Archive
Seasons
April 26, 2020
6PM
  • Performance
Monnette Sudler
Joshua Abrams
April 26, 2020
6:30PM
  • Performance
Joshua Abrams
April 26, 2020
8PM
  • Performance
Matt Hollenberg
April 26, 2020
8:30PM
  • Performance
Uri Caine
April 26, 2020
7PM
  • Performance
Jupiter Blue
Quarantine Concerts performers collage
April 26, 2020
5:59PM
  • Performance
The Quarantine Concerts
Thelonious Monk performs at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, a still image from the movie Jazz on a Summer's Day
August 14, 2020
  • Screening
Jazz on a Summer’s Day
American Jazz musician and composer Charlie
August 28, 2020
6AM
  • Performance
Bird Calls
film still from Speaking in Tounges, a film directed by Doug Harris
September 28, 2020
6PM
  • Screening
Introduction Part 1: Speaking in Tongues
film still from Family Reunion - Americans at Festac, directed by Dick Young and Gerald Krell
October 12, 2020
  • Screening
Introduction Part 2: Festac ’77
Milford Graves: A Mind-Body Deal exhibition installation view
October 25, 2020
3PM
  • Talks
Coffee & Conversation: What’s In A Heartbeat?
Milford Graves in his basement laboratory
October 26, 2020
  • Screening
Research and Investigation: Heart Music
colorful abstract visualization of human stem cells
October 28, 2020
6:30PM
  • Talks
Cell Melodies
photo of Nels Cline and Yuka C. Honda
October 30, 2020
8PM
  • Performance
An evening with Nels Cline and CUP
film still from Milford Graves Full Mantis directed by Jake Meginsky and Neil Young
November 9, 2020
  • Screening
In Performance Part 1: Collaborative Projects
Milford Graves, Yara in the Dojo, 1992. Courtesy of the artist.
November 15, 2020
3PM
  • Talks
Coffee & Conversation: Aesthetic of the Cool
Jason Moran and Milford Graves performing at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee / Photo by Eli Johnson
November 22, 2020
3PM
  • Talks
Milford Graves & Jason Moran
Milford Graves in his Queens home.
November 23, 2020
  • Screening
In Performance Part 2: Solo Work
film still from Milford Graves Full Mantis directed by Jake Meginsky and Neil Young
December 7, 2020
  • Screening
Encounters in Japan: Min Tanaka
December 10, 2020
8PM
  • Talks
Milford Graves Full Mantis
Albert Ayler
December 18, 2020
9PM
  • Performance
Mars Williams presents An Ayler Xmas
Milford Graves in the garden.
December 21, 2020
  • Screening
The Botanist: Graves in the Garden
film still from Graves in the Garden, directed by Jake Meginsky
December 21, 2020
6:30PM
  • Talks
Jake Meginsky & Ashley Clark
Milford Graves listens to a man heartbeat in the laboratory.
January 4, 2021
  • Screening
The Griot: Performative Lectures
film still from Graves in the Garden, directed by Jake Meginsky
January 10, 2021
3PM
  • Talks
Coffee & Conversation: Milford’s Garden
installation view of Milford Graves: A Mind-Body Deal at ICA Philadelphia
January 13, 2021
6:30PM
  • Talks
Guided Virtual Tour of ‘Milford Graves: A Mind-Body Deal’
Milford Graves and Yara martial arts movement
January 18, 2021
  • Screening
Yara Martial Arts Movements: Healing Arts
portrait of Milford Graves surrounded by and playing various types of drums
January 21, 2021
6:30PM
  • Talks
Rhea Combs & Greg Tate
A wall of Milford Graves’s basement laboratory lined with bottles of herbal extracts
January 24, 2021
3PM
  • Talks
Coffee & Conversation: Spirituality and Healing Practices in ‘Milford Graves: A Mind-Body Deal’
grand piano in a gallery alongside Milford Graves: A Mind-Body Deal exhibition installation
January 24, 2021
6:30PM
  • Performance
In Performance: Jason Moran
Sunlight plays across a handpainted drum set in Milford Graves's studio
January 28, 2021
6:30PM
  • Talks
Susie Ibarra, Will Calhoun, and Milford Graves
Sun Ra Arkestra's Marshall Allen
April 8, 2021
8PM
  • Screening
Sun Ra Arkestra
Marshall Allen leads a performance of the Sun Ra Arkestra
May 27, 2021
6PM
  • Performance
Sun Ra Arkestra: Celebrating Marshall Allen’s 97th Birthday
Scott Robinson, Justin Thayer, and Pheeroan akLaff recording in the oval room at The Woodlands, Philadelphia, November 2020.
June 10, 2021
8PM
  • Performance
Neurovisceral Sonifications for Milford Graves
Matana Roberts
June 11, 2021
  • Performance
Matana Roberts’ “we got time.”
Karen Smith
June 20, 2021
6:30PM
  • Mindfulness
Spiritual Atmosferic Cleansing
jean-jacques gabriel leads a group of yoga practitioners in a West Philadelphia park.
June 20, 2021
6:30PM
  • Mindfulness
The Wake with Spirits Up!
William Parker / Photo by Anna Yatskevich (AUM Fidelity)
June 20, 2021
3PM
  • Festival
William Parker Quartet: A Summer Solstice Celebration
Ever Ensemble
August 15, 2021
6PM
  • Performance
Ever Ensemble
Immanuel Wilkins
September 22, 2021
5PM
  • Festival
Odean Pope / Immanuel Wilkins / Chad Taylor Trio: An Autumn Equinox Celebration
John Coltrane at Schiphol Airport in 1963.
September 23, 2021
5PM
  • Performance
John Coltrane’s 95th Birthday Celebration
Omar Tate stands in front of a mural in the Mantua neighborhood of Philadelphia.
September 24, 2021
5PM
  • Fundraiser
Honeysuckle Projects Fundraiser Dinner
John Coltrane's
September 25, 2021
12PM
  • Performance
John Coltrane Symposium Panels and Concert
Ches Smith, Marc Ribot, and Shahzad Ismaily of Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog. Photo by Ebru Yildiz.
October 9, 2021
7PM
  • Performance
Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog
A black and white photograph of a man in a leopard print costume standing center stage with his hands up and palms open facing toward the viewer. He stands with his legs outstretched and behind him rests a drum set which sits next to a gong. Microphones are positioned near his body, one on each side.
December 5, 2021
3PM
  • Mindfulness
A Memorial for Milford Graves
December 12, 2021
6:15PM
  • Screening
New York Eye & Ear Control
Three musicians in a room with a red carpet. The figure on the left is playing an upright bass, the center figure is seated behind a drum set, and the figure on the left holds a guitar with their back turned to the camera.
December 15, 2021
6:30PM
  • Performance
Shahzad Ismaily
Black and white photograph of a performance. In the foreground, a blurred barefoot person in a suit swiftly raises their arms and right leg, curving in a halfmoon shape. In the background a drummer sitting at a drumset is visible.
January 19, 2022
7PM
  • Talks
A Conversation with Min Tanaka
Album art - description pending
January 27, 2022
8PM
  • Performance
Immanuel Wilkins Quartet
March 18, 2022
8PM
  • Performance
TREFOIL: Ambrose Akinmusire, Kris Davis, and Gerald Cleaver
A trumpet player standing in front of a deeply-colored wall, holds their instrument up to the viewer, obscuring most of their face.
March 19, 2022
8PM
  • Performance
jaimie branch: FLY or DIE