Sunday, November 29, 11 – 2 p.m.
Join us for another Vegan Bruncheonette, and stuff yourself silly with over 10 delicious vegan dishes. Food is yummy, company is good. We have plates, utensils, and cups. Bring $5-10, or a dish to share.
donation class | Thanksgiving Gratitude Flow (11/26)
With Brittany Policastro
Thursday, November 26, 10 – 11: 15 a.m.
Please join Brittany for this donation yoga class at Studio 34. We will gather together as a community to celebrate all of the things we are grateful for. We will FLOW, SWEAT, eat some COOKIES and have some FUN!
Cost: Give what you can AND a few canned goods
ALL Donations will be going to Yoga with a Purpose to benefit the African Village Survival Initiative.
The AVSI is building economic self-determination programs to create a collective solution now, as unemployment in the African community reaches 50%. Programs include outfitting a licensed community kitchen as a resource for independent African food businesses. AVSI is also setting up a state of the art recording studio to give African artists, from throughout the world, a means to produce their own music, to use their talents and create their own self-sustaining employment.
free class | Movement For Every Body (11/29, 12/20, 2/14, 2/21)
Sundays, November 29, December 20, February 14, and February 21, 12:15 – 2:30 p.m.
Come and experience a FREE* new monthly movement class at Studio 34. Facilitated by Fatima Adamu, this class will explore using movement in its many manifestations to create a vehicle for healing, self-exploration and release. It will be guided by African Dance, Meditation & Breath, Yoga, Music and Contact Improvisation.
*donations in any amount will be accepted.
author event | Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World (11/15)
Presented by Bindlestiff Books
Sunday, November 15, 12 – 2:00pm
Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World
A discussion with author Homa Sabet Tavangar
Packed with resources, activities and ideas, Growing Up Global is a book that parents, grandparents, caregivers, and teachers can turn to again and again for inspiration as they strive to open the minds of children everywhere. Derived from the author’s own experiences traveling with her three daughters, Growing Up Global offers compelling reasons why we should bring the world into our homes, and practical steps to help us do it with grace and ease.
Please join us to hear from Growing Up Global author Homa Sabet Tavangar in a family-friendly environment. We are also pleased to welcome Jay Sand, leader of the popular “All Around This World” music classes for kids, who will lead us in song before Homa’s talk begins.
To read more about the book, visit www.growingupglobal.net, or check out an article in this week’s University City Review with info about the book and suggestions for children in West Philadelphia.
A free event. Families welcome. Books and snacks (suitable for lunchtime) available for purchase. For more information, e-mail bindlestiff.events@gmail.com or call 215-222-2432.
Reviews of Growing Up Global:
“An intelligent, thoughtful guide for developing a global orientation in children, and an encouraging book for a multicultural world!”
– Terri Morrison, co-author of Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands
“Tavangar’s stellar ideas for deepening children’s understanding of—and comfort with—every culture on the planet are a must in today’s increasingly borderless world. This is a book for every family on the planet.”
– Donna Jackson Nakazawa, author of Does Anybody Else Look Like Me?
monthly party | Feet Active (11/13)
Friday, November 13, at 7 p.m.
We have a lot planned for this month’s Feet Active!
7pm sharp – Samba drumming class! Michael Stevens who leads regular samba classes in West Philly will guide this class suitable for beginners.
8:45 - Performance by Unidos da Filadelfia (Philadelphia United), a community-based samba school. They played at the Studio 34 anniversary party a few months ago and were amazing. (link below)
9:30 – Dance Party! Ginkgo! Ross of Love!
Midnight – Yoga led by Brittany who teaches at Studio 34. With live DJ. All levels welcome. Candlelight.
Vegan Cupcakes – Autumnly winterly deliciousness.
$5-10 or pay what you can
workshop | Philadelphia Massage Meetup (11/22)
Sunday, November 22, 5 – 8 p.m.
This hands-on event is for all who are interested in learning about giving and receiving massages. Whether you are a beginner, student of massage school, or professional, all are invited to share, relax, and learn in this exchange of safe touch.
Dan Myers, a 10 year veteran of massage and instructor of aromatherapy, will share his five-star knowledge with those who seek it. To learn more, visit: www.meetup.com/Philadelphia-Massage/ Price is only $15 or $20 for two people. Also, if you are a massage and bodywork professional, get in for just $5!
party | West Philadelphia Orchestra Neighborhood Dance Party (11/1)
West Philadelphia Orchestra celebrates 3 years!
Sunday, November 1, 7:30 – 11 p.m.
West Philadelphia Orchestra is celebrating their third anniversary of merrymaking and bootyshaking by throwing a high-energy dance party for the West Philly community. Hooray! It’s not in a bar, doesn’t start at 11 pm, and it’s in the neighborhood. The band will play some traditional music from Eastern Europe, as well as their original compositions that meld world rhythms, jazz, and Philly soul in one joyful sound. Bring family, friends, foods, drinks, and dancing shoes. $5 donation.
More info: www.westphiladelphiaorchestra.com and on MySpace
dance classes | Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms® Dance (11/7, 11/21, 12/5, 12/19)
Saturdays, November 7 & 21, and December 5 & 19, 3:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
These 2 hour classes will take us deeper into this cathartic, joyful, insightful, and wild Spiritual Movement Practice. The classes will form a series, but can be taken on their own. They will build on the Tasters we have held, but Newcomers are very welcome!
The 5Rhythms® of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, and Stillness form ‘The Wave’, a simple movement meditation practice that encourages us to find our own dance of embodied feeling and to discover ourselves at our most fluid and creative level, bringing more of ourselves –body, heart, mind & soul- into movement, on the dance floor & out in the world. There are no steps to learn and it can be enjoyed by anyone, regardless of age, fitness, ability, or experience.
Cost: $15 each, $10 students/elders, but no one turned away (Class card will buy 4 for cost of 3).
Please contact Richard with questions at waves.philly@gmail.com.
Richard McConnell Jerram has been dancing the 5Rhythms since 1996. He brings heart, humor, and eight years’ experience as an accredited teacher.
eclectic | StudioSeries (11/21)
Saturday, November 21, 8 p.m.
Chris Forsyth – guitar
Cecilia Corrigan – performance
Dustin Hurt – sound
Jen Mcginn – dance
Andy Hayleck – electronics, invented instruments
DaDaDance project (Eun Jung Choi-Gonzalez/Guillermo Ortega Tanus) – dance
The StudioSeries is a monthly, informal series featuring performance in all media by some of the Philly’s most exciting artists (with some fabulous out of town guests). The StudioSeries is cozy, informal and fun! Come check out their work while it’s raw, and in the works. It’s a rare and thrilling opportunity to get a window into the artist’s creative process. Feel free to hang afterwards, meet the artists and chat with them about their performances.
kids class | Music Together (10/17, 11/7, 12/5, 12/12)
Free Demonstration Classes!
Saturdays, October, 17, November 7, December 5 & 12, 8:25 to 9:15 a.m.
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.
A ten-week semester (of which there are three per year) begins in January 9, 2010.
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 | Philly Contact Improv microFest (11/8)
Sunday, November 8, 12 to 8pm
Angie Hauser/Chris Aiken master class ~ jam ~ performance ~ snacks ~ friendly people…
all packed into one manageable, affordable day.
Schedule:
12-3pm contact improvisation workshop w/ Chis and Angie, workshop description tba
3-4pm break (we’ll provide snacks in the lounge)
4-6pm – contact improvisation jam
6pm – informal performance with Chris, Angie and others tba
7-8pm cool down
Pricing:
full day 14-day advance $35
full day door price $45
workshop alone $40
jam/performance alone $10
Preregistration:
chris@deephouse.name
215.402.0133 (home)
Send checks (payable to PDP or Philadelphia Dance Projects) to:
c/o Chris Deephouse
1300 Bergan Road
Oreland PA 19075
Chris Aiken is a leading international teacher and performer of dance improvisation and contact improvisation. Over the past two and a half decades his work has evolved through ongoing investigations of performance, composition, movement technique and design. His work has been significantly influenced through the somatic practice of the Alexander Technique, ideokinesis, yoga and Rolfing. Chris has performed and collaborated with many renowned dance artists including Steve Paxton, Kirstie Simson, Nancy Stark Smith, Peter Bingham, Andrew Harwood, Patrick Scully and Angie Hauser. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and an assistant professor at Ursinus College. Chris is currently touring a new work entitled “Dwell” co-created with Angie Hauser.
Angie Hauser is a dance-maker, performer and teacher. Her work is grounded in improvisation and performance and reflects the influences of contact improvisation, ballet, butoh and contemporary dance techniques. Angie is a member of Bebe Miller Company. In 2006 she received a BESSIE Award for her collaboration with Miller. She has also danced with the companies of Elizabeth Streb, Liz Lerman and Poppo Shiriashi and performed with many gifted artists including Kirstie Simpson, Andrew Harwood, Kathleen Hermesdorf, K.J. Holmes and Darrell Jones. Her creative work also includes her ongoing collaboration with Chris Aiken resulting in performances and workshops in the U.S. and in Europe, including their project, Dwell , co-commissioned by the National Performance Network. She has taught improvisation and dance throughout the U.S. and in Switzerland, Germany, Canada and Scotland.
workshop | How to Be Happy and Unstressed No Matter What’s Going On (10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11)
Led by Professional Coach, Chris Coward, MSW, LCSW, ACC
Wednesdays, October 21 & 28, and November 4 & 11, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
You don’t need to tolerate feelings of overwhelm, stress and unhappiness. This workshop will get you feeling good again using cutting edge techniques that you can easily learn and do on your own.
You will learn:
• The #1 Secret to Being Happy and how you can increase your happiness right away
• How to decrease your stress and overwhelm in as little as 5 minutes a day
Bonuses:
• Refreshments at each session
• Workbook included ($25 value)
• 30 minutes “Increase Your Happiness” Coaching Session with Chris ($100 value) = $125 in FREE Bonuses
workshop | Theatre of the Oppressed (10/24, 11/14, 12/12)
Saturdays, October 24, November 14, & December 12, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Philadelphia Theatre of the Oppressed is hosting monthly workshops at Studio 34. Here’s the lineup for this autumn:
• October 24: Games for Actors and Non-Actors. Come learn and play over 30 games that loosen the boundaries of our senses and work to get us thinking and moving outside of our usual routines. A useful tool for performers, as well as teachers, organizers, activists and anyone who works with groups. This workshop will end at 2 p.m., at which point everyone is invited to Clark Park where Spiral Q Puppet Theater’s Peoplehood Parade commences. Sliding scale: $5-15.
• November 14: Image Theatre on Gentrification. By sharpening our ability to “speak” with the body, we can communicate things that are often lost in the language of words. This workshop will build movement, sound and dialogue on the issue of gentrification, leading to action steps on what we can do as a community to move forward without trampling others underfoot.
• December 12: The Rainbow of Desire. A technique aimed at disarming our most intimate oppressors—those inside our own heads. The Rainbow of Desire takes some of these oppressors out of our heads and puts them onstage where the group can tackle them together.
Get details at http://tophiladelphia.blogspot.com . To register for one, two, or all three workshops, please email tophilly@gmail.com or call 215-730-0982.
chiptunes workshop & performance | 8static (8/22, 9/19, 10/10, 11/14)
Saturdays, August 22 (8 p.m.), September 19 (7 p.m.), October 10 (7 p.m.),
November 14, (7 p.m.)
8static is Philly’s premier monthly chip music event. Whatever you call it — chiptunes, 8-bit,chip music — it is created from the sound chips of old computers and video game consoles. Sponsored by the Hacktory, 8static hosts artists from around the world each month at Studio 34. Every show features a free workshop or lecture, followed by open mic and the main show. Each event showcases three musical artists and one live visualist — all for just $5 with a flier, or $8 without.
Check www.8static.com for more information!
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