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A Haunting Tale of Two Endings

Fun around town, for $10 or less:

Fun around town, for $10 or less:

Fun around town, for $10 or less:

In response to the shootings on the Virginia Tech Campus and the escalating violence on Philadelphia streets, Broad Street Ministries will hold an ecumenical candlelight vigil service tonight at 7 p.m.

If you’ve got nothing to do tonight, or if you’ve got something to do, but want better plans, head over to the Gordon Theater, and check out DJ Spooky’s self-proclaimed “digital exorcism”: “Rebirth of a Nation.”

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Tuesday post only collects the early announcements, so definitely check back on Thursday for the latest ticket news.

Spoken word is usually not for us. Quality artists are few and far between, with most seeming to be about performing, rather than the words themselves. The artists add weight to dull selections through tone and inflection, but left alone on the page, their words become tepid.

, to coincide with the publishing of the text of his original draft scroll (yep, you heard us: scroll). Well, that reading begins today at 4:00 p.m. and will continue to midnight or later: they won't stop till the whole book has been read. The Writers House promises live jazz music and foods mentioned in the novel (no Benzedrine though—sorry!), and readers of the scroll will include local literary luminaries, Writers House employees and volunteers, and, ehem, this Phillyist. (She's reading at 8:00 p.m., if you're trying to avoid her.)

Nonprofit organization Campus Philly, in association with the city, IKEA, and plenty of other companies and organizations, is holding a huge free concert and festival Saturday afternoon to welcome and celebrate new and returning college students. It's called Campus Philly Kick-Off, and it will lead to un-fun things like road closings (the 2000 block of Winter Street will be closed during setup, and both directions of the inner drives of the Parkway, from 20th Street to the Eakins Oval, will be closed throughout), but it will also include fun things like a TNT Red Bull Freestyle Motocross event; a concert featuring folks like Fat Joe and Saves the Day, as well as local acts like The Capitol Years; an Involvement Fair where you can pick out a good nonprofit, community-based organization to join; free admission to plenty of museums for college students; a live skate jam; and an after party at Shampoo. There will also be a booth set up on the Parkway where you can register to vote, and a free bus loop out to IKEA, so you can do your civic duty and pick up an extra lamp.

Are you a student? Or do you still have a valid-ish ID (thank you, graduate school, for thinking it would take me five years to get my degree). Then take note: Ikea Philadelphia and Ikea Conshohocken are throwing midnight madness parties/sales this Thursday from 9pm until midnight. You'll get 5% off with a valid student ID, and they're throwing in bands, quizzo and prizes for the heck of it. It's a nifty idea, and...

follows a handful of Oberlin college students between 1964 and 1972, recounting their ancedotal reactions to the changing political and social atmosphere scenes, with cast members switching between a small variety of roles as: protestors, soldiers, radio DJs, concerned parents, and students less focused on the fate of the world and more focused on their GPA.

is a "documentary theatre piece" which depicts the point of view of 100 students of Oberlin College between 1969 and 1974.

This week's quote comes directly from Lord Byron himself, as we honor him with the first listing of the week. Although possessing of a clubfoot and a thing for his half-sister, Byron still managed to be England's most eligible bachelor of his day. Looking at the portrait on the left, we can kinda see it. Now, on with the listings!

To Whom it May Concern: We’d like to tell you a little about our friend and fellow contributor, “Phillial” columnist Jessica Haralson. As we’ve mentioned before, Jessica co-edits a little publication called Quake. Although Quake isn’t the first magazine of its kind, it is the first literary erotica magazine at Penn. Jessica got some great press last month from Philadelphia Weekly, and two weeks ago, the magazine’s first print issue arrived. Of course – and...