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What’s On
Sun, February 22
11AM
11AM
- Talks
Eternal Rhythm: Conversations & Travelations with Don Cherry
Please join Ars Nova Workshop (ANW) in conjunction with The Living Temple: The World of Moki Cherry, for a very special discussion celebrating the release of the new book Eternal Rhythm: Conversations and Travelations with Don Cherry.
Fri, February 27
8PM
8PM
- Performance
Chad Taylor Quartet
In conjunction with The Living Temple, the ongoing exhibition celebrating the life and work of Swedish visual artist and designer Moki Cherry, Ars Nova Workshop presents the Chad Taylor Quartet performing The Avant-Garde, the 1966 album that brought together Don Cherry and John Coltrane, at Solar Myth on Friday, February 27.
Mon, March 9
8PM
8PM
- Performance
Angel Bat Dawid & Naima Nefertari
In conjunction with The Living Temple, the ongoing exhibition celebrating the life and work of Swedish visual artist and designer Moki Cherry, Ars Nova Workshop presents Cherry’s granddaughter, artist/musician, Naima Nefertari, for a special performance with spiritual jazz soothsayer Angel Bat Dawid at Solar Myth / The Fabric Workshop and Museum on Monday, March 9, 2026.
Tue, March 10
8PM
8PM
- Performance
Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons
Two of Ars Nova Workshop’s most explorative endeavors converge for a single performance, as centenarian powerhouse Marshall Allen reconvenes his ever-changing Ghost Horizons ensemble in conjunction with The Living Temple, the ongoing exhibition celebrating the life and work of Swedish visual artist and designer Moki Cherry, at Solar Myth on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
Sat, March 28
8PM
8PM
- Performance
Irreversible Entanglements
In conjunction with The Living Temple, the ongoing exhibition celebrating the life and work of Swedish visual artist and designer Moki Cherry, Ars Nova Workshop presents the Philadelphia-born free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements, exploring the ecstatic music of Don Cherry’s groundbreaking Organic Music Society at Solar Myth on Saturday, March 28, 2026.
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News
March 2, 2025
Ars Nova Workshop and Otherly Love Records to release MARSHALL ALLEN’S GHOST HORIZONS “Live in Philadelphia”
NEA Jazz Master Marshall Allen, 100-year-old bandleader of the iconic Sun Ra Arkestra, announces new live album by his all-star project Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons Album to be released on May 23, 2025 by Otherly Love and Ars Nova Workshop Live in Philadelphia features nine…
October 15, 2024
Lovett Hines: A Legacy of Music and Mentorship
By John Morrison Musician and teacher Lovett Hines is the Artistic Director/Founder of the Music Education Program at the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts. A committed educator, Hines’ story reminds us of the power and necessity of mentorship in jazz. Hines studied music at Combs College of…
January 9, 2024
Ars Nova at 2024 NYC Winter Jazzfest!
Hailed as “Philadelphia’s most reliable and ambitious presenter of new jazz and improvised music” by The Wire, Ars Nova Workshop (ANW) has connected creative music’s most exploratory and forward-looking artists with adventurous audiences in the City of Brotherly Love for more than…