Comedy Night: Cruise to Nowhere
Ulana's Restaurant
2nd and Bainbridge Sts.
Fri, 9 p.m., $14, $20 per couple
(215) 514-7508
www.comicenergy.com
The annual Comedy Night is an event to remember.
Tucked into a quiet residential block of Center City, Halloween's treasures wait to be discovered. The outside may look unassuming, but your local mall's Zales has got nothing on this one-of-a-kind jewelry shop, so named for owner Henri David's favorite day of the year.
Phresh Girls DJ 101 workshop
Painted Bride Art Center
230 Vine St.
Sat, 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., $15
(215) 925-9914
www.paintedbride.org
Have you ever been at the club and looked at the DJ and thought about how you wanted to do that?
Playwright Michael Hollinger is a classically trained violinist, and his knowledge and background in music wonderfully envelops and reverberates throughout Opus. The play follows a string quartet as it prepares to perform Beethoven's Opus 131 at the White House.
Sure, University City has a ton of stuff for the idle college student to do, but all too often, the scant seven blocks of Penn's campus can be all too limiting.
Love it or hate it, modern art stands boldly on the art scene, both in general and at Penn. In a city dominated by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, modern art must eke out its own existence from in between the likes of Cezanne and Winslow Homer.
Hiro Sakaguchi: Away
Center for Emerging Visual Artists
The Barclay, 3A
237 S. 18th St.
Fri, 5:30-8 p.m.
Free
(215) 546-7775
www.cfeva.org
Starting this Friday, the Center for Emerging Visual Artists is presenting a solo exhibition by Japanese born Hiro Sakaguchi entitled "Away." The exhibit will feature the usual paintings and drawings, but the real draw is Hiro's sculptures of miniature cell phones.
Once upon a time, a bunch of overworked frazzled IT guys decided to have a wild night out which consisted mostly of dropping acid and hanging around on bean bags at one guy's place, probably his mom's basement.
For most of us here at Penn, finding good food is a bit of a challenge. Either we are bound by a meal plan, a stringent budget, and the alluring glow of the computer touch screens at the Wawa hoagie counter.
For years we watched them stroll down those familiar halls, sans hall pass. We were there as they were stuffed in lockers, snuck out of detention, and scarfed down burgers at The Max.
Known by its 11 million residents as "el patio de recreo de Fidel" (that's "Fidel's Playground" for those of you unversed in the ways of the Spanish language), Cuba has become the most popular vacation destination since the Rwandan tourism boom of 1987.
induction of
beyonce knowles into the communist hall of fame
Kimmel Center
260 S. Broad St.
Thu, 10 p.m., free
www.kimmelcenter.org
Beyonce sure has made her fair share of bling over the years.
Though Philly isn't necessarily known for cold weather, if you've ever taken a stroll down Locust Walk in the winter, you know that it gets pretty bitter outside.