Dennis Carpenter: Terra Firma, Terra Incognito Runs through Sept. 22, Sol Mednick Gallery at University of the Arts, 211 S.

Walk along the 700 block of Chestnut Street this weekend, and it's there, just beyond the walls, one hell of

Otto & George Fri.-Sat., Sept. 15-16, 9:30 p.m., $20, Best Western Hotel, 11580 Roosevelt Blvd., 215-676-JOKE, www.comedycabaret.com In my opinion,

Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, painter Arnold Mesches got the FBI to give him a big ol' present:

Beer is to Belgium and the Belgians what wine is to France and the French, and thus membership in the

The staff at Geno's denied knowing anything in advance about the little band of protesters that showed up late Saturday

Dreaming in Black and White Dumpster Divers: The Secret Garden of a Fertile Mind Runs through Sept. 15, Journey Home

Fri.-Sun., Sept. 8-10 and 15-17, 10 a.m.; Mon.-Thu., Sept. 11-14, 3 p.m., $2-$5, 334 Carlisle Ave., York, Pa., 717-848-2596, www.yorkfair.org

It only took a few decades, but John Armleder, the prominent Swiss artist, is finally getting his Stateside due. The

People with severely damaged faces do not usually sit for portraits. But from 1999 to 2001, British maxillofacial surgeon Iain