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ISSUE . October 14th, 2010

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For the Shorties

Capsule reviews of the Film Festival's best, brightest and downright baddest.

Night on the Town

A Philadelphia-based director's first feature film hits close to home.

by Sam Adams

In Night Catches Us, the past is always present, as tangible as the Germantown houses where the film was shot, which Hamilton says required little modification to look as they did 30 years ago. Behind the wallpaper in Kerry Washington's kitchen are bullet holes and bloodstains, reminders of a more violent time hidden just beneath the surface.

Book Quarterly

Our critics suss out reading material for the autumn months.

Found Safe And Sound

A Page of Madness, Fri., Oct. 22, 8 p.m., $20, International House, 3701 Chestnut St., 267-519-3214, filmadelphia.org.

by Shaun Brady

The story of a sailor who works as a janitor in an insane asylum in order to keep an eye on his wife, committed there after the murder of their child, gilds its tragic storyline with a cavalcade of cinematic effects, experimental techniques that wouldn't come into vogue for decades.

Opinion

Publisher's Clearinghouse:

The Long and Winding Road

City Paper's longtime publisher says goodbye.

by Paul Curci

City Paper means a lot of things to a lot of people. Beyond being a credible, reliable and spirited newsweekly, there's a culture here — a culture drawn together around the belief that an informed citizenry is the key to preserving democracy, and to improving local communities.

Editor's Letter:

Submit To the Comics Issue

Deadline Nov. 15!

The submission deadline for this year's Comics Issue is Nov. 15.

Feedback:

Letters to the Editor

What You Say

"Stop pretending to actually care about LGBT issues or exploit them for your own selfish purposes!"

News

A Million Stories

All the news we care to print.

by Jeffrey C. Billman and Brian Howard

Real evil, in other words, is Tom Corbett.

Soapboxer:

Busted

Find your spine, City Council.

by Jeffrey C. Billman

Let's review what we know: The city's pension system is busted.

The Bell Curve

City Paper's Quality-o-Life-o-Meter

When news breaks in Philadelphia, we make jokes.

Arts

Re-View:

Depth of Field

Robin Rice on Visual Art

by Robin Rice

James Brantley: Tranquility | Through Oct. 24, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, 200 S. Madison St., Wilmington, Del., 302-656-6466, thedcca.org When you glimps e

Arts Picks:

Body Mind and Hair

Opening reception Wed., Oct. 20, 5:30-7 p.m., free, through Nov. 13, Rowan University Art Gallery, 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, N.J., 856-256-4521, rowan.edu/fpa/artgallery.

by A.D. Amorosi

"Body Mind and Hair" isn't the name of some holistic scrub at Lush — it's the latest in Rowan University Art Gallery's season-long exhibition series dedicated to the body electric.

March of the Humannequins

Wed., Oct. 20, 11 p.m., $1.99, Bob & Barbara's, 1509 South St., 215-545-4511, dumpstaplayers.org.

The Dumpsta Players are good at keeping secrets.

Kaleidoscope

Biblioscope

My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me | X'ed Out | Everything Explained Through Flowcharts

Theater Review:

The Forest for the Trees

THEATER REVIEW: Wilma Theater's Macbeth

by Mark Cofta

While effort to thoughtfully examine the text is matched by a respect for the play as ghost story and psychological thriller, neither constitutes a consistent or unifying vision, and the play peters out rather than climaxes.

Where's the Beef?

THEATER REVIEW: Arden Theatre Co.'s Threepenny Opera

by David Anthony Fox

What is it about the word "Brechtian" that makes me want to reach for a gun?

Arts Picks:

True Fiction

Opening reception, Thu., Oct. 14, 6-9 p.m., free, through Nov. 27, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, 1400 N. American St., Suite 103, 215-232-5678, philaphotoarts.org.

by Daniella Wexler

Can we trust a photograph in 2010?

The Word

Oct. 14-23, free, 1320 N. Fifth St., elastictheater.com.

by A.D. Amorosi

Back in 2007, Live Arts/Fringe presented Brian Osborne's The Word. And The Word was good.

Light Drift

Opening reception Fri., Oct. 15, 6:30 p.m., free; through Oct. 17, Schuylkill Banks between Chestnut and Market streets, 215-685-0750, muralarts.org.

by Daniella Wexler

In honor of DesignPhiladelphia, the Mural Arts Program (MAP) is turning public art interactive.

Many Entendres

Opening reception Fri., Oct. 15, 6-10 p.m., free; through Nov. 6, 1241 Carpenter St., midwivescollective.com.

by Laura Weber

For the Midwives Collective, a socially conscious, women-run studio, words in a book are worth a room full of pictures.

HOMIESAPIENS/Atypical

HOMIESAPIENS, Fri.-Sat., Oct. 15-16, 8 p.m., $15-$20; Atypical, Sun., Oct. 17, 7 p.m., $10; Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St., 215-925-9914, paintedbride.org.

by Deni Kasrel

Friday and Saturday, the place gets funkified with HOMIESAPIENS, a groovin' gig that plays with how we relate to one another in various circumstances.

The Big Sea

Opening reception, Sat., Oct. 16, 5-8 p.m., free, through Nov. 21, Art Star Gallery & Boutique, 623 N. Second St., 215-238-1557, artstarphilly.com.

by Daniella Wexler

Andrew Zangerle, who juxtaposes cute sketches of small animals with accompanying phrases like "ass head," is making his Philly solo-show debut at Art Star.

Movies

A Film Unfinished

City Paper Grade: A

by Cindy Fuchs

Nazi cameraman Willy Wist remembers shooting victims assembled at a graveyard, anticipating their end. Imagining what that's like makes A Film Unfinished so daunting, so astute and so memorable.

Repertory Film

Your weekly guide to local film events, festivals and under-the-radar screenings.

Send repertory film listings to carolyn.huckabay@citypaper.net.

Music

Lord of Discord

World-famous Japanese pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto reintroduces himself to America with a self-duet.

by A.D. Amorosi

There will be two Yamaha concert grand pianos on the Keswick stage on Sunday, but only one piano player. With Ryuichi Sakamoto, that's all you need.

Music Picks:

Raul Malo

Mon., Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m., $29.50-$44.50, with Shannon Whitworth, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.

by Mary Armstrong

Raul Malo went to Texas to record his latest, but Saints and Sinners echoes with some of that midcentury Nashville sound.

Extra Lens

Tue., Oct. 19, 8 p.m., $18, with John Vanderslice, Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St., 215-928-0770, tinangel.com.

by Matthew Hotz

Somewhere in the overlapping part of their Venn diagram, Darnielle and Bruno collaborated as The Extra Glenns on a few songs released on Shrimper compilation cassettes.

First Aid Kit

Tue., Oct. 19, 9 p.m., $10-$12, with Ferraby Lionheart and Sisters 3, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 877-435-9849, johnnybrendas.com.

by Patrick Rapa

Sometimes First Aid Kit sound like they're riding the tiny, pretty wave of modern folk-pop.

Till Fellner

Tue., Oct. 19, 8 p.m., $10-$27, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215-569-8080, pcmsconcerts.org.

by Peter Burwasser

In the lineages of the classical music world, being an important student of the great pianist Alfred Brendel is a big deal.

Hang The DJ:

In Bloom

Brandon Flowers' Flamingo

by J. Edward Keyes

Of all of Brandon Flowers ' gifts — and there are many — the best, by far, is his fearlessness.

Music Picks:

Frankie Rose and the Outs

Wed., Oct. 20, 8 p.m., $8 with Woven Bones, Reading Rainbow, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.

by K. Ross Hoffman

Frankie Rose has played, sung and written songs for some of the buzziest bands — both sonically and reception-wise — of the past couple years.

Two Door Cinema Club/Penguin Prison

Thu., Oct. 14, 8 p.m., $13, with Grouplove, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 866-468-7619, r5productions.com.

by K. Ross Hoffman

The way these things go, these fresh-faced purveyors of fizzy electro-pop blog-fodder could be headlining the Mann next summer.

Dangerous Ponies

Fri., Oct. 15, 7 p.m., $5-$7, with Arrah and the Ferns, Sisters 3, Philly AIDS Thrift Warehouse, 514 Bainbridge St., 215-922-3186.

by John Vettese

We underestimate Dangerous Ponies by calling them "pop."

The Heavy/Mayer Hawthorne and the County

Sat., Oct. 16, 9 p.m., $29, with Childish Gambino, TLA, 334 South St., 215-922-1011, livenation.com.

by K. Ross Hoffman

The Heavy, who hail from the awesomely-named U.K. town of Noid, resurrect an electrified, Anglified take on Afro-American roots forms.

Food

From the Latin

Matthew Levin executes ambitious lesson plans at Adsum.

by Adam Erace

Levin is the one saying F.U. to the ultra-refined food he was cooking uptown. Adsum is pierogies with smoked buttermilk and poutine with foie gras, a Pied de Cochon of his own, where dinner is set to '80s M.J. and Vanity 6.

Mind Over Matters

Mark Bittman's The Food Matters Cookbook

by Drew Lazor

I'm not going to become a leafy-green guru overnight, but using this book once a week will get me on my way.

Feeding Frenzy

Restaurants opening, closing and pending

by Drew Lazor

What's Cooking

The Week in Eats

by Rachel Burgos

Farmhouse Ale Dinner at South Philly Tap Room | Bloktoberfest | Cheesesteak Challenge at Square 1682 | Pigskin at Percy Street Barbecue

Agenda

Queer Bait:

GLBT History Month

Josh Middleton on the LGBTQ scene

by Josh Middleton

It may be easy to lose sight of the fact that there was a time in the not-so-distant past when outward displays of gay were considered taboo. But that's why we have GLBT History Month.

Icepack

Amorosi on the news, nightlife, gossip and bitchiness beats.

by A.D. Amorosi

Philly, your center is showing. Better yet, it's growing.

Agenda Picks:

Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll

Thu., Oct. 14, 5:30-8:30 p.m., free, Baltimore Avenue from 42nd to 50th streets, universitycity.org.

It was only supposed to last until August.

Mike Birbiglia

Thu., Oct. 14, 8 p.m., $29-$55, with Nick Kroll, Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside, 215-572-7650, keswicktheatre.com.

by Patrick Rapa

Mike Birbiglia's not strictly a standup comedian.

Peace Rally

Sat., Oct. 16, noon, free, City Hall, Broad and Market streets, 267-994-9448, 10-16-no-war.org.

by Eric Schuman

You can poli-blog all you want, but if you really want to be heard, hit the street for an old-fashioned rally.

Better Living Through Vinyl

Sat., Oct. 16, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., free, Hideaway Music, 8612 Germantown Ave., 215-248-4434.

by John Vettese

Confused about why audiophiles say vinyl just sounds better? I know I am.

FirstGlance Film Festival

Thu.-Sun., Oct. 14-17, various times, $8-$60, Franklin Institute, 222 N. 20th St., firstglancefilms.com.

by Eric Schuman

One thing you might not expect to see alongside the Tornado Machine and Aviation Gallery is an independent film festival.

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