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This Issue 02/01/2007

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• Daytripper: First Friday
• biddle law library
• Youtube clip of the week
• FISHER FINE ARTS LIBRARY
• Silicon smackdown

Say hello to my little friend

The Vagina Monologues

Irvine Auditorium

3401 Spruce St.

Until Feb. 9, Wed, 8 p.m.; $5

http://events.vday.org

It's time for Penn's annual production of the play that finally brought "vagina" into the national discourse. Before Eve Ensler's groundbreaking work premiered in 1996, it wasn't considered polite to talk about one's see-you-next-Tuesday in public. Contrast that to now, when you can barely walk down the street without hearing new and interesting details about some girl's hoo-ha. It's all very empowering, no matter how uncomfortable it makes us feel. Ensler's show, originally a series of real life-based personal monologues acted out by one woman, has taken on a life of its own on college campuses nationwide, where Valentine's Day has become synonymous with V-Day, a campaign to end domestic abuse against females. At Penn, for example, the student-acted and directed production raked in $20,000 last year. This year, proceeds are going to Women Organized Against Rape and Spotlight Campaign: Women in Conflict Zones. Behold the power of the vagina.

- Jacqueline Oxford

Strictly Ballroom

Dancing with the Stars

Wachovia Center

3601 S. Broad St.

Tue, 7:30 p.m.; $48.50-58.50

(215) 389-9552

www.comcastspectacor.com

If you're in the habit of making fun of people, Dancing With the Stars is basically a dream come true. What more could you ask for than has-beens, C-listers and one-hit wonders coming together to foxtrot their way towards the audience approval they so desperately seek? And if the weekly program isn't enough to satisfy your guilty pleasure quotient, a nationwide tour brings these salsa-ing stars to our own backyard. See Joseph Lawrence's newly-bald head up close in it all its shiny glory. Watch celebrity husband and wife team Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin further become parodies of their former selves. But most of all, be there to realize that (surprise!) for a former New Kid of Block, Joey McIntyre's still got some moves.

- Heather Schwedel

Fight for your rights

The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

International House

3701 Chestnut St.

Wed-Sun, 7 p.m.; $5-7

(215) 387-5125

www.ihousephilly.org