The Rotunda

The Rotunda The Rotunda is an arts & culture community venue at 4014 Walnut St. in Philly, PA. All are embraced.
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Land Acknowledgement: We recognize and acknowledge that The Rotunda and related programs stand on the Indigenous territory known as “Lenapehoking,” the traditional homelands of the Lenape, also called Lenni-Lenape or Delaware Indians. These are the people who, during the 1680s, negotiated with William Penn to facilitate the founding of the colony of Pennsylvania. Their descendants today include th

e Delaware Tribe and Delaware Nation of Oklahoma; the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape, Ramapough Lenape, and Powhatan Renape of New Jersey; and the Munsee Delaware of Ontario. These are not only nations of the past, but are indeed living, thriving people today. Learn much more about these and other communities at Native American and Indigenous Studies at Penn: https://nais.sas.upenn.edu
To gain a sense of whose land you live on, visit https://native-land.ca/

Empty the Tanks'z w/ screening of Blackfish, vendors, art, musicJun 7 2026 @ 12:00 PMEmpty the Tanks'z SAVE THE DATE 12...
06/05/2026

Empty the Tanks'z w/ screening of Blackfish, vendors, art, music

Jun 7 2026 @ 12:00 PM



Empty the Tanks'z 
SAVE THE DATE 12PM - 5PM FREE EVENT PULL UP WE GOT VENDORS & VISUALS. WE FINNA BE DANCING N RAPPING. GET INTO IT WE WATCHING BLACKFISH. WE LEARNING WE GROWING. GET LITE OR GET DARK BABY!
Vendors wanted! No fee! 
  
PHOTOGRAPHY 
FLIER DESIGN 
ORCAS .i.n.c3pt10n & 

Info on BLACKFISH (1 hour, 23 mins) : Many of us have experienced the excitement and awe of watching 8,000 pound orcas, or "killer whales," soar out of the water and fly through the air at sea parks, as if in perfect harmony with their trainers. Yet this mighty black and white mammal has many sides -- a majestic, friendly giant, seemingly eager to take trainers for a ride around the pool, yet shockingly -- and unpredictably -- able to turn on them at a moment's notice. BLACKFISH unravels the complexities of this dichotomy, employing the story of notorious performing whale Tilikum, who -- unlike any orca in the wild -- has taken the lives of several people while in captivity. So what went wrong?

Shocking footage and riveting interviews with trainers and experts manifest the orca's extraordinary nature, the species' cruel treatment in captivity over the last four decades and the growing disillusionment of workers who were misled and endangered by the highly profitable sea-park industry. This emotionally wrenching, tautly structured story challenges us to consider our relationship to nature and reveals how little we humans truly know about these highly intelligent, and surprisingly sentient, fellow mammals that we only think we can control.

When you look into their eyes, somebody's home. Somebody's looking back at you. . . but it may not be what you think.

In-person! S/He Speaks Vol. 4: Voices of Women & Trans Folx! Book Release & Open ReadingJun 6 2026 @ 1:00 PMS/He Speaks ...
06/05/2026

In-person! S/He Speaks Vol. 4: Voices of Women & Trans Folx! Book Release & Open Reading

Jun 6 2026 @ 1:00 PM

S/He Speaks Vol. 4: Voices of Women & Trans Folx
Book Release & Open Reading
Co-hosted by co-editors Tom Daubert and Cassendre Xavier, this remarkable series returns for its fourth year.
1pm-5pm

With readings by several writers whose work appear in the anthology, including: Bianca Ambrosino • Michelle Balogh • Lorelle Becton • Annarae Costa • Kenna Devalor • Jeanne Andrea DiGrazio • Maggie Dillow • Shelby Fallin • Kieran Fu • Quinlan Gilbert • Rebecca Grant • Juicy Ha • Liz Kerr • River Jean-Noel • Kyle Laws • Jennifer Maloney • Delia Matara • Victoria McGivern • Aloe Michelson • Teresa Burns Murphy • Ada Pendill • Nyk Roberson • M. J. Simmering • M. J. Stanley • Ariana Nicole Suits • Samantha Szumloz • Pam Ward • Allison Whittenberg • Nicole Zelniker • Linlang Zhao

FREE, open to the public, and followed by an open reading

Bowerbird and MUSICA PRACTICA / ELETTRONICA VIVA present MSHR with Grace VillamilJun 4 2026 @ 8:00 PMBowerbird is pleas...
06/03/2026

Bowerbird and MUSICA PRACTICA / ELETTRONICA VIVA present MSHR with Grace Villamil

Jun 4 2026 @ 8:00 PM



Bowerbird is pleased to present MSHR with opening set by Grace Villamil.

In collaboration with MUSICA PRACTICA / ELETTRONICA VIVA, this performance brings together electronic sound artists who investigate cybernetics, and embodied attunement via custom hardware and lighting networks to create immersive soundscape ceremonies.

Grace Villamil is an interdisciplinary artist working with sound, performance, imagery, and embodied archives. Her practice tends to how infrastructures of language, urban noise, sport, and pedagogy shape how the body listens over time. Drawing from heritage: karaoke culture, basketball, and environmental sound, her work proposes alternative modes of listening that resist pitch discipline, virtuosity, and assimilation.

Current projects include mumulak; Interaural Space, a community installation turned WPRB radio broadcast on noise, migration, and oral history; ⎤⎤⎤ (Superpang & Notice Recordings); Her work has been presented with Morphine Records, Fridman Gallery, and Black Mountain College Museum, including community projects with IONE and the Pauline Oliveros Foundation. She’s performed works by Raven Chacon and collaborated live-visuals with Tyondai Braxton. Presentations include Amant, Elbphilharmonie Kleiner Saal, Kiosk Radio, BXL, The Broad / REDCAT, Issue Project Room, among others.

MSHR is an art collective that collaboratively builds and explores sculptural electronic systems.

Their performances and installations integrate electrical signals and human presence, weaving dense networks of causality to form audiovisual environments that babble with a life-like current.

They explore intuitive and technical gradients between sonic and sculptural forms, using analog circuitry and open-source software to sculpt mutually resonant hyperobjects.

MSHR was founded by Brenna Murphy and Birch Cooper in 2011 in Portland, Oregon, as an offshoot from the collective Oregon Painting Society.

The name MSHR is a modular acronym designed to hold varied ideas over time. It can be pronounced as an acronym or like one who meshes.

Admission is

Event Horizon presents Sonic Foundry, Neil Cippon and Tim MotzerJun 5 2026 @ 8:00 PMSonic Foundry is a collaboration bet...
06/03/2026

Event Horizon presents Sonic Foundry, Neil Cippon and Tim Motzer

Jun 5 2026 @ 8:00 PM

Sonic Foundry is a collaboration between the Dorety Brothers’ Dimension Step and the creative imagination of guitarist Karl Fury. The blending of the two camps is improvisational, intuitive, comprehensive and logical. They share similar interests, yet there are enough differences to create a contrast and diversity in the music. Karl’s love for the ambient can be heard in his guitar playing and use of numerous standard and home made electronic sound devices. That said, his technical skills on guitar can bring space and ambient music to another level bordering on the Prog Rock realm. As Dimension Step, Christopher uses synths, acoustical piano sounds and voice. Arthur uses an array of synthesized sounds inspired from old analog synths to modern keyboards. In addition to that, there is a generous use of synth percussion. The group as a whole has roots in yesteryears ambient and electronic origins as well as the old school prog rock. Combine Karl’s use of guitar to generate a plethora of sounds, combined with the spatial keyboards, melodic and arpeggiated approach of Dimensions Step and you have a broad canvas with an assortment of brushes, that paints a cosmic landscape ranging from sparse and delicate to dense and, rhythmic. Truly a factory of sound.

Neil Cippon is a Philadelphia-based multi-instrumentalist and visual artist best known for his ambient soundscapes and immersive video projections. For ambient Music, Cippon explores ambient atmospheres and soundscapes primarily through a six-string electric bass

After two decades of world touring, 17 solo guitar soundscape albums, and a multitude of stunning collaborations including over 100 albums of credits, Tim Motzer continues to “traverse manifold territories in music” (Guitar Player magazine). Tim is a sonic pioneer and widely known for his distinct textural acoustic-electro guitar voice utilizing looping, bowing, electronics, and prepared techniques. He has collaborated with numerous musical luminaries including David Sylvian, Burnt Friedman, the late Jaki Liebezeit, poet Ursula Rucker, King Britt, Questlove, Jamaaladeen

Devoured Much presents Sober Pride PartyDoors 7pm-10pmBIPOC only, please Mocktails by Mrs. Dee • Music by DJ Ayev • Food...
06/03/2026

Devoured Much presents Sober Pride Party
Doors 7pm-10pm

BIPOC only, please 
Mocktails by Mrs. Dee • Music by DJ Ayev • Food by Savedge_Brown Catering • Q***r vendors • Good vibes

Patchwork Storytelling Guild is....Calling All TellersEveryone with a storyBe part of the 2026 Philadelphia Fringe Festi...
05/09/2026

Patchwork Storytelling Guild is....
Calling All Tellers
Everyone with a story

Be part of the 2026 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.

Traditionally called "A Patchwork of Stories for GrownUps," this storytelling showcase allows inclusivity of any story, poem, ballad, or other creative expression of story that is suitable to adult or general audiences under the umbrella of the oral tradition.

Folk, fairy, fable, myth, original works, spoken word, and personal narrative—besides solo, tandem, and group compositions—are welcome.

Application Deadline: July 15 @ midnight (2400)

Show Details:

Afternoon of Show: Sunday September 6

Venue: The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, Phila.

Find out more at https://patchworkstorytelling.org/

05/03/2026

📍 Venue: The Rotunda | 4014 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA

📅 Date: Wednesday, May 6th

⏰ Doors at 6:30 PM | Show at 7:00 PM

💸 Admission: $15

⚠️ Policy: All Ages | Sober Space

​On May 6th, we are opening our doors for a heavy-hitting lineup of rippers. We’re excited to welcome Clementine all the way from Illinois, joining a stacked local bill awesome bands...

​Clementine * My Cousin’s Girlfriend’s House * Attack Dog * Women In Sports

Promo 🎥

​Pull up and support these incredible acts. Let’s show our touring guests how West Philly does it. See you there.

​The Rotunda is a community-led, all-ages, and sober space. We pride ourselves on being a safe haven for the Philly scene to come together and experience live music without barriers. Come through, respect the space, and catch these sets.

This event will be live-streamed on the Rounda',s YouTube channel. Link in the bio.

Produced by Stro Productionz

This coming Saturday May 2! Join us for some of the best spoken word in the region! Doors at 7pm.
04/27/2026

This coming Saturday May 2! Join us for some of the best spoken word in the region! Doors at 7pm.

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