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Wreck and Affect
Fest Bets: Week 3Thomas Frank is mad as hell, and he's not going to take it anymore.
"When I wrote What's the Matter With Kansas? it was about 50/50:
people that agreed with me and people that really, really disagreed in
a really visceral kind of way, And now I can't get anybody to defend
the Bush administration. The only defense people can come up with is to
say he's not a real conservative, which four years ago they would never
have said."
Short Previews
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Fantastic Four
Douglas Blau, R. Crumb, Kate Gilmore and Odili Donald Odita at the Institute of Contemporary Art
This sort of fetishistic contortion is something Crumb's fans come to
the show to admire, the limber young person offering surprisingly
juxtaposed views of a round-cheeked face and coordinating underpants.
VI Degress
Rock 'n' Roll
Center for Architecture Open House
Sat., Sept. 13, 8 p.m.; Sun., Sept. 14, 7 p.m.; $25, Mandell Theatre, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut St., 610-453-6365, gokashproductions.com.
This new play by Lincoln University grad Kash Goins dangles an intriguing juxtaposition.
Rock 'n' Roll
We get to enjoy Rock 'n' Roll for what it is: a clever, exuberant and often tragic exploration of the relationship between individuals and ideology.
Center for Architecture Open House
Now that the American Institute of Architects' Center for Architecture has found a new
space across from the Convention Center, Philadelphians
will be all the more encouraged to take a closer look at their own city.
Erotic Literary Salon
I thought some of it was pretty hot, but my companion was grossed out.
Then again, he's more accustomed to the Jenna Jameson oeuvre.
Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania
It's a shame most of us don't know much about the Leni Lenape people
beyond our third-grade lessons on Billy Penn and their appearance in
the works of James Fenimore Cooper.
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