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Dancer Bethany Formica of Swarthmore is performing virtually in David Gordon’s new work “The Philadelphia Matter 1972/2020” at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Gordon, a celebrated choreographer who is now 84, invited 30-plus Philadelphia artists working remotely to record video material on everything from iPhones to professional cameras. He then dissected, assembled, and collaged this material together with archival work in collaboration with video artist Jorge Cousineau.
Friday Night Live concerts are back at the Community Arts Center. The Dave Manley Trio will play on Friday, September 25, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., on the center’s side lawn. (RAIN DATE: Saturday, September 26). Dave Manley will perform with an electric jazz trio featuring Nimrod Speaks (bass) and Khary Abdul-Shaheed (drums). Typically held in the Duke Art Gallery, this concert, and the rest in the fall series, will all be presented outdoors.
Participants in this free, hands-on Zoom workshop will discuss what it means to make a comic while they make one of their own.
Brendan Nyhan, professor of government at Dartmouth College, will present new research on the state of American democracy in a talk on Tuesday, September 22, at 7:30 p.m. Drawing from expert surveys conducted by Bright Line Watch, a watchdog group he co-founded, Nyhan will assess the extent to which the protections in the U.S. Constitution are preventing the erosion of key democratic principles and norms.
The Community Arts Center (CAC) will present its eighth annual Tie-Dye Music Festival on Saturday, August 29 (RAIN DATE: Sunday, August 30), from 5 to 8 p.m. This is a free, outdoor, family event.
Penelope Reed has helped us assemble a list of real (mostly local) virtual events we hope might entertain, inspire, and enlighten you.
