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Browse This Issue: September 3rd, 2009

This Week's Issue
Agenda Lead:
Grin and Bare It
Are you ready to bike in your birthday suit?
by Brian Howard
Bonus Web Content
"If you are worried about going completely naked, if you fear possible legal scuffles, don't go completely naked. Body paint can do wonders to disguise a little nudity. Try a sock. Even a little tape can do the trick."

Agenda Picks:
Generating: An Urban Storytelling Series
Tue., Sept. 8, 7 p.m., free, Mugshots CoffeeHouse & Café, 2106 Fairmount Ave., 267-514-7145, gasandelectricarts.org
by Morgan Davis
Attendees can swap their family's tales with others, all in the cozy atmosphere of a café.

Web Exclusive
From Washington to Waterloo
Sat.-Mon., Sept. 5-7, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m., free with $13.50-$17.50 admission, National Constitution Center, 525 Arch St., 215-409-6700, constitutioncenter.org
by Brion Shreffler
Despite the nonthreatening white tights, Napoleon was one heck of a military leader.

Web Exclusive
Shopping Spree:
SA VA Opening
1700 Sansom St., 215-587-0004, savafashion.com.
by Felicia D' Ambrosio
A homegrown sensibility informs SA VA's inventory, 65 percent of which is made in-house. Collections, all in women's sizes 2 to 16, are sorted by events.

Agenda Picks:
Hardcourt Bicycle Polo World Championships
Sat., Sept. 5, 9 a.m.-8 p.m., free to watch, Cohox Recreation Center, Cedar and Cambria streets; Sun., Sept. 6, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., free to watch, Cione Recreation Center, Lehigh and Aramingo streets, hardcourtbicyclepolofederation.com
by Holly Otterbein
If you're not familiar with the sport, it's like regular polo, but played without a horse and usually on a basketball court.

Dracula's Ball
Sat., Sept. 5, 8 p.m.-2 a.m., Shampoo Nightclub, 7th and Willow streets, 215-477-5161, draculasball.com
by Kristen Humbert
Ten years before Edward Cullen sent teenage hearts aflutter, fang fans were traveling to Philly to attend Dracula's Ball.

Punk Rock Dating Game
Fri., Sept. 4, 9:30 p.m., $3, Tritone, 1508 South St., 215-545-0475, tritonebar.com
by Kristen Humbert
If Match.com, JDate and Missed Connections are too mainstream for your taste, Psydde Delicious' dating event for punks might just pierce your fancy.

 
 
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