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...
Philadelphia Dance Project's mid-week series DANCE UP CLOSE presents LILY KIND In "I've got a tape I wanna play", Lily Kind has created a surreal celebration of music and its slippery role in daily life. Together with dancers Chelsea Murphy, Chloe Marie, Elizabeth Weinstein, and Dylan Smythe, Kind performs a climactic concert, bringing together house,...
JOE GONZÁLEZ & JO MÉ DANCE THEATRE premiere "Unbroken" a suite of works that showcases an unbroken drive to keep moving forward, and stronger- dances that delve into emotions to overcome grief and a social injustice.
AMALIA COLÓN-NAVA’s "We could plant fruit trees/ Podríamos plantar arboles frutales" integrates storytelling and interviews from her travels to Mexico with dance, diary entries and field recordings. CAITLIN GREEN will perform and screen "FURY," an excerpt from the in-progress experimental dance film Eros: As Fragile as it is Free.
Enjoy an evening of soulful and moving singing, illuminated by the gentle glow of candlelight. Join us in the Gardens at Christ Church (Neighborhood House Theater - new location due to weather) for our third season of Candlelight Cabarets. Inspired by the “rooftop sings” that were once held at the Neighborhood House in the 1920s,...
NEW DATE COMING SOON In August, we presented our 2nd annual short play competition – the top three plays received support from Christ Church Neighborhood House (CCNH) to cover production costs for the final version of their plays, which will be presented in October immediately following Old City Fest on Sunday, October 8, plus the use of our...
Rehearsals are already underway for this year's one-act festival on the Christ Church campus! Our 2nd Annual Neighborhood House Play Festival will take place on Saturday, August 26. From there, audiences will select three plays to be presented in October immediately following Old City Fest on Sunday, October 8. Cash bar available Tickets are Pay What You...
The Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society presents John Marcel Williams and Jordan Dodson performing works by Bach, Debussy, the Beatles, and more. Both Jordan and John are graduates of the Curtis Institute of Music and maintain active performing careers as both soloists and chamber musicians. More info about this event and the artists can be found...
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The American Revolution: combines tongue-in-cheek humor with a dash of derring-do to evoke an epic time period in our nation’s history. the seven actors perform atop a platform elevated two feet off of the ground to recreate the fight from Lexington to Yorktown to present a family-friendly retelling of America’s founding.
Lauren Putty White uses her mastery of improvisatory dance to live jazz music to premiere "Glimpse" a suite for solos, duets, and full ensemble. Brent White, the choreographer’s husband and creative counterpart has composed the musical score. Integrating familial images with live music and dance, White intends to take the audience “on a kinetic journey...
Miniball is a micro-version of Cannonball Festival featuring encores of previous Cannonball shows, as well as other works not featured in the festival before, to keep the spirit of Cannonball sailing strong throughout the year. Make sure to follow @cannonballfest on Instagram and turn on notifications to be the first to hear about upcoming festivals,...
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