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On Saturday night, Philly-based Alo Brasil brought their drums, their beats, their vocals and many many dancers to World Cafe Live for two shows. This Phillyist was at the first show, which was a sit-down dinner, and it made us wish that we'd gone to the second show, which was an all-out dance party (hey, we're not a spring chicken anymore, and we were at the Alexi Murdoch show late the night before).

We get it -- it's cold. You don't want to move, let alone take a jog or a run in this freezing weather. It's oh so easy to turn into a lump on your couch watching Extras on DVD.

The Global Creative Economy Convergence Summit ended with a bang – or should we say a beat? After three days of talking up this new way of thinking of artists as talent that can drive the economy, conference-goers headed on down to World Café Live for a concert by two local bands. The first, Soulamite, is a soul group with two stunning leading ladies, one of whom has the coolest mohawk we’ve ever seen on a woman. The second was the invigorating Alo Brasil, which is a Brazilian-inspired band made up of 12 Philadelphia musicians spanning three generations. Their combination of excellent drumming, gorgeous dancers (if dancing gets a girl abs like that, sign me up!) and sheer enthusiasm had everyone on the World Café Live dance floor – including the wait staff, since they had no one to serve – dancing in what we hoped were our best Brazilian dance moves. Alo Brasil will be playing at World Café Live on Saturday night, and this time the performances - a 7pm seated dinner show and a 10pm dance party - will be open to the public. Needless to say, we recommend the later show. It’s a workout.

Tonight at North3rd (3rd and Brown Streets in Northern Liberties), Skeletor - professional thorn in He-Man's side turned stagebound crooner - will be perfoming for your free listening pleasure. (Phillyist is a sucker any event where cartoon characters step out into the real world. Blame it on repeated viewings of ). Afterwards, stay for films from local and independent auteurs at the weekly local film showcase, Fancy Pants Cinema. The shennanigans begin at 9PM.