Weekend

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Do This! - 07/02/2009: By Mary Frances Boyle

Today Free concert The electronic indie group Chairlift will perform at noon today as part of WXPN-FM's Free at Noon concert series. The band formed in 2005 with the original plan of creating music for haunted houses. The plan changed, though, and today C
A love, murder tale full of French film cliches - 07/02/2009: By Steven Rea, Inquirer Movie Critic

The Girl from Monaco isn't the only recent French flick to deal with murder, messy family histories and a sexy TV weathercaster.
Man on the moon, all alone - 07/02/2009: By Steven Rea, Inquirer Movie Critic

'My mind's been acting kind of weird lately," a worried Sam Bell says to his constant, and only, companion, a robot named Gerty 3000.
Likely turn-off for fish-lovers - 07/02/2009: By Carrie Rickey, Inquirer Movie Critic

The End of the Line, an eco-mentary that warns against overfishing, baits its hook with alarmist rhetoric and aversion therapy.
Repertory Films showing this week - 07/02/2009: Repertory Films Ambler Theater 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler; 215-345-7855. www.amblertheater.com. Twentieth Century (1934). $8.75; $6.75 seniors & children. 7/9 7 pm.
New This Week - 07/02/2009: Two Lovers *** (Magnolia Home Entertainment, '08) $29.98. 108 mins. A heartbroken man moves back into his parents' home, where he falls for two women. With Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw. R (profanity, some sexuality and brief drug use) (CC)
Concert and club listings - 07/02/2009: In Concert Anson B. Nixon Park N. Walnut St., Kennett Square; 610-444-1416. ansonbnixonpark.org. Blue Roots. *FREE* 7/8 7-9 pm.
Concert Previews - 07/03/2009: Jay Reatard Jay Reatard's new album, due in August, is entitled Watch Me Fall. But since leaving Memphis and finding his way (eventually) to alt-rock's biggest label (Matador) he's done nothing but rise. British post-punk fan, Wire enthusiast, and Al Gore
They're a duo on and off stage - 07/03/2009: Matt & Kim, two for the road and romance.

By Doug Wallen, For The Inquirer

Being both a romantic couple and a musical duo, it makes sense that the Brooklyn band Matt & Kim - Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino - can spend more time on the road than most. They recently played shows on four different continents in the space of a month, and not long after, Johnson suffered a back injury that led to the cancellation of a leg of their U.S. tour.
Casino shows and concerts - 07/02/2009: Casinos Atlantic City Hilton Boston at the Boardwalk, Atlantic City; 609-347-7111. www.hiltonac.com. The Monsters of Classic Rock. $15. 7/3 9 pm. Joe Cocker. $60. 7/4 8 pm.
BEYOND - 07/03/2009: COLONIAL TIMES

By Natalie Pompilio, For The Inquirer

In a five-minute span, Art Ryan morphed from portraying a scared female slave into the overbearing Southern aristocrat who owned her. As his listeners sat on a shaded bench near Independence Hall, he took them back to Philadelphia circa 1855, where they listened to the whispers amongst the staff at a Walnut Street hotel and relived a woman's fear as she stood trembling aboard a steamboat heading to New York.
Prime time for the Fourth - 07/03/2009: By Robert Strauss, For The Inquirer

This weekend brings the culmination of the Sunoco Welcome America! festivities, featuring outdoor concerts with Sheryl Crow and Peter Nero as fireworks light up the Philadelphia skyline.