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Browse This Issue: September 9th, 2010

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Art:
The Sincerest Form of Flattery
Lucinda Childs is and always has been the master of maximum minimalism.
by Deni Kasrel
Dance is a creative composition of mathematical precision that explores the possibilities of a minimalist pattern through movement.

Arts Picks:
Man Bites Dog
Sept. 10-11 and 16, $15, Major Moment Studio, 1624 South St.

by Stephen Rose
Louis DeVaughn Nelson's multidisciplinary media satire asks one major question: What has this world come to?

Changing Places
Sept. 10-12, free, various locations.

by Julia Askenase
The project has 20 artists in 20 communities — in Philadelphia and abroad — collecting visuals and interviews to share stories of local change dealing with everything from gentrification to health.

Now Showing: In Real to Reel Live Action 3-D!
Sept. 9-12 and 15-18, $15, Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Ave., 215-413-1318, livearts-fringe.org.

by Molly Eichel
As long as the audience decides that what goes on behind the screen is more interesting than what's actually on it, Casaburdan Productions has succeeded.

9 mm of Love
Sept. 12-16, 9:30 p.m., $10, Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Ave.

by Molly Eichel
The only problem is, Jack thinks Q is a New Age therapist, not a cold-blooded killer.

Let's Face It!
Workshops, Sept. 12 and 15, 2 p.m., free, Book Trader, 7 N. Second St.

by John Vettese
Participants in Linda Dubin Garfield's regular self-portrait workshops learn to tell a life story through their own image.

Spill
Sept. 17, $10, Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, 5900A Greene St.

by Stephen Rose
Spill expresses anger, fear and loss through intense bodily contortions.

Shelf Life:
The Tao of Plot
Tao Lin is no Richard Yates.
by Justin Bauer
Alejandro Zambra's The Private Lives of Trees | Scarlett Thomas' One Tragic Universe | Tao Lin's Richard Yates

Kaleidoscope
Boat Hole | The Sun Also Rises | Decadere | Cédric Andrieux

Re-View:
Plus and Minus
Robin Rice on Visual Art: Mark Bennion and Alex Roskin at Wexler Gallery
by Robin Rice
The lighting in the gallery is as even and bright as one would expect, but memory recasts Bennion's abstract paintings in a dark setting, illuminated only by firelight or chinks of starlight.

ART . Blog Posts
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NBC is facing an interesting moment in the history their perennially dominant Thursday night comedy lineup. They arguably have the 4 funniest »»
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More than just the grafting of watch gears and typewriter keys onto modern appliances, Steampunk is a thriving culture of artists, engineers »»
by Jane Cassady
449 days ago
Devoted poet/avid concert-goer/nerd-grrrl extraordinaire Jane Cassady’s weekly horoscopes run in this space every Friday morning (and sometimes »»
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