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Slap Shtick
The creators of Jewtopia return with more Hebrew high jinks.
According to Wolfson, audiences respond well to the show because so
many of the stereotypes ring true: “Occasionally you’ll meet a Jew who
can change a spare tire — but not many.”
Sideshow Arts Demonstration and Talk
IcepackMon., Dec. 28, 7:30 p.m., $20 (e-mail kitsie@phillycircus.com). to register), Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, 5900A Greene St., 215-849-1991, phillycircus.com.
Sideshow arts expert David Smith will lead a discussion on how people eat fire, walk on hot coals, hammer nails into
their faces and perform a menagerie of other freakish acts.
We just got sucked into the Gosselin vortex, the douchebaggery of it all.
You know it's a silly world and the end of a douchebag decade when a D-list celebrity takes up head space and Trumps nearly all this holiday season.
Shopping SpreeFashion > Forward
Now that the holiday buying bonanza is over (and the return lines are just forming), it’s time to think about New Year’s Eve.
Moo Shu Jew Show
Mitch Fatel
LGBTQ Kwanzaa Celebration
Neighborhoods in Action
Thu., Dec. 24, 6 p.m., $62-$70; Fri., Dec. 25, noon, $45-$50; Joy Tsin Lau Restaurant, 1026 Race St., 215-545-4400, mooshujewshow.com.
For the second year, Kahaney will be hosting the Moo Shu Jew Show, a
mash-up of dining and comedy that celebrates the American-Jewish
tradition of eating Chinese food on Christmas.
Mitch Fatel
Sat., Dec. 26, 8 and 10:30 p.m., $25-$30, Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St., 215-496-9001, heliumcomedy.com.
Fatel’s a skillful showman who’s kind enough to perform the night after
Christmas — not for the money, he says, but because his perverted ass
really cares.
LGBTQ Kwanzaa Celebration
Sat., Dec. 26, 6-9 p.m., free, William Way Community Center, 1315 Spruce St., 215-732-2220, phillyblackpride.org.
Christmas may dominate most of December, but once Dec. 26 hits it’s time to light the kinara.
Neighborhoods in Action
Every Sat., 9 a.m.-noon, free, registration required, meet at Greater Philadelphia Cares, 100 S. Broad St., Suite 2200, 215-564-4544, philacares.com.
On the day after Christmas, you can volunteer for Greater Philadelphia Cares'
Neighborhoods in Action, which seeks to revitalize and restore blighted
communities.
Wed., Dec. 30, 9 p.m., $16, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
For the uninitiated, Joseph Arthur has a musical, vocal and lyrical
vibe somewhere between Sam Prekop (with guts) Nick Drake (without the
misty moors' weightiness or brow-beaten pain) and Peter Gabriel
(without the fretless tech).
Sat., Dec. 26, 10:30 p.m., $10, with Chris Kasper, Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St., 215-928-0978, tinangel.com.
Sure, they've got their requisite rockers.
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