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Browse This Issue: March 4th, 2010

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Agenda Lead:
On a Wing and a Prayer
Swallow Your Pride follows six Wing Bowl-ers, including hometown hero Bill "El Wingador" Simmons.
by Josh Middleton
Bonus Web Content
The film spotlights various competitors qualifying for the chance to compete in the 2005 competition, but the bulk of the film chows down on El Wingador's rematch with The Black Widow, who he believes should not have won in 2004.

Peer-to-Peer:
Warning: Graphic Content
Brian James Kirk geeks out
by Brian James Kirk
Comic book artists Jamar Nicholas and Josh Neufeld use a combination of words and images as a powerful method of storytelling.

Agenda Picks:
Anti-Bestiality Educational Awareness
Tue., March 9, 10 p.m., $3, Bob and Barbara's, 1509 South St., 215-545-4511, swellco2000.com.
by Julia West
"People should avoid having sex with their pets," says Swellco & Swellco's Robert Brown. Truer words were never spoken.

Puppet Uprising's Julius Caesar
Thu.-Mon., March 11-15, 8 p.m., pay-what-you-can (Thu. preview)-$20, 267-909-2633, puppetuprising.org.
by Emily Currier
For a simultaneously schizophrenic and appetizing play, the five-company production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar fits the bill.

Icepack
Amorosi on the news, nightlife, gossip and bitchiness beats.
by A.D. Amorosi
My Music Issue Ice is nice because as I wrote it I sang "You're So Vain" backward while whispering David Geffen's name. I did.

Agenda Picks:
Red Bowl Bike Coalition Fundraiser
Sat., March 6, 2-6 p.m., $10-$15, North Bowl Lounge, 909 N. Second St., 215-242-9253, northbowlphilly.com.
by Julia West
Despite the recent Snowpocalypse, the Bicycle Coalition is throwing an indoor bash as a way to turn a hopeful eye to a warm, flurry-free spring.

Womyns Fest
Sun., March 7, 7-11 p.m., free, Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., 215-573-3234, therotunda.org.
by Julia West
Musical guests include folkers Victoria and the Spaeth Cadets, dance and poetry from Dragoness, southern fried rockers Dolly Trolly and a surprise, unlisted band.

David Goodis to a Pulp
Fri., March 5, 8:30-10 p.m., $10, Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. Eighth St., 215-923-0210, societyhillplayhouse.org.
by Mandy Bee
Director Larry Withers' fascination with the writer began when he found out that Goodis was secretly married to Withers' mother in the '40s.

ARTS . Picks
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Through March 21, $22, Iron Age Theatre at Centre Theater, 208 DeKalb St., Norristown, 610-279-1013, ironagetheatre.org.
by Mark Cofta
Iron Age Theatre co-directors Randall Wise and John Doyle seem to like a good history lesson.
March 9-14, $25-$59.50, Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St., 215-731-3333, kimmelcenter.org.
by Emily Currier
Fresh from guesting on So You Think You Can Dance in December, the Groovaloos are breaking and battling their way to Philly.
 
 
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