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Last October, my father and I hung out at the Philly Style sponsored Kimmel Center screening event for the world premiere of The Mighty Macs, local director/writer/producer Tim Chambers’ film based on hard charging coach Cathy Rush and the true story of the 1971-72 Immaculata College girls’ basketball team. We sat in the theater with a bunch of nuns from Immaculata and, I have to say, never was such drunken revelry more apparent — Flyers and Mummers drunk, I’m talking. OK, I kid, sisters. More like Philadelphia-soul boozy.
Still I couldn’t help but wait patiently for the DVD release party for The Mighty Macs and that happened at The Independence Seaport Museum at Penn’s Landing on Tuesday night. Chambers met with guests ranging from Philly film-and-cheesesteak king Tony Luke Jr. and his Concrete Blonde pal, Top Chef Jen Carroll, and film org maven Sharon Pinkenson and a klatch of local television news-ters. That doesn’t sound half as drunked-up as the first Mighty Macs party, but, then again, I’m guessing a lot of liquor-loving nuns might have sat this one out.
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For 14 years, Philadelphia’s Art Sanctuary (628 S. 16th St., 215-232-4485) has been providing a much-needed outlet for African-American creativity. The gallery space functions as classroom, studio and community center while striving to unite communities in an artist’s sanctuary. For the month of February, the Center is getting creative with music and literature, offering new insights into black history.
If you’re pissed at the current state of affairs, get off that sad high horse and create your own reality. According to the hedonist masterminds at Swellco & Swellco, it's really that simple. Through performance, video, music and commentary, the Swellco crew has carved out a unique space between fiction and reality. Their psychodelic spin on subversion has often led viewers to ask the question, “What is this?”
Get in on the crazy this Saturday for their highly anticipated Anti-Inhalant Educational Outreach Event, featuring performances from drag queen Needles Jones (pictured), Louise LaTease and her fabulous Huffing Glue Dancers, and an extra-extraordinary Drug Jawn Live Disco Dance Party from Philly's own Jawn Band. As Swellco exec. R.E. Brown says, “Swellco is the voice of the people, because sometimes the people are high and don't know what they're saying.”
Sat., Feb. 11, 9 p.m., free, PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th St., swellco2000.com.
From racy burlesque to horny-animal bonding, we have a list of Valentine's Day events that'll suit every love bird under the Philly sun.
✚ Love Letter Writing Workshop by Courtney Sexton
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways … You may not be an expert at sonnets, but that doesn’t mean you can’t show your true romantic self through the lovely and (almost) lost art of letter writing. Spend an evening on the Main Line to attend professional author/letter writer Samara O’Shea’s workshop, For the Love of Letters, where she’ll spice up the ancient art form and help you write something not-barf-worthy for your sweetie.
Feb. 9, 6:45 p.m., free, Little Theatre, Harcum College, 750 Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr, 610-526-6184, harcum.edu.
Every Wednesday, Chris Brown digs into our events/festivals listings bin and pulls out a little something-something to do every day of the week.
Every Wednesday, Chris Brown digs into our listings bin and pulls out a little something-something to do every day of the week.
City Paper's fabulous A&E interns (and a couple seasoned contributors) share a month's worth of Black History Month picks.
With based-on-a-book Big Miracle and The Woman in Black hitting silver screen this weekend — and 
board-game blockbuster Battleship lurking ominously on the horizon — it seems clear Hollywood has run out of fresh ideas. Odds are you find that disconcerting, so here’s a comforting thought from the folks at the International House: Hollywood never had any originality to begin with. In a discussion titled “Pleasures and Pitfalls of Film Adaptation,” Penn and NYU professors will gather to explore cinema’s illustrious history of profiting off the creativity of others. At a time when adapted screenplays abound, these scholars hope to show that transferring material between media can be more of an art form than a simple copy-paste job. And if you can’t make it, rest assured; a movie version will likely be in theaters this December.
Wed., Feb. 1, 5 p.m., free, International House, 3701 Chestnut St., 215-387-5125, ihousephilly.org.
Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, a local org/boutique that encourages originality in a society of continually rehashed ideas, challenges Philadelphians to tap into their inner artist with their Holiday Textile Stocking Workshop being held later tonight.
The workshop, to be jumpstarted with a brief lecture by Philadelphia University’s Sarah Moore about the history of the university’s Design Center, will provide attendees with four screens of archival patterns and various materials to screen fabric into a stocking.
And no worries if you’re the person constantly pricking your fingers in the process of sewing together your masterpieces; newbies to the world of screenprinting and sewing will be aided by Moore as well as Art in the Age staff in the process of creating their customized design and sewing it into the shape of a holiday stocking.
View galleryA leather and fetish party might not be the first place you think to look for holiday spirit, but the Diabolique Ball, a 15-year-old community event, is all about giving back and giving thanks. A mecca for the local leather and fetish community, the ball is a chance for the community to come together, celebrate the lifestyle and meet and mingle with like-minded — and clothed — others. This year, the party profits are going to several local organizations, including the GALAEI (Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative) Youth Food Cupboard.
“One of the things you may not know about the Fetish/BDSM community, especially here in Philly, is they really come out and support each other,” says Aphrodite Gallery booking agent Eric Zonk. “They support each other's causes, and do a lot of charity/fundraising for the communities.” Aphrodite is currently hosting fetish and bondage works by Hugh Meade, a shoe and furniture woodworker from Oklahoma City who has been creating intricate wooden shoes and a slew of bondage furniture for the fetish communities for some time. (His Aphrodite show, “Artifacts of Desire,” runs through the end of the year). The show explores the eroticism of objects and how we sexualize the things around us. “From the fetishizing of shoes to furniture designed for bondage, the pieces are not explicit depictions of sex,” notes Meade. “Yet each piece is unmistakably sexual in nature.” While the Diabolique Ball might not be everyone’s cup of tea, Hugh Meade’s show can offer a tame, and beautiful, glimpse into that world.
For those who are interested in attending the ball, celebrity guest Domina Irene Boss will be selling and signing copies of her award winning Fem-Dom DVDs, and the popular Leather Clubs: Parade of Colors award ceremony will be back for another year. This year’s music will be provided by Philadelphia Freedom Band, an LGBT-supportive group of musicians. Other highlights include “play stations” in “the brig,” dungeon parlors and charity booths. While the Diabolique Ball is an open and inviting event, there is a very strict dress code. The sky’s the limit on your costuming, but all guests must have some type of costume — no streetwear allowed! So grab your hottest leather, your tightest corset, or your best military-style costume and get into that charitable holiday spirit.
Sat, Dec. 3, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., $50, Shampoo Nightclub, 417 N. Eighth St., phillyfetishball.com
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