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  • We Shall Overcome: Music in the Continuing Struggle for Freedom

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    We Shall Overcome: Music in the Continuing Struggle for Freedom Thursday October 16, 2014, 4pm Temple University, 1330 Polett Walk We Shall Overcome is a protest song that became a key anthem of the Civil Rights Movement is thought to be a derivative of I’ll Overcome Someday, written by Rev. Charles Albert Tindley (1851–1933) of…

  • Speaking in Riddles, Singing in Codes

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    Speaking in Riddles, Singing in Codes Thursday October 16, 2014, 1pm  Temple University, 1330 Polett Walk Supporters of the Underground Railroad created their own codes as a secret language in order to help slaves escape. Code words would be used in letters to “agents” so that if they were intercepted they would not be understood. Underground…

  • Hayden Saunier & Elliott Levin

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      Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street.  Wednesday February 19, 2014, 7pm Hayden Saunier  & Elliott Levin     Hayden Saunier is the author of two poetry collections, Tips for Domestic Travel, published by Black Lawrence Press and Say Luck, which just won the 2013 Gell Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in…

  • Sonic Liberation Front

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    Wednesday December 19, 9pm – Jazz Sonic Liberation Front Known for its iconoclastic combination of Afro-Cuban percussion excitement, free-jazz passion and deep-loop groove, the Philadelphia ensemble practically invents a new genre with each composition. “Sonic Liberation Front is well on its way to becoming one of the more important American ensembles of the decade. Their…

  • The Weekly Revue Variety Show

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    Saturday December 15, 8pm – Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm sharp. $5 at the door and BYOB. Weekly Revue Variety Show The Weekly Revue’s FINAL PHILADELPHIA SHOW goes down (with the ship) at Robin’s Books/Moonstone Art Center with an evening of all time classic acts together with brand new madness. House band Los Culeros…

  • Dan Nissenbaum

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    Friday December 14, 8pm — BYOB — $10 Cover — Jazz Dan Nissenbaum grew up in Philadelphia and learned how to play piano and trumpet at an early age. His exposure to classical, pop and jazz music in his youth led to studies at the Settlement School of Music in addition to various institutions such…

  • Ernesto Cervini

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    Tuesday December 4, 9pm – Music   Drummer Ernesto Cervini is making a name for himself as a consummate bandleader and in-demand sideman, repeatedly praised for his deeply musical, infectiously energetic talents. Time Out New York encapsulated Cervini as “a buoyant drummer as well as a sharp composer and bandleader,” while the jazz bible, Downbeat…