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Browse This Issue: December 11th, 2008

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Very Merry
Buy Kenzo
by Andrew Thompson
A Very Kensington Christmas (it's got a ring to it, no?) offers a venue for local artists to vend handmade wares, hoping that getting something nobody else has trumps getting something everybody has.

Shopping Spree
Fashion > Forward
by Felicia D'Ambrosio
Punk Rock Flea Market | Omoi Turns 2 | Arcadia Holiday Trunk Show | Dilworth Plaza Christmas Village | Traveling Wares

Agenda Picks:
In The Event That...
You Still Have that Brokeback Mountain Costume in your Closet
by Holly Otterbein
Sat., Dec. 13, 7 p.m., $15-$20, Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St., 215-731-9255, aidsfundphilly.org/gaybingo

Just Do It
Shop, Rock & Roll
by Dianca Potts
Sat., Dec. 13, 2-6 p.m., $5-$10 (sliding scale admission), Old Pine Community Center, 401 Lombard St., 215-789-4879, girlsrockphilly.org

Just Do It
Annual Holiday Party and Threads of History Reception
by Dianca Potts
Fri., Dec. 12, 6-8 p.m., exhibit runs through Feb. 22, 2009, Fabric Workshop and Museum, 1214 Arch St., 215-561-8888, fabricworkshop.org

MUSIC . Picks
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Fri., Dec. 12, 8 p.m., $10, with Hymn for Her, The Discount Heroes and Dante Bucci, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.
by Deesha Dyer
"The songs are mostly about my experiences the last years in Philly."
Sun., Dec. 14, 7 p.m., $12, Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St., 215-928-0978, tinangel.com.
by M.J. Fine
Imagine an in-the-round show without a weak link.
Fri., Dec. 12, 8 p.m., $15, Settlement Music School, 416 Queen St., arsnovaworkshop.com.
by Shaun Brady
Too many visionary artists have to wait until after their death to finally receive their due. Andrew Hill managed to just beat that deadline.
ARTS . Picks
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Through Jan. 4, $30, Walnut Street Theatre, Independence Studio on 3, 825 Walnut St., 215-574-3550, walnutstreettheatre.org.
by A.D. Amorosi
The psychedelic Tuna series is a sharply snarky version of a dream — think Ken Kesey meets Kinky Friedman. And with its two-man tag-team of actors playing each and every of TC's 24 characters, it's a guaranteed trip.
"Luminous Communities: Shaping our Neighborhoods with Jell-O," through January 2009, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, 200 S. Madison St., Wilmington, Del., 302-656-6466, thedcca.org.
by Jakob Dorof
"What is beauty?" This has been the prompt for artists-in-residence at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts this year. But now that the program has coaxed Cali-based artist Liz Hickok back to her hometown, she's bringing a different flavor of beauty to the table: Jell-O.
 
 
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