Tag: live performance

Tire Fire Presents: Pico, Arnett, Salas Rivera, & Osmundson

Here to usher us into spring, Tire Fire is back with a Whiting Award winner & his Food 4 Thot co-host, the Philly Poet Laureate, and a fiction writer/twitter genius.

LINEUP:
Tommy Pico
Kristen Arnett
Raquel Salas Rivera
Joseph Osmundson

Enjoy this event with our Pierogi Thursday specials:
50¢ pierogi from noon-10pm
& half off all drafts 5-7pm and 10-11pm

Donations will be collected for Project SAFE, an all-volunteer grassroots organization providing advocacy and support for women working in street economies. SAFE’s mission is to promote human rights-based public health among women working in the sex and drug trades on the street in Philadelphia.

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The Last Emperor of Mexico

The Last Emperor of Mexico  |  Written & performed by Chris Davis  |  Directed by Mary Tuomanen

 

Maximilian I has recently been declared the Emperor of Mexico by Napoleon III, but his administration soon comes under attack by the revolutionary Benito Juarez. Maximilian is confronted with a great dilemma – to shave his beard or die by firing squad. Find out what happens in this one-man show noted as “hilarious,” by Broad St. Review, with “a strikingly original writer and performer,” The Scotsman.
“If you’re into the kind of theatre where you are also an actor, possibly without you knowing it, and with stunned drunk Brit girls trying to act and succeeding, then I am not even sure why I am mentioning this. Just check it out!” – some dude from Edinburgh Fringe
 

Buy tickets online or at the door for $10.00.

Enjoy this event with our Taco Tuesday specials:
$1 Tacos
$2.50 Tecate
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
& check out May’s Taco of the Month, The Festro: braised black pepper beef, roast garlic & avocado cream, topped with house pickled radish slaw

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Tattooed Momedy: April

Tattooed Momedy is a free monthly comedy showcase featuring hilarious comedy performers of all types and genres from Philadelphia and across the U.S!

Headliner: Carolyn Busa
Featuring: Miguel Dalmau
Megan Goetz
Tan Hoang
Nicole Phoenix
Sean Mulholland (Sylis P.)

Hosted by: Michael Kelly & Molly Hanulec

Doors at 8pm. Be sure to get here early to snag that comfy armchair or bumper car…this event fills up QUICKLY!

NO COVER! 21+
$1 tacos! $2.50 Tecates!
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm

Check out the April Taco of the Month: The Oblina
Spicy Nashville hot fried chicken + house made black eyed pea salsa + lemon pepper crema.

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Turn up the Trans*mission: 1 year anniversary show!!

One year later and still going strong!!!

Combining trans* advocacy with live performance, Turn Up the Trans*mission has featured local and visiting transgender and/or gender non-conforming artists, and strives to introduce new performers to their lineup every show. Burlesque, drag, live-singing, spoken word, and other performance styles…this varied collection of artists has a purpose.

Featuring performances by:
Bugalu Boogie
deadb0y IX
Essa Terick
Genome Kelly
Icon Ebony Fierce
Lady Baphomae
Mercury
Vanity UnFair
WORDZ (Wordz the poet emcee)

Turn up the Trans*mission aims to create a space for trans* identified performers to express their art without fear of prejudice, to create awareness and share their experiences in order to break down barriers of bigotry.

Doors at 7, Show at 8.
Pay-what-you-will admission..100% of this goes to the performers!!

50¢ pierogi until 10pm (they’re VEGAN!!)
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm

GLI$TER: a Fringe Arts show

The Hum’n’bards are back for the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival!

This year The Hum’n’bards have adapted the story of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice and taken themes from Orwell’s Animal Farm to create a show inspired by Weimar-era cabaret, clowning, and street theatre: GLI$TER.

Join The Banker and his tribe of Sad American Clowns as they weave the story of Shylock, Portia, Antonio, and Bassanio, all struggling to find common ground in a world controlled by judgement and greed. Featuring original music by Anna Michael and Travis Fischbach and performances by Eric Jaffe, Christina Higgins, Anna Michael, Travis Fischbach, Jeremy Adam, Taylor Plunkett-Clements and Lexi Pozonsky, GLI$TER will transport you to a sexy, glitter-fueled world where The Banker always wins.

…but remember to come prepared to tip with small bills, because these clowns work for cash and an empty hat can stop the show!

TWO SHOWS!
Tuesday, September 12th & Sunday, September 17th!!
Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm.

Tattooed Momedy

Tattooed Momedy is a free monthly comedy showcase featuring hilarious comedy performers of all types and genres from Philadelphia and across the U.S!

Featuring:
Ian Fidance
Ron Metellus
Tommy Touhill
Betty Smithsonian
Seamus Millar
Amanda Taylor
Chris O’Connor

Special Guest Appearance by: Mistor Farehnheit

Hosted by: Michael Kelly

Be sure to get here early to snag that comfy armchair or rollercoaster car…this event fills up QUICKLY!

NO COVER! $1 tacos! $2.50 Tecates!

It’s Called Self Expression: live readings

Alexandra Naughton is back in Philly for the wedding of her first ex-boyfriend.  Join her, and three other amazingly talented poets and writers, as they attempt to make sense of this thing called Being-An-Adult through live readings of their work.  One night only!

50¢ pierogi until 10pm
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm

Shy Watson is a poet, bartender, & painter currently living in Philadelphia. She is the author of AWAY STATUS (Bottlecap Press 2016) & my parents were going to give me your name if i was born a boy (Bottlecap Press 2017).

Amy Saul-Zerby is a Philadelphia-based poet. Her first collection, Paper Flowers Imaginary Birds, was published by Be About It Press in 2017. Her writing has also appeared in TheNewerYork, Painted Bride Quarterly, Spy Kids Review, and The YOLO Pages, and she is managing editor of the spoken word-based publication Voicemail Poems & multimedia editor of APIARY Magazine.

Alexandra Naughton is turning 32 this year and doesn’t believe she will ever settle down or be a homeowner. Regardless, she is living her best literary life and wants to share some work with you. You should humor her.

P.E. Garcia is an editor-at-large at the Rumpus and a contributor to HTMLGiant. They have a good dog.

SoLow Fest launch party

This is the official launch party for the 8th annual SoLow Fest!  As a do-it yourself theatre festival, SoLow Fest is dedicated to new, experimental work focusing on solo performance with low-maintenance and low-stress.  This year it runs from June 15-25.

Preview some sneak peaks of the performances in the festival, then grab a cold beer and mingle with the performers.

7PM- Hangouts! Bring your postcards (or your buttons or your post-its) with info written on them, and lets all trade.
8PM- Show Sneak Peaks!—- previews of works that are in SoLow Fest!!
9PM-Hangouts continued- get to know each other, and get ready for another great festival!!

Featuring performances by:
Carlos Roa
Steve Gravelle
Jimmy Grezlak
Lilian Ransijn
Kennedy Candra
Jess Conda
Kyra Baker
Tiffany Bunch

$4 Hamburgers & Vegan Burgers until midnight (try our Burger of the Month!)
$2 Narragansett Lager Tall Boys all day
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm

Gurl, WHAT?!

Find out what happens when VinChelle (the host of Funny Gals) and Michael Kelly (the Tattooed Momedy host) learn that their planned combined show of hilarious drag and stand-up performers is expected to be something completely different. It’s going to be a WHOLE THING.

NO COVER! $1 bean or beef tacos! $2.50 tecates!

Featuring the ladies of Funny Gals:
Bev
Sutton Fearce
Astala Vista

And, Philly’s favorite stand-up and sketch performers:
Alejandro Morales
Dan Vetrano
Molly Hanulec
Stephen Michael Quick
Sister Profit Halle LuJah & Brother Jazz

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