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Cookbooks & Convos, Joy to the Polls, and Unhoused & Unseen
The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, October 3-9, 2024
Kyle V. Hiller
Fall is truly in the air, and this week shows. Sisterly Love Collective talks cooking all month long with their Cookbooks & Convos series, a long-standing Italian tradition continues with an annual festival in South Philly, and the Academy of Vocal Arts sees one of its own autumnal traditions return as well. A new play for the little ones comes to Please Touch, and a block party in Overbrook gets us ready for the final countdown to Election Day.
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LIGHT YEARS AWAY
October 2-27, 2024
Please Touch Museum, 4231 Avenue of the Republic, Philadelphia
This original dance theater production about the sun and the moon and their relationship with each other. Performing live at the Please Touch Museum, this children’s theater play features original music, puppetry, and sensory interactive props.
Unhoused & Unseen: Our Invisible Neighbors
October 3-20
Da Vinci Art Alliance, 704 Catharine Street
A new solo exhibition by 2024 Kathryn Pannepacker fellow Lisa Hendrickson teamed with Broad Street Love and Da Vinci Art Alliance for a collection of portraits capturing the humanity of the unhoused. Hendrickson’s work is composed of photographs and one-on-one interviews she conducted with Broad Street Love guests and pairs them together.
The opening reception is on Saturday, October 5 from 4-7pm, and the exhibition concludes with a closing reception and artist talk on Sunday, October 20 from 12-2pm.
Sisterly Love Collective's Cookbooks & Convos
October 3, 8-22
Various locations
Sisterly Love Collective, an alliance of women restaurateurs and food entrepreneurs, will host its second annual Cookbooks & Convos series. Starting on October 3 with a preview event that features Paolo Velez author of Bodega Bakes: Recipes for Sweets and Treats Inspired by My Corner Store. There will be plenty more events over the course of two weeks, including cookbooks like Indian-Ish: Recipes and Antics from a Modern American Family and Priya’s Kitchen Adventures: A Cookbook for Kids by Priya Krishna, Kristina Cho’s Chinese Enough, and Maydān: Recipes from Lebanon and Beyond by Rose Previte. See the full lineup online.
The 45th annual Giargiari Bel Canto Competition
Saturday, October 5, 2024, 7:30pm
Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center, 300 South Broad Street
The Academy of Vocal Arts presents its annual Giargiari Bel Canto competition this weekend, showing off AVA’s resident artists who will perform a selection of opera arias while competing for top prizes. Come out and hear some good music while also playing an important role in who will win the Audience CHoice Award. This comes as part of the Academy’s 90th season.
The Annual St. Nicholas of Tolentine Italian Festival
Sunday, October 6
1700 block of South 9th Street (between Morris and Moore Streets)
Swing by South Philly for a day of Italian music, food, dancing, and traditions. Celebrate with the community and find vendors and performances throughout the day, including from the likes of Marra’s Pizza, Esposito Porchetta, Del Buono Bakery, Termini Bros, the Quaker City String Band, the Vivaci Dancers, and more.
Joy to the Polls
Sunday, October 6, 12-4pm
Overbrook Plaza, 5610 Lancaster Avenue
Get ready to rock the vote with a pop-up DJ early voting block party this weekend. Philly celebs Cosmo Baker, Reef The Lost Cauze, Sanovia, and the Positive Movement Drumline will be in attendance to help score the sound of the non-partisan party. Food trucks, games, and more will also be in tow.
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