Finishing the Floor in the Upstairs Space

Finally, after months and months of waiting, we have the money to spring for the floor sanders... A good day! 

Et voila.

Coming Soon: Brandt Imhoff Senior Art Show + Special Guests

This show has been organized by Brandt Imhoff - wonderful designer of nearly all of Ben's printed material (L'Etage Bastille Day, Le Fits and the awesome 5th Side Benefit Poster) This is Brandt's senior show which we're hosting here. He's graduating with a Fine Art degree from Tyler School of Art this December, and has invited a group of other artists to show with him.

Opening: Saturday, December 11th

8pm-10pm

The Maas Building

@ 1325 Randolph St

Philadelphia, PA

Artists:

Brandt Imhoff

Joe Martin

Jon Irving

Adam Lovitz

Photos from the Benefit Show Nov 13, 2010

Well folks it was truly a blast. Thanks everyone for coming, and thanks to everyone who helped out, played music, moved heavy objects, swept the floor, set up lights, grilled hot dogs, manned the board, etc. It got us off on the right foot, and we enjoyed ourselves thoroughly in the process.

Not Waving But Drowning, playing a great set after suffering much traffic on the way down from NYC.

Le Fits

BC Camplight

Chill time after the show. It's amazing what a campfire and a cypress tree will do to make you feel you are not in the middle of the city.

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* * * The Clean Up * * *

If you've seen the 5th Side space, (the open warehouse part of the Maas Building) you may be wondering how the hell we got all that junk cleaned up? May I remind you that just days ago it was full of crap? We get by with a little help from our friends. And of course, it's really all about lighting. (Thanks Kevin Muth for the awesome 2 hour lighting design)

Alonso Daco, Alex Yaker, and Brian Christinzio hoisting heavy objects up to the loft in preparation for the show.

Bye bye stuff! I guess we'll have to deal with you upstairs.

Hours before the show...

Benefit Show: Saturday, November 13th

Philly's own BC Camplight, Le Fits, and the NYC cabaret all-stars Not Waving but Drowning play at the 5th Side's first music show open to the public. Proceeds will go towards work on the performance space. $10 gets you in. We'll be serving beer, hot dogs and yes, there will be a campfire!

Applied Mechanics: Portmanteau

Photos from the Nov 7th performance by Applied Mechanics.

For more info, Applied Mechanics

The Word: Extended Shows Oct 29-30th

(photo by Johnny Osborne)

The Word: Extended shows by popular demand. Friday, October 29th at 8pm, Saturday Oct 30th at 10pm. All shows free. 1320 N 5th St. Philadelphia. Limited seats, reserve a ticket @ http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/132634

Elastic Theater presents: The Word

The 5th Side is presenting our first show open to the public: Elastic Theater's The Word. Double-click this flyer below to open larger, and for more info, visit http://www.elastictheater.com. If it's raining, the show will be held inside, in the large space upstairs, and if weather permits, the show will be outside.

New Paradise Laboratories Moves In

October 1st marked a new era for us over here. This is New Paradise Laboratories, moving their headquarters to the Maas building. They're setting up their office in one of the downstairs spaces. And they're super cool! Here's a link to their site: newparadiselaboratories.org.

Urban Academy Visits from NYC

Urban Academy, a public high school in NYC, sent a group down for a Philly field-trip. Ostensibly, they were in Philadelphia to study horses, but we think they came down just to camp out in our warehouse. It was fun, we made pasta and burgers and talked about the "G" word, but no one could beat Ben at ping pong.

All things have an origin: Rachel Birdsall, longtime teacher at Urban Academy "a small school with big ideas" is Catherine's sister.

September Photos

The entryway... with our home-made bench, hewn from an old beam left in the yard. Orange tree given to us frozen solid last winter by a neighbor. We nursed it back to life. It may need a new pot?

I stitched together this panoramic of the upstairs space. Try clicking the photo to see it a bit larger in a new window. This almost captures how cool it is. Anyway, it's quite nearly done.

The kitchen. Functional, needs some cabinets but the sink and stove work. 2 bathrooms off of this room also.