In-person! CONVO WITH 3I ATLAS REVISITED featuring David Berends / Urban Shaman Attack w/ special guest Bonnie Kane - Philadelphia Event
In-person! CONVO WITH 3I ATLAS REVISITED featuring David Berends / Urban Shaman Attack w/ special guest Bonnie Kane
Saturday, December 20 at 8:00 PM·8:00 p.m.-10:30 p.m.·University City·The Rotunda·4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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In-person! CONVO WITH 3I ATLAS REVISITED featuring David Berends / Urban Shaman Attack w/ special guest Bonnie Kane
Sat, Dec 20 • 8:00 p.m.
The Rotunda
University City
Interstellar Object 3I / Atlas will pass by the Earth as we approach the Winter Solstice. At a previous event in Delaware, on December 4 at The Rotunda, USA, Crazy Liquid Lights, and others honed in on 3I / Atlas for the purpose of communication and understanding. This event Revisits that Convo AFTER it has gone pass ... setting the tone and narrative for "us " on Earth, paving a new psychic path for tomorrow thru the use of music and light. Urban Shaman Attack will play a full hour set, putting to use some dynamics and technics essential to American Futurism. The spacekraft will feature special guest Bonnie Kane on sax and flute, Mike Zatwarnytsky on guitar, Richard Todd on drums, and Dwayne Todd on keys/ kaossilator. They will be followed by the artistry of maestro David Berends on keys. All will happen within the color constructs of Philly's Crazy Eyes Liquid Lights. This event is FREE .. though we encourage you to bring a canned good for The Rotunda's pantry.
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Interstellar Object 3I / Atlas will pass by the Earth as we approach the Winter Solstice. At a previous event in Delaware, on December 4 at The Rotunda, USA, Crazy Liquid Lights, and others honed in on 3I / Atlas for the purpose of communication and understanding. This event Revisits that Convo AFTER it has gone pass ... setting the tone and narrative for "us " on Earth, paving a new psychic path for tomorrow thru the use of music and light. Urban Shaman Attack will play a full hour set, putting...
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In-person! CONVO WITH 3I ATLAS REVISITED featuring David Berends / Urban Shaman Attack w/ special guest Bonnie Kane starts at 8:00 p.m. and ends at 10:30 p.m.
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