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Agenda Lead:
Lean Bach
Get hands-on Philly at the Rosenbach.
by Natalie Hope McDonald
For fans of the Rosenbach's don't-touch antiquarian arsenal, they've begun offering special "hands-on tours," including ones focused on Philadelphia's rich cultural history in the arts and crafts, entitled Made in Philadelphia and Philadelphia Artists.

Shopping Spree
Fashion > Forward
by Felicia D'Ambrosio
Penelope Rakov Trunk Show | End of Season Sale at Vagabond | Immortal Uncommon Resale 12th Anniversary Sale | Pre-Valentine's Day Lingerie Trunk Show at TONY

Agenda Picks:
Just Do It
Benjamin Long's "Mini-Portraits"
by Jakob Dorof
Through Feb. 22, Art Star, 623 N. Second St., 215-238-1557, artstarphilly.com

In The Event That...
You always thought Tori Spelling was a man
by Katie Karas
Beverly Hills 90210, Live! | Sat., Feb. 7, 10 p.m., $5, Latvian Society, 531 N. Seventh St., bittercocktail.org, e-mail jj@bittercocktail.org to reserve tickets

Just Do It
Glass Bead Studio Valentine's Day Open Studio and Show
by Lauren Fleming
Sat.-Sun., Feb. 7-8, noon-6 p.m., free (glass class, $70), 2245 Grays Ferry Ave., 215-546-3735

Just Do It
All You Can Eat: How Hungry Is America?
by Natalie Hope McDonald
Feb. 10, 6:30 p.m., free, University of Pennsylvania Fisher Fine Arts Library, Fourth Fl., 220 S. 34th St., joelberg.net

In The Event That...
He's Not That Into Ewe
by Lauren F. Friedman
The Score: How the Quest for Sex Has Shaped the Modern Man with Faye Flam | Thu., Feb. 5, 6 p.m., $10, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South St., 215-898-5093, museum.upenn.edu

MUSIC . Picks
RSS
Thu., Feb. 5, 8:30 p.m., $25-$27, with Heartless Bastards and Patrick Sweany, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 215-336-2000, electricfactory.info.
by Dianca Potts
Since they debuted in 2002, they've scored gigs with Devo and Radiohead, and snuck some catchy, gritty, foot-stompin’ rock 'n' roll songs onto otherwise glossy movie and TV soundtracks.
Sun., Feb. 8, 3 p.m., $33-$115, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215-893-1999, kimmelcenter.org.
by Peter Burwasser
Perhaps no work of Shostakovich is more emblematic of his controversy-filled career than the Seventh Symphony. Premièring in 1941 and dedicated to the besieged city of Leningrad, it was immediately hailed as a grand gesture of defiance against the Nazi menace.
 
 
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