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**Art After 5 programs are subject to change. The performances are scheduled for 5:45–6:45 p.m. and 7:15–8:15 p.m. Guided gallery tours are offered throughout the evening. There is no additional charge for performances or guided tours after Museum admission. Select galleries are open Friday evenings.
Art After 5 Schedule 
5:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Philly’s top young jazz artists gather at the Museum to kick off the Center City Jazz Festival, which spotlights our city’s thriving jazz scene. This evening features Venissa Santi, who will present songs from her exquisite album “Big Stuff” Afro-Cuban Holiday with an ensemble and special guest musician and Grammy Award–nominee Jane Bunnett.
5:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.
The PRISM Quartet, composer and electric guitarist Nick Didkovsky, and sonic alchemist Thomas Dimuzio perform Ice Cream Time, an evening-length work by Didkovsky that explores the boundaries between human-generated and software-generated music. This program is presented in conjunction with PRISM Quartet, Inc.
5:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.
The most-prized music of Portugal, fado (“fate”) is melancholy and often mournful. Fado’s stories of heartache and disappointment wrapped in guitar filigree will be reinterpreted for a special Art After 5 performance. This program is supported by the Philadelphia Portuguese Heritage Commission.
5:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Legendary bassist Lee Smith brings together an all-star group of musicians to Art After 5. After forty years as a first-call bassist in the R & B and jazz worlds, Smith released his debut album, Sittin’ on a Secret, last year. The title refers to the compositions that Lee has been writing for decades, a half-dozen of which finally came to light on this record.
5:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.
The Bearded Ladies Cabaret fuses cabaret and theater to tackle the politics of gender, identity, and artistic invention with sparkle and wit. Their presentation Marlene and the Machine combines the music of Marlene Dietrich and Lotte Lenya with the visual language of German Expressionism. Enjoy elaborate cardboard cityscapes, live re-creations of expressionist films, and a host of familiar songs sung just a little off-key.
5:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Nina “Lyrispect” Ball is a dynamic award-winning artist, poet, organizer, multicultural teaching artist, and producer whose work has been featured in galleries, documentaries, classrooms, and sold-out concerts. Join Lyrispect and a lively and diverse lineup of performers for an evening of music and poetry.
5:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Cuban master percussionist and composer Arturo Stable presents original jazz compositions inspired by the Museum’s collection. His diverse musical experiences and unique sound have allowed him to work in many environments, but he is best known as a Latin jazz percussionist.
For more information, please contact Evening Programs/Art After 5 by phone at (215) 684-7506 or by e-mail at .
