People's Budget 101
Join Us for People’s Budget 101! The People’s Budget is a public art initiative by Mural Arts designed to educate and empower Philadelphians to engage in the city’s budget process.
Chrysalis
Chrysalis has spent the winter nestled deep inside our cocoons, perfecting our forms, working on our transformations. Now we’ve cooked up another evening of low-end metamorphosis… and this one’s especially for the girls! This edition of Chrysalis brings you an all-trans-femme lineup reimagining the legacies and futures of UK bass music, from dubstep and grime to garage and 2-step, sure to heat up the dancefloor with heavyweight intensity and sensual groove.
Las Cosas Que Brillan Fundraiser
🌊✨ Dive into Marisol’s magical world at the Las Cosas Que Brillan Fundraiser! Join us for a night of dancing, drag, and mermaid magic on Saturday, March 22nd, at Vox Populi—don’t miss the chance to sparkle and support this visionary film! 🎥💃
Long Shot
Long Shot : The Craft of Acting
Come join us at Vox Populi for an exciting event where you can get a glimpse into, underneath, below, and deeply inside the world of acting!
Love Finds A Way
On March 29th in the Black Box at Vox Populi, Boyz II Them (Russell E.L. Butler & ADAB) crack open the night with jacking house and hazy, percussive soul, propelling our bodies into motion. Kiernan Laveaux conjures dancefloor rapture, driving us into ecstatic release. DJ Anarres calls us back, grounding the night’s wild energy into something whole.
DOMA Workshop: Dread Of Making Art
Am I making enough? Will I ever be done working? Is it any good? How will I fund it? Where will I put all this stuff after? Is what I have to say worth saying? Is anyone paying attention? Am I making the best use of my time? Does the world need this? What’s the point in times like these?
If you relate, you might consider joining for a workshop exploring these and other questions around the dread of making art (DOMA).
Black Box Presents: Future Flower Collective - Bloom
Future Flower Collective presents Bloom, a Pop Up Exhibition celebrating the artistry of Black queer artists. This space is designed for connection, discovery, and community—whether you’re looking to experience bold and powerful storytelling, purchase prints and handcrafted works, or simply celebrate the brilliance of Black queer artistry.
asmr4apocalypse
asmr4apocalypse is a sound installation and dance work that invites audiences to a collective meditation and embodied composting of a too-powerful imperialist institution: the Pentagon. asmr4apocalypse uses soundscape, performance, somatic activation, and herbal ritual to prompt consideration of geological futures and life before and beyond political disaster.
Creative Economies Workshop: How to Book a Tour
Whether you are a musician, a writer or a performance artist, a tour may be a great option for your work to get more exposure than your immediate community. Maybe you’ve received an invitation on the other side of the country and must find a few more performances to make the trip financially viable. These, amongst many others, are amazing reasons to go on tour. The booking of a tour can be a lengthy, tedious process but can be manageable with the right tools and strategies.
Black Box Presents: Sunset Seduction
Join South Philly Autonomous Cinema at Vox Populi on March 6 for Sunset Seduction, a 45-minute film by Charles de Agustin, followed by an extended discussion. Made amid the 2024 Palestine solidarity movement, the film unpacks the elite capture of radical politics, the seductive contradictions of philanthropy, and the responsibilities of cultural workers in systems of power.
RAFGAK mumulak Beat Keller + Ben Bennett
RAFGAK
mumulak
Beat Keller + Ben Bennett
Wednesday, March 5
Vox Populi - 319 N 11th St #3, Philadelphia, PA 19107
8pm - $10
Black Future Month Chapter 002: The Voice
Our voice, our power, our future.
On March 1st at 7PM, join us at the iconic Vox Populi Gallery for an afternoon designed to unify, uplift, and inspire. This Black Future Month event honors the voices of the past, the present, and those shaping the future.
Black Box Presents: QUEERNOIR III
QUEERNOIR celebrates its third iteration on February 28th! Ishtar Sr. in collaboration with Vox Populi Gallery presents a free night of Philadelphia’s best Black queer music.
Long Shot
Experimental comedy featuring never before seen pieces from your favorite performers, artists, clowns and comedians.
CHARITY STARTS AT HOME NADINE RUFF
This project serves as a bold reminder for artists to remain dangerous while safeguarding their well-being. CHARITY STARTS AT HOME NADINE RUFF exemplifies the intensity of an artist ready to be unleashed, serving as a powerful reminder to remain relentless and unapologetic in pursuing our craft, despite the ways the divisive and cult-like art world encourages us to silo ourselves.
CHARITY STARTS AT HOME NADINE RUFF
This project serves as a bold reminder for artists to remain dangerous while safeguarding their well-being. CHARITY STARTS AT HOME NADINE RUFF exemplifies the intensity of an artist ready to be unleashed, serving as a powerful reminder to remain relentless and unapologetic in pursuing our craft, despite the ways the divisive and cult-like art world encourages us to silo ourselves.
CHARITY STARTS AT HOME NADINE RUFF
This project serves as a bold reminder for artists to remain dangerous while safeguarding their well-being. CHARITY STARTS AT HOME NADINE RUFF exemplifies the intensity of an artist ready to be unleashed, serving as a powerful reminder to remain relentless and unapologetic in pursuing our craft, despite the ways the divisive and cult-like art world encourages us to silo ourselves.
Valentines’s Gay
Hey baby, got any plans this Valentine’s Day? Come solo or bring your pals to QAW’s Valentine’s Gay at Vox Populi.
live,,evil: poets and sound
live,,evil : poets and sound
poets: myene yanu, olga mikolaivna, colin russell
sound: ceremonial abyss
Every time i speak I shatter the worlds wholeness volume 2
Vox Populi Gallery 2.2.25 welcome Amsterdam-based musician Asa Horvitz and friends performing works from their stunning piece “Ghost” inspired by a fathers memory … Drink Honey that is provided by an art gallery to meditate on the psycho-spiritual effects of nature (*inspired by a commune my dad lived on where they did this) … hear the greatest band, Terra Cotta who are teasing a wonderful new album
The Dumb Show
This show will be an absurd comedy experience. There may be scandal, wrestling, conspiracy, science, jam making, lectures about men named Michael, props, rain, and or more!
It will be dumb.
Benefit for Anakbayan
This Friday in the Black Box! A collection of homies lighting up the night in celebration of the sounds of the underground. All proceeds going to organizing efforts by Anakbayan Philly @anakbayanphilly
Classic house brought to you by @ashana.dj (spice wave) @spicewaveevents & @sea__of__worry (Homies helping homies) @homies.helping.homies
Poster by @celsource_
Doors 9:30
$5-10 notaflof
21+
Healing in Color: A Queer and Trans Survivor Photo Exhibit and Community Building Experience
The exhibition features intimate photographs that capture moments of healing, interactive installations for personal reflection, and compelling research insights about resilience in our communities. Visitors will explore the six dimensions of healing through both artistic expression and scholarly understanding.
World Again presents Bark Culture & Nout Duo (France)
Join us on January 13th for Bark Culture and Nout (French flute & drums duo).
Nout will be in the US playing at NYC Winter Jazz Festival and will be coming through Philadelphia for a free performance alongside Philly’s own Bark Culture.
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sort of Light* [LIVE]
If you’re lost, look up—the Light is your guiding star:)
On January 11, join us for the sort of Light record release party for inutech at Vox Populi, with DJ sets from wrench, HEEMONOMICS, JEWELSSEA, and mt saint michael . Doors at 8:30PM, music at 9 PM!
