A great political season deserves a great trouncing, particularly in the city where freedom of speech was championed - and This Is the Week That Is delivers.
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Theater Professional/semi-professional Cherry Bomb: The Worst Act in Vaudeville for the Holidays 1812 Productions presents this musical burlesque extravaganza from award-winning artists Jennifer Childs & James Sugg. Closes 1/4. Plays & Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey St.; 215-592-9560. www.1812productions.org. $17.
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Clarinet, cello and piano: The combination isn't so unusual, but the music that comes with it isn't particularly mainstream. The most faithful Philadelphia Chamber Music Society patrons on Monday night were heard asking, "Do you know any of these composers?" - but not in horror.
VISUAL ARTS
Art Museums & Institutions African American Museum 701 Arch St.; 215-574-0380. www.aampmuseum.org. Quilting Tying Ceremony & Tea - Learn how to tie a traditional community quilt. Ends 12/6.Included in admission. 12/6 1-3 pm. Shadows of a Journey - Tanya M
Since the '70s, Ron Silliman has been writing a monumental cycle of poems called Ketjak. The title may or may not derive from the name of a ritualistic monkey dance in Bali, one often used in exorcism ceremonies. Make of that what you will. Ketjak, when o
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- Emory University will house a collection of nearly 700 editions of the novel "Robinson Crusoe."
- More bad news from the book industry: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced that it is "streamlining" its educational business, and eliminating jobs in both its education and general divisions. HarperCollins and Pearson, parent company of Penguin Group (USA), are freezing wages and considering layoffs.
- The date for Jane Fonda's return to Broadway after an absence of more than four decades has been set.
- The future director of Madrid's Teatro Real said Thursday he would work to make it one of the world's great opera houses and win more people over to the art.
- More bad news from the book industry: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is "streamlining" its educational business, and eliminating jobs in both its education and general divisions.
- The latest magical tome by J.K. Rowling has started to fly off bookstore shelves.
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If her trade as Mistress Jade Vixen, an Ivy Leaguer turned dominatrix, wasn't dark enough, it took a dangerous turn when an ambush by a jealous former flame left her current beau dead.
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