Jazz and Art Gallery Opening Top This Weekend's Event

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Gallery Reception

Where/When: Friday, April 5, 2013, 6:00 pm Gravers Lane Gallery, 8405 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia

Why Go: Gravers Lane Gallery will feature a new exhibition for renowned jeweler, Ken Bova, entitled Notes and Observations. Window Installations will feature Philadelphia-based artist Leslie Pontz's beautiful sculptural objects made of fiber and other mixed media. Join us on Friday, April 5th for refreshments and incredible contemporary art.

Pricing: Free

Jazz Concert

Where/When: Friday, April 5, 2013, 6:00 pm Woodmere Art Museum, 9201 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA

Why Go: Presented as part of PIFA, the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. In honor of the opening sessions of the United Nations, Dizzy Gillespie asked Louie Armstrong for a peace summit regarding the new music of the time – bebop (which Armstrong hated)- at Madame JoJo’s, a popular jazz club in 1946 London. Gillespie and Armstrong debated verbally, but mostly musically, their feelings about bebop and its effect on the music scene. Relive that moment at Madame JoJo’s with the Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble and special guests Tony Smith and Michael Burton on trumpets. The song list includes Armstrong’s “Basin St. Blues,” “West End Blues,” and “Sleepy Time Down South,” and Gillespie’s “A Night in Tunisia,” “Salt Peanuts,” and “Manteca.”

Pricing: $20 ($10 for members, free under 12)