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    First Friday! Red Light Jazz: Ragtime Revivals

    Friday, May 01, 2015

    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM See all dates and Times

    Barnes Foundation

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    05/01/2015 06:00 PM 05/01/2015 09:00 PM America/Anguilla First Friday! Red Light Jazz: Ragtime Revivals Featuring legendary musicians Leigh Howard Stevens, Stefon Harris, Warren Wolf, Jon Singer, Tony Miceli, and the group Escape 10 Duo with sounds of the marimba, xylophone, and vibraphone. Travel to the 1920s for red-light-district ragtime and work your way back to contemporary jazz. Plus, a talk by Lisa Minardi, assistant curator at Winterthur Museum, on the Pennsylvania German furniture in the Barnes collection. Minardi discusses connections between the furniture and Fraktur, a Pennsylvania German style of illuminated manuscript folk art that is the subject of her most recent book and three exhibitions at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Winterthur, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Live ... Details & Tickets: https://www.upcomingevents.com/philadelphia/events/barnes-foundation/first-friday-red-light-jazz-ragtime-revivals-22004?ref=uceaddevent Barnes Foundation, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA, 19130

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    Arts Oriented, Lecture, Live Entertainment, Live Performance, Museum

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    Art Galleries & Exhibits, Concerts, Conferences & Tradeshows, Festivals, Literary & Books, Museums & Attractions, Performing Arts

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    Fairmount (Philadelphia)
    Logan Square (Philadelphia)
    Rittenhouse (Philadelphia)
    Spring Garden (Philadelphia)

    Featuring legendary musicians Leigh Howard Stevens, Stefon Harris, Warren Wolf, Jon Singer, Tony Miceli, and the group Escape 10 Duo with sounds of the marimba, xylophone, and vibraphone. Travel to the 1920s for red-light-district ragtime and work your way back to contemporary jazz. Plus, a talk by Lisa Minardi, assistant curator at Winterthur Museum, on the Pennsylvania German furniture in the Barnes collection. Minardi discusses connections between the furniture and Fraktur, a Pennsylvania German style of illuminated manuscript folk art that is the subject of her most recent book and three exhibitions at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Winterthur, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Live music in partnership with Malletech Instruments.

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