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Chicken Soup for The Tween's Soul
What's better than a stocked mini bar and neatly folded toilet paper in your hotel room? On Demand movies!
Guides
Donetsk Ballet of Ukraine Northeast High School Cottman & Algon streets Thu, 7 p.m., free (215) 849-7950 www.internationalballet.org Ballet, like reading War and Peace, is one of those activities that people say that they would love to do in order to become more cultured, but when push comes to shove, there are relatively few ballet enthusiasts compared to, say, jazz enthusiasts or Death Cab enthusiasts.
Abstraction of color
Beauford Delaney mixes styles, colors and shapes to present his unique take on the world, and his progression from creating structured cityscapes and portraits to crafting abstract visions can be seen in the exhibit Beauford Delaney: From New York to Paris. The paintings are organized in clusters to reflect specific parts of Delaney's career: his early, more realistic work in New York, a partial recreation of the Pyramid Club exhibit in Philadelphia in 1947, and the abstractions in Paris.
Guides
Jewish Book Festival: Philly Writes! Open Mic Night The Gershman Y Broad and Pine streets Thu, 7:30 p.m., $12 (215) 446-3021 www.phillyjcc.com Philly writes!
A shark tale
Sharks are almost universally described as horrible animals. As best I can tell, this sentiment is largely because it is impossible for anything good to happen when a shark is around.
Guides
34th Annual Art & Food Festival St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church 817 N. 7th St. Fri, 11:30 a.m.‹¨«5:30 p.m., Sat, 12‹¨«5 p.m., Sun, 12‹¨«4 p.m., free (215) 922-9671 When I think Eastern European food, I think borscht.
Breaking a record
Walking into Philadelphia Record Exchange on 5th by South Street is something of a meta experience; there's almost too much to take in at once.
Wet hot american store
Looking for that old Peter, Paul and Mary album to play on your record player? Aching for that old-school Kryptonite pin?
Sticky situation
What makes small, independent theater worthwhile to visit, instead of going to a big-production Broadway costume musical?
Guides
Bavarian Oktoberfest Cannstatter Volkfest Verein 913 Academy Road Fri, 7 p.m., $7-$8 www.gtvalmrausch.org Lederhosen.
Let's make a deal
You've made it to mid-semester, but your wallet is in dire straits. You thought college would be about "money for nothing and chicks for free," but as you forage for soy crisp crumbs while wearing your ratty sweatpants, you realize that that maxim is only half-true.
Live nudes
Up close and completely exposed, the human body is far more fascinating and unsettling than anything even the most graphic science textbook can portray.
Bling is in bloom
Jewelry has been a fashion staple since your grandmother wore those white pearls to her afternoon tea.
Guides
Center City Arts & Culture Week Now through Sunday, Oct. 30, take advantage of half price tickets to many of Philadelphia's best exhibits and shows as part of Center City Arts & Culture Week.
Guides
Curator's Tour of The Real Thing and Why It Matters Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia 15 S.
Wanna play dress-up?
With Halloween just around the corner, it's time to stop studying for midterms and start thinking about your costume.
Hello Kitty
You probably walk past it all the time on your way to Monday night Quizo at New Deck, but you never actually stop inside.
"I'm not a very good-looking guy"
It's your guilty pleasure, your Tuesday night fix. It is MTV's The Real World, and in its 16th season, the show has mastered sucking in audiences to follow the famed "seven strangers" -- seven strangers who must be interesting if you're willing to watch them get wasted week after week, right? In response to this burning question, Street caught up with Wes, the strawberry-blond from The Real World: Austin, who stopped by Tiki Bob's Cantina in Northern Liberties last week.
Finian's folly
Seeking to appeal to a wide audience, Finian's Rainbow cloaks its complex themes of racism, political corruption and economic inequality beneath a whimsical, almost childlike, surface.
