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Agenda Lead:
Open Wide
Artists do it outside. And they want you to watch.
by Sam Kaplan
For four days, 36 artists will set up shop — from Fairmount Water Works down to Schuylkill River Park on the east bank, and in Bartram's Gardens on the west — and create work outdoors.

Agenda Picks:
Basseyworld Live
Sat., June 5, 8 p.m., $10-$15, Elena's Lounge, 4912 Baltimore Ave., 215-410-9879, basseyworldlivephilly.eventbrite.com.
by Nyidera Edwards
After getting her shine an impressive five times on Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry, Bassey Ikpi is now orchestrating her own solo show.

Clark Park Best Fest
Sat., June 5, 1-7 p.m., free, Clark Park, 43rd Street and Chester Avenue, clarkpark.info.
by Katy Bergen
Expect to experience everything from noise bands to dance performances, like punky Reading Rainbow, hip-hop crew Chosen Dance Co. and the Unidos da Filadelfia Samba School.

Nobuhiko Obayashi's House
Sat., June 5, 7 p.m., $8, Ibrahim Theater at International House, 3701 Chestnut St., 215-387-5125, ihousephilly.org.
by Molly Eichel
The idea of the evil abode — the ultimate safe space that is anything but — has been around since some guy figured out that people will pay money to have the shit scared out of them.

Festivale!
Sun.-Sun., June 6-13, various times, $10-$30, Philadelphia Arts Bank, 601 S. Broad St., 800-595-4849, traversetheater.tix.com.
by Josh Middleton
After last year's inaugural run, Festivale! creator T. Desiree Hines discovered that maintaining an annual LGBTQ-themed arts fest isn't a cruise through the gay park.

Icepack
Amorosi on the news, nightlife, gossip and bitchiness beats.
by A.D. Amorosi
After a relaxing weekend of ball punching, puck dropping and yelling about Israel busting up Turkish relief ships, it's back to the grind.

Peer to Peer
Brian James Kirk Geeks Out
by Brian James Kirk
Museum Without Walls | The Science of Tasting Beer and Pairing it with Food

Agenda Picks:
The Comedians of Chelsea Lately
Fri., June 4, 8 p.m., $35, Tower Theater, 19 S. 69th St., Upper Darby, 610-352-2887, livenation.com.
by Josh Middleton
Ten years ago, Loni Love enjoyed a normal life as an electrical engineer, performing standup on the side. But now that America's sister is flying high on the soul plane of success, it's making sense.

MUSIC . Picks
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Thu., June 3, 8 p.m., $17.50-$19, Balcony at the Trocadero, 1003 Arch St., 215-922-6888, thetroc.com.

by M.J. Fine
Love Carole King but don't want to shell out the big bucks/sit in the nosebleed seats/snooze through James Taylor's songs when the pair plays later this month? Try Diane Birch, who captures the spirit of King on her debut, Bible Belt.
Tue., June 8, 8 p.m., $10, with Vespertina and DJ Stoupe, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.

by John Vettese
Kevin Baldwin has two strengths: making the booming, brooding beats of '90s U.K. electronic music relevant in the '10s, and staying busy.
Fri., June 4, 9 p.m., $12, with Members of Morphine, M Room, 15 W. Girard Ave., 215-739-5577, themanhattanroom.com.

by M.J. Fine
Fans of early PJ Harvey and Carla Bozulich, here's your new heroine.
Sat., June 5, 2 p.m., $66, Festival Pier, Penn's Landing, 201 S. Columbus Blvd., livenation.com.

by Patrick Rapa
This is our Bonnaroo, people. Our Lollapalooza, our Coachella, our Sasquatch. Except we've got our hometown heroes running the show.
ARTS . Picks
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Through June 20, $10-$35, Latvian Society, 531 N. Seventh St., 267-909-3309, nicepeopletheatre.org.

by Mark Cofta
Jerry is a pedophile, that much we know; but can his family find a way to love him anyway?
Through June 20, $11-$20, Underground Arts at the Wolf Building, 340 N. 12th St., 847-309-1266, swimpony.org.

by Emily Currier
"We are humanity. We are here." That's the simple message NASA shot into space in 1972, with the hopes of communicating with intelligent life. Thirty-eight years later, brand-new theater company Swim Pony Performing Arts wonders what might happen if we finally received a response. "
 
 
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