KEEPIN' IT FRENCH: Philly's Bastille Day celebrations

Though Philly's day to shine is indubitably on the Fourth, many locals extend brotherly loving arms to the French to pay celebrate France's Bastille Day.

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KEEPIN' IT FRENCH: Philly's Bastille Day celebrations

POSTED: Friday, July 13, 2012, 11:00 AM

Filed Under: Arts | Events

Though Philly’s day to shine is indubitably on the Fourth, many locals extend brotherly loving arms to the French to pay celebrate fourteenth, aka France's Bastille Day. After all, Philadelphians have plenty to thank the French for — from the design of City Hall to the Champs-Élysées-inspired Ben Franklin Parkway.

➤ The Philadelphia Museum of Art (2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.) begins the weekend celebrations tonight at 5 p.m. with a Bastille-influenced Art After 5, which coincides with the reopening of the Rodin Museum. The evening will include confetti cannons, go-go dancers, a cardboard version of Parisian attractions and a bawdy performance by experimental cabaret group The Bearded Ladies, who will undoubtedly be dressed in their Marie-Antoinette best.

➤ Cinephiles will get their fill tonight at International House (3701 Chestnut St.), where there will be a screening of Jacques Tati’s legendary 1958 film, Mon Oncle, at 7 p.m. Following Monsieur Hulot, the flick hints at the evils of consumerism as it flashes through his family’s lavish ultramodern home and prosperous hose factory. In spite of the message, there will be plenty of wine to consume afterward.

➤ When you're good and pre-gamed, get set for plenty of Francophilian shenanigans on July 14. At 4:30 p.m., Eastern State Penitentiary (2027 Fairmount Ave.) will also play home to The Bearded Ladies, who will take bystanders on a two-hour musical history lesson of the French Revolution. Expect beheadings, stilts, Ben Franklin, a bigass catwalk and a tempest of Let-them-eat-Tastykakes.

➤ At 6:30 p.m., London Grill (2301-2303 Fairmount Ave.) will host a block party complete with performances by The West Philadelphia Orchestra and The Hot Club of Philadelphia. Meanwhile, its neighboring sister restaurant, Paris Wine Bar, will pacify tamer attendees with a chill set by Philly guitarist Mike Kennedy.

Viva La Revolución, bitches!

(andrew.wimer@citypaper.net) (@androokangaroo)

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