September "Free at the Kimmel" Events Offer Something for Everyone
September 10, 2007
Sixth Anniversary Season Marked with 50 Free in the Plaza Performances, 23 Artist Chats, and Four Organ Postludes
Kimmel Center Presents’ Free at the Kimmel events begin this September, kicking off the 6th anniversary 2007/08 season with more than 75 free events and performances to take place throughout the center’s spaces this year. Free at the Kimmel includes: Free in the Plaza with local artists performing classical, jazz, pop, country, world, dance and family fun on the Commonwealth Plaza stage; as well as Artist Chats with Kimmel Center Presents performers; Education Events in the Merck Arts Education Center; and Organ Postludes on The Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ in Verizon Hall. Updates and complete schedules are available at www.kimmelcenter.org. All artists and programs are subject to change.
FREE AT THE KIMMEL events are made possible through the Wachovia Gateway to the Arts Community Access Program supported by a generous grant from Wachovia Foundation.
Below is a full schedule of the Free at the Kimmel performances for the month of September.
Sunday, September 16
6pm | Plaza Stage | Free in the Plaza
Larry McKenna Quintet
Legendary Philly tenor saxophone player and former Johnny Mathis back-up musician, Larry McKenna, Opens the 2007/2008 Free in the Plaza series with his quintet on the Commonwealth Plaza Stage, prior to the Johnny Mathis ticketed concert in Verizon Hall.
Saturday, September 22
11am | Plaza Stage | PNC Grow Up Great
Ramon Cordes, puppeteer
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with your little one when Ramon Cordes brings Hispanic traditions alive with his hand-crafted puppets. This performance is in partnership with Taller Puertorriqueño.
Friday, September 28
6pm | Merck Arts Education Center | Artist Chat
Artist Chat
Join Mervon Mehta, Vice President of Programming and Education, in a discussion with the musicians performing in the Mellon Jazz Fridays concert to follow in Verizon Hall.
Friday, September 28
6:30pm | Plaza Stage | Free in the Plaza
The Lars Halle Jazz Orchestra
The swingingest band in all of Philadelphia starts the night right, featuring some of the city's finest jazz musicians.
Kimmel Center Presents 2007/2008 season is sponsored by Citi. Support for the Mellon Jazz Series comes from The Bank of New York Mellon. Additional support is provided by the University of Pennsylvania Health System and ARC Wheeler. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents. Toyota is the Official Vehicle of Kimmel Center Presents Jazz and World Pop programming.
The Kimmel Center also receives support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The William Penn Foundation, The Wachovia Foundation, Verizon Foundation, PNC Foundation, the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and the Philadelphia Music Project and Dance Advance, Initiatives of The Pew Charitable Trust administered by The University of the Arts. In-kind support is generously provided by Deloitte. NBC-10 is a Media Partner for Kimmel Center Presents, and additional media sponsors include WDAS, WRTI, WJJZ, Afro-Pop, WXPN and WXPN's Kids Corner 20th Anniversary.
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