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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.
True Confession Of an Ant lover
True Confessions of an Ant Lover: I first saw A Bug's Life as a young boy, not having yet tasted the bittersweet sweat of ant love.
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?
Shoutouts Fall 2006
To my well-endowed sister: Don't tell me I'm missing something and then stuff my bra with your dirty socks.
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.
How to Undress a Turkey
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, so to ensure that you don't celebrate a meal commemorating the destruction of indigenous cultures by uptight European religious zealots alone, here's a photo expos‚ on how to pork your poultry.
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.
Shoutouts Fall 2006
To my well-endowed sister: Don't tell me I'm missing something and then stuff my bra with your dirty socks.
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.
Annoying students
The Always Challenge the Professor-er This type can be spotted from a mile away. You know, the kid who is always shaking his head and raising his hand with an indignant smirk in the middle of the professor's sentence.
Fun for the Sleep Deprived
It?s that time of year again ? midterm season ? and Street knows that exams have got you stressed.
