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This weekend there are several cool dance events going down, most of them on the cheap. We were going to front-load (dance-load?) Frugal today, but then thought it might be better to devote a little more space to each. Besides, with all this slushiness, wouldn't you rather watch other people move than do so yourself?

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The Opera Company of Philadelphia finishes its run of Verdi's timeless and tragic Rigoletto.

Guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and Philly dude Andrew Lipke put out his first album, The Way Home..., on Drexel University's student-run record label, MAD Dragon Records, back in February. (The disc was produced by Emmy Award-winning composer and Drexel Professor Jim Klein, so it's got Drexel all over it.) We've been listening to it recently, and we rather like it. It's mighty entertaining, catchy indie alterna-pop with lovely harmonies and an occasional touch of almost orchestral-sounding romanticism (which is probably there thanks to the piano). And although the album does contain rather boring and unimaginative love songs like "Stick By You," you'll quickly forget them after hearing fantastically rollicking, rocking tracks like "Moving Back to Paradise." If you want to check Lipke out for yourself, you're in luck! He'll be playing at various venues all over the area for the next couple of months. You can see a detailed list of his upcoming shows at his MySpace page, but we'll just post the info about his soonest show below, which he'll be playing with another local boy, Matt Duke.

Wow! Did this creep up on anybody else? We were thinking this was still a ways off, and then all of the sudden the website is live, the schedule is up, and tickets go on sale TODAY (although as of this writing, the links for purchasing don't seem to be live yet online)! (UPDATE: Online ticketing now appears to be up and running.) We haven't had a chance to look over this year's list of movies in detail, but a quick glance at program titles like "Asian Gangsters" and "A Salute to Disney Animation" has already gotten us pretty excited. If, like us, you could use some help getting a handle on what's showing this year and what are the best things to see, you might want to check out one of the Evening with the Curators events. We're embarrassed to say we missed the first one of these this year last night, where the program was unveiled and information on advanced ticket sales was given out. But we're sure future installments with the curators will be plenty informative and fun, too. You can get an idea of what to expect at the event from our coverage of last year's. It's the inside scoop on how the festival was programmed, which of the films are the curators' favorites, and how you should go about scheduling and viewing the films. This year we are also promised film clips! Sweet.

to the train tracks, and why on earth it was marked with a state historic marker. After weeks of trying in vain to read parts of the marker as the train whizzed past, we turned to our trusty companion, the internet, to see what we could find.

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...but these artists are willing to put in the time to paint Philly's beautiful streets.

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Improv with the N Crowd: The N Crowd performs at The Actor's Center (257 North 3rd Street) at 8PM. $10

Coulton will be opening for Philly songster Jim Boggia at Milkboy Coffee (2 E. Lancaster Ave) on Saturday night at 9PM.

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Movie Monday at The Troc: He's a loner, Philly, a rebel. That's right, this week's Monday movie is Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. Local quiz master and blogger, Johnny Goodtimes, will be hosting a Quizzo match prior to the screening. Doors open at 6, the show starts 8ish and you must be 21+ to attend. The Troc is located at 1003 Arch Street. $3 admissions is applicable towards food or beverage. Open Mic: Free at The Fire (412 W. Girard). Sign up at 8PM. (21+) "El Che": Screening & discussion of El Che: Investigating a Legend presented by the Uhuru Solidarity Center (3733 Lancaster Ave) at 7PM. $3 suggested donation. Got a frugal tip? Don't be stingy! Send it here and share the wealth!

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Are you as excited about the upcoming 15th Philadelphia Film Festival as Phillyist is?! We don't really see how you could be, but okay. Anyway, if you just can't wait to know this year's line-up (we mean besides the Danger After Dark program; you already know that, thanks to us), and/or you're desperate to know more about how the films were selected and which of them are going to be really good, you should show up at one of the three Evening with the Curators events this month, where the festival programmers will be talking about all that and more! Attending will be Associate Program Director and Danger After Dark Curator Travis Crawford (pictured), as well as Documentaries head honcho Jennifer Steinberg, Scott Johnston from the Citypaper Festival of Independents, and Festival Media Director Andrew Preis. There'll even be a question and answer portion, so if you've ever wondered anything about the festival or about this year's films, now's your chance! Personally, Phillyist plans on bugging Travis big time by asking him why the hell there's no Takashi Miike film in Danger After Dark this year.

; now, along with Don Hertzfeldt, he's presenting The Animation Show; a collection of animated short films from all over the world. The Animation Show has 3 stops in the Philadelphia area this week: Wednesday in Bryn Mawr, Thrusday in Ambler, and tonight in Doylestown.