Weekend
24 Hour Bald Soprano
The Wilma, 265 South Broad Street
Ionesco’s Bald Soprano comedy on 24 hour repeat - an exercise that will no doubt devolve slowly into exhaustion and insanity. Alexis FlyingV wrote about it earlier this month here. $20 for the full 24 hours with anytime readmission, starts at 8pm tonight.
Rocky Votolato / Langhorne Slim / Hoots and Hellmouth
FUC, 22nd and Chestnut
The new folk show that isn’t a neo/weird-folk show. My brother is [...]

World Cafe Live: On Stage returns for their ninth episode! This one features Marshall Crenshaw, a seasoned veteran of power pop, often referred to as a rock n’ roll Renaissance man, whose music, as well as fan base, continue to grow.
He’s perhaps best known for his classic hits from the 80’s, like “Someday, Someway” and “Something’s Gonna Happen.” You might have also caught him playing the role of Buddy Holly in the 1987 [...]

This weekend, on June 30th, YFS presents the third concert in their ongoing series. Doors are at 7pm and the show kicks off at 8.
Seun Kuti takes the stage at the World Cafe, performing his intense politically powerful music, heavily inspired by his father, the legendary Afrobeat master, Fela Kuti. He’ll be performing with Egypt 80, a large group blasting big band jazz. While performing his original songs, he’ll be throwing in some of his father’s classics.
Want [...]

I’m going to warn you right now, if you’ve ever gone berry picking in a rural area, Linvilla Orchards isn’t the sort of mom and pop place you might be hankering for. It’s more like the amusement park of fruit picking places, a destination for city-dwellers and suburbanites to bring their children to pick berries and pet farm animals. Don’t let this deter you from going there though, because once you get out into the field, [...]
If you’re heading to South Philly from out west and you’re not from around here, you might be tempted to head allllll the way down Chestnut to Broad, or allllll the way down South. Forget that noise and take the Grays Ferry Bridge. I defy you to get from my house to Broad and Tasker any faster than this tricky back way takes you, behind the Dupont Factory, over southwest’s old oil refineries, and right out to Broad and Washington. [...]
Thursday! You know what that means. It’s time for another installment of Illadates! Mark and Audrey take us down to Penn’s Landing where they explore the boardwalk, visit the Independence Seaport Museum, and have an excellent meal at Moshulu.
Penn’s Landing
Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA
Moshulu
401 South Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 923-2500
www.moshulu.com