Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band

Presented by Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at Annenberg Center - Zellerbach Theater

February 4, 2012

Eddie Palmieri, known for his charismatic power and bold innovative drive, has a musical career that spans over 50 years as a bandleader of salsa and Latin jazz orchestras. With a discography that includes 36 titles, this nine-time Grammy® award-winning powerhouse pianist “has been the most consistently innovative artist in Afro-Cuban music in the United States for the past 30 years” (Boston Globe). Don’t miss this legendary Latin music icon as he takes the stage with...

Marriage Equality Cabaret - A Benefit for Freedom to Marry

Presented by Five Minute Follies at The Rotunda

February 4, 2012

Five Minute Follies presents The Marriage Equality Cabaret, a benefit for Freedom to Marry.  All proceeds from ticket sales go to support the struggle for marriage eEquality

Performers include:

The Bearded Ladies
Comedian Jess Carpenter
Singer-songwriter Crystal Cheatham
Singer Nathan Nolen Edwards
The Lords of Liechtenstein
The Parodivas
Chrissy Pryor
The Philadelphia Gay Men's Chorus
Comedian Robb...

Buds and Bark

Presented by Academy of Natural Sciences at Bartram's Garden

February 4, 2012

This field study shows you how to identify trees the hard way—without their leaves! Dr. David Hewitt, a research associate with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, will describe how to identify trees using their bark, buds, and structure. You’ll walk the Bartram’s Garden property in West Philadelphia and then head inside to warm up, practice your skills, and discuss the trees’ history and roles in our ecosystem. This field study is being held in...

A Fiction Reading by Adam Wilson

Presented by University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House at University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House

February 6, 2012

Adam Wilson is the author of the novel Flatscreen, forthcoming from Harper Perennial in February 2012. His journalism, criticism, and fiction appear in many publications including the Paris Review, Bookforum, the New York Times, the Literary Review, the New York Observer, Meridian, Washington Square Review, the New York Tyrant, Gigantic, Time Out New York, the Forward, Paste, and the recent anthology,...

Rumer

Presented by World Cafe Live at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia

February 7, 2012

Seasons Of My Soul, Rumer’s debut LP, is influenced by her upbringing, which takes in a childhood spent in an enclosed, exotic expat colony in Pakistan. Here, her family would often sing and write songs together, determined to provide their own entertainment in the absence of TV or newspapers. Then, they relocated to the New Forest, where Rumer first saw a television, and married her love of the folk tradition with the sweeping melodies of the technicolor movie musicals. It is a...

XPN Welcomes SEE A LITTLE LIGHT with BOB MOULD: An Evening of Reading and Music

Presented by World Cafe Live at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia

February 8, 2012

 Since he first stormed onto the music scene in the late 1970s with Hüsker Dü, Bob Mould has followed his muse along a more than three-decade long odyssey that has included a successful solo career, a three-year stint as the leader of indie-rock band Sugar, a foray into electronic/dance music that continues to this day as half of the DJ duo known as BLOWOFF, and even a brief sojourn into the world of professional wrestling.
A classic story of individualism and...

Love Hurts: A Young Friends Valentine's Event

Presented by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) at University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)

February 9, 2012

Around Valentine's Day we usually think of the sweet and romantic side of love, but it is not always candy and roses. Join scholars of the Penn Museum as they explore the harsher side of love and relationships with salacious tales of romance in the ancient world. To sweeten the night, join the Young Friends of the Penn Museum after the program for a cocktail reception. Cash bar.

Gene Shay Presents Vance Gilbert

Presented by PSALM - The Philadelphia Society for Art, Literature and Music at PSALM - The Philadelphia Society for Art, Literature and Music

February 10, 2012

How does an established and preeminent acoustic artist like Vance Gilbert follow up his feted cover album Angels, Castles, Covers (2006) and his songwriting watermark Unfamiliar Moon (2005)?

With Up On Rockfield, that's how! Up On Rockfield finds Gilbert exploring and unabashedly celebrating the influence various famous songwriters and performers have had upon his writing. Each song is penned by Gilbert as if he was co-writing with some of his...

Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company

Presented by Dance Affiliates at Annenberg Center - Zellerbach Theater

February 9-February 11, 2012

It’s dance theatre at its best when fantasy meets sideshow spectacle in Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak’s master work Oyster, a full-length Philadelphia premiere about a fantastic circus world of wandering street acrobats and other bizarre characters dressed in doll-like make-up, spiky blonde wigs and tutus. Drawing its name from filmmaker Tim Burton’s (Edward Scissorhands, Alice in Wonderland) book of short poems and sketches, Oyster is a...

Alô Brasil: Carnaval 2012 (Seated Show)

Presented by World Cafe Live at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia

February 11, 2012

Alô Brasil, consisting of twelve Philadelphia musicians spanning three generations, was born out of a passion for Brazilian music. Accompanied by stunningly costumed dancers, the band draws audiences into a "tornado of rhythm and sound" (Philadelphia City Paper) — an irresistible, full body-and-soul experience. Whether parading down Broad Street, opening for gala events or awards ceremonies at Philadelphia's top venues, or captivating hundreds of revelers at...

Alô Brasil: Carnaval 2012 (Dance Party)

Presented by World Cafe Live at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia

February 11, 2012

Alô Brasil, consisting of twelve Philadelphia musicians spanning three generations, was born out of a passion for Brazilian music. Accompanied by stunningly costumed dancers, the band draws audiences into a "tornado of rhythm and sound" (Philadelphia City Paper) — an irresistible, full body and soul experience. Whether parading down Broad Street, opening for gala events or awards ceremonies at Philadelphia's top venues, or captivating hundreds of revelers at...

LiveConnections Presents a Valentine’s Brunch

Presented by LiveConnections at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia

February 12, 2012

Love songs and brunch – what could be more romantic? LiveConnections presents a noontime ClassicAlive! performance by Astral artists soprano Dísella Làrusdóttir

and baritone Jonathan Beyer, with pianist Jonathan Ware. The acclaimed artists will perform a selection of love song duets ranging from opera to art song to musical theater. Concertgoers also have the option of enjoying a special a la carte...

28th Annual Mardi Gras Parade with The Wild Bohemians

Presented by The Wild Bohemians at Fat Tuesday - Philadelphia

February 12, 2012

The Wild Bohemians lead the 28th Annual Mardi Gras Parade on South Street, Philadelphia. This parade/bar crawl begins at Fat Tuesdays on South Street and works its way from bar to bar fueled by the high octane rhythms of The Wild Bohemians, Philly's own world class Mardi Gras Parade band.

Beauty through the Ages Lecture and Luncheon - Home Décor: Cave to Castle

Presented by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) at University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)

February 13, 2012

Dr. Janet Monge, Associate Curator and Keeper, Physical Anthropology Section, Penn Museum, and Barbara Eberlein of Eberlein Design Consultants, Ltd., speak at this, the second of a three-part lecture series presented by the Museum's Women's Committee to benefit the Penn Museum. Incorporating items from the Museum's collections with design principles, Dr. Monge and Ms. Eberlein demonstrate how the decorated home has long reflected status and distinction.Schedule of Festivities:

The Really Cooks and The Best Westerns

Presented by World Cafe Live at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia

February 15, 2012

The Really Cooks are a half-human, half-cartoon band that creates an alternate world filled with eccentric characters to tell their story and play their songs. They mix late period British ’60s pop with a quirky American showtune aesthetic, crafting fun, energetic pop tunes. Their music combines harmonic elements that resemble Queen and the Beach Boys, but they still manage to keep an original psychedelic sensibility. Check out their 2011 debut album, Dr. Lemonade Stand! The album...