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Just in case you haven't seen this fabulous man in drag, singing beautiful songs and wearing beautiful dresses yet see him tonight.
Thu., June 4, 8 p.m., $10, L'Etage, Sixth & Bainbridge streets, 215-592-0656, creperie-beaumonde.com.
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So, I'm a little obsessed with this 21st Century Abe thing the Rosenbach has going on. (If you're not familar, it's a collaborative project between artists, musicians and anyone else who's nerdy enough, which imagines what Lincoln would be like today/why he still provokes us 140-some years later/how he comes up in everyday modern life.)
Anyway, it's continuing today with a discussion from Lincoln know-it-all Douglas Wilson, who will talk about Lincoln's brilliant rhetoric. It's pretty topical subject, strangely enough Wilson argues that Lincoln's verbal facility was not some superfluous, tricky talent used to fool people into thinking he was smarter than he really was, but rather, it was what made him a great political leader.
Sound familiar?
Wed., June 3, 6 p.m., $5-$8, Rosenbach Museum, 2008 Delancey Place, 215-732-1600, rosenbach.org.
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A lesser known fact about Grant Hart, the drummer and songwriter for Hüsker Dü: He created nearly all of the band's visual artwork, including the bit above. Long estranged from the occasionally dysfunctional hardcore group, Hart has dabbled in both other bands and solo work since, and is currently exploring the latter.
His music appeals the fans of Hüsker Dü's lighter, more pop-driven pieces, and he's rather multitalented: In addition to creating art and music, he writes and reads poetry. Though he usually compartmentalizes the three talents, perhaps we can convince him to be interdisciplinary tonight if we tell him he's better than Greg Norton?
Tue., June 2, 8 p.m., $10, Johnny Brenda's, Frankford & Girard aves., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
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Admit it: You've wanted to prove a vegetarian wrong before. Shit, I was a vegetarian for five years and I still want to prove 'em wrong but we rarely do, because they're often better versed about their diet than the average omnivore is.
In The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice and Sustainability, Lierre Keith argues that, despite their good intentions, plant eaters are just as guilty of devastating forests, killing entire species and changing the climate as their meaty counterparts. Our reliance on grain is the chief reason for this, Keith says, and to make a true difference, we must upend the agricultural industry all together. Or, in her own words:
We are urban industrialists, and we dont know the origins of our food. This includes vegetarians, despite their claims to the truth. It included me, too, for twenty years. Anyone who ate meat was in denial; only I had faced the facts. Certainly, most people who consume factory-farmed meat have never asked what died and how it died. But frankly, neither have most vegetarians.
See! Vegetarians are just as bad as meat eaters! Told ya told ya told ya! I can finally prove them wrong!
Oh, wait. I suppose that means I'm guilty too, huh? Thankfully, Keith also outlines how exactly we're supposed to crawl out of this agricultural mess a mighty task that will require both in-denial omnivores and in-denial vegetarians to finally face the truth.
Mon., June 1, 7 p.m., free, Big Blue Marble Bookstore, 551 Carpenter Lane, 215-844-1870, bigbluemarblebooks.com.
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The folks over at WXPN are billing this event as our very own SXSW. I don't know about that however, it does seem to have a fairly cool line-up, which includes The Avett Brothers, Rhett Miller and the ever-dreamy Pete Yorn (whose loveliness is pictured above). The event kicked off today, and will be continuing through Saturday. Also, there will be workshops on marketing, fundraising and basically keeping radio's ass alive, and Sean Hoots from Hoots & Hellmouth spoke this morning about the relationship between artists and radio check out more from that on the Web site.
Thu.-Sat., May 28-30, various times (this evening's acts start at 9:45 p.m.), $75-$100, World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, xpn.org/music-artist/noncomm-2009.
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Did you know the word "hootenanny" was basically an early-2oth century term for "whatchamacallit?" Yep. From there it changed into slang for "party," and then at some point become synonymous with a bunch of people playing old-timey music on acoustic guitars. Every month, Walking Fish hosts a version of latter. Feel free to bring your own banjos, fiddles and gee-tars to join in on the bluegrass tunes, or just watch and listen.
Wed., May 27, 7-10 p.m., free, Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Ave., 215-427-WALK, walkingfishtheatre.com.
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Memorial Day Weekend likely left you as soft as a trip to California (pre-Prop 8 passing, of course). Well, the folks over at Philly Gay Calendar just gave word via Twitter of an impromptu Prop 8 rally outside of City Hall tonight, which should toughen you up a bit. Now quick, go make some witty signs.
Tue., May 26, 7 p.m., free, City Hall, 1 Penn Square, twitter.com/phillygaycalen.
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As you can see from the video up top, Simon Scaham is a slightly caustic Brit who's fascinated by America particularly its economic, political and social crises. Your first instinct may be to brush him off because he's a foreigner critiquing you, me and everyone we know.
Don't.
For one thing, think of how well the BBC does it. For another, the dude pretty much hits the nail on the head most of the time in his book The American Future: A History (which he'll be reading tonight), he explains at length why we're so obsessed with our "history," to the point that we talk about it when it's still the present. We only need to look at the presidential election for proof of that. Remember how many times you heard the phrase "this is historical" before Obama was even elected?
Tue., May 16, 7:30 p.m., $7-$14, Free Library, Central Branch, 1901 Vine St., 215-686-5322, library.phila.gov.
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'Cause he's from Philly, and when's the last time you saw a rapper at Johnny Brenda's?
Mon., May 15, 8 p.m., $12, Johnny Brenda's, Frankford & Girard aves., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
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Close your eyes when you listen to this video, and you'll swear that Jay-Z, LL Cool Jay, DMX and Snoop Dogg are all in the same room together, whipping up a collaborative track. Of course, they aren't Jay-Z and DMX have beef, right? that's just MADtv star Aries Spears' multiple personality disorder/talent you're hearing. There are much funnier clips of Spears, but this one is probably the most astonishing, in terms of how well he can mock rappers. It leaves me wondering why dude doesn't switch careers, or at least multitask and do them both half-assedly, à la Nick Cannon.
Wed., May 13, 8 p.m., $15-$20, Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St., 215-496-9001, heliumcomedy.com.
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