:: Philadelphia City Paper :: Philadelphia Events, Arts, Restaurants, Music, Movies, Jobs, Classifieds, Blogs
Bookmark and Share
ARCHIVES . Articles

February 17-23, 2005

artpicks

Inside Man

Reading

People don't always go looking for jazz, which is why it's a good thing a guy like George Wein came along. He founded the Boston jazz club Storyville, then the Newport Jazz Festival in 1954, and went on to a life of activist marching, concert promoting and hobnobbing with everybody from Dizzy Gillespie to Jimmy Carter. His legacy of staging great music (Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington) at enormous festivals (New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Kool Jazz Festival, Grande Parade du Jazz, Mellon Jazz Festival, Newport Folk Festival) is recounted in his landmark 2003 autobiography, Myself Among Others: A Life in Music, co-written by CP's own jazz critic superstar Nate Chinen. Both will be on hand for a reading and conversation at the Kelly Writers House, with musical accompaniment from Penn Jazz.

George Wein and Nate Chinen, Sun., Feb. 20, 6:30 p.m., free, Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, 215-573-WRIT.

-- Respond to this article in our Forums -- click to jump there
Recent Comments
Web Exclusives
Repertory Film
Your weekly guide to local film events, festivals and under-the-radar screenings.
Tim Hecker
Sat., Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m., $12 with Aidan Baker, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.
Something Good
DANCE REVIEW: Fräulein Maria
Icepack
Amorosi on the news, nightlife, gossip and bitchiness beats.


search restaurants by name
search by neighborhood
Search
search by cuisine
title
theater

Search
search for:
within:   of  
more jobs
(use zip or city, state)
Search
"Great vision without great people is irrelevant."
—Jim Collins, Author,
"Good to Great"
In Partnership with JobCircle
start date / /  select date
end date / /  select date
category
keyword
Search Buy Concert Tickets
Category:
Keywords: Search

Search Real Estate

ALL | MON | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN

or

LOCATION:

ADVERTISEMENT