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Yolanda Wisher’s Rent Party: The Debut of Doublehanded Suite (in person)

Date / Time

  • May 21, 2022
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location

2008-2010 Delancey Place, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103, United States

Registration

  • Admission is $40. 50% off for Rosenbach members, free for the Delancey Society. Not a member? Learn more.
  • This is an in-person program at The Rosenbach and requires proof of vaccination. Please check your spam folder for your email confirmation. If you have questions, please call (215) 732-1600 or email [email protected].
  • Registration opens for Delancey Society members on March 2, for members on March 9, and for the general public on March 16.

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Join The Rosenbach for a special rent party to launch Doublehanded Suite, the debut album of Yolanda Wisher & The Afroeaters. Be the first to hear tracks from the new album and witness a lively conversation between the band and WRTI-FM host J. Michael Harrison about its creation. The event will include music by DJ Junior, tarot readings by dounia, a pop-up bookshop by Harriett’s, and a film screening by Raishad Momar and Aidan M. Un. Attendees will receive special access to the digital album as well as free giveaways.

This project is generously sponsored by Susan Muller, Ellie and Peter Nalle, Elise Drake, Betsy Gemmill, Harriet’s Bookstore, Laura and Chris Lindsay

Thank you to our partners

About Yolanda Wisher’s Rent Party at The Rosenbach

Yolanda Wisher’s Rent Party at the Rosenbach invokes the tradition of the rent party dating back to the Harlem Renaissance, when communal gatherings of artists fed an outpouring of blues, jazz, and poetry. Rent parties were some of the original house parties. Guests would pay a small fee for homespun food, prohibited drink and live entertainment. Sometimes a piano was hauled up a few flights of stairs for the occasion. While they were designed to help the host pay their rent with the help of a few friends spreading the word, the ancestral rent parties were also incubators of cultural innovation. 

Curated and hosted by Philadelphia Poet Laureate Emerita Yolanda Wisher, rent parties feature readings by contemporary poets from different schools of thought and craft in addition to a performance by Wisher and her band The Afroeaters. 

Seating is limited; advance registration is strongly recommended. This event is 21+