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Flyer for 215hiphop and Cross-Faded Bacon’s It’s the Year 1998 party.
FRIDAY

Curator Talk: Kathy Hiesinger on Frank Gehry
Art Museum, 26th and Ben Franklin Parkway, Van Pelt Auditorium
Kathryn Bloom Hiesinger, Curator of European Decorative Arts after 1700, discusses Gehry’s ten year project for Peter Lewis in Lyndhurst Ohio and its impact on his subsequent work. The Perelman Building will be open until 6:00pm for participants to view the Gehry observation before the lecture. 6:30pm, free after admission.

Sam McPheeters, Snowstorm, Drums Like Machine Guns, My Mind, Kick Rocks
Copy Gallery, 319 N. 11th St. 3rd Floor
Speaking engagement with punk dignitary Sam McPheeters, of Born Against/Wrangler Brutes/Men’s Recovery Project/Vermiform Records, with backup by Philly art/punk teams. 8pm.

Wine 101: Intro to Wine
The Wine School, 2006 Fairmount Ave
This class, which seats five, is going with the recession pitch – it promises to “maximize your wine appreciation and minimize the dent in your wallet.” More info at the website. 7:30pm, $37.50.

SATURDAY

Ira Glass
Kimmel Center, Broad and Locust
The host of NPR’s This American Life, live. 8pm. 215-893-1999 for tickets.

215hiphop and Cross-Faded Bacon present It’s the Year 1998 with Emynd and Bo Bliz
Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N Frankford
The hip hop night that brings you only the most finely aged vintage raps from the fruitful vines of the year 1998. 10pm, $5.

Sixers vs. Knicks
Wachovia Spectrum
Tickets here. 7pm.

SUNDAY

Andrew Bird
TLA, 334 South
The famous Chicago songster, violinist and NYT blogger.
8pm, $25.

Brundibar and the Children of Theresienstadt
International House, 3701 Chestnut
In anticipation of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 27th, I House is hosting the children’s opera Brundibar. It was originally performed by a cast of children that rotated as they were deported from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz; this time it’s performed by a cast of forty Philadelphia students. More info at the link above. 3pm, $10.

One Book, One Philadelphia Reading and Free Performance(s)
Kimmel Center, Broad and Locust
The Chamber Orchestra highlights music referred to in The Soloist, then a Free Library rep reads excerpts and leads a discussion group. Afterward, The Chamber Orchestra features Roberto Minczuk conducting violinist Boris Garlitzky in Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Spring. 1:30pm and 2:30pm, both free.

Chinese New Years Eve Lion Dance
10th and Race
The Year of the Ox starts with the annual Lion Dance, starting at 10th and Race. 11pm, free.

ONGOING

Rodney Mason’s My Mother’s Son
Painted Bride, 230 Vine
Mason (the Tangueray gin dude) is doing his solo show tonight and tomorrow. It’s “a hip-hop theater blend of spoken word, dance, and humorous video” about how he came up in South Philly. 8pm, $25.

New Edge Resident Artists Performance Series presents “Owning Up to the Corn”
CEC, 3500 Lancaster Ave
Appalachian mountain story about “reckoning and grief, rocking chairs, murder ballads, and the possibility of redemption.” Features Pig Iron collaborator Sarah McCarron, who also wrote the music. 8pm tonight and Saturday, 3pm Sunday, $12.