May 13, 2013
The excellent Odunde Festival, one of the longest-running and largest African-American festivals is set to return for its 38th year, June 2-9. Odunde, a local cultural organization with a mission of serving the need for cultural enrichment in the African-American community, hosts its marquee event annually, celebrating traditions originating with the Yoruba people of Nigeria, [...]
Read more»May 9, 2013
Lunchtime just got a little groovier thanks to Center City District Concerts in the Park. On Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 1:30 p.m. through June 27, head to charming John F. Collins Park, a small sanctuary between Chestnut and Ranstead streets at 17th Street. With a number of built-in benches, a fountain, verdant plantings [...]
Read more»May 7, 2013
South Philadelphia’s Italian Market is the nation’s oldest outdoor market, and always abuzz. But on May 18 and 19, the already-bustling heart of South Philly welcomes the city for its annual 9th Street Italian Market Festival. Enjoy a weekend filled with the flavors and sights of Italian-American culture, from tastes of Italian cuisine to the [...]
Read more»May 3, 2013
Drumroll, please. Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, the Center City Jazz Festival makes its return Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11. Festival founder and musician Ernest Stuart — who began the festival last year with a Kickstarter campaign and a dream — brings his music fest back in 2013, but this [...]
Read more»May 1, 2013
Take note, music fans. The Roots Picnic, the annual music extravaganza from our hometown hip-hop heroes, returns for its sixth year on June 1. With a reputation as the hardest working band in music, The Roots deliver a blockbuster day of concerts every year. This year’s show is set to hit Festival Pier at Penn’s [...]
Read more»May 1, 2013
The Curtis Institute of Music is a Philadelphia gem, training the next generation of classical musicians in a tuition-free, merit-based program. That means, every student — undergrad and graduate alike — is accepted solely on the basis of artistic talent and promise. With such a standard, virtuosity abounds. Curtis alumni have gone on to receive [...]
Read more»April 11, 2013
Kicking off tonight and running through Sunday, April 14, the XPN Music Film Festival presents 26 total screenings at a number of locations in University City, including the Mandell Theater, the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and World Cafe Live. The films that make up the festival all center around musical subjects and themes. [...]
Read more»April 11, 2013
As we mentioned earlier this week, Jay-Z’s Made in America Music Festival is returning to Benjamin Franklin Parkway for Labor Day Weekend 2013. Yesterday, the festival released its musical lineup and, much like last year, it features a wide range of artists representing many different genres — from underground sensations to pop music superstars. Speaking [...]
Read more»April 9, 2013
We were hoping it would return and now it’s official — Jay Z’s Made in America Music Festival is returning to Philadelphia. The festival is coming back to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for Labor Day Weekend 2013. The two-day festival will be hitting the streets of Philadelphia on Saturday and Sunday, August 31 and September [...]
Read more»April 1, 2013
Don’t call it an audio tour, because Philadelphia musician and sound designer Michael Kiley’s (a.k.a. The Mural and the Mint) new iPhone app is so much more. The recently released site-specific iPhone application immerses you in his latest composition The Empty Air, a mixture of original music and sounds recorded in Rittenhouse Square. Various elements [...]
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