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12 Things to Do in Comics, Comedy, Books, Movies and Theater

Body & Soul @ Lightbox Film Center | Wednesday, February 7 Paul Robeson plays dual leads in Oscar Micheau’s 1925 silent “race film,” presented here […]

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25 Things to Do This Weekend

Friday, February 2 Sp3 @ FringeArts Experimental modern dance company <fidget> presents a work using sound and movement to examine themes of technological and political alienation. Lead […]

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Black Pulp! Collects 100+ Years of Black Art

The new Black Pulp! exhibition at the African American Museum in Philadelphia promises to be a dazzling and thought-provoking trip through the not-so-distant past. Curated […]

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8 Things to Do in Books, Comedy, Dance and Movies

Tango Fire @ Merriam Theater | Wednesday, January 31 Led by German Cornejo, the Tango Fire Company of Buenos Aires is well-known for their choreography […]

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12 Things to do in Movies, Comedy, Art, Trivia & More

Sensitive Guys @ The Drake | Through February 11 InterAct Theatre Company presents’ MJ Kaufman’s satirical play set on the campus of a small liberal […]

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Friday: Bygone Comedy Greats

Since reading Elizabeth McCracken’s Niagara Falls All Over Again — a stunning novel about a comedy duo at the twilight of the vaudeville era — I’ve been […]

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32 Things to Do This Weekend

Bodymania @ Lightbox Film Center Short films from the ’60s and ’70s with overt sexual themes that reflect their time period. Lisa Crafts, animator/creator of […]

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12 Things to Do in Comedy, Poetry, Movies and Magic

Mary Shelley @ The Rosenbach | Wednesday, January 17 Jennifer Summerfield performs her one-woman play about Frankenstein author Mary Shelley on the last day of […]

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Harmon Leon and Ted Rall Invade Trump’s America

Hard to believe, but this Saturday is January 20, the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump being sworn in as president of the United States of […]

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41 Things to Do This Weekend

Friday, January 12 Bibliococktails: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein @ The Rosenbach Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein with themed cocktails by Quaker City […]

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This Week: Todd Glass at Helium

Todd Glass is a rambler. Not in the cowboy sense or the old car sense. The L.A.-based, born and raised in the Philly area, is […]

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31 Things to Do This Weekend

Friday, January 5 Rich Vos @ Helium The veteran standup and Last Comic Standing/Tough Crowd alum hosts a podcast (and Sirius radio show) called My […]

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10 Things to Do in Comedy, Art, Movies and Dance

Ms. Pat @ Punchline | Thursday-Saturday, January 4-6 The Washington Post did a memorable story on this former drug dealer/felon turned suburban mom/comedian/author over the summer. […]

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31 Things to Do This Weekend

Thursday, December 28 This Week @ South Street Cinema Classic Thursdays: Penny Serenade — Cart Grant and Irene Dunne star in this 1941 drama. Retro […]

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This Week in Comedy

All Women Showcase @ Helium | Wednesday, December 27 Helium’s Best of the City series delivers an all-women standup comedy lineup featuring LaTice, Rachel Fogletto, […]