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Guides
Australian Wine Tasting Independence Seaport Museum 211 S. Columbus Blvd. and Walnut Street Thu, 6:30 p.m.
BAM! ('s Uncle)
MTV has created a monster. The monster stands about five-foot-six and weighs a generous 260 pounds.
Don't drop the soap
It's that time of year again, when the disgusting, frightening and plain old spooky demons of the night come out of the woodwork to scare the bejesus out of us normal, well-adjusted citizens.
Guides
Pennsylvania Ballet's Thursday Night Jumps World Cafe Live 3025 Walnut Street Thu, 5:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m., free (215) 551-7000 Being a Quaker is full of stress.
Hobo couture
You know that feeling. That feeling you get when you wear that new sweater wrap, and everyone keeps asking where you got it, and you simply don't want to tell?
Girl-on-girl action
Get merry, get naked. Bras and Beaters Fergie's Pub 1214 Sansom Street Fri and Sat, 7 p.m., $10 (215) 413-1318 Odds are high that if you're past puberty, you've been scorned once or twice by the opposite sex.
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Patio Plastico Cinemagic 3925 Walnut Street Thu-Fri, 7 p.m., Sat-Sun, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., $20 (215) 413-1318 Seriously, what clown decided to shut down Cinemagic?
Taxidermist's delight
Where else can one find a real mummified human corpse, stuffed pandas, and a full fledged T-Rex skeleton besides the Academy of Natural Sciences?
WoodChuck Chuck
Although it sometimes seems as though Wharton gets all the glory around here with their billion dollar facilities, P.I.M.P.
Have yourself a good cry
The sign on the door of the unassuming Walnut Street gallery reads "exhibit may not be suitable for children," and a dark blue curtain hides the display from any passerby that may be disturbed by its content.
Guides
Andrew's Video Vault The Rotunda 4012 Walnut Street Thu, 8 p.m., free (215) 573-3234 Every second Thursday at the Rotunda, Andrew's Video Vault serves up free screenings for your enjoyment.
Disappointments of the world unite
It's 3 p.m. on a Friday and your friends are planning a trip to the wonderfully trashy Atlantic City (A.C.
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Jonathan Hertzel James A. Michener Art Museum 138 S. Pine St. Sun, 12 p.m. -- 5 p.m., $4 (215) 340-9800 www.michenerartmuseum.org/ Outdoor sculpture exhibitions are the best.
Freud -- to a tune
Moss Hart, Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin must have had copies of Hamlet firmly in hand while collaborating on Lady in the Dark. The protagonist of this 1941 musical, Liza Elliott, is repeatedly faulted as a woman who, like our favorite Dane, "can't make up her mind." For Penn's Theatre Arts Program, Lady in the Dark represents an ambitious undertaking.
Guides
A Reading With Joshua Gamson Giovanni's Room 345 S. 12th St. Thu, 5:30 p.m., free (215) 923-2960 Wondering what's on the agenda this week at our friendly gayborhood LGBT bookstore?
Do you pronate?
With the plethora of sports-gear vendors like eastbay.com, City Sports, Footlocker and even the shop at Pottruck, one might wonder, "Why should I schlep downtown to five-month-old Philadelphia Runner?" Well, aside from the fact that you can lunch at nearby Brasserie Perrier, visit Runner because its not just a runner's store, but a runner's "community." According to owner and manager Bryan Mahon, his goal for the store "is to become the Town Square of Philadelphia's runners' community," selling not only merchandise, but better yet, "knowledge, service and enthusiasm." All of the staff are serious runners, and assess customers' feet type and stride in order to fit them with the best shoe.
Guides
Fiber Artists: Emily Richardson/Nelda Warkentin Gross McCleaf Gallery 127 S. 16th St. Thu, 10 a.m.
Funkin' 'a'
One, two, three and four, five, six, seven, and eight." These sounds of drilling dancers to perfection are the first things I hear above my own desperate gasps for air as I scale the steps of Pottruck Fitness Center (perhaps it's been a little too long since I last visited the gym) to watch Strictly Funk's reherse for their spring show.
Thank you Jesus
It is no coincidence that America's first candy shop -- Shane Candies Company -- is also the site of the printing of America's first Bible.
