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Sassy, brassy and classy, the three ladies who make up Murfreesboro, Tenn.'s Those Darlins split vocals, swap instruments and slide effortlessly from trad-sounding country to raw rawk. On their self-titled debut, originals like "Mama's Heart" and "DUI or Die" dish out lessons from the school of hard knocks. Live at Kung Fu Necktie this Saturday, "Fun Stix Party" will be the most exhilarating three minutes you'll spend all week — at least while you're fully dressed.

Crafting will save your life. At least that's what Craftivity 's Web site (craftivity.wordpress.com) — with its mighty mission statement, "The power of craft compels you" — might have you believe. At the very least, crafting can bring together folks of all different stripes. "It's difficult to find ways to socialize in the neighborhood without going to a bar," says Alison Vuocolo, co-founder of the once-monthly meetings that provide a place, a project and the resources to get crafty. Last year's projects — from kites to hex signs, scarecrows to lunch-bag puppets — are on display all month at Rocket Cat.

If anything is lacking in the film industry, it's not Holocaust flicks. But filmmaker Barbara Bird says her contribution to the genre, No. 4: Street of Our Lady, is unique because it puts a modern twist on a story that highlights the beauty of selflessness. "It shows that people can do good deeds in the face of unspeakable evil," she says. Tonight at Penn State Great Valley (sgps.psu.edu), Bird will join co-directors Judy Maltz and Richie Sherman to discuss their doc. It may not be Anne Frank, but we have a hunch it's worth the trip to Malvern.

It's fitting that Philly's biggest Haiti relief concert is presided over by one of Philly's biggest showmen. Fronting political hip-hop trio The Goats nearly 20 years ago, Maxx Stoyanoff-Williams was a formidable populist rabble-rouser. In his current Black Landlord (pictured) — which headlines tonight's Philly Rocks for Haiti benefit at The Troc — he's turned sage in a snappy white suit, strutting the stage with panache, delivering broader social commentary to a heavy funk band backing. Get down.