August 12, 2008
Weekend Picks: Tuesday Edition

All About Eve
International House, 3701 Chestnut
Ihouse is doing outdoor screenings to celebrate Bette Davis’s 100th birthday. This week is All About Eve. 8pm, $8.

Philly’s Phunniest Pherson Contest
Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom
The finals of this contest, in which people substitute PHs for Fs in the craziest ways possible (among other funny things), are Saturday night. 8:30pm and 10pm, $20.

The Faint, Jaguar Love, Shy Child
The Troc, 10th and Arch
The Faint, one of the first and best post-millenial practitioners of future music that riffs on 1980s themes, with other acceptable party bands. Flip out and act like you’re still 19, at UArts, and on dad’s dime. 8pm, $18
Ansel Adams photos at Musuem Perelman Branch
Excellent exhibit by one of the country’s best ever photographers.
This closes Sunday.
ONGOING
Philadelphia Folk Festival The 47th year of this monster, this year featuring Steve Earle, Allison Moore Great Big Sea, Judy Collins, Janis Ian, Al Stewart, Kathy Mattea, BeauSoleil, Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers, Trout Fishing in America, Espers (?!?!), Hoots & Hellmouth, Jim Bianco, Kimya Dawson, Nicole Reynolds, Peasant, and, yes, more. All info at the link.
Spamalot
Kimmel Center, Broad and Locust
A sort of annoying musical adaptation of a pretty funny Monty Python movie is back at the Kimmel. My sixteen year old brother loves this, so maybe yours might too. Tickets and times at the link.










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August 12, 2008, 1:41 pm
Jesse says:
Really surprised Espers are at PFF? Aren’t they folk music?
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