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Art:
A Lot to Juggle
Sara Felder's one-woman play balances heavy issues and light humor.
by Mary Wilson
Calling Sara Felder an expert juggler would be an understatement, and not just because she can juggle knives while balancing on a rola bola.

Culture Shock:
Things That Matter To People Who Matter
Tiffany Granath | Niecy Nash | The Future | Packaging
Yes. Lots of robots for all of the dirty work. I imagine an even greater struggle against oppression than revolutions of the past, and a total chaos in the global market. Let's hope so. I'm optimistic.

Now See This
Get Out!
Oedipus Kings: The Drinking Game | Elmore Leonard | Arrangements | Lookingglass Alice | Skindog | Bruised, Broken, Unfaded ...

Arts Picks:
Recollection Tableaux
Reception Fri., May 11, 5:30-7:30 p.m., on view through Nov. 30, Eastern State Penitentiary, 2124 Fairmount Ave., 215-236-5111.
by Lori Hill
Walk down Cellblock Seven at Eastern State Penitentiary and you'll see not only the real remnants of a life lived inside the prison — mattress frames, discolored cushions — but miniature re-creations of it.

Riverdance
May 15-20, Academy of Music, Broad and Locust streets
by Deni Kasrel
 Like Cats, Riverdance is a theatrical phenomenon that evokes strident opinion — even from people who've never seen the show.

Philadanco
Thu.-Sat., May 10-12, 7:30 p.m., Sat. and Sun., May 12 and 13, 2:30 p.m., Kimmel Center, 260 S. Broad St.
by Deni Kasrel
Artistic director Joan Myers Brown admits some of her Philadanco crew were initially a bit skeptical of performing a Rennie Harris hip-hop piece.

Art:
Washed Away
"Engulfed by Katrina," a group show with 38 photographs, aims to remember the displaced and the dead.
by Mary Wilson
The group show features 38 photographs taken of the Gulf Coast before and after the hurricane, images that reveal a startling shift both in the landscape of the region and in the minutiae of daily life.

Now and Again
The Copy Gallery crew picks up where Black Floor left off.
by A.D. Amorosi
"We're interested in the anthropological aftermath of having no filtration," says Paparone. "We're hoping Copy Gallery will always be filled to the brim."

Web Exclusive
Books:
Leonard Part 41
CITYPAPER.NET EXCLUSIVE: Talking with Elmore Leonard on the release of his 41st(!) novel.
by Duane Swierczynski
"I'm always making it up as I go along," says Leonard. "I don't want the plot to be obvious. I want the reader to be surprised at what develops."

Book Review:
Reality Bites
Rant, by Chuck Balahniuk
by Mickey Jou
At first glance, Rant is a sci-fi mystery, not an anarchist's call to arms.

Theater Review:
Giver Delivers
People's Light's Family Discovery Series charts new ground with The Giver.
by Mark Cofta
The 1993 Newbery Award winner, sparingly adapted by Eric Coble as a 75-minute play, posits a gray future that recalls familiar science fiction conventions but from a 12-year-old's perspective.

Star Witnesses
Flashpoint Theatre Company completes its impressive third season with Gina Gionfriddo's sharp U.S. Drag.
by Mark Cofta
"You can get a lot of money," overeducated underachiever Allison realizes , "if you're in the right place when something bad happens."

Messing with the Bull
Wishing the Arden's pleasant but unremarkable Ferdinand the Bull followed the original more closely.
by David Anthony Fox
The Story of Ferdinand is now more that 70 years old, but it still has a lot to teach us.

Web Exclusive
V for Victory
Sanford Robbins delivers a clear, resourceful prodction of Henry V.
by Mark Cofta
Commentary on the art of theater occurs throughout Shakespeare's plays, but nowhere are audiences tutored so clearly as in Henry V: "Let us, ciphers to this great account/On your imaginary forces work."

Opera Review:
Full 'Staff
That the Opera Company's revival of Falstaff has proven so enjoyable is foremost a tribute to the changes worked by Music Director Corrado Rovaris.
by David Shengold
Shakespeare's beloved clown Sir John Falstaff has made his lewd, boozy way into several operas, but none as amusing, musically delightful and downright astonishing as Verdi's 1893 Falstaff.

ARTS AGENDA . Picks
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You Misplaced Those Topless Polaroids of Your Old High School Sweetie
by Tami Fertig
Thu., May 10, 8 p.m., Vox Populi, 319 N. 11th St., third floor
Philly Tap Challenge '07
by Mickey Jou
Where have all the tap dancers gone? For this weekend, at least, some of them will be gathered at Philly's Tap Challenge '07.
Dina Matos McGreevey
by Shaun Brady
Wed., May 16, 6 p.m., free, Borders, 515 Route 73 South
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