A sampling of things going on around the hoods today. There may be more in the happenings section (our ever-expanding listings). Send your listings to editor [at] westphillylocal.com
UC Arts League members get a sneak preview of the handcrafted items up for sale in the annual Holiday Craft Show and Sale. The show is open to the general public on Saturday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and then again Monday through Friday 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Ellen Kushner is a writer of fantasy novels and the host of the radio program Sound & Spirit, produced by WGBH in Boston and distributed by Public Radio International.
Emil Baumann’s present body of work and his exploration of yet another dimension of painting: Still Life. Also on display, Emil Baumann’s recent ceramic art. The exhibition will run Dec 10-Dec 23. For more information call: 215-382-1541.
A sampling of things going on around the hoods today. There may be more in the happenings section (our ever-expanding listings). Send your listings to editor [at] westphillylocal.com
• Snow Caps CD Release Party/Kate Ferencz and The Chairman Dances • 7 p.m. • Green Line Cafe • 4426 Locust St. • Cover: $5-7 sliding scale.
Snow Caps is Andrew Keller. Here he is performing in Tulsa in 2009
• Books Through Bars 20th Anniversary Film Festival • 7: 30 p.m. • Cindergarden • 4823 Baltimore Ave. • Suggested donation $3-5.
Books Through Bars’ film festival continues tonight with the theme Immigration Detention: The Racialized Face of U.S. Incarceration. Mia-lia Kiernan, a Cambodian Community Organizer, will introduce the three films. See the full schedule and a description of the films here.
• Andrew’s Video Vault at The Rotunda • 8 p.m. • The Rotunda • 4014 Walnut St. • Free
This month installment of A.R. McElhinney‘s movie madness features:
Before I Forget[aka, Avant que j’oublie] (2007 / 108 minutes) In one of the great movies of the last decade Jacques Nolot writes, directs and stars as a gay man adjusting to his lover’s death, advancing age, and his failing body.
Poison (1990 / 85 minutes) Todd Haynes’ masterful first feature is inspired by the writings of Jean Genet and propelled by Haynes’ own unique sense of collage. The Meatrack (1970 / 65 minutes) A young boy grows up to be a hustler in this time capsule of a more carefree and groovy era.
A sampling of things going on around the hoods today. There may be more in the happenings section (our ever-expanding listings). Send your listings to editor [at] westphillylocal.com
• Cancer Support Group • Iris Henderson Conference Room of Mercy Hospital • 501 S. 54th St. • 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. • 215-879-7733
• Reading • Author Dan Berger reads from his book The Hidden 1970s: Histories of Radicalism • Penn Bookstore • 3601 Walnut St. • 6 p.m.
•Whiskey Week at Fiume (45th and Locust, above Abyssinia) • Through Dec. 13
West Philly native Gabrielle de Burke (aka the Plum Dragoness) is celebrating the release of the CD Renaissance of a Poetess, a blend of trip-hop and spoken word. Guest DJ’s for the show include Lina Luv, Bang Ri Lah and Le Mayjahs. VJ Peter-Parker Broadhead is also scheduled to be on hand.
A sampling of things going on around the hoods today. There may be more in the happenings section (our ever-expanding listings). Send your listings to editor [at] westphillylocal.com
• WPEB monthly general meeting • 6 p.m. • WPEB studios • 541b S. 52nd (Between Cedar and Hazel)
The monthly meeting of West Philly’s low-power FM station starts at 6 with an orientation for new members. Committee summaries and public comments will begin at 6:30.
• Whiskey Week at Fiume (45th and Locust, above Abyssinia) • Through Dec. 13
Actually, forget you read this. Don’t tell anyone. Seriously, we don’t want the word to get out.
Every year since 2003 the folks at Neighborhood Bike Parts put out a call to local artists to come and scrounge around in their used parts bins. Tonight we get a chance to see (and buy) what they’ve created from all those chain rings, cranksets and pedals. The annual Bike Part Art Show runs 7-10 p.m. tonight at Studio 34 (4522 Baltimore Ave).
Proceeds from the silent auction and raffle that will run during the show benefit the Neighborhood Bike Works’ free after-school programs and summer camp scholarships. The show will also include beer and snacks. A $5 donation at the door would be greatly appreciated.
A sampling of stuff happening around the area today/tonight. See happenings for information on other events.
Photo by Carlos Beltrán
• Barrios, Volume 1 • 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. • The Rotunda • 4014 Walnut St. • Free
Penn’s School of Social Policy and Practice presents a photo exhibition on Venezuelan slums. Carlos Beltrán, a journalist, documented the everyday lives of children and families in the poorest neighborhoods in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, for six months. The exhibit will also include a panel presentation featuring Beltrán and others.
• The Gathering • 10 p.m. • The Rotunda • 4014 Walnut St. • Cover: $3
The monthly hip-hop convocation is a West Philly standard. See story here.
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