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Family
Children can discover their inner shark this weekend in Gill's Clubhouse at Adventure Aquarium in Camden. Kids can compare their strength to that of a shark's jaws by testing out the shark jaw pressure interactive game. They can also meet the aquarium's new mascot, Gill. Families are invited to experience an interactive shark X-ray showing the inner workings of a shark's anatomy and its organs. Other exclusive clubhouse activities let visitors build a virtual shark and compare a human's sense of smell to a shark's.
- Monica Peters
Adventure Aquarium, 1 Riverside Drive, Camden. Aquarium is open 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission: $19.95, $15.95 for children ages 2 to 12, free for children younger than 2, includes Gill's Clubhouse. Information: 856-365-3300 or www.adventureaquarium.com.
Music
Eilen Jewell wasn't particularly bummed out when she recorded her third album, Sea of Tears. But the intelligently understated 12-song collection by the Boise-born and Boston-based songwriter plays like a classic heartbreak album nonetheless. She will open for Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys at the World Cafe Live on Wednesday. "But I was raised on a diet of blues and country music, and there's a lot of heartache there," Jewell said in an interview. "I feel at home with that stuff." - Dan DeLuca
Opening for Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. Tickets: $20-$25. Phone: 215-222-1400, www.worldcafelive.com.
Film
New this week:Taking Woodstock *** The fabled folk and rock festival as seen through the blinkered eyes of Elliot Teichberg (Demetri Martin), the guy (Elliot Tiber in real life) who hooked up concert promoters with the permit they needed for the event. This deadpan comedy bears the same relation to Woodstock that Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead does to Hamlet, and boasts many of the same absurdist charms. With Eugene Levy, Liev Schreiber, Imelda Staunton and Henry Goodman. R (nudity, sex, drugs, profanity and rock-and-roll)
- Carrie Rickey
