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Fight For Your Rite
A group of strangers struggles to create a ritual.
The details of the piece quickly, and finally, solidified. In the
first act, participants depict the ills of consumption. Through song,
Wiegand focuses on overeating and buying. Conversely,
Hatzell's dance and monologue piece is
inspired by a very different type of excess: overthinking.
Seampoets
Fashion > Forward
Every piece is one-of-a-kind, from the layout and design to colors and
embroidery. The screenprinting studio lives in Michael's home, while
Michelle's house has a dedicated sewing lab. Both artists emphasize
that their work is a true joint effort.
Zombie Talent Show
Art Star Craft Bazaar
Animation Block Party
The Zine
Check out local undead performers using their brrraaaiiinnnsss.
Scheduled acts include a zombie PowerPoint and a zombie-flavored
performance of Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive."
Art Star Craft Bazaar
My, how this little art show's grown.
"With about 145 artists participating and only so much table space,
we've had to become more selective. At first, we didn't
jury our shows. But now we have to."
Animation Block Party
NYC's animated celebration wises up and comes to Philly.
This year, the Animation Block Party is coming down to
the Sixth Borough to air the 20 best animated films from the festival's
past five events.
The Zine
"People want to read something and hold it in their hands."
Zine isn't a derogatory term." It's not a magazine's ugly stepsister or
a book's malnourished kid brother, but rather, "zines have a feeling of
something that's been produced by hand."
Sat., May 30, 9:30 p.m., $12, with Gentleman Reg and Blame the Patient, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
Colonia, the intriguing new album A Camp, is inspired by themes of colonialism and empire,
blending savage and majestic imagery and kicking off with a surreally
terrifying joint coronation/decapitation.
Tue., June 2, 7 p.m., $8-$20, with Grizzly Bear, The Trocadero, 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE, thetroc.com.
Here We Go Magic swirls a kinda-'90s lo-fi approach with a whole host of late-'00s hipster-hippie tropes.
Thu., May 28, 9 p.m., $15, with Old School Freight Train; Fri., May 29, 9:30 p.m., $15, with The New Familiars and The Mural and The Mint, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
Hoots and Hellmouth are a bunch of outdoorsy musicians who like to stomp and holler in
a Pentecostal frenzy. Is there any re-creating that furor in the
clinical recording setting?
Thu., May 28, 9 p.m., $10, with Mill Millionz, The Mighty Onez, Mikey Galactic, Nahki and more, 69th Street Lounge, 7049-51 Terminal Square, Upper Darby, 267-991-4045, myspace.com/raywellzcalmdown.
Last year, up-and-coming rapper Randolph "ILLman" Yelverton was murdered.
Fri., May 29, 9:30 p.m., $10, with Allright Junior, Atom Storage, Undercast and Stonethrown, Tritone, 1508 South Street, 215-545-0475, tritonebar.com.
If Surgeon thrashed the living fuck out of your speakers on Angry Guest, wait till you hear what they've cooked up since.
May 30-June 14, $18, Walnut Street Theatre Studio 5, 825 Walnut St., 215-316-1361, philadelphiatheatreworkshop.org.
Imagine a book club. Then imagine a butcher shop. Now imagine them smashed together like chocolate and peanut butter.
Opening reception Sat., May 30, 3-5 p.m., exhibition through Aug. 1, The Print Center, 1614 Latimer St., 215-735-6090, printcenter.org.
The 33 winning pieces in this Print Center group show include an Ohio
undergrad's massive web of intricate gray lines, a Tyler alum's paean
to solitude and an octogenarian's cartoonish bubblegum cityscape.
Fri., May 29, 7:30-8:30 p.m., free, Liberty Lands Park, 913 N. Third St., 215-627-4633, breadandpuppet.org.
When Bread & Puppet Theater visited Philly in 2000, dozens of its
members got arrested for suspected terrorist activity.
Exhibition runs June 3-21, free; artist talk and benefit reception, Sun., June 7, 2-5 p.m., $25; Crane Arts Building, 1400 N. American St., 215-232-3202, cranearts.com.
Susan M. Hess' needlework, precious and proper, depicts Emily Dickinson's words.
June 3-7, various times, $10-$15, UArts Dance Theatre at the Drake, 1512 Spruce St., 215-359-7775, newfestival.net.
Philly's so bursting with talented dancers these days, it's hard to keep track. Thank goodness for nEW Festival.
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