The Paul Green School of Rock plays Indie Rock!
World Cafe Live
3025 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA
The Paul Green crew push the boundaries of all-ages way, way out there. Tonight the kids - who are as young as eight years old - jam in a serious way through the discographies of The Pixies, Flaming Lips, REM, The Cure and the Violent Femmes.
6pm, $10.

Pig Iron Theater presents Isabella
ICE BOX Projects Space
1400 N American, Philadelphia, [...]

Trad is an Irish comedy with a wee bit of drama. It is a fable set in present day Ireland. One hundred year old Thomas and his even older father set out on a journey to find Thomas’s long lost illegitimate son. Once I stopped pondering the age of the protagonists, I settled in and really enjoyed the show. It is a true comedy with several laugh out loud moments.

Except for the excellent costumes, the [...]

This weekend’s Fringe schedule features Must Don’t Whip ‘Um, a prequel to Cynthia Hopkins’ Bessie award-winning 2005 hit Accidental Nostalgia.

In this multimedia melting pot, the fictional Cameron Seymour, a pop star from the ‘70s, delivers her final, breathtaking performance and then disappears from the limelight. With her talented crew, Cynthia Hopkins creates an amazing showcase of music, narrative and theatrical performances—all on one stage.

According to Gina Bellafante of The New York Times, Must Don’t Whip [...]

Friday Night I went to check out the Theater of Stars “Identity of Magenta”. The performance was held at the African American Museum of Philadelphia. This building is located on the corner of 7th and Arch Street, and it is full of our nation’s history. It’s a museum that I should visit more often.

Identity of Magenta is a story about a man and a woman who are in an inter-racial relationship. She’s an artist and he’s an architect. [...]

Brooklyn based band World/Inferno Friendship Society began a two night stand at World Cafe Live as part of this year’s Fringe Festival. Addicted to Bad Ideas is a stage presentation of their new full length album of the same name, which is a rock opera about the life of actor Peter Lorre.

World/Inferno Friendship Society has quite a cult following. There was a Rocky Horror Picture Show vibe with young folks dressed in 40s attire waltzing to the [...]

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pho·neme: any of the abstract units of the phonetic system of a language that correspond to a set of similar sounds which are perceived to be a single distinctive sound in the language.

Now that you know what a phoneme is here is the WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHY, and WHEN for PHONEME “the event.”

Let’s start with the WHY. Why? Because Philly needs it. This a rare occasion for the Live-Arts Festival to [...]