Philadelphia’s own sacred jazz vocalist/composer, Ruth Naomi Floyd, makes her Penn Live Arts debut in Are We Yet Somehow Alive?, a moving world premiere that pairs jazz, blues and gospel with fine art projections to share compelling first-person accounts from enslaved Africans in America. At the intersection of despair, endurance and resistance, these narratives explore what it means to be human amidst the struggle for liberation and dehumanization. Praised for her distinctive sound and progressive jazz ensembles, Floyd uses her soaring mezzo-soprano voice to shine light and find defiant joy in our experience.
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Muscle / Soji / Violent Highs / Scorpion | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
Halloween (Record Release) / Sun Organ / Kettle / Destructos | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Radioactivity / Personality Cult / Lost Balloons | 7:30pm | Foto Club | All Ages |
Black Uhuru | 8:00pm | Ardmore Music Hall | 21+ |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Blade to Paper: Intro to Stencil Screen Printing | 6:00pm - 9:30pm | PAFA Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts | All Ages |
Innumerable Forms / Bone Weapon | 8:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
Another Michael / Katy Pinke / Sam & Louise Sullivan | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Robber Robber | 6:00pm | Spruce Street Harbor | All Ages |
Dystinct | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
David Wax Museum | 9:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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3L3D3P / Izzy Camina / Gabby Start | 7:00pm | Cambridge Hall - Warehouse on Watts | All Ages |
Ryder the Eagle / More TBA | 7:30pm | Foto Club | All Ages |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Bowling For Soup / Simple Plan / 3OH!3 / LOLO | 6:00pm | Mann Center for the Performing Arts | All Ages |
Jail / Protozoan / Bastardcross / Early Grave / Eightball | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
Starberry / Fast Car Slow Car / Gavin Oswald | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |