class | ZoomDance Winter Session (1/12 – 3/1)

ZoomDance Winter Session
Thursdays, January 12 – March 1

ZoomDance classes at Studio34 are offered at a sliding scale of $90-$110 for the whole 8 weeks, which also gives you unlimited access to all the ZoomDance classes around the city. Or buy a 5-class card for $70, no expiration. For more information, please visit the ZoomDance website at http://www.zoomdance.com/.

10:30am – 11:15am Thursdays, 1.5-3 years
ZoomDance: This is a high energy class of dance, music, story-telling, imagination and fun! Over the course of the session, children will develop agility, coordination, rhythm, and balance through a dynamic range of actions. There is an emphasis on creativity and building confidence through songs, stories, and performance. Each week we’ll read a new story and then explore the movement and adventures of the characters. Kids have the opportunity to show off their favorite moves, invent characters, and try lots of new movement ideas. Grown-ups are encouraged to participate in this class with their small dancers.

4pm – 4:50pm Thursdays, 3-5 years
Intermediate ZoomDance: This class has the same essence as the younger ZoomDance class, with lots of energy and focus on exploring new ideas. We will start to push the edges of dancing the spectrum from wild abandon to careful details. In addition to learning trickier “moves”, we will start thinking of phrases and dances instead of only individual moves, and students will perform for each other in class. When acting out the story, our teachers will encourage students to offer their own ideas too. Grown-ups drop off their dancers for this one, and are invited in on the last day to see what we’ve been working on.


workshop | Collaging and Creative Writing Event (9/26)

Sunday September 26th, 2010
5 to 6:30 p.m.
Studio34 Conference room (next to lounge)

Collage and creative writing are both gateways connecting your spirit to its Source of creative energy and inspiration. This is the season of harvest. We will create original collages and creative writing inspired by our images to create joy and honor what we want to harvest and bring into our lives. Paper, glue sticks, scissors and images will be provided: bring extra old magazines, calendars, catalogs that you are willing to cut up. Unused materials will be available for trade to others or will be recycled after the event. No talent required: just a spirit of adventure.

Cost: free
Open to all ages 10 to 120

Organized by The Blank Canvas
Contact Name: Laurie Pollack
Email: webpoet1@aol.com
Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_blank_canvas/


class | Cupcake Decorating and Chocolate Making (9/1)

Cupcake Decorating & Chocolate Making Classes

Wed, 9/1

4pm kids class, ages 3-13 welcome

6:30pm adult class, teens welcome too

email creamandsugarsweets@yahoo.com to make a reservation, or call 215.243.9979

Blythe Dim
Cream & Sugar Coffee and Sweet Shop
4004 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 243-9979


workshop | Understanding Chakras (9/12)

Sunday September 12th, 12 noon – 2:30 pm
Studio 34 Conference Room

Understanding Chakras

Hosted by Dan Myers, Intuitive Masseur. Learn all about the seven main energy centers of the body. Get bodywork done, and work on others. There will be light refreshments, a meditation, and hands-on (and off) work. For more information, go to www.meetup.com/Philadelphia-Massage

For more information about Dan, go to www.breathe3.com
$15/person, $20/ for 2 people, $5 for students and professional bodyworkers.


performance | “In White Rooms” (9/5)

In White Rooms
September 5, 2010 at 3:00PM


Tickets $15.00 – Available online through
Fringe Box Office and sold at the door.

Come join us for an afternoon of dance, live music and refreshments as part of the Philly Fringe Festival! This is our 5th year participating in the Fringe, and we are thrilled to return to Studio 34 to present this special performance.  Joining Vada will be local musician Cory Neale and guest artist 180 Dance Company!

www.vadadance.org for more info.


show-and-tell | Pecha Kucha Night Philadelphia Vol. 6 (8/28)

20 slides x 20 seconds
Saturday, August 28th, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

We exorcise the esoteric humors of sharing, exploring, and storytelling amongst some Philly denizens who are making things happen in and around our fair city.

What’s Pecha Kucha (say peh-CHAK-cha)? It’s the Japanese word for “chit-chat.” It’s also a kind of rapidfire creative show-and-tell governed by a simple rule: show 20 slides, talk about each one for 20 seconds. Wired magazine called it: “Say what you need to say in six minutes and 40 seconds of exquisitely matched words and images and then sit the hell down.” We call it an evening of fun, sociability, and a little learning thrown in.

$5 suggested donation.

For more info, see Philly Pecha Kucha, join the PPK Facebook group, or visit worldwide Pecha Kucha HQ in Tokyo. Devised by Tokyo architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, Pecha Kucha events have been held in more than 220 cities.

The Pecha-Kucha global site is a great place to learn more about the special performance/presentation art format:
And stay tuned to our developer’s blog, where we will soon be featuring mini bios about the presenters!

http://web.mac.com/jmceuen/JON/Philly_Pecha_Kucha_Blog.html


kids’ class | Music Together (Saturdays, 9/11-12/11)

Saturdays, September 18-October 30, November 13-20, December 4
8:30-9:15AM
*make-up class December 11

MusicTogether

FREE DEMO CLASS: Saturday, September 11, 8:25-9:15AM

Registration now open for fall term!

Fall term begins September 18.
Space is limited–RSVP IS REQUIRED FOR FREE DEMO CLASSES.
in order to reserve a spot: please call 267-251-0429 or email icanplay@philasuzukipiano.com

Music Together® is an internationally recognized early childhood music program for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergardeners, and the adults who love them. First offered to the public in 1987, it pioneered the concept of a research-based, developmentally appropriate early childhood music curriculum that strongly emphasizes and facilitates adult involvement.

Music Together classes are based on the recognition that all children are musical. All children can learn to sing in tune, keep a beat, and participate in the music of our culture, provided that their early environment supports such learning.

Music Together classes are offered by The Philadelphia Suzuki Piano Academy. For registration and other information, and to RSVP for demonstration classes, please contact icanplay@philasuzukipiano.com or 267.251.0429.

Tuition includes:

  • Ten weekly 45-minute classes
  • A beautifully illustrated songbook with activity suggestions for parents.
  • Two copies of a professionally recorded CD which includes songs, rhythm chants, “play-along” music, and tonal and rhythm patterns — a different song collection for each semester, rotated over three years.
  • A Parent Guide DVD for new families called: “Music Together at Home: Helping Your Child Grow Musically.”
  • An ongoing parent education program throughout the semester to help parents learn how children develop musically, and how to assess their child’s rhythm and tonal development.

Music Together art & logo design © 1992-2010 Music Together LLC. Music Together is a registered Trademark. The Philadelphia Suzuki Piano Academy, LLC is licensed by Music Together LLC. For more locations: www.musictogether.com, (800)728.2692


workshop | Advanced Hoop Dancing Techniques (Sun., 9/12)

Sunday, September 12, 2010
12:30-2:30pm


In Jen Web’s Advanced Hoop Dancing Techniques Workshop flow is the focus. Learn how to seamlessly transition between different tricks, planes and directions. Combinations of tricks, floor work, conscious breathing and strength building exercises will be covered. Completion of Beginning Hoop Dancing and Intermediate Hoop Dancing classes or at least six months of hoop dance experience recommended. Guidance and exercises for those interested in performing will also be included. Let your inner super star shine!

$20 w/ pre-registration, $25 day of
*Students taking the workshop will receive free admission to the West Philly Hoop Jam, 7:30pm-9:30pm


theatre workshop | Images of Philly in the Summer (8/7)

Images of Philly in the Summer
An Image Theater Workshop with Jo Kent-Katz & Morgan Andrews
Saturday August 7th, 11AM-3:30PM

at Studio 34 Yoga|Healing|Arts
4522 Baltimore Ave. West Philly

Suggested donation: $5-$20
No-one refused for lack of funds

To pre-register, call 215-730-0982
or email: tophilly@gmail.com

Eating water ice and enduring heat waves; watching fireworks on a rooftop and waking up to the sound of gunshots; splashing in Logan Square Fountain and riding past closed public pools… What does Philly in the summer mean to you? Join your fellow Philadelphians as we explore this topic through the language of theater in a short workshop. We will play games, act out situations, and explore human sculpture techniques from Sociodrama and the Theater of the Oppressed. No previous theater experience is necessary.

Pre-register by calling 215-730-0982 or emailing tophilly@gmail.com. Please wear comfy clothes and bring a lunch to the workshop. And yes, Studio 34 is air conditioned.


class canceled | Restorative, Tuesday 8/3, 6pm

class will resume next Tuesday, 8/10, 6pm.


class canceled | Tai Chi 8/4

Tai Chi class canceled 8/4. Class resumes next week.


Sunday class series | Forrest yoga (8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29)

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Finding Fun in Backbends
Forrest Yoga with Morgan
Sunday, August 8th, 10am

Expand your spine, ribs, quads, and capacity for breath, growth and trust in this 2-hour yoga class focusing on bending backwards. Building through a sequence of breathing techniques, warm-up stretches, abdominal exercises and flowing standing poses, we will put all the pieces together into some deep backbends. Partner work, attention to alignment and tidbits on human anatomy will make your backbending practice safe and fun!

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More Fun with Backbends
Forrest Yoga with Jason
Sunday, August 15th, 10am

Building upon last week’s “Finding Fun in Backbends” class, explore even more ways to bend backwards and open your heart.

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Liberate Your Legs
Forrest Yoga with Rob
Sunday, August 22nd, 10am

Reset the foundation of your yoga practice with this 2-hour class focusing on the legs. Moving from seated stretches to warm up the large joints, we will build up to an invigorating series of standing poses and inversions to bring energy to every corner of the body. Attention to alignment, anatomy, and “active feet” add helpful tools for you to take both into your yoga practice and everyday life.

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Community Class
Forrest Yoga with Angie
Sunday, August 29th, 10am

The last Forrest Yoga Sunday class of the month celebrates the spirit of Studio 34: a place where people come together to practice yoga, share various healing disciplines, and foster artistic creativity in a myriad of ways. Studio 34 founder Angie Norris combines the core Forrest Yoga practice with inspiring ideas, movement, music and partner exercises to bring a refreshing perspective on yoga as both a personal and shared practice.


workshop | M.c.K Scribe’s Short Story Workshop (8/7, 14, 21, & 28)

M.c.K Scribe’s Short Story Workshop is designed for beginning to intermediate writers. Each student submits his/her own work to be eagerly read, and critiqued, by fellow workshop participants. We also use writing exercises to stimulate the creative process. Takes place weekly over 4 weeks. To register, visit: www.mckscribe.com

Dates: August 7, 14, 21 & 28

Times: 11am-1pm

Cost: $65 per participant, early registration through July 26

Link: www.mckscribe.com

Contact: workshops@mckscribe.com or call 303.521.1387


workshop | M.c.K Scribe’s Short Story Workshop (7/13, 7/20, 7/27, & 8/3)

M.c.K Scribe’s Short Story Workshop is designed for beginning to intermediate writers.
Dates: July 13, 20, 27 & Aug 3, 6pm-8pm

Each student submits his/her own work to be eagerly read, and critiqued, by fellow workshop participants. We also use writing exercises to stimulate the creative process. Takes place on Tuesdays over 4 weeks. To register, visit www.mckscribe.com.

Cost: $65 per participant through July 1; $75 after July 1

Link: www.mckscribe.com

Contact: workshops@mckscribe.com or call 303.521.1387


monthly chiptunes show | 8static

Second Saturdays, 7 p.m.

8static.com is Philadelphia’s premier monthly chipmusic event! In just over a year, 8static has hosted more than 60 acts from around the world. More than just a concert, each month’s event features a free workshop and open mic session for up-and-coming local artists. All ages. Cost: $8 or $5 with flier, which can be found at 8static.com.


weekly slideshow | ArcheDream Presents Slideshows by Alan Bell (Mondays)

Mondays, 8 to 10:30 p.m.

Journey through time, looking into different world cultures and visions of humankind by Artists through the ages. Come and find the treasures they left for us.

$5 suggested donation.

For more information, visit www.adhk.org


open practice | West Philly Hoop Jam (begins 1/10)

a monthly 2-hour open practice presented by Funtown and Studio 34

Every second Sunday of the month, beginning January 10, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. wphj_color_web_2

Join Jen Web for an evening of hoop dance at the beautiful and spacious Studio 34! Enjoy two full hours of open practice with other hoopers in a casual, fun environment. Share tricks, practice a routine, and meet new friends! Hoops provided but feel free to bring your own. Appropriate for all experience levels. Cost: $5