This summer, Christ Church Neighborhood House pulls back the curtain on a lesser known history in the City of Brotherly Love. Christ Church has been conducting research to discover the lives and everyday acts of resilience and survival by Black people, both free and enslaved in Colonial Philadelphia. Many were buried on the grounds of...
Wednesdays 3-6PMMay 29 to November 27 12 seasons of food, community, and love! Join us one block away from the site of Philadelphia’s original 18th-century farmers market on High (now Market) Street — the market that gave Market Street its name. The market is open every Wednesday 3-6PM, rain or shine, on Church Street between 2nd...
Join us in the timeless beauty of Christ Church during our Candlelit Christmas Tour at 6:30pm. As twilight descends, our historic church is transformed by the illumination of the soft glow of candlelight. Our experienced guides will lead you through the sanctuary and gallery, sharing captivating stories of the church's rich history and its role in...
Join us and The Compass Quintet, a groundbreaking ensemble of woodwind instrumentalists hailing from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. The group performs original arrangements of jazz standards featuring saxophones, clarinets, flutes, and vocals. Their second album “A Very Compass Christmas: Winter Winds Blow” comes out December 8 and features legendary saxophonist Dick Oatts and vocalist...
Written by the infamous sex icon of stage and screen, Mae West’s The Drag, once hailed as outrageous and morally offensive, explores sexual and moral taboos to reveal both the pleasures and the cost of living a secret life. Closeted socialite, Rolly Kingsbury, navigates his suspicious wife, her therapist father who specializes in gay conversion,...
From one of our educators at Christ Church: Have you ever felt ugly? Like you’re cursed by the critical gaze of humanity? Well, what if a sexy voice spoke to you from behind a big door promising your wildest dream.. your most desperate fantasy of validation… a chance to finally belong. You just might decide...
In this deeply personal, funny, and moving solo performance, Palestinian artist Ashtar Muallem illustrates her life’s journey and relationships with her countries, body, and spirituality. Her physical contortions mirror her dual existence between Palestine and France, navigating cultural intersections with humor and poignancy. Inspired by Jerusalem and cherished memories of her grandmother, she searches for...
A Performance of Monologues, Dances, Stories, Songs, Poems, Sketches, and more in celebration of International Women's Day. Profits will be donated to the Women's Law Project, a nonprofit public interest legal organization working to defend and advance the rights of women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in Pennsylvania and beyond.
Dancer/Choreographer KAYLIANI SOOD has been invited to curate an evening of dance for PDP's DANCE UP CLOSE '25. She will present a duet "Jumper Cables" created with dancer ALLISON SMITH, accompanied by drummer STEVE PERRY. "Jumper Cables" is a dance of energetic extremes. The dancers weave a narrative of resilience through the mouthpiece of postmodern, house and breaking. Unornamented athleticism characterizes...
This event is FREE and tickets are not required, but RSVP for a chance to win 4 tickets to Franklin's Key. -- Join us in a celebration of Philadelphia’s young inventors, as students of SLA Beeber share an exposition of their inventions and the alternate worlds/histories surrounding them. Blending real world engineering and science with creative...
Presented by Shakespeare in Clark Park as part of 2025 Philly Theatre Week! While haunted by visions of her ill-fated mother, enigmatic, “African” Queen Cleopatra becomes entangled in sexual and political brinkmanship that puts more than Ptolemaic Egypt at stake. Caught in a web between the Roman Empire, Mark Antony, and a crocodile, Cleopatra must...
CHLOE MARIE is choreographing….on dancers she has collaborated with, in their and in others’ works. A Philly all-star crew includes Alex Brazinski, Tammy Carrasco, Amalia Colón-Nava, Alexis Curiel, Marisa Illingsworth, Chelsea Murphy, Dylan Smythe, Kayliani Sood, and Arien Wilkerson. Composer Lee Clarke is creating the score. Chloe Marie says: Each of these individuals has provided an incredibly beautiful lens into what...
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Philadelphia, PA 19106
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