It was a point of contention among even his closest friends when Martin Droll announced that he'd be bringing his AK-47 rifle to the G20 summit in Pittsburgh last weekend.

"Silly Bell Curve, you don't know dick about the Northwest."

This homage to the tradition of tap, honoring talents ranging from the Nicholas Brothers to Fred Astaire, first came to the Annenberg in 2005, just two years after Gregory's death.

Show Boat is a microcosmic melting pot of our American musical heritage, with a still-unparalleled score that runs the gamut from operatic grandeur to gospel-inflected blues.

Director Dave Ebersole's goal was to take the Allens Lane production back to its minimalist, East Village, waaaay-off-Broadway roots.

With renowned virtuoso guitarist Peña at the helm, flamenco comes in a steady, smoldering pace that keeps edging toward the big bang.

A recycler of natural resources, Elia uses everything from branches and rawhide to bones and animal parts to create installations of deer legs and coyote faces, along with a few black-light paintings for a psychedelic touch.

Its opening car-wheel percussion, thumping beat and slide guitar suggest folksy simplicity.

The performance of all four string quartets by Leon Kirchner this past weekend at Haverford College was conceived as a tribute to a great American composer.

Her pliant voice is both airy and controlled, as if she's saddled the wind.

Over the past decade, Ghostface Killah has been one of our greatest living crime writers, bar none.

For a year and a half, the SciFiPhilly series has been hosting a diverse roster of avant-jazz acts from Philly and beyond.

Haunted Poe walks the line between full-scale haunted house and edgy Poe adaptation. Michael Alltop, who came up with the idea, and Madi Distefano, the director, offered different perspectives on the production, but both agreed: This shit is going to be absolutely terrifying.

The day librarians transform into DJs is a day you don't want to miss.

"We want our children to be able to look up to authors who look like them, so they know that they can achieve."

When DJ Klembott got tired of the nightlife scene, she decided to throw a different kind of party altogether — a family-oriented celebration of autumn. Her idea morphed into the first Women's Fall Festival, where female business owners, artists and musicians can get together to showcase their accomplishments.

Hometown boy Brian DePalma's Blow Out is more an homage to movie-making itself than the thriller it bills itself to be.

Nerds and jocks seem destined for self-segregation. Who would've thought a made-up sport centered around flying on a broomstick would join the two cliques together?