The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism
ARCHIBALD J. MOTLEY JR.
the picnic, 1936
James by Percival Everett Book Discussion
Hosted by Sterling Johnson and his son, Shane Johnson
“Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is a masterpiece, and “James,” Percival Everett’s new retelling of it, just might be one too”—New York Times
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ENGOMA ENTEERA: Classical Music from Uganda
ENGOMA ENTEERA:
Classical Music from Uganda
In appreciation of your donation, this program is complimentary to you!
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Ramayana
From the epic by Valmiki
Created with Papermoon Puppet Theatre of Java & Kalanari Theatre Movement of Bali
June 12-16, 2024
The Navy Yard, 5000 S 11th St, Philadelphia, PA 19112
June 12, 2024 - June 16, 2024
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More than 28 years in the making, EgoPo presents the world-premiere re-telling of the ancient Hindu epic in collaboration with two of Indonesia’s vanguards in the performing arts. This performance will take place in The Navy Yard, under a giant open air tent. The staging integrates the puppetry, dance, theater and music expertise of the three companies to tell one of the world’s oldest stories about the unbreakable power of the human spirit. Performances will be surrounded by Rama’s Fest, a week-long celebration of Indonesian food and culture.
Performance Dates
6/12/2024 - 7:30PM
6/13/2024 - 7:30PM
6/14/2024 - 7:30PM
6/15/2024 - 2:00PM
6/15/2024 - 7:30PM
6/16/2024 - 7:30PM
Quintessence Theatre Presents, ‘Father Comes Home From The Wars Parts 1, 2, & 3’
Hero, an enslaved Texan, is offered a deal - to join his master in the Confederate army with the promise of emancipation if he survives — or to remain with his true love Penny and work the plantation. Creating a new Black American history cycle, Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks changes our perspective on the American Civil War and dramatizes the events leading up to Juneteenth.
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Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Charles Overton, harp; Catalyst Quartet
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Brothers Anthony and Demarre McGill have achieved a phenomenal level of success in the classical music world. The only siblings ever to win the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, Anthony was appointed the principal clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic, and Demarre is the principal flutist of the Seattle Symphony. The Grammy Award winning Catalyst Quartet and harpist Charles Overton join these two outstanding wind musicians for a program that encompasses new works by Jeff Scott and Brian Raphael Nabors and Ravel’s dazzling Introduction et Allegro.
Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie for Flute and Harp, Op. 124
Scott: Sextet World Premiere/PCMS Co-Commission
Nabors: 7 Dances Philadelphia Premiere
Ravel: Introduction et Allegro
The Time is Always Now Artists Reframe the Black Figure
Formidable … Nanny of the Maroons’ Fifth Act of Mercy by Kimathi Donkor (2012). Photograph: Courtesy of the Artist and Niru Ratnam, London. Photo: Tim Bowditch
Aaron Diehl, piano
Use The Brothers’ Network’s discount code “BRONET24” when purchasing tickets.
“Melodic precision, harmonic erudition, and elegant restraint” (New York Times) are hallmarks of Aaron Diehl’s playing. Praised for his “freedom and playfulness” (Philadelphia Inquirer), this celebrated musical polymath makes his PCMS debut with a program titled: An Evening of Ragtime and Harlem Stride. One of the most athletic forms of jazz piano from the early 20th century, “stride” features a characteristic leaping left hand and a heavy use of improvisation and syncopation. It was also highly competitive. Pianists would often have “cutting contests,” many times at Harlem rent parties, where performances occurred in homes to help the tenants and musicians make ends meet. Aaron Diehl’s Valentine’s Day recital connects that history to our current time with a concert featuring compositions by James P. Johnson, Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller, Willie ‘the Lion’ Smith, and other luminaries from the 1920’s.
An Evening of Ragtime and Harlem Stride featuring works by Eubie Blake, Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton, Scott Joplin, and more
Keith Boykin Book Launch
Some arguments about race refuse to go away. It’s time, once and for all, to shatter them.
The most toxic racial arguments share one of five traits. They try to erase Black history, prioritize white victimhood, deny Black oppression, promote myths of Black inferiority, or rebrand racism as something else entirely. They’re all designed to distract society from racial justice, but now we have the tools to debunk them.
With a mixture of personal experience, reportage, and extensive research, Keith Boykin takes a wrecking ball to twenty-five of the most widespread deceptions about race, such as:
The Civil War was about states’ rights, not slavery
Affirmative action is reverse discrimination
Critical Race Theory is indoctrinating children to hate one another
and shows us how to refute lies, myths, and misinformation with history, knowledge, and truth.
Stephen Burks: Shelter in Place
Stephen Burks: Shelter in Place surveys the past ten years of Burks’s craft-centered, workshop-based design practice and features a specially commissioned speculative project, called Shelter in Place.