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Philiput presents: Andres Cisnegro, Christopher Perkins, Devin Cohen poetry reading Oct 18 at 6pm at Lot 49

Philiput presents: Andres Cisnegro, Christopher Perkins, Devin Cohen poetry reading Oct 18 at 6pm at Lot 49
Philiput presents: Andres Cisnegro, Christopher Perkins, Devin Cohen poetry reading Oct 18 at 6pm at Lot 49

Philiput presents: Andres Cisnegro, Christopher Perkins, Devin Cohen poetry reading Oct 18 at 6pm at Lot 49 bookstore at 408 East Girard Ave, Philadelphia, 19125, US. Poetry Night in honor of the collective poetry book Boreal from Philiput and Cisnegro.

Philiput presents: Andres Cisnegro, Christopher Perkins, Devin Cohen poetry reading Oct 18 at 6pm at Lot 49
Philiput presents: Andres Cisnegro, Christopher Perkins, Devin Cohen poetry reading Oct 18 at 6pm at Lot 49

Andrés Cisnegro. Ciudad de México, 1979. Estudió Letras Hispánicas en la UNAM y Comunicación Social en la UAM. Camisa de once varas (BM, CDMX, 2022) es un recuento de sus primeros veinte libros. Recientemente fue realizada por artepoética press, en Nueva York, la edición bilingüe de Llegada del Malnacido, con traducción de Christopher Perkins. En Nicaragua apareció Zarrpastra, mapa de obra (400 elefantes, 2020); en Chile, La perra láctea (Cinosargo, 2021) y Fabla errante (Mano Falsa, 2022), en Perú. Su más reciente libro es Nivola del bien adverso (Ícaro Ediciones, 2023). Cisnegro traza rutas vivas sobre poéticas del siglo XX e investiga la poesía matérica. Gestiona cruces generacionales, debates, reediciones, talleres, laboratorios y la publicación de óperas primas y otras destrucciones necesarias. Entre ellas el Atlas Inverso de Poesía y el Biombo de movimientos mexicanos de poesía. Ha participado en congresos nacionales e internacionales de poesía y literatura. En 2018 participó en el Festival de Matemáticas, Ciencia y Cultura 2018 en Oaxaca, organizado por el Instituto de Matemáticas de la UNAM. Y en 2012 en el Festival Internacional de Ajedrez, como conferencista. Su poesía ha sido traducida al náhuatl, francés, inglés, árabe y portugués y griego. Actualmente es operador del proyecto múltiple Cisnegro. Lectores de alto riesgo, coordinador de la revista Blanco Móvil y cátodo dístico en la revista La Piraña.

Philiput presents: Andres Cisnegro, Christopher Perkins, Devin Cohen poetry reading Oct 18 at 6pm at Lot 49
Philiput presents: Andres Cisnegro, Christopher Perkins, Devin Cohen poetry reading Oct 18 at 6pm at Lot 49

Christopher Perkins USA 1980Christopher Perkins is a writer and professional translator of poetry, teaches literature, creative writing, and essay writing for the University of Nevada LasVegas (UNLV).
He holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing with an emphasis inpoetry and international literature and has translated poems from French andSpanish into English. He currently lives between Las Vegas, NV, U.S. and Mexico City.

Philiput presents: Andres Cisnegro, Christopher Perkins, Devin Cohen poetry reading Oct 18 at 6pm at Lot 49
Philiput presents: Andres Cisnegro, Christopher Perkins, Devin Cohen poetry reading Oct 18 at 6pm at Lot 49

Devin Cohen (Philadelphia, USA) is a multi-instrumentalist multidisciplinary artist, working with experimental abstract visual art, painting, poetry, sound art. He has written, painted, exhibited, performed, across the U.S., Mexico, Israel, Paris, Iceland, Germany, Sweden, Lithuania, Spain, Japan, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Argentina, Canada, Poland, India, Turkey… His poetry book is ALL PRAISES and his experimental Alien Architect poetry music album is Arteria. He has attended artist residings in Hungary, Lithuania, Romania…. Mekisko.. His work has been selected for the Ibero Biennale de Puebla de Los Ángeles, as well as the Biennale de pintura J.A. Monroy in Mexico; Devin’s work has been exhibited in Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Ateneo de Yucatán MACAY, Centro Estatal de las Artes de Baja California in Tijuana, Centro Cultural Plaza Fatima in Monterrey, Museo UPAEP in Puebla, Museo de la Mujer in Mexico City, as well as the Slought Foundation and Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, art festival en Lithuania, art fair Sweden… Devin Cohen with Rebeca Martell run and curate Liliput Gallery in Puebla, Mexico, and Philiput Gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Devin´s art was recently exhibited in Berlin, and is currently exhibited in Merida, Atlixco, Paris, Philadelphia… Devin Cohen just returned from Leipzig to Berlin to Paris, to now in Philadelphia to read his poetry at Lot 49 as part of Philiput poetry tour. Liliput Xperimental Gallery celebrates its 8 year anniversary this month.

NYC/Philadelphia Philiput Poetry Tour Dates:Philiput presents: Devin Cohen, Andres Cisnegro, Christopher Perkins Poetry Tour Oct 16 : Poetry reading at 7:30 pm at 125 E. 15th St , NYC 

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15 minute walk to 9pm reading at 85 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003 

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Oct 17: Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center at 419 Green Lane (rear) Philadelphia PA 191285pm-8pmOct 18: Lot 49 Books at 408 E Girard Ave, Phila. Reading at 6pm 

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 Oct 19: Philiput at 1901 B Washington Ave , Phila. starts at 8:30pm 

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 *poet Cassie Macdonald reading as well

Philiput presents: Andres Cisnegro, Christopher Perkins, Devin Cohen poetry reading Oct 18 at 6pm at Lot 49
Philiput presents: Andres Cisnegro, Christopher Perkins, Devin Cohen poetry reading Oct 18 at 6pm at Lot 49
Philiput presents: Andres Cisnegro, Christopher Perkins, Devin Cohen poetry reading Oct 18 at 6pm at Lot 49
Philiput presents: Andres Cisnegro, Christopher Perkins, Devin Cohen poetry reading Oct 18 at 6pm at Lot 49

                         

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Suffragists in a Parade is an early 20th century photograph that is part of 19th Amendment an exhibit at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress

Philly Welcomes A Centennial For Women’s Rights, New Hotels & More In 2020,Major Art Exhibits and Epic Anniversaries

Philadelphia and The Countryside® will give visitors many reasons to visit in 2020. The Philadelphia Museum of Art will complete phase one of its dramatic renovation—and unveil its new spaces in concert with an exhibition of works by Jasper Johns, which will occur alongside a complementary mirror exhibition of Johns work at the Whitney. The entire region is getting behind the 19th Amendment’s centennial with Women 100 programming throughout the year. In other anniversary news, the Philadelphia Orchestra has planned a weeks-long musical celebration to mark Beethoven’s 250th, and PHILADANCO wraps its 50th year of innovating in dance with must-see performances. Hotel openings include the city’s first W Hotel and a luxurious revival of River House at Odette’s in New Hope, Bucks County. All these new events are amazing, but in truth, Philadelphia and The Countryside has enough amazing annual events, visiting is great any time of year.

Here are some of the major events and openings to cover in the new year:

Museum News:

  • Philadelphia Museum of Art – The Benjamin Franklin Parkway’s landmark circa 1928 institution unveils the completion of its Core Project, a major redesign by architect Frank Gehry. The last phase of the project will welcome 23,000 square feet of new gallery space, reclaiming space beneath the East Terrace (site of the Rocky steps) for galleries of early American, modern and contemporary art. It will also reveal the renovation of the West Entrance and Lenfest Hall, create a major gathering space called the Forum (replacing Van Pelt Auditorium) and reopen the southern portion of the Vaulted Walkway. 
  • Fall 2020. In addition, the museum is partnering with the Whitney Museum of American Art on simultaneous exhibitions of the work of Jasper Johns, considered the country’s most significant living artist. The unprecedented collaboration chronologically shows paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, books and costumes that mirror the other’s display, creating an immersive exhibition that itself, is a study in Johns’ fascination with reflections. October 2020-February 2021. 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, (215) 763-8100, philamuseum.org

Performances:

Remote overhead shot of the Philladelphia Orchestra
  • BeethovenNOW – The Philadelphia Orchestra marks Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday in two epic celebrations. The first invites pianists Yefim Bronfman, Daniil Trifonov and Emanuel Ax to perform all five of Beethoven’s piano concertos (January 23-February 8, 2020). Next, the Fabulous Philadelphians spend four weeks juxtaposing Beethoven’s nine genre-transforming symphonies with contemporary works from composer-in-residence Gabriela Lena Frank and her diverse composers from the Creative Academy of Music. March 12-April 5, 2020. January performances, Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad Street; following performances, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, 300 S. Broad Street, (215) 893-1900, philorch.org
  • PHILADANCO’s 50th – The Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) continues its 50th anniversary celebration by hosting the 32nd International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance at the Kimmel Center Cultural Campus’ Merriam Theater and SEI Innovation Studio, as well as the DoubleTree Philadelphia, Cambria Hotel Philadelphia and The University of the Arts (January 14-19, 2020). The company’s season culminates with Fast-Forward, a look at the future of choreography in a co-commission with Toronto’s Dance Immersion, Vietnam’s Thang Dao, Broadway’s Ray Mercer and choreographer Kathy Smith. April 17-19, 2020. Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, 300 S. Broad Street, (215) 387-8200, philadanco.org
PHILADANCO’s 50th – The Philadelphia Dance Company

Sports:

  • KPMG Women’s PGA Championship – The Women’s Professional Golf Association (PGA)’s second-longest running tournament—and one of five majors on the tour—brings 156 of the world’s best golfers to Delaware County’s circa 1896 Aronimink Golf Club for the first time. Aronimink’s course was designed in 1926 by renowned Scottish architect Donald Ross. June 23-28, 2020. 3600 St. Davids Road, Newtown Square, (610) 356-8000, KPMGWomensPGA.com

100th Anniversary of 19th Amendment:

Seat at the Table – A free, seven-day-a-week, interactive art exhibition by Dome Collective.
  • Votes for Women: A Visual History – The Brandywine River Museum of Art displays and explains century-old political cartoons, plays, posters, parades and fashion that formed the visual culture of the U.S. women’s suffrage movement. Drawings, illustrations, photographs of marches and rallies, clothing and accessories—especially sashes—re-create and contextualize this time of tangible art and physical action, long before social media or television. February 1-June 7, 2020. 1 Hoffman’s Mill Road, Chadds Ford, (610) 388-2700, brandywine.org
  • WomenNOW Concert Series – Women who are composers, conductors, instrumentalists and vocalists star throughout the Philadelphia Orchestra’s season. Through June 6, 2020. Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, 300 S. Broad Street, (215) 893-1900, philorch.org
  • 19th Amendment – The National Constitution Center’s upcoming exhibit about the movement for women’s voting rights will expand on the permanent exhibit Civil War and Reconstruction: The Battle for Freedom and Equality. The new exhibit explores constitutional arguments for and against women’s rights and offers fascinating historical context, spotlighting multiple generations of advocates and exploring the complex debates surrounding rights for African Americans versus rights for women. Summer 2020. National Constitution Center, 525 Arch Street, (215) 409-6700, constitutioncenter.org
  • Women 100 – This series of programs and events that celebrates American women and sparks new ideas about the path to gender equality, presented by Drexel University’s Vision2020, is the largest centennial celebration in the United States honoring the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitutionwomen100.org
    • Seat at the Table – A free, seven-day-a-week, interactive art exhibition by Dome Collective invites the public to experience women’s representation in places of power (seats at tables) through 3D infographic furniture, while a wall of interactive screens introduces gender barrier-breakers throughout women’s history. March 1-September 2020 (exact date TBA). Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, 300 S. Broad Street, (215) 893-1999, domecollective.com
    • SHE Leads Road Rally – Race car drivers pull an all-night, roundtrip road trip from East Falls in Philadelphia to Seneca Falls, New York, site of the first Women’s Rights Convention. (Buses also available.) June 19-20, 2020. Drexel University College of Medicine, 2900 W. Queen Lane, women100.org
    • Toast to Tenacity™ – Independence Mall honors the 100th anniversary of voting rights for women—Women’s Equality Day—with midday speakers, live music and glasses raised to suffragists. August 26, 2020. 599 Market Street, phlvisitorcenter.com
    • Celebrating Women – This 2,500-person celebration of American women begins with a ceremony featuring music, performance segments and a salute to 100 women who have blazed trails for others to follow in a multitude of fields. September 16, 2020. Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, 300 S. Broad Street, (215) 893-1999, women100.orgkimmelcenter.org
Votes for Women: A Visual History, Brandywine Museum of Art.

Hotels:

  • W Philadelphia and Element Philadelphia – Center City will welcome two 52-story, side-by-side Marriott properties. The vibrant, modern W Philadelphia (the city’s first W hotel) will have 295 luxurious rooms, along with a bar terrace, Living Room lounge, lap pool and 22 meeting rooms. Philadelphia’s rapidly expanding, wellness-focused Element (another first for the region) will have 460 rooms. Early 2020 (dates TBA). W Philadelphia, 1439 Chestnut Street, w-hotels.marriott.com; Element Philadelphia, 1441 Chestnut Street, element-hotels.marriott.com
  • River House at Odette’s – The site of Bucks Country’s beloved cabaret greets a 38-room boutique hotel overlooking the Delaware River. Cabaret queen Odette Myrtil’s legacy remains in the vaulted-ceilings Piano Lounge, luxurious textiles, amazing views, a members-only rooftop bar, spectacular river view ballroom for weddings and events of up to 200 guests and a resurrected Odette’s, known for whiskey cocktails and local menu. Spring 2020. 274 S. River Road, New Hope, (215) 682-2022, riverhousenewhope.com
  • The Hyatt Centric Hotel – Philadelphia firm DAS Architects is behind the rustic modern design—and targeting LEED Silver certification—for 13-story, 332-room new construction one block from Rittenhouse Square. The Hyatt Centric will offer a second floor restaurant and onsite underground parking. Summer 2020 (date TBA). 17th & Chancellor Streets. hyatt.com

VISIT PHILADELPHIA® is our name and our mission. As the region’s official tourism marketing agency, we build Greater Philadelphia’s image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

On Greater Philadelphia’s official visitor website and blog, visitphilly.com and uwishunu.com, visitors can explore things to do, upcoming events, themed itineraries and hotel packages. Compelling photography and videos, interactive maps and detailed visitor information make the sites effective trip-planning tools. Along with Visit Philly social media channels, the online platforms communicate directly with consumers. Travelers can also call and stop into the Independence Visitor Center for additional information and tickets.

Thank you to Cara Schneider, VISIT PHILADELPHIA®, for the content of this post.

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I Have A Dream
I Have A Dream, Virginia Repertory Theatre

Spring 2020 Stages of Discovery Performance Series Gordon Theater, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts 

I Have A Dream

The phenomenal impact of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is chronicled in this compelling dramatization of the life and times of one of the most influential and charismatic leaders of the American Century. Inspired by the arrest of Rosa Parks, Dr. King puts his philosophy of nonviolent protest to work. He gains recognition and becomes the dominant force in the Civil Rights Movement during its decade of greatest achievement.

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I Have A Dream

High quality live performances for School Audiences & Families
$8.00 per ticket Camden, NJ students & residents; all others $10.00 per ticket
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Reservations are required, Contact: Miranda Powell, 856-225-6202, miranda.powell@rutgers.edu

Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts, Rutgers Camden Center/Arts, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 3rd Street, between Cooper & Pearl Streets, Camden, NJ 08102

Rest in Peace Elijah Cummings, Rest in Love, Rest in Power.

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