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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Goat Girl / Maria BC | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
Green Jellÿ / 96 Bitter Beings / The Convalescence | 8:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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South Arcade | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | All Ages |
Over-Kill II: Reloaded | 7:30pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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The Jazz Disciples | 7:00pm | Chris' Jazz Café | All Ages |
Deepak Kumar Pareek | 7:30pm | The Rotunda | All Ages |
The Oh Hellos | 7:30pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
Katalyst Conversation | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
Peel Dream Magazine | 8:00pm | Warehouse on Watts | All Ages |
Frog | 8:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
Dead Tooth | 8:00pm | Milkboy Philly | 21+ |
Katalyst Conversation | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
Greg Mendez / 22º halo / Soup Dreams | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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FULCI | 7:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
John Vanore's Abstract Truth | 7:00pm | Chris' Jazz Café | All Ages |