the swear jar away and put their inner child to sleep.”  Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. The show runs from 10:30-11:30 p.m.