Riot Nerd Presents: Dancing On My Own... an empowerment party.

em·pow·er·ment: the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one's life and claiming one's rights. ✊

Featuring DJ Baby Berlin & DJ Dame Luz $7 cover 21+

This is a safe space to let loose without judgement. Absolutely no racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, body shaming or uninvited contact will be tolerated. Anyone in violation will be removed from the party.

Lizzo // Robyn // Janelle Monáe // Rihanna // MIA // Peaches // Nicki Minaj // Miss Eaves // Big Freedia // Push Push // Kim Petras // etc.

Lightning talks and burlesque... by the same performers! Proving that you don't have to choose between being sexy and being competent, Get You a Babe Who Can Do Both is the Philly-based sensation, produced by HoneyTree EvilEye and Flirt Vonnegut that's sweeping the US and Canada.

Catch the 2nd anniversary show featuring talks on: Asian hair trade, the secret feminism of romance novels, the true stories of fictional villains, reasons educators aren't suggesting college anymore and more, followed by sensual, fun burlesque acts.

This episode features performances by: Jaeda Mei Selene Rose Midnight Ruby Nivian Storm

and Honeytree EvilEye

hosted by Flrt Vonnegut DJed by the Amazing Brettzo kittened by Kyla Ren Doors at 9, show at 10. Bar is cash only!

Tickets $20 Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to present Simulacrum, the prog-metal organ trio of Downtown alchemist composer, John Zorn.

The most extreme organ trio ever, Simulacrum is yet another wild direction from maverick composer John Zorn, who continues to explore new worlds and new ensembles into his sixth decade. Passionately performed by the unusual all-star trio of John Medeski (Medeski, Martin & Wood), Matt Hollenberg (Cleric), and Kenny Grohowski (Abraxas), this is powerful and fascinating music. Described as Tony Williams’ Lifetime on steroids, the group performs dramatic through-composed pieces that unfold with a cinematic logic. This genre bending music defies classification, touching upon metal, jazz, minimalism, atonality, noise and more. White hot burning intensity from the mind of downtown NY’s eternally youthful hell-raiser performed by a virtuoso trio forged from the worlds of jazz and metal.

One of the most well known keyboardists in the downtown scene, John Medeski has toured the world with the hugely successful band Medeski, Martin and Wood. He has also worked with artists as diverse as Phil Lesh, John Scofield, Iggy Pop, Dewey Redman and many others. He has been a mainstay in the work of John Zorn since the early 90s, and appears on no less than 25 of his CD projects. Brought up in a musical household in Miami, drummer Kenny Grohowski has been performing since the age of 14. He has worked with many artists, including Vernon Reid, Secret Chiefs 3, Lonnie Plaxico, Andy Milne & Dapp Theory, Imperial Triumphant, Bill T. Jones, Cassandra Wilson, and others. A native of Philadelphia, guitarist/composer Matt Hollenberg is a founding member of the extreme metal band Cleric.

🥀💀 ABC + Riot Nerd PresentsA Black Celebration’s Creepy Tiki Goth Beach Party!💀🥀

Welcome, foolish mortals to A Black Celebration’s Creepy Tiki Goth Beach Party! It’s beach blanket Bauhaus for the sun depraved! Regular haunted headmistress BABY BERLIN will be joined by our favorite new ghoulfriend ANOTHER GHOST, spinning spooky sea shanties while DARLING NIKKI’S BBQ provides cursed cuisine, even for our vegan vampires. Bereaved beachwear is optional but encouraged, decayed decorations will abound and of course Riot Nerd is involved in this party so we’ll have plenty of sick surprises up our spooky sleeves! Everyone’s dying to go to A Black Celebration’s Creepy Tiki Goth Beach Party! Don’t make us come and dig you up…

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Spooky and Sassy 80's Dance Party named after one of the best Depeche Mode albums!

NEW \ WAVE NO \ WAVE COLD \ WAVE DARK \ WAVE SYNTH \ POP 80'S \ GEMS POST \ PUNK TRAD \ GOTH

Join us for the 4th annual celebration of the Philadelphia burlesque and cabaret community: the 2019 Golden Tassel Jawns, to be held at Ruba Club on Saturday June 29!

8 pm Doors

9 pm Pre-show with live performances of the Best Comedy act nominees

10 pm Ceremony

ALL PROCEEDS GO TO CHARITY! This year's beneficiary is the ACLU of Pennsylvania, defending the Constitution and the Bill of Rights through litigation, advocacy, and community education and outreach (www.aclupa.org).

Details on presenters, nominations, and voting to come. Be sure to like the Golden Tassel Jawns facebook page to see all announcements!

The trash is back and we're ready to jack! Stay locked for more infos = )

.:⌬ S P A C E ⁂T R A S H ⌬:. .: 太空垃圾 :. .: 太空垃圾 :. � FRI JUN 28 / 10pm-3am / $5 / 21+ RUBA CLUB - 416 GREEN ST ( CASH AT THE BAR )

Please join Ars Nova Workshop and the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania for Dreamweapons, a series of performances celebrating the multivalent influences of Tony Conrad. Conrad was a central figure in numerous experimental film, music, and performance communities from the early 1960s until his death in 2016. These events are presented in conjunction with ICA’s presentation of Introducing Tony Conrad: A Retrospective, the first large-scale museum survey devoted entirely to the artist.

HEVM is a new group comprised of three distinct voices that hail from disparate parts of the experimental pop landscape: MV Carbon, Eve Essex, and Hunter Hunt-Hendrix.

MV Carbon (cello, electronics, amplified objects, magnetic tape) performs as a solo artist and is a founding member of noise duo Metalux, which has released music on Load Records, Hanson Records, and Kill Rock Stars’ late, great experimental sublabel 5RC. Carbon collaborated with Conrad on multiple occasions in the past, including as part of an exhibition at the Tate Modern.

Based in Brooklyn, Eve Essex (alto sax, piccolo) is a solo artist whose work straddles the nexus between jazz, classical, and drone. In addition to her solo work, Essex plays in the experimental quartet Das Audit and the avant-garde ambient trio Hesper, which can be heard on the compilation Mono No Aware.

Hunter Hunt-Hendrix (guitar, electronics) is best known as leader of the transcendental black metal band Liturgy, which has been dogged by controversy from certain segments of the metal community since its inception. Hunt-Hendrix also releases glitchy shamanic rap-metal under the name Kel Valhaal. This past year, he presented Origin of the Alimonies, the prologue to a multi-part video opera cycle entitled OIOION, which featured a live score from a 12-piece chamber orchestra.

11:45 pm- 3am

Late Night fun every Sunday! Service Industry Night

Drop by for ping pong, pool, dart (just one), and drinks! AND HOT DOGS!

A film screening about the Life and times of Howard Klegler.

Riot Nerd Presents: Green Day vs Blink 182 dance party. A one night only event in the upstairs ballroom at Ruba Club with DJs AZN Jake & Skeleton Lipstick

$7 21+

Versus is a monthly party with different artists/genres/DJs each month.

Kooley High Max Swan A.I. &Nazy

Doors 8pm Show 9pm

$10

The party continues at Ruba in Philadelphia with Pure Jerry playing 2 full sets of 100% Garcia music. Minutes over the Ben Franklin Bridge. Nearby parking.

$10 in Advance $15 Day of Show Doors 9pm

21+ to Enter

First Set 11pm

VORTEX Saturday June 15th. 2019 @ Ruba Club Now with 2 floors! This night only!

TOP FLOOR: DJS SPIN (BUT NOT LIMITED 2) INDUSTRIAL (OLD & NEW) //// SYNTHPOP //// FUTUREPOP /// DARKWAVE SYNTHWAVE //// SOME GOTH MAYBE? //// ALTERNATIVE CLASSICS & MORE!

TOP FLOOR DJ'S: MIGHTY MIKE SAGA + ELIJVH VRMS + RICHARD REICH

BOTTOM FLOOR! DANCING FERRET PRESENTS: BOOM BOX: All The 80s! w/ DJ FERRET & DJ KATHY FADIGAN Classic new wave, synth and darkwave (like Depeche Mode, The Smiths, Siouxsie, & Duran Duran)

PLUS hard rock, R&B, metal, rap, pop, punk, alt-rock

(AC/DC, Bon Jovi, Dead Kennedys, Def Leppard, Faith No More, Falco, Grand Master Flash, Guns 'n' Roses, INXS, Jane's Addiction, John Cougar Mellencamp, LL Cool J, Motley Crue, The Pogues, Public Enemy, Quiet Riot, Ramones, R.E.M., Run D.M.C., Sex Pistols, Sheila E, Tom Petty, Van Halen, etc.)

GO GO DANCERS: YOU! SHAKE YOUR BEHIND ON OUR STAGE!

PHOTOS: A WANDERING EYE //// BRAD THOMPSON /// MATT MAESTRO /// RAELIC

2 PARTIES ONE COVER! $10 CASH @ DOOR

TIME: 9PM - 2AM //// 21+ WITH ID

Soul night in Philadelphia Djs playing the best Nothernsoul~funk~popcorn~mod..

Nearly a year to the date from their last sold-out Philadelphia appearance, David Murray and Kahil El’Zabar return to deliver a mesmerizing set of what Buffalo’s Hallwalls space described as “freedom music in its noblest sense, meant to heal and release one from the propaganda of fear currently poisoning our culture.”

David Murray arrived on the mid-70s New York loft-jazz scene as a Pomona College dropout with a furious sax style that also accommodated more lyrical moments from bygone eras of jazz. Simply put, Murray helped carve out a space in the avant garde for tenderness and extend the language of bebop into more volatile territories. The Guggenheim and Grammy award-winning multi-reedist co-founded the World Saxophone Quartet with Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, and Hamiet Bluiett, and he solidified his status as a modern jazz icon on landmark recordings with James “Blood” Ulmer, Amiri Baraka, and Jack DeJohnette, as well as his own ensembles. Murray currently splits his time between Paris and Portugal.

Chicago-based percussionist Kahil El’Zabar’s expansive approach to rhythm straddles the line between “ancient and future.” As founder of the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble and former chairman of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), El’Zabar has sought to not only understand the roots of traditional African rhythms but also explore new avenues to take them down. El’Zabar’s chaotic personal life was the subject of childhood friend Dwayne Johnson-Cochran’s 2017 documentary “Be Known: The Mystery of Kahil El’Zabar,” available to stream now on Amazon Prime.

Intermotional Dance Events & Valentin Flores present:

✨✨✨ sBz nights ✨✨✨

the first event of its kind in Philly! Featuring the best Bachata, Salsa & Brazilian Zouk in a large & beautiful venue at the heart of Northern Liberties.

Join us at Ruba Club for an unforgettable evening:

✨8pm: FREE Brazilian Zouk workshop by Alanna & Tiffany from PhilaZouk ✨9pm - 1am: sBz party with 4x Bachata, 2x Salsa, 2x Brazilian Zouk all night long.

✨DJ Valentin (Valentin Flores) ✨DJ Energia (Coline Bt)

Drinks specials Free street parking $5 cover

Riot Nerd presents A Black Celebration

DJ Baby Berlin + Special GUEST DJ SHOK

DJ Baby Berlin + Special guest DJ Shok http://facebook.com/zeitmahl
http://soundcloud.com/fdaallday

“Shok is a producer, musician, multi-instrumentalist. His use of bass guitar, guitar and even live drums (including live tambourine) and his own voice as backing vocals, set his sound apart from the usual fully electronic remix.

Notable remixes include Fischerspooner, The BellRays (Lisa K of The Basement Jaxx), Nick Cave and Warren Ellis's Grinderman, Mirah, KMFDM, Combichrist, Fun Lovin Criminals, Isaac Hayes & Burt Bacharach, Godhead, autoKratz, featuring bassist, Peter Hook (Joy Division / New Order), Daniel Myer's Architect and Haujobb.

Recently having wrapped a mix for the new UK sensation, Queen Of Hearts, he is currently remixing Neil Finn (Crowded House, Split Enz) for the Pajama Club album and about to remix Jillian Ann, Gotye and Inure.

Production and collaborative credits include work with Josie Cotton, Lady Gaga, DJ Superstar Keoki, L7's Donita Sparks, Traci Lords, Douglas McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb), Technical Itch and Daniel Ash (Bauhaus / Love And Rockets).

Shok has composed music for Nickelodeon cartoons, A&E’e Biography, Paramount Pictures, Fox, Miramax, M. Night Shyamalon, PS3, Newgrounds and Michael Bay’s Transformers in a musical collaboration with Adam Freeland, Bassbin Twins and Alex Metric.

He has been the drummer of Mount Sims and Thrill Kill Kult and is presently a member of Juno Reactor, Red Light District (1920s, 30s neo-vaudeville cabaret vs. a time machine), Zeitmahl and also Tres Vampires, a project with Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde and David J. of Bauhaus / Love And Rockets set for release 2012.”

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Spooky and Sassy 80's Dance Party named after one of the best Depeche Mode albums!

NEW \ WAVE NO \ WAVE COLD \ WAVE DARK \ WAVE SYNTH \ POP 80'S \ GEMS POST \ PUNK TRAD \ GOTH

Philly Sketchfest Returns for Our 11th Year in 2019!

We’re excited to announce that this year’s 5-night sketch comedy festival will take place from Wednesday, May 29th through Sunday, June 2nd, 2019.

As always, we’re excited to report that we’ll once again be hosting our events at multiple venues across the City of Philadelphia.

Performances will be held at The Philly Improv Theater, The Ruba Club, and Underground Arts.

We’re also pleased as punch to announce that our Sketch Comedy Film Festival will be returning to the Philadelphia Film Society (PFS) Roxy Theate for the fourth year in a row on Weds, May 29th!

Film Festival Tics Available Here - http://filmadelphia.org/events/4th-annual-philly-sketchfest/

Thanks again, and hope to see all of you at this year’s fest!

Event details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/351190598937127/

A casual hang with some of the city's finest creative musicians. We will be celebrating new music from Tom Spiker and Flanafi; most of which is sitting on servers, hopefully getting listened to somewhere.

9:30pm: Flanafi feat. Simon Martinez, Corey Bernhard, Lenny Mobley and Nick Perri

10:30pm: Tom Spiker/Tone Whitfield/Trevor Rogers

11:30pm: Mobile Pleasure Lounge (live improvised film scoring) invitational jam session.

$10 cover

https://tomspiker.bandcamp.com