Ants on a Log Family Concert

Riverbend is proud to present our “Ants on a Log” family concert featuring the Philadelphia-based band Ants on a Log. Ants on a Log plays music for children and other childlike people. Their award-winning music centers on positivity, social justice, and silliness and has been featured widely in national media, serving as a soundtrack for

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First Friday, June 7th @ Arch Enemy Arts

Arch Enemy Arts gallery and boutique welcomes you to our First Friday event on July 7, 2023 from 5PM – 9PM at 109 Arch Street in Old City! Free and open to the public, come celebrate the dramatic and varied new collections we have on display, including three solo features by artists kEda Gomes, Michael

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Arts & Culture: Openings and Closings

Can’t miss art shows and festivals By Nancy Chen Asian American Film Festival Nov. 9–19 at International House, Asian Arts Initiative and other venues Celebrating its 10th anniversary this fall, the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival is taking the opportunity to reflect. “This year’s festival will include a retrospective of significant Asian-American films in early

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Fringe Festival: Can we find ourselves in the forest?

Photo courtesy of Plate 3 Photography Into the Woods by Heather Shayne Blakeslee At the Fringe Festival two years ago, Birds on a Wire Dance Theatre offered audiences an abstract performance piece that retold the story of Little Red Riding Hood via a duet with dancer Kate Abernathy and cellist Rachel Icenogle.  Wire’s artistic director

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‘Pandæmonium’ explores a hellish landscape of our own making

Photo courtesy of Lars Jan Alone, Together interview by Heather Shayne Blakeslee In “Paradise Lost,” John Milton’s epic poem about the fall of man, he envisions the mythical city of Pandæmonium as the capital of hell, a mansion built on a lake of fire by the demon Mulciber.  For Philadelphia choreographer and dancer Nichole Canuso,

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A dance company explores our heart of darkness in a Center City bar

Photo courtesy of Bradley’s Bucks Rebirth of the Jungle by Heather Shayne Blakeslee Bradley’s Bucks—an all-male dance troupe that has been offering up semiregular performances this past year at bar and burlesque hub Franky Bradley’s—makes its Fringe Festival debut with “Jungle.” The production will explore the rebirth of the jungle in a post-apocalyptic ecosystem where—after

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What advocates can learn from artists

Story Time by Heather Shayne Blakeslee Once upon a time, I met Stephen King.  Perhaps more accurately, I once had an awkward exchange with Stephen King. It was a brief encounter at a fundraiser in New York, and I’m not sure which of us was more uncomfortable during the 20 seconds we spoke. What I

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