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Browse This Issue: December 21st, 2006

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Agenda Lead:
Love and Pane
Inside the Looking Glass
by Rachel Frankford
The French have a phrase for it: lèche-vitrine. Literally, to "window lick." In other words, window shop.

Agenda Picks:
Justify Your Existence
Homeless Memorial Day 2006
Thu., Dec. 21, 4:30-5:30 p.m., free

Just Opened
H Clothier
by Amanda McKenna
Handmade: That's the theme at H Clothier, the newest addition to Antique Row.

Kids, etc.
Big Fun for Little Ones
by Megan M. Erwin
Family Giftmaking Workshop; Mr. Cool Beans Holiday Concert; Kwanzaa Festival with Queen Nur; The Frog Bride; Water in Winter

Been There/Done That
Then & Now Walking Tour
by Kelly White
Runs through Sun., Dec. 31, free, Free Library, Central Branch, 1901 Vine St.,

New Year's Eve Guide: All About Eve
10 Great Ways to Countdown to 2007
by Margaret Battistelli
Ho-freakin-hum ... here comes the ball again. Unless it's on fire and Britney Spears has perched her pantyless puss atop it, who cares?

... And the Day After
New Year's Day Guide
by Margaret Battistelli
Ah, Jan. 1. So full of promise. A new year, a fresh start. Why then do so many of us waste it cursing the evil trolls who poured the devil's drink down our gullets the night before.

ARTS AGENDA . Picks
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A Deeper Shade of Sex: The Best in Black Erotic Writing
by Jessica Loughery
Thu., Dec. 28, 5:30 p.m., free, Robin's Bookstore.
MUSIC . Picks
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Thu., Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m., $24-$39, World Cafe Live.
by A.D. Amorosi
This seems like an easy marketing pitch: young electronic music acolyte touring with one of its most revered oldheads.
Fri., Dec. 22 and Sat., Dec. 23, 8:30 p.m., $20-$22, with Down the Drain and The Murder Junkies, The TLA.
by A.D. Amorosi
Jackass and brother Bam be damned. Despite being around since the late '90s, West Chester's CKY — drummer Jess Margera's band — have to date received zero respect for their rambunctious metal.
Fri., Dec. 22, 10 p.m., $10 (ladies $5 before 11:30 p.m.), with Broady Boy Ace, Random, DJ I.M., DJ Rest, Five Spot.
by Deesha Dyer
"We gave this project a lot more attention than the others," says DJ Caliph Now on the topic of Jersey's Finest, the latest from MC Viro the Virus.
ARTS . Picks
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1) Take an old Russian fairy tale, the story of three princes, their girlfriends and how to win a throne. 2) Add a visual world influenced by the great Wassily Kandinsky. 3) Mix in a funky score that bounces off Prokofiev and moves into jazz and hip-hop.
by David Anthony Fox
Runs Dec. 22-30, $14 (kids)-$28 (adults), Philadelphia Theatre Company at Plays & Players Theater.
Nothing makes a writer famous like a movie of his works, so don't be surprised to find Chronicles of Narnia fans attending The Great Divorce.
by Mark Cofta
Runs Dec. 26-30, $30, Lantern Theater Company at St. Stephen's Theater.
t's not easy getting Center City folks to venture out to the suburbs but this holiday season a boy, his dog and his bumbling brigade of 6-year-old friends just might be enough.
by Amanda McKenna
Runs through Dec. 31, $22.50-$39, Media Theatre.
 
 
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