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Summer nights with the World Music Festival

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Garden Variety

Summer nights with the World Music Festival

by A.D. Amorosi

Every Thursday throughout the summer, audiences will experience the worldly tones of Brazil, India and some Balkan dance music — all in the Tiberino Museum's lush garden area.

Shopping Spree

Fashion > Forward

by Monica Weymouth

Funky Vintage and Energizing Food | Omoi Tent Sale | Philadelphia Independent Craft Market | Yo Darkroom Designer Clothing Swap

Agenda Picks:

What We Heart

Shu Uemura Lashes

by Rebecca Grites

$16-$50 at Blossom Cosmetic Boutique, 13 S. State St., Newtown, 215-860-3388, shuuemura-usa.com

Just Opened

Big Green Earth Store

by Aaron Moselle

"We just want to have a place for anyone and everyone to come into — from the tree-hugger to the college student to the business professional — and have an option of making the planet a little better."

In The Event That

You Need Some Summer Booty

by Annamarya Scaccia

If Jack Sparrow and his naughty mates get your breeches wet, then Passional's Libertine Ball is your treasure chest.

Just Do It

Square Rootz Hella Hearts You Jam

by Liz Tung

Although '92 certainly recalls the halcyon days before George W. (or even feisty White House interns) was a speck in America's eye, Square Rootz is summoning a different kind of history — that of carefree summers.

ARTS AGENDA . Picks

Just Do It

David Maraniss

by Shaun Brady

Thu., July 10, 7 p.m., free, Free Library, Central Branch, 1901 Vine St., 215-567-4341, freelibrary.org

On The DL

Molly's Bookstore Closeout Sale

by Carolyn Huckabay

Thu.-Sun., July 10-13 and 17-20, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,Molly's Bookstore, 1010 S. Ninth St., 215-923-3367, mollysbooks.com

MUSIC . Picks

Noa Babayof

Tue., July 15, 8 p.m., $10, with Thinguma*jigSaw, Sharon Van Etten and Meg Baird, First Unitarian Church's Chapel, 2125 Chestnut St., 866-468-7619, r5productions.com.

by Shaun Brady

There's a crystalline quality that hangs suspended in the ether, yet scythes through the strange melancholy of her songs; imagine a shimmering chandelier in a funeral parlor.

Summer Organ Series at the Kimmel

Thu., July 10, 17 and 24, 7 p.m., $10, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215-893-1999, kimmelcenter.org.

by Peter Burwasser

There will be three consecutive Thursday night shows on the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ, each with a different soloist.

XPoNential Music Festival

Thu.-Sun., July 10-13, $40-$60 for four-day pass (one-day tickets $15-$25), Wiggins Park, Camden Waterfront, check xpn.org/festival08 for set times.

by Patrick Rapa

There are more bands playing WXPN's annual fest in Wiggins Park than I could name here.

ARTS . Picks

Niagara Falls

July 16-Aug. 2, 8 p.m., $25, Shubin Theatre, 407 Bainbridge St., 215-627-1088, quinceproductions.com.

by Deni Kasrel

"[I] wanted to do a play about what people say about gay people when they leave the room."

Spark Festival

Wed.-Sun., July 16-20, $10-$25, Plays and Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey Place, 215-413-7150, theatrealliance.org.

by Steve Cohen

Philadelphia Theatre Alliance does most of its work behind the scenes. But once a year, the organization takes a step out from behind the curtain for the Spark Festival.