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215 Festival All-Stars Variety Hour

Tritone

1508 South Street

Fri, 8 p.m, $12

(215) 545-0475

www.215festival.com

Liberate your minds and come to a place where literature meets lyrics, authors are as entertaining as bands and musicians are as clever as novelists. A showcase for both established and rising artists, 215 Festival takes over the whole city, with shows taking place in various bars, auditoriums, theaters and museums. Come mingle with the intellectual all-stars on Friday night, and listen to the music of Les Sans Culottes and DJ Sara Sherr. Integrating the tiniest bit of English into their Fixation Orale disc, Les Sans are a fabulous combination of rock and pop -- a new breed of you-can-jump-up-and-down-to-it-but-still-feel-sophisticated-because-you're-dancing to-a-language-that's-not-English music.

Hyper-Runt

National Products Building

119 Arch Street

Fri, 7 p.m.-10 p.m., free

Sat, 9 p.m.-2 p.m., $10

Tue, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., $5 with student ID

www.inliquid.com/hyper-runt

Perhaps the word "hyper-runt" stirs up intense memories for you, bringing you back to the days when you were a hyperactive little seven year-old and your big brother always referred to you as a little runt. But don't be deterred -- this Hyper-Runt is an art show, dedicated to the constant blending of technology and culture. It emphasizes the drastic changing of our world as we know it, containing 3-D images, contemporary photography, web-art, trippy film clips, computer generated collages and other progressive, if not weird, pieces. Its focus on the bazaar is actually very interesting, as long as you suspend your typical expectations of a gallery exhibit. It's not your average runt.

International Joyce

Annenberg Center lobby

3680 Walnut Street

Mon-Fri,10 a.m.-6 p.m., free

(215) 898-3900

www.pennpresents.org

The story of Irish writer James Joyce is told through this collection of writings and other memorabilia on display at our very own Annenberg Center. 23 panels, all Joyce. That is so typical of him. I remember it was like 1898, no wait, 1899, and James and I had just spent the night together, and he's eating potatoes and drinking lager and he's all like, "Want to hear my newest ideas for a book?" and I'm just like, "You know James, don't you want to talk about me for once?" and he's just like, "Do both of your names start with the same letter and have one syllable each? Yeah, that's what I thought."

47th annual ebony fashion fair: Living it Up

Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall

260 South Broad Street

Sat, 2 p.m., $20 - $40

(215) 790-5800

www.kimmelcenter.org