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Night Moves
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| I Now Pronounce You |
Now listen, we're not usually the type to get excited about reunion tours. We like them about as much as we like every other type of reunion family reunions, high school reunions which is to say, not at all. But we've heard time and time again from friends and critics that Yes is worth seeing live. Plus, they come with Asia. Here's what Lester Bangs said about them back in 1970:
Yes fare much better a fine, developing group. Their sound seems to be a mix of several of the most currently popular approaches, notably Crosby, Stills and Nash (vocally) and Vanilla Fudge (instrumentally). Unlike the Fudge, they have a sense of style, taste and subtlety, and the record is a pleasurable one, if a bit familiar-sounding. Their version of the Byrds' "I See You" is especially nice ... this is the kind of album that sometimes insinuates itself into your routine with a totally unexpected thrust of musical power.
A close second for tonight's Night Moves is the ROOT cocktail competition over at Silk City that Lauren Fleming previewed in her What's Cooking column.
Tue., July 28, 8 p.m., with Asia, $45-$95, Tower Theater, 69th & Ludlow sts., Upper Darby, 610-352-2887, tower-theater.com.
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Philly just isn't the setting of enough short stories, books or movies. Sure, we've got It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Boy Meets World, Rocky but still, we could use more. To combat that, Josh McIlvain whipped up a collection of Philly-based short stories titled "Philly Fiction" in 2006. And now, the second edition of that series is out. They tackle appropriate topics like South Philly, the Shore and hoagies, but my favorite by far is on Northeast girls. A clip of Elise Juska's story:
Northeast Philly girls lived close. Their houses were close, clothes were tight, families crammed together on long city streets. On the corners, they stood clumps, girls with big hair and tight jeans and fringed leather pocketbooks. They held lipstick-wet cigarettes between two fingers and exchanged bubblegum, lighters, compact mirrors, all with smooth, pink sleight of hand. These girls had names I wanted Colleen, Eileen, Christing the long "ee" insisting on femininity. Their boyfriends were cool and wiry, dropping kisses on their cheeks or loose arms around their necks. At night, so I heard, the boys took them to the St. Lucy's parking lot where they pressed up close in warm backseats, and later, the girls emerged older, more knowing, having acquired fresh gossip and kissing bruises they'd display like badges of honor on the corner the next day.
Accurate, no? And now you know St. Lucy's is the Northeast's Kissing Point.
Wed., July 22, 7-9 p.m., free, Skylight 307, 307 Market St., 267-241-4798, phillyfiction.com.
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| Michael T. Regan |
I don't know about you, but I need a beer. In this week's What's Cooking column, CP intern Lauren Fleming (or "Flem," as we know her) reports on a nifty home brewing event going on in a couple hours:
Mémé is showcasing some of the city's best home brewers in the first of a series of events dedicated to celebrating locals creating artisanal food and drink. The event will feature the work of 12 area home brewers in a beer competition, and the audience gets to choose the winner. Hors d' oeuvres will accompany these local artisans' beers, giving guests something to nosh on while mulling over the suds.
Or, if it's sexy storytelling or a singing fountain you're in the mood for, there are events taking place tonight for you, too.
Tue., July 21, 6:30-8:30 p.m., $25, Mémé Restaurant, 2201 Spruce St., 215-735-4900, memerestaurant.com.
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| NASA |
You could go out like a normal person tonight perhaps see Agent Moosehead, like CP intern Kyle Press suggested earlier or you could hole up and muse about the Apollo 11 moon landing. May I suggest a few ways to enjoy the latter? First, pore over the New York Times' features on the mission, including this slideshow showing the astronauts' own photographs they took with Hasselblad 500 EL cameras. Then make like it's 1969 and check out this live re-creation of the Apollo 11 mission. Finally my favorite read up on your moon landing conspiracy theories, and argue with the jerk stoner who believes that none of this ever happened.
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Two summers ago, I went to what I believe was Fountain Green. DJs were playing electronic music in Fairmount Park, visuals were being projected onto a huge white screen, and people passed incense around (not a euphemism, swear). It was all very beautiful. And then, suddenly, it stopped. I figured somebody got busted or something. Well, apparently not (or they're outta jail), cause something very similar is back tonight, local DJs modesta, John Schenk and radere will be spinning electronica outdoors in Fairmount Park, free of charge, with visuals by Andres Eduardo. Call me a hippie dippie, but that sounds whoa.
Every Thu., 9 p.m.-1 a.m., free, Fairmount Park, Kelly & Fountain Green drives, rizumu.us.
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Harold Varmus, the National Institute of Health's director under Bill Clinton, was quite the late bloomer. He didn't decide to study science until his first year in a Ph.D. program in English lit. Tonight, at the Free Library, he'll discuss how he was so self-unaware for so long (and how he got the balls to change course so late in the game), as well as the inner workings of big-budget science, his research on cancer-causing genes and stem cell research. Which, unsurprisingly, he digs.
Tue., July 14, 7:30 p.m., free, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine St., 215-567-4341, library.phila.gov.
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Itching for Philly Fringe already? There's a preview tonight of the festival's FATEBOOK, which Obie winner Whit MacLaughlin will be directing, and it looks, uh, interesting. And very apropos:
FATEBOOK explores what happens when our online relationships collide with our physical ones. A massive undertaking with 13 central characters and 100 secondary characters, audiences attend FATEBOOK in person at the Festival and online (go to www.fatebooktheshow.com and learn how you can "friend" the characters). In the online world, the actors communicate in character with each other and with you, building an ever-expanding network of relationships and memories that are both real and imagined.
Take a look at one of the weirdo auditions above (and see more here). Oh, and if you plan on attending tonight, be sure to RSVP to robin@livearts-fringe.org right quick.
Wed., July 8, 7 p.m., free, Philadelphia Arts Bank, 601 S. Broad St., 215-4139-006, fatebooktheshow.com.
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| Bowerbirds |
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Peep at the video above to get an idea of what you're in for at tonight's Comic Vs. Audience show. Though it features a performance by the Ministry of Secret Jokes (and tonight will highlight standup comedians like Carolyn Busa and Chris Cotton), members from the two troupes often overlap so it's pretty much the same thing.
While you're at it, check out Comic Vs. Audience's blog for a damn comprehensive look at Philly comedy, which includes weekly podcasts, tons of interview and solid events coverage.
Mon., July 6, 8 p.m., $5, Shubin Theatre, 407 Bainbridge St., 215-514-7508, comicvsaudience.blogspot.com.
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Combine all of the ICA's events in honor of the late, great jazz artist Sun Ra the exhibit featuring drawings, album covers and rare tracks by and about him, John Szwed's July 8 lecture and tonight's performance by his band, and you've practically got an ever-changing shrine in West Philly to the guy.
Not that there's anything wrong with that. He was one of the weirdest, most creative Philadelphians to originally come from Saturn, ever.
Wed., July 1, 7 p.m., $5-$10, Institute for Contemporary Arts, 118 S. 36th St., 215-898-7108, icaphila.org.
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