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Dust off those pens with the big fluffy feathers at the ends: It’s time to play Cyrano. In honor of their East Coast premiere of David DiChiera's Cyrano, the Opera Company of Philadelphia exhorts you to “unleash your romantic spirit just in time for Valentine’s Day” with a love letter contest. One lucky winner will rack up significant significant-other points: on February 15, a limo will take you and your beloved to a dinner at Le Bec-Fin, followed by box seating at the Cyrano premiere and an invite to the champagne intermission reception. Two runners-up will receive pairs of tickets to the premiere and can also partake of the champagne.

Wherever you stand on the “Putting Christ Back in Christmas” issue, the simple fact of the matter is that I’m a Jew who loves Christmas. I can easily chalk that up to the fact that I’ve got a [lapsed] Catholic father, but in truth, my mom probably loves Christmas more than my father does. She’s the one who taught me all the Christmas carols.

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This one comes straight from Ma Phillyist (aka Mamaist, aka Mommy, aka Mom, aka Mother, but only when I'm mad at her), who's been visiting the past few days. She's the one who always stressed the importance of manners to me. She also thinks that, in spite of my weekly manners column, five years of living on the East Coast has taught me a few manners that she wishes I hadn't picked up.

, also starring Rick "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" Moranis. Phillyist re-watched the movie recently and were struck by two things: (1) It's exactly as funny as we remembered it being. (2) Despite the funny, it's beginning to show its age. Case in point, a dialogue between Vinnie (Martin) and the manager of a supermarket. On his way out, the manager asks if Vinnie has any suggestions for things he'd like to see the store carry:

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Philadelphia is one of the key stops on Galactic’s East Coast Run tour. The New Orleanian instrumental quintet--composed of Robert Mercurio on bass, Stanton Moore on drums, Jeff Raines on guitar, Rich Vogel on Hammond B3 organ and keyboards, and Ben Ellman on saxophone--will bring in its jazz/funk-infused music to the TLA on Thursday night. The band is one of the key acts from the recently announced New Orleans Jazz Fest line-up. So consider Thursday night a preview.

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Dear Incoming Class of 2010 (at whatever local university you may be matriculating at): Welcome! Four years ago this week, I was in your shoes. I'd been to Philadelphia exactly once before I moved in to my dorm at Penn. I'd been on the East Coast twice. I wasn't entirely sure what I was getting myself into. And I couldn't have been more excited. You see, I chose to go to Penn because it...

First, let me start with a confession: I am an East Coast girl - Philadelphia born and raised. This means two things in relation to this post: (1) I don't have that inherent knack that allows people to eat burritos without the contents eventually exploding out of the tortilla and (2) when it comes to SoCal and Tex-Mex versions of Mexican fare, I am in no way qualified to discuss what's authentic. I can, however, tell you what I like. And what I like is the chorizo burrito at El Fuego on Walnut Street. It's extremely tasty.

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- And speaking of local lawmakers getting uppity, Senator Vince Fumo has declared the war in Iraq to be "unnecessary, immoral and counterproductive." In the same speech he referred to the Bush presidency as a "dictatorship" and also accused the administration of ignoring the Constitution. That pesky Constitution. Seems Pennsylvania Senators are fixated on it.

- If you're reading this, then the prophesied Big Tsunamis did not wipe out the US East Coast yesterday. Phew. (via)

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By now you've seen them on every street corner in Philly. You've avoided them like the plague. You've sidestepped them, waved them off, and glared at them when they tried to shove a flyer at you. That's right: Philadelphia has been invaded by Jews for Jesus.

could be frightened by anthropomorphised, singing cats.) What we want to know is what'll it take to get your behinds back into theater seats? A tale embroiled in lust and tragic love? A little rock and roll? The triumphant return of Lon Chaney?

Indie rockers Pelican (Chicago natives, except for Laurent, who made his way to Chicago via Northwestern University from France) are currently promoting their new album, The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw. The group is in town for their show tonight at the North Star Bar. Drummer Larry Herweg kindly spared some time to talk to Phillyist about their name, their music and life on the road:

If you read our post last week suggesting that you de-stress by jumping out of an airplane, but scoffed at the idea of being gooified by face planting into our rocky planet at a few hundred miles an hour, we have something a little less threatening for you this time around.