BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//OSM Calendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York COMMENT:This timezone only works from 1970-01-01 to 2038-01-01. BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19700101T000000 TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:19700426T030000 RDATE:19710425T030000,19720430T030000,19730429T030000,19740106T030000,1975 0223T030000,19760425T030000,19770424T030000,19780430T030000,19790429T03000 0,19800427T030000,19810426T030000,19820425T030000,19830424T030000,19840429 T030000,19850428T030000,19860427T030000,19870405T030000,19880403T030000,19 890402T030000,19900401T030000,19910407T030000,19920405T030000,19930404T030 000,19940403T030000,19950402T030000,19960407T030000,19970406T030000,199804 05T030000,19990404T030000,20000402T030000,20010401T030000,20020407T030000, 20030406T030000,20040404T030000,20050403T030000,20060402T030000,20070311T0 30000,20080309T030000,20090308T030000,20100314T030000,20110313T030000,2012 0311T030000,20130310T030000,20140309T030000,20150308T030000,20160313T03000 0,20170312T030000,20180311T030000,20190310T030000,20200308T030000,20210314 T030000,20220313T030000,20230312T030000,20240310T030000,20250309T030000,20 260308T030000,20270314T030000,20280312T030000,20290311T030000,20300310T030 000,20310309T030000,20320314T030000,20330313T030000,20340312T030000,203503 11T030000,20360309T030000,20370308T030000 TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19701025T020000 RDATE:19711031T020000,19721029T020000,19731028T020000,19741027T020000,1975 1026T020000,19761031T020000,19771030T020000,19781029T020000,19791028T02000 0,19801026T020000,19811025T020000,19821031T020000,19831030T020000,19841028 T020000,19851027T020000,19861026T020000,19871025T020000,19881030T020000,19 891029T020000,19901028T020000,19911027T020000,19921025T020000,19931031T020 000,19941030T020000,19951029T020000,19961027T020000,19971026T020000,199810 25T020000,19991031T020000,20001029T020000,20011028T020000,20021027T020000, 20031026T020000,20041031T020000,20051030T020000,20061029T020000,20071104T0 20000,20081102T020000,20091101T020000,20101107T020000,20111106T020000,2012 1104T020000,20131103T020000,20141102T020000,20151101T020000,20161106T02000 0,20171105T020000,20181104T020000,20191103T020000,20201101T020000,20211107 T020000,20221106T020000,20231105T020000,20241103T020000,20251102T020000,20 261101T020000,20271107T020000,20281105T020000,20291104T020000,20301103T020 000,20311102T020000,20321107T020000,20331106T020000,20341105T020000,203511 04T020000,20361102T020000,20371101T020000 TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bobby Zankel’s Wonderful Sound\, Upholstery & Veronica Mercedes Jurkiewicz/Carlos Santiago/Matt Engle/Eric Theise : A Benefit for Fire Mus eum Presents DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231007T200000 DTSTAMP:20231008T000000Z UID:OSMCAL-2361 DESCRIPTION:A benefit concert for Fire Museum Presents - give what you can . No one turned away for lack of funds.\n\nBobby Zankel began playing musi c at an early age\, soon favoring the alto saxophone. After studying at th e University of Wisconsin\, he attended Berklee College Of Music\, then we nt on to attain a BA degree from Empire State College (State University of New York). In the early 70s\, he attracted favorable attention during a s pell with Cecil Taylor’s Unit Core Ensemble. Concurrently\, Zankel’s r eputation spread within the adventurous New York loft scene owing to perfo rmances with Ray Anderson\, Sunny Murray\, William Parker and others. From 1975\, Zankel became resident in Philadelphia where he raised his family meanwhile becoming a respected and in-demand sideman with many artists\, n otably those associated with the city’s thriving jazz scene. Groups he w as with in these years\, in Philadelphia and elsewhere\, include the Hank Mobley -Sonny Gillete Quintet\, Jymmie Merritt’s Forerunners\, Odean Pop e’s Saxophone Choir\, and Ruth Naomi Floyd. He continued to work with Ta ylor\, including visiting Europe. As a performer\, Zankel delivers intrica te virtuoso bop playing with an intensely emotional core. Zankel was also continuing with his studies\, now with Dennis Sandole\, becoming a skilled and significant composer. As leader and sideman he has appeared at numero us festivals. His compositions have been performed by Lester Bowie\, Coles \, Marilyn Crispell\, Pope\, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and others.\n\nPerforming with Bobby in Wonderful Sound are Nazir Ebo (drums) and Sumi Tonooka (pian o).\n\nUpholstery:\n\nUpholstery creates original works for stage\, film\, and stereos. The ensemble draws on a wide range of musical influences - f rom Portishead to Talking Heads\, cabaret to post-punk - while striving to create music that is visceral and thought-provoking.\n\nVeronica Mercedes Jurkiewicz/Carlos Santiago/Matt Engle/Eric Theise:\n\nVeronica Mercedes P azymiño Jurkiewicz is an instrumentalist\, vocalist\, educator\, and cura tor based in Philadelphia. She is drawn to sound involving the intersecti on of experimental\, improvisational\, and traditional practice\; has a pa ssion for creating and realizing diverse types of artistic programs and co mmunal art experiences\; and is an active member of the avant-garde music scene in Philadelphia. A versatile musician\, Veronica shape-shifts as bot h a violinist and violist as well as between many different genres and lan guages within music. As the violist of the Bismuth String Quartet\, Veroni ca is actively curating and programming collaborative\, multi-disciplinary projects as well as performing new/experimental music.\n\nCarlos Santiago was born and raised in Philadelphia and was educated at The Hartt School of Music and Temple University. Approaching music from multiple standpoint s\, Carlos has relished performing in a wide variety of musical settings a nd styles such as the multi - disciplinary Bismuth String Quartet\, the co mplex mathematical compositions of the rock band Normal Love\, soloing wit h the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia\, playing Tango\, Salsa\, and Afro -Caribbean jazz with Sonic Liberation Front\, or Roma jazz with BeauDjango . Past teachers include John Blake\, Diane Monroe\, Yusef Lateef\, Adolf S andole\, Louis Lanza\, and Nicholas Mann. Sharing the unity of all of thes e types of music is the driving force behind his passion for sonic explora tion.\n\nMatt Engle:\n\nMatt Engle grew up in the Philadelphia area and ha s been an active member of the creative and improvised music scene for ove r 20 years. He has contributed to many varying musical situations and has previously performed with Dan Blacksberg\, Bobby Zankel\, Sonic Liberation Front\, Shot By Shot\, Jarrett Gilgore\, Dave Liebman\, Marshall Allen\, Jaimie Branch\, Elliot Levin\, Anthony Pirog\, Raymond King\, David Middle ton\, Muhammad Ali\, Oliver Lake\, Tim Berne\, Thurman Barker\, and Brando n Seabrook among many others.\n\nEric Theise:\n\nReal time cartographic im provisations using projected\, manipulated digital maps\, in collaboration with local musicians or other time-based artists. Evenings of street grid s\, rivers\, islands\, and curiosities from the built environment. Saturat ed colors. Glitches in crowdsourced data. Orphaned information and free-fl oating symbology.\n\nRaffle prizes donated by Fireball Printing\, Random T ea Room\, Martha\, Great Circles\, Philadelphia Record Exchange\, Brickbat Books\, Lot 49 Books\, Pom Pom Philly and more tba!\n\naccessibility: tw o steps from street to venue.\nEvent Website: https://www.firemuseumpresen ts.com/upcoming/bobby-zankels-wonderful-sound-a-benefit-for-fire-museum-pr esents GEO:39.984076;-75.130541 LOCATION:Fire Museum Presents at The Perch\, 2321\, Emerald Street\, Phila delphia\, Pennsylvania\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR