34th Street Magazine is part of a student-run nonprofit.

Please support us by disabling your ad blocker on our site.

Tweet of the Week

Trips

IKEA Shopping Trip Sansom Place East Lobby Sun, 11 a.m., $2, (Bought Items Must Fit on Lap or Under Seat) A famous fictional character once wondered, "What kind of dining set defines me as a person?" If you are Jack's need to coordinate your dorm furniture, grab a ride to IKEA.

by 34TH STREET

Blood

Blood Drive for the American Red Cross The Palestra 224 S. 32nd Street Thu, 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Your Blood http://penn.givesblood.org Everyone loves a good blood drive.

by 34TH STREET

Films

SALMA HAYEK FILMS AT THE GSC Graduate Student Center 3615 Locust Walk Thu, 7 p.m., Free http://www.upenn.edu/gsc/programs/film.htm Hot Latina vixen, or perverts who like watching her in groups, seeks audience for mutual fun.

by 34TH STREET

Music

Queens of the Stone Age Tweeter Center at the Waterfront 1 Harbour Blvd. Camden, N.J. Fri, 8 p.m., $35-45 (856) 365-1300 http://www.tweetercenter.com/ You've seen their videos on MTV.

by 34TH STREET

Eat With Your Hands

Saunter down good ol' Locust Walk just a little further west than normal and you'll come upon a rather nondescript palace of taste bud heaven. Abysinnia is authentic Ethiopian cuisine -- and you'll know from the extensive collection of crafts, artwork, and furniture that encompasses the abode.

by KEVIN LO

Sports

Open Hockey Class of 1923 Ice Rink 3130 Walnut Street All week, 8:15-9:45 p.m., Free with PennCard (215) 898-1923 Lose a few teeth and look like a screwed up Canuck.

by 34TH STREET

Arts

Have a Bite: 20th Century Flatware Philadelphia Museum of Art 26th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway Through Oct.

by 34TH STREET

Guides

Bon Jovi Veterans Stadium 3551 S. Broad St. Sat., July 26 7 p.m., $55-75 (215) 685-1500 Now, I'm not in particular what you would call a Bon Jovi fan.

by 34TH STREET

Guides

Divine Union: The Transformation of Desire in Himalayan Art Philadelphia Museum of Art 26th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway Ongoing, $10, $7 for students 215-763-8100 I went to Amsterdam over spring break, and as part of the seediness in that generally beautiful city, there's an actual museum dedicated to just, well, SEX.

by 34TH STREET

Guides Listings

Philadelphia Charge vs. San Diego Spirit Villanova Stadium 800 Lancaster Ave. Villanova, Pa. Sat, June 14, 8 p.m. $10-30 (215) 467-GOAL www.philadelphiacharge.com The Philadelphia Charge were on my flight out to California in April, and I sat behind Lorrie Fair and next to Jenny Benson.

by 34TH STREET

Cityscape: Eastern State Pleasantry

Do not visit Eastern State Penitentiary if you, like me, have to count your irrational fears on both hands: clowns, rodents, the elderly -- need I go on?

by CLARE OCONNOR

Listings: Arts/Culture

Lecture: Catherine Edelman Gallery of Contemporary Photography CBS Auditorium 320 South Broad Street Thu, April 24, 1 p.m. Free Contemporary art in general often misses the mark.

by 34TH STREET

Listings: Penn Events

Virgins or Erotomaniacs: Blossoming Sexuality in Late 19th Century Jaffe Building 201 3405 Woodland Walk Free Ha!

by 34TH STREET

Listings: Concerts

Dixie Dregs Theater of the Living Arts 334 South Street Thu, April 24, 9 p.m. $25 adv/ $28 dos www.ticketmaster.com I do not completely understand when musicians disband and then get back together about twenty years later.

by 34TH STREET

Listings: Concerts

Everclear Electric Factory 421 North 7th Street Thu, April 17, 8 p.m. $16.50 adv/ $18.50 dos www.ticketmaster.com In honor of Spring Fling last weekend, my friends and I attempted injecting Everclear into oranges we had stolen from 1920 Commons.

by 34TH STREET

Listings: Arts

Exploring Alaska: Treasures From the Ewell Sale Stewart Library Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway April 17 - June 15, 10 a.m.

by 34TH STREET

Listings: Penn Events

TIMMY O'NEILL "URBAN APE RETURNS HOME" Logan Hall Room 17 249 South 36th Street Thurs, April 17, 8 p.m. Free dolphin.upenn.edu/~upoc/ This is an event for people who like doing things like hiking and have a sense of humor.

by 34TH STREET

Art Attack: Own Your Own Dandy Warhols

Art makes me nervous -- especially the "contemporary" kind that shuns sweeping landscapes and pink water lilies.

by CLAIRE OCONNOR

Listings: Fresh Air

Seventh Annual Manayunk in Bloom Main Street Sat, April 19, 12 p.m. Free Maude once famously asked "Who sends dead flowers to a funeral?" and then answered that nobody sends dead flowers to a funeral, so why do people insist on wearing black?

by 34TH STREET

Listings: Get Famous

Auditions for Second Annual Short Festival Play Colonial Playhouse Ridley and Magnolia Avenues Aldan, Pa. Mon, April 21, 7:30 p.m. (610) 622-5773 So you're thinking this is your big break.

by 34TH STREET

PennConnects

Most Read