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On A Roll
Shopping SpreeThe Liberty Belles are poised to win big at this year's derby.
The Liberty Belles want revenge. To get it, they'll have to do well at this weekend's derby.
Fashion > Forward
Finding a bikini that could contain the monsters without evoking Auntie
Pearl in her bathing cap has occupied my last five springs, with poor
results
Get Your Swap On
Making Time Pool Party
Bicycle: People + Ideas In Motion
Ben Bailey
Haunted Poe Cabaret & Doll-Crafting Workshop
Sun., June 28, 1-4 p.m., $5, The A-Space, 4722 Baltimore Ave., the-aspace.org.
This Sunday, the A-Space is doing something just for the fat-bottom girls: a plus-sized clothing swap.
Making Time Pool Party
Sat., June 27, 3-11 p.m., $12 (without round-trip shuttle from Philly)-$17 (with shuttle), Flying W Airport & Resort, 60 Fostertown Rd., Medford, N.J., 866-468-7619, r5productions.com.
Philly's monthly dance party is flying from the floors of Pure to a giant, airplane-shaped pool in South Jersey.
Opening reception Fri., June 26, 6-8 p.m., exhibit through October 13, Moore College of Art & Design, 2000 Ben Franklin Parkway, 215-965-4027, moore.edu.
The exhibit features vintage, folding and hand-built bikes;
photographs and videos of the Philadelphia International Cycling
Champion Race and Neighborhood Bike Works; and the unveiling of the
bicycle prototype for Bike Share Philadelphia.
Ben Bailey
Thu., June 25, 8 p.m.; Fri-Sat, June 26-27, 8 and 10:30 p.m.; $15-$30, Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St., 215-496-9001, heliumcomedy.com.
"I'm fine with being the Cash Cab guy, but I really wanna show them that I'm more than the Cash Cab guy. That sounds really Afterschool Special, doesn't it?"
Haunted Poe Cabaret & Doll-Crafting Workshop
Thu., June 25, 1-3 p.m. (workshop), 9-10:30 p.m. (cabaret), $5-$25, The Latvian Society, 531 N. Seventh St., 215-627-2577, bratproductions.org.
Dame Darcy will show students how to mold, sculpt, paint and
sew their very own Lenores, Virginia Clemms and Madeline
Ushers.
Fri., June 26, 9 p.m., with Buried Beds and Missing Palmer West, North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St., 215-787-0488, northstarbar.com
Don't lump in The Most Serene Republic with Arcade Fire, Stars and Broken Social Scene and then call it a day.
Sun., June 28, 9 p.m., $8, with Starving the Tsunami, Our Fair City and Red and Orange, Manhattan Room, 15 W. Girard Ave., 215-739-5577, themanhattanroom.com.
Violent Kin does make music, and it's dreamy, catchy, spooky rock and roll.
Opening reception Sat., June 27, 5-9 p.m., free, exhibit through July 30, Mew Gallery, 906 Christian St., 215-625-2424, mewgallery.org.
Five months ago, Darla Jackson created "A Miniature Ocean," inspired by a book
she read that compared the growing belly of an expecting mother to a
miniature ocean.
Opening reception Fri., June 26, 7-10 p.m., free, exhibit through Aug. 31, Jinxed, 620 S. Fourth St., 215-978-5469, wthnphiladelphia.com.
Artists Ed Looram, Isaac Ramos, Jeremy Dean, Lorin Brown and Nick Hans
remember a time before the words "iPod" and "Internet" were crammed into their vocabularies.
Opening reception Thu., June 25, 5:30-7:30 p.m., free, exhibit through July 22, CFEVA Gallery, 1521 Locust St., 215-546-7775, cfeva.org.
Dylan Vitone, in capturing the dreariness of depressed
urban landscapes, utilizes ultrachrome prints produced from eight
disparate images to render a 360-degree view.
Wed.-Fri., June 24-26, 8 p.m.; Sat., June 27, 2 and 8 p.m.; $20, Metropolitan Opera House, 858 N. Broad St., hiddencityphila.org.
History comes into play when Group Motion Dance Co., as part of Hidden
City Philadelphia's closing weekend, collaborates with abstract,
site-based choreographer Wally Cardona and innovative performance
composer Phil Kline.
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