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Strapped for Cash
Last ChanceWhy won't anyone take money donated by the fetish ball?
These fetishists are quite giving. All ball
proceeds, typically totaling more than $10,000, have gone to
local charities, including Action AIDS, MANNA and the Woodhull Freedom
Foundation. Regardless of the fetish ball's raison d'être, each charity
has taken the money — until now.
Catch it or regret it
The Clay Studio | 2424 Studios
Harry Potter and the Magical Muggle Museum
Pop Revisited
Tellabration 2009
Cut The Craft!
Philcon
Sun., Nov. 22, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., free with $6-$10 admission, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South St., 215-898-4890, museum.upenn.edu.
This third annual festival brings the wizarding world to life: Visitors
can play Quidditch on the lawn, attempt O.W.L. exams, design wands and even walk though a life-size re-creation of Diagon Alley.
Pop Revisited
Sun., Nov. 22, 7 p.m., $15, Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St., 215-928-0978, tinangel.com.
Her performance cycles through a mix of hit songs to piece together a
love story, while his pays homage to forgotten pop from the '90s.
Tellabration 2009
Sat., Nov. 21, 2 p.m., $8-$10, Church of St. Martin, 8000 St. Martin's Lane, 215-275-9324, patchworkstorytelling.org.
It takes cajones to be an good storyteller. Each
year, Tellabration is celebrated to honor these brave
souls and their fans.
Cut The Craft!
Sat, Nov. 21, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 22, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; free, 376 Shurs Lane, sardineclothing.com/CTC.
Bills decided to invite only crafters who make sustainable goods, including clothing, jewelry and artwork, to his show.
Philcon
Fri., Nov. 20, 6 p.m.-mid.; Sat., Nov. 21, 10 a.m.-mid.; Sun., Nov., 22, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; $25-$60, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2349 W. Marlton Pike, Cherry Hill, philcon.org.
Philcon, an annual conference held by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, tips its hat to all of sci-fi's offshoots.
Fri., Nov. 20, 8 p.m., $12, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St., arsnovaworkshop.com.
It's a meeting of two of the most influential regional collectives in
free jazz history — both born of the relatively barren Midwest — when
these two join forces.
Wed., Nov. 25, 9 p.m., $7, hosted by Reef the Lost Cauze, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
DJs Emynd and Bo Bliz, curators of high-energy year-themed parties,
will be packing the club and playing all hip-hop and pop hits from
1989.
Fri., Nov. 20, 9 p.m., $12-$15, with Nomad, L-Vis 1990, Bok-Bok, Kingdom, DJ Sega, Dirty South Joe, Flufftronix and Lady Prowl, Mad Decent Mausoleum, 531 N. 12th St., radsummer.com.
As dubsteppers go, 20-year-old Liam McLean (aka Bristol producer Joker)
seems nearly as focused on sparking dancefloors as he is on inducing
woozy, head-nodding hypnosis.
Tue., Nov. 24, 8 p.m., $11-$13, with Natural Selection, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.
If you've slept on N'dambi, it's time to wake up.
Mon., Nov. 23, 8 p.m., $5, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, arsnovaworkshop.com.
Ars Nova Workshop's Composer Portrait concerts have been illuminating
experiences, emphasizing the vision of some of modern jazz's greatest
figures.Sat., Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m., $12 with Aidan Baker, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.
As we inch into the frostier months, it's an apt time for the glacial,
richly enveloping abstract drone music that Montrealer Tim Hecker has
made his stock-in-trade for nearly a decade now.
Tue., Nov. 24, 7:30 p.m., $14, Free Library, Central Branch, 1901 Vine St., 215-567-4341, freelibrary.org.
Philadelphia's loss may have been Montreal's gain, but locally born Adam Gopnik writes as if he never left.
Fri., Nov. 20, 8 p.m., $7, Moore College of Art & Design, 1920 Race St., 215-965-4099, thesecretcinema.com.
The title says it all. Puppets? Fucking creepy.
Sat., Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m., $45, Central Bucks South High School, 1100 Folly Road, Warrington; Mon., Nov. 23, 7:30 p.m., $48, Haverford School, 450 W. Lancaster Ave., Haverford; 215-735-1685, avaopera.org.
Even when Giuseppe Verdi was not directly adopting Shakespeare for the
operatic stage, his work was Shakespearean in dramatic depth and
characterization.
Through Nov. 28, free, Projects Gallery, 629 N. Second St., 267-303-9652, projectsgallery.com.
It's the grit and grunge of city life that intrigue Jim Brossy. Sun., Nov. 22, 3 p.m., $29-$62, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215-893-1999, kimmelcenter.org.
The Ukrainians are coming, and in full force — all stamping, jumping and playing musical instruments at the Kimmel.
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