Indulge your inner nerd with an evening devoted to experiments, discoveries, and art. Free with Museum admission.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Old Masters Now: Celebrating the Johnson Collection." Members can book in advance at: http://ow.ly/IEwQ30hIAYs and enjoy $5 guest tickets in the month of January.
5:30 p.m. Music: Osagie OG
Philly-based DJ, producer, and record collector Osagie spins a mix of disco, soul, hip-hop, house, and more.
5:30–6:30 p.m. Museum Science: Cultural Caretakers
Conservation scientist Kate Duffy offers an inside look at some of the Museum’s conservation projects. Also hear all about our X-ray fluorescence machine, which helps us determine the age of a painting without having to take a sample.
5:45 & 6:30 p.m. Detours: Artful Rounds
In these unconventional gallery tours for the adventurous, Penn and Temple med students diagnose figures in paintings and prescribe treatments.
6:00–6:45 p.m. In-Gallery Gaming: Art or Surgery?
Compete with your friends to win prizes in this game hosted by Philadelphia performer extraordiaire Jess Conda. Explore an assortment of objects from the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and figure out whether they were used for art or surgery. First come, first served.
6:45 p.m. Music: Crash Course in Science
This legendary post-punk band creates a distinctive brand of noise-pop dance music using altered drum machines and homemade synthesizers.
7:15 p.m. Music: Dan Deacon
Get ready for some high-voltage energy when this experimental electronic composer and musician with a penchant for the absurd joins the crowd for one of his famed interactive live shows.
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Ruth Naomi Floyd | 7:30pm | Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral | All Ages |
Singer Songwriters: Christopher Morse, Jason Ager, and Tyler Asay | 7:30pm - 10:30pm | The Fallser Club | All Ages |
Black Country, New Road | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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WKDU Presents: Heavy Metal Chess Club / Melon Husk / Bird Gun | 7:00pm | Van Rensselaer Hall Ballroom | All Ages |
BODEGA / Bleary Eyed / Disaster Artist / The Lunar Year | 7:00pm | Latvian Society | All Ages |
Surf Trash / Parrotfish | 7:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
Belle And Sebastian / The Weather Station | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
Sound Type concert - Che Chen (of 75 Dollar Bill) | 8:00pm | Asian Arts Initiative | All Ages |
Dave Douglas GIFTS Trio (featuring guitarist Ava Mendoza & drummer Kate Gentile) | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
Writhing Squares / Meatbodies / Vixen 77 | 8:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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SOUND TYPE Seminar: Che Chen & Geeta Dayal | 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Asian Arts Initiative | All Ages |
WKDU Supports: Couple Ghouls Fest 2024 (featuring Poison Ruin / Vacation / Destructos / Waste Man / Driltusk / ABBATIA / Diuretic / Menu / Share / cry9c) | 4:00pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |
Craig Bickhardt Family and Friends(Tom Hampton & Michael G. Ronstadt) | 7:00pm | Trinity Presbyterian Church | All Ages |
ABACABA / I Think Like Midnight / Icky Bits / Dilks & Peterson | 8:00pm | The Pottery Gym | All Ages |
A Great Big Pile of Leaves | 8:30pm | Underground Arts | All Ages |