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Big Puns
Satiric hip-hop duo Rowan & Hastings calls it a day.
It ain't easy being half of a comedic hip-hop duo, but the naturally
funny Nathaniel Holt of Rowan & Hastings doesn't make it look hard.
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival New Filmmakers Weekend
IcepackSat., May 1-Mon., May 3, $5-$12, The Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St., 215-545-4400, pjff.org
The New Filmmakers Weekend rounds out the Philadelphia Jewish Film
Festival and marks the largest collection of films in PJFF's history.
Amorosi on the news, nightlife, gossip and bitchiness beats.
"Remember you wrote the very first press on this project and now I'm super fucking fancy?" laughs photographer Zoe Strauss, recounting how 10 years ago I devoted some ink to her sub-interstate exhibition at Front and Mifflin. "Isn't that crazy?"
Charlaine Harris
The Star-Spangled BadassWed., May 5, 7:30 p.m., free, Free Library Central Branch, 1901 Vine St., 215-567-4341, freelibrary.org.
Charlaine Harris is not the greatest writer of all time. The author of
the Sookie Stackhouse novels has no unique way with words — but goddamnit if they aren't the equivalent of literary crack.
Empty Shapes Philly Roller Girls
"I made the mistake of saying, 'Why can't you find anyone to sing the
national anthem? I can sing the national anthem,'" he says. "So I
became the impromptu man to sing the national anthem."
TrickGo Zine Yard Sale
Free Comic Book Day
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Demon Possession and Exorcism: Medical Explanations?
Sat., May 1, Zine Yard Sale, noon-4 p.m.; Collaborative Zine Release Party, 7-10 p.m., free, TrickGo Boutique, 1135 Pine St., trickgoclothing.com.
Courtney Brown and Jackie Barry, juniors at the University of the Arts,
have concocted an ambitious extracurricular activity: a zine yard sale.
Free Comic Book Day
Sat., May 1, freecomicbookday.com.
Nerds everywhere squeal! Free Comic Book Day is pretty
self-explanatory, a holiday to celebrate the graphic land of the comic
book
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Fri., April 30-Thu., May 6, various times, Roxy Theatre, 2023 Sansom St., 215-923-6699.
Sure, Scott and Crowe may tell it like it is, but Flynn will make you feel like a kid again.
Demon Possession and Exorcism: Medical Explanations?
Thu., April 29, 6:30 p.m., free, The College of Physicians, 19 S. 22nd St., 215-563-3737, collphyphil.org.
The 360-degree head spin, split-pea-soup projectile vomit, Linda Blair:
Stories of demon possessions and exorcisms cross cultures and
religions. But
they can't be real ... right?
Sat., May 1, 7:30 p.m., $10-$30, with Evan Greer and Roy Zimmerman, Crossroads Music, Calvary Church, 801 S. 48th St., 215-729-1028, crossroadsconcerts.org.
Saturday's May Day, the worldwide labor movement's day of celebration.
Fri., April 30, 8:30 p.m., $15; workshop, Sat., May 1, noon, $25; Philadelphia Ceili Group at Irish Center, 6815 Emlen St., 267-205-1188, philadelphiaceiligroup.org.
Seeking high-energy music based in the Irish tradition, but happy to hear the boundaries stretched a bit?
Sun., May 2, 8 p.m., $5-$10 donation, with Double Dagger, Lower Dens and Buck Gooter, Danger Danger Gallery, 5013 Baltimore Ave., myspace.com/dangerdangergallery.
For art-damaged neo-post-punkers, Baltimore's trio Future Islands comes
on disarmingly friendly-like at first, all bounceable blankwave beats
and twinkly electro-pop melodies.
Mon., May 3, 8 p.m., $30, with Death Vessel, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 215-627-1332, electricfactory.info.
Jón Þór Birgisson's surprisingly sprightly solo bow finds the
angel-voiced Icelander on earthlier if no less fantastical footing than
with Sigur Rós.
Fri., April 30, 8 p.m., $26, Grand Opera House, 818 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del., 302-652-5577, grandopera.org.
The description of this performance on the Grand Opera House's website
pegs Vijay Iyer as a "South Asian pianist," despite the fact that he
was born and raised in upstate New York.
April 30-July 25, $16, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Ben Franklin Parkway, 215-763-8100, philamuseum.org
Martha Colburn's Join the Freedom Force is a frenzied collage of protest.
May 5-9, $21.50-$126.50, Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St., 215-893-1999, paballet.org.
Springtime for Pennsylvania Ballet means an eclectic, electric quartet of dances.
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