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I Spy ICA
Institute of Contemporary Art 118 S. 36th St. Opening Sat, $3-6, free with PennCard (215) 898-7108 www.icaphila.org Locally Localized Gravity Artists are producers: it's a conclusion any good thesaurus could lead you to, but the ICA has latched onto the statement's metaphorical implications, inviting eight groups to install spaces that over 100 artists will use for some 75 events in the coming months.
Miss Scarlett, without the candlestick
The slogan of Scarlett Alley, a charming gift shop tucked into Old City, promises "statements" in art, furniture and giftware.
Daytripping Rocky Style
With the release of the latest Rocky film, Street thought that it was only appropriate that we begin the semester by taking a look at Philadelphia through the eyes of one of its all-time greatest heroes: Rocky Balboa.
Give me 5
Cin‚ma Fantastique Masterpieces of World Cinema - Early Rivette International House 3701 Chestnut St. Thu-Fri, 7 p.m.; Sat, 2 p.m.; Sun, 2 p.m.
Give me 5
GIve me Meryl Prime Richard L. Solomon Laboratories of Experimental Psychology Friday, 3 p.m. - 5 p.m., $29.99 (900) 647-2536 Are you daunted by the prospect of countless years in grad school?
Queen of the hill
Few voice-over performances have had the impact of Meryl Street's brief forays into two of Fox's animated mainstays, The Simpsons and King of the Hill.
Rules of the Street
You can too. Street brings you the top ten ways to get into an MFA program at Yale. Suck up to your professors.
The evolution of a theory
If you didn't know better you might think a three-month-long exhibition about the life and studies of Charles Darwin was irrelevant.
Give me five
KRAUT AND KAROLS Christmas Bazaar (Christkindlmarkt) German Society of Pennsylvania 611 Spring Garden St.
Those Dancing Feet
42nd Street is the kind of lavish musical extravaganza that modern musical love to mock. The costumes are elaborate - actresses parade onstage in gold sequins and pink chiffon - the songs are delightfully self-indulgent and the narrative is effortlessly wrapped up in a tight, neat bundle. Yet while shows in the vein of The Producers and Spamalot would certainly poke fun at the theatrical conventions currently on display at the Walnut Street Theatre, it is difficult not to be seduced by what amounts to a blissful presentation of a bygone era. First seen as a 1933 Warner Brothers film, 42nd Street has been reincarnated for the theater on numerous occasions throughout its 70-year history, including a Tony Award-winning run on Broadway in 1980 and an enormously successful revival in 2001. Originally choreographed by Busby Berkeley and with lyrics like, "I'll go home and get my panties / You'll go home and get your scanties / And away we'll go / Off we're gonna shuffle / Shuffle off to Buffalo," 42nd Street began its existence as a heartwarming respite from the Great Depression.
Breakin' out the Jew card
All of you circumcised (and lovers of those who are circumcised) people out there, take heart. No longer do you have to cower in fear that you'll fall behind in your Jewish IQ in the months between breaks.
Laugh it out
One thing that connects us all - beyond age, gender and cultural lines - is the appreciation of good comedy.
Listings
Rich Vos & Bonnie McFarlane Helium Comedy Club 2031 Sansom St. Tonight, 8 p.m.; Fri-Sat, 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m., $20-25 (215) 496-9001 www.heliumcomedy.com Aww, it's a husband-and-wife comedy team!
Your friends are talented
Tired of studying for midterms? Need to escape the mundane going-out routine of frat parties and Smoke's?
Extremely loud and incredible prose
Described alternately as a wunderkind and a hack, Jonathan Safran Foer entered the literary world with his first novel, Everything is Illuminated, at the age of 25.
Digging for Treasure
By now you are sure to have seen the posters. The red and gold colors of the painting contrast with the black background.
Extremely loud and incredible prose
Described alternately as a wunderkind and a hack, Jonathan Safran Foer entered the literary world with his first novel, Everything is Illuminated, at the age of 25.
Your friends are talented
Tired of studying for midterms? Need to escape the mundane going-out routine of frat parties and Smoke's?
Clippin' it old-school
Tucked away between Chestnut and Market Streets, you might easily go through your Penn years and not even know Ranstead Barber Shop exists.
