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You didn't think we'd forgotten about the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe, did you?

Nichole Canuso Dance Company's Wandering Alice was, far and away, one of the best pieces of the 2008 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival. And when we see performances we like, we want to support the organizations that produce them—so take this post as Phillyist's official endorsement of NCDC, which will be having what sounds like a pretty kick-ass fundraiser.

Fun around town, for $10 or less:

If you ask this Phillyist, it's the most wonderful time of the year.

We'd like to congratulate all of the artists and organizers of the 2006 PLAF. We can't wait for 2007!

If you're attending any of the events at this year's Philadelphia Live Arts Festival/Philly Fringe, and there's a show you especially liked (or especially hated), just shoot us an email with your thoughts and information as to how you'd like us to credit you in the post. We'll be consolidating readers' PLAF diaries (if you need help, see some examples) and posting them as they roll in. Don't be shy, now: we want to hear from you!

Photo, depicting more or less how Phillyist looks when we remember something we forgot, by Flickr user _KoAn_

Rha Goddess' "Low"
12:30PM 8/31 - 5PM 9/1

If you're new to Philly or perhaps just new to the Philly performing arts scene, you might be a little puzzled by all the hoopla. Just what exactly is everyone so excited about? What is this Fringe thing? Well, happily, you're asking the right blog!

The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe kick off this Friday, and we're beginning our coverage of the events in what might seem to be the strangest way possible: with food.

We’re totally jazzed about the Live Arts and Fringe Festivals, but if we started listing PLAF shows, we’d never get the rest of these listings to ya’ll. Check out the festival page (below) for more info – but don’t forget about all of the other theatrical happenings in the Greater Philadelphia area!

Yesterday, Phillyist gave you a taste of the Philadelphia Live Arts and Philly Fringe Festivals. There's lots more to say about the Live Arts and Fringe, as they offer some of the most exciting arts events that you’ll see in Philly all year. The festivals are chock full of outrageous and insightful performances and happenings – even if you generally eschew live theatre, dance, and music, we guarantee you’ll find something you’ll love.

In 1997, a group of cunning arts folk decided that Philadelphia was really missing out on something. With all of the alternative culture in the city, Philadelphia needed a Fringe Festival, much like those held in Edinburgh and New York City. The Philadelphia Fringe Festival is now two separate, concurrent festivals: The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and the Philly Fringe (PLAF) , both of which kick off tomorrow and run for sixteen days thereafter. The website explains the difference between the two festivals: “The Live Arts Festival features selected cutting-edge, boundary-breaking performing arts events, created by some of the most renowned contemporary artists from our region and around the world. The Philly Fringe - which provides opportunities for any artist, independent of a selection process, to self-produce their work - represents the true international ‘Fringe’ movement.”

Phillyist will be talking a lot about the Philadelphia Live Arts and Philadelphia Fringe Festivals over the next coming weeks, and if we tried to give each of those plays an individual listing, you’d be reading this until one week from next Tuesday. Instead, we just want to tell you about some of the other great theatrical goings-on around the city. Stay tuned for Fringe coverage starting tomorrow.