For most of the last five years, the majority of my video work has been for performing arts organizations. And 2020 started off no different. Then came the Covid-19 Pandemic, and the ensuing shutdowns that …
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Words Adorned: Andalusian Poetry & Music – Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture is an organization in West Philadelphia that is dedicated to educating people about Arab culture through the arts and language. Al-Bustan holds a variety of educational and cultural events throughout the year, including …
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La Boheme – Boheme Opera New Jersey – JerseyArts.com
Boheme Opera New Jersey strives to preserve and promote the art form of opera and bring it to audiences who have little experience with opera. Since 1981 Boheme Opera New Jersey has held educational programs …
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Kùlú Mèlé – Library Acts of Culture
Library Acts of Culture – Kùlú Mèlé African Dance and Drum Ensemble It was another typical Tuesday at the Lucien E. Blackwell West Regional Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia, when members of Kùlú Mèlé African Dance and Drum …
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Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne played at the Sellersville Theater on March 17, 2013. It was a homecoming for guitarist and lead singer, Chris Collingwood, who grew up about a mile from the Sellersville Theater. Just after …
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Jim James
Last night Jim James played Johnny Brenda’s in Fishtown to support his debut full-lenght album, Regions of Light and Sound of God. The joint was packed to the hilt upstairs and down, as James serenaded …
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Mumford & Sons
The British folk rock foursome, Mumford & Sons, swept into the Susquehanna Bank Center with high-energy songs and soaring harmonies that kept the singing-along audience on its feet for the whole show on February 16. …
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The JD video for NewsWorks
Germantown musician works to create the ‘soundtrack of my thoughts’ For the last two and a half years Germantown resident, John Deininger (a.k.a The JD), has been composing, recording, and mixing music in his second-floor …
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Dave Tavani is a freelance videographer and photographer based in Philadelphia. In the last few years, Dave has worked on a variety of projects, mostly for nonprofit and arts organizations. He also shot second camera for Danny’s Guitar Shop, a television program that aired on local PBS affiliate WHYY. Currently, Dave works on video projects for McCarter Theatre Center, The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, Visit Philadelphia, The Food Trust, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Opera Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Additionally, Dave co-produces a monthly arts video feature for JerseyArts.com.