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In May 2010, the “Tivoli Incursion,” a standoff between Jamaican security forces and a local drug trafficker and community leader wanted for extradition by the United States government, resulted in the death of at least 75 civilians in West Kingston on the island of Jamaica. This new exhibition—part art installation, part memorial, and part call to action—sheds light on those events through compelling video and audio footage featuring firsthand accounts of people directly impacted by the violence.

In May 2010, the “Tivoli Incursion,” a standoff between Jamaican security forces and a local gang leader wanted for extradition by the United States government, resulted in the death of at least 75 civilians in West Kingston on the island of Jamaica. This new exhibition—part art installation, part memorial, and part call to action—sheds light on those events through compelling video and audio footage featuring firsthand accounts of people directly impacted by the violence. First floor Merle-Smith Gallery West.

  The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents this landmark exhibition in partnership with the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. Drawn from US and Mexican collections, it is the most comprehensive exhibition of Mexican modernism to be shown in the United States in more than seven decades.

A month long art exhibition by French and international Contemporary artist Chantal Westby to benefit the country of Haiti. The show is free of Charge, the art sale proceed 50% will be donated to the country of Haiti after all expenses paid.

 Steel band musical arranger and native Trinidadian Jeffery "JR" Moolchan performs a medley of Caribbean music for children ages 5 to 13 and their families. Guests have fun dreaming of aqua seas and white sand beaches amid the rhythms of live steel pan music.

Following the presentation, children and their chaperones or families may explore the galleries. Children 4 to 6 and their older siblings and friends are invited to participate in themed storybook readings within the galleries beginning at 1:00 pm. Free with admission.

This Philadelphia-based drum and music ensemble specializing in Afro-Cuban and West African drumming combines traditional call-and-response patterned Yoruba songs with modern folk and jazz instruments and harmony.

The Summer Nights Concert Series presents weekly outdoor concerts in the Penn Museum's verdant outdoor courtyard space, Wednesday evenings from June 18 through September 3. Admission to each concert is just $10 and includes general Museum admission.