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Browse This Issue: January 21st, 2010

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Agenda Lead:
Orientation Ritual
A new poetry workshop helps younger LGBTQs navigate the tricky path to sexuality.
by Natalie Hope McDonald
Bonus Web Content
Some are questioning their gender. Others are coming out or dealing with sexual abuse. But there’s a shared thread for each person who attends the poetry workshops at The Attic Youth Center — they’re all LGBTQ-identified women meeting in a much-needed safe haven to talk about sex.

Agenda Picks:
Wounded Warriors
Mon., Jan. 25, noon-2 p.m., free, Houston Hall, University of Pennsylvania, 3417 Spruce St., 215-573-0917, cphi.upenn.edu.
by Mandy Bee
A good veteran's story will take you to the unfamiliar deserts of Afghanistan or Iraq, and make an often-unfathomable war real. Sadly, most Americans don't get a chance to hear these tales firsthand.

Queer Bait
Josh Middleton on the LGBTQ scene
by Josh Middleton
Bonus Web Content
"My Right Self" | Scene's One-Year Anniversary Party | Hydrate

Icepack
Amorosi on the news, nightlife, gossip and bitchiness beats.
by A.D. Amorosi
Icepack can't stress enough the continued need to take care of our Haitian brethren. See hpphilly.org for worthy efforts accepting donations.

Agenda Picks:
Elvis Birthday Bash
Fri., Jan. 22, 8 p.m., $34.50, Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside, 215-572-7650, keswicktheatre.com.
by Brendan Bianowicz
Why celebrate the birth of a man who died on his toilet 33 years ago?

Bye, Bye Big Boobies
Sat., Jan. 23, 9 p.m., $6 (dancing only)-$10 (dancing and show), Sisters, 1320 Chancellor St., 215-735-0735, sistersnightclub.com.
by Josh Middleton
If anyone knows boobs it's Sisters, the Gayborhood's premier lesbian nightclub.

Patrick Swayze Tribute Party
Thu., Jan. 21, 6-9:30 p.m., $25, Zesty's, 4382 Main St.; Society Hill Dance Academy, 4401 Cresson St.; 215-482-1611, philadelphia.singlesevents.com.
by Anna Lockhart
When Patrick Swayze died last September, so, too, did the hope that America might ever make another respectable dance movie.

MUSIC . Picks
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Fri., Jan. 22, 7 p.m., $10, with Animal Tropical and Faces on Film, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, r5productions.com.
by Patrick Rapa
The quirkiness level is way elevated. Not a problem yet, it's just ... be careful. I worry is all.
Fri., Jan. 22, 5:45 and 7:15 p.m., free with museum admission of $16, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Ben Franklin Pkwy., 215-763-8100, philamuseum.org.
by Shaun Brady
Suggesting a refresher on the sounds originally broadcast by the Jazz Messengers, the Jazz Update, Canadian-born saxophonist Jeff Antoniuk's Annapolis-based quartet, is aptly named.
Fri., Jan. 22, 8 p.m., $12, International House, 3701 Chestnut St., 215-387-5125, arsnovaworkshop.org.
by Shaun Brady
Ken Vandermark has never been shy about trumpeting his influences.
Sat., Jan. 23, 8 p.m., wait list only, with Susan Werner, Media Theatre, 104 E. State St., Media, 610-891-0100, mediatheatre.org.
by Carolyn Wyman
Probably no one was happier to see the '00s go than "folkabilly" singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith.
Thu., Jan. 21, 8 p.m., free, The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., arsnovaworkshop.org.
by Shaun Brady
The Inbetweens are a guitar-bass-drums trio of ex-New England Conservatory students who have doubled as the rhythm section for the Brooklyn Qawwali Party and Philly soul singer Candice Manson.
ARTS . Picks
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Through Jan. 24, $20-$25, Plays & Players Theater, 1714 Delancey St., 215-735-0630, playsandplayers.org.
by Mark Cofta
Only one weekend left to catch this new play by Nicholas Wardigo, ambitiously produced by Plays & Players, who also premièred the local playwright's Exit, Corpse last year.
 
 
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