Unformal Wear, a local tee-shirt company that specializes in those tacky yet endearing tuxedo shirts, is hosting charity event, Rockin’ Cotton for a Cause, at the Field House to benefit cancer charity Alex’s Lemonade Stand.
As a part of Philadelphia’s QFest, Philadelphia’s LGBT film festival, Steve Brinberg will be performing his critically acclaimed Simply Barbra at the Arts Banks.
The only thing better than food is free food. Get your fill of samples from dozens of Philadelphia area restaurants like Cuba Libre and Tony Luke’s while enjoying the scenery of the Penn’s Landing Waterfront at the Taste of Philadelphia event.
As a finalist on Comedy Central’s Last Comic Standing, he proved his stand-up chops. This weekend famous stoner and VH1 regular Doug Benson (star of Super High Me) will be gracing Helium Comedy Club with his particular brand of acerbic wit and drug humor.
MUSIC
Thursday, 1/28: Wale with Chiddy Bang and Fly Gypsy, The TLA, $18-21, All Ages
Wale, the current king of the Baltimore hip-hop game, is bringing his B-more beats to the TLA.
Philagrafika 2010 is the first iteration of Philadelphia’s international print biennial, which hopes to put the city on the radar of the international art world.
WRITING
Wednesday, 1/20-3/17: One Book, One Philadelphia presents: The Complete Persepolis
Various Branches of the Free Library of Philadelphia
The Free Library of Philadelphia kicks off its annual citywide reading project with Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, everyone’s favorite graphic novel about growing up amidst the turmoil of the Iranian Revolution.
QUESTIONS:
Faced with the infamous button outside Van Pelt, you:
a) Have sex under it.
b) Smoke a cigarette while sitting near it.
c) Blog about it.
d) Take the kids you babysit to play on it.
You walk into Pottruck.
If you need a study break, your first thought might not be to go see a musical. But even if you’re not a Glee devotee, or a closet fan of High School Musical, there’s something undeniably heartwarming about seeing a cast of characters unrealistically break into song — especially live.