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After a bit of deliberation, the Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival changed its name to the pithy Qfest. They've released their lineup of films, and tonight's your chance to grab a drink, meet the programmers and pick their brains about their choices, as well as get insider info on the sure sellouts. See you there.

Philadelphia Theatre Workshop, as its name might suggest, is a local production company dedicated to new works of theatre. As such, the plays presented by PTW might sometimes seem a bit underdeveloped and in need of further workshopping before they're ready for the neon lights of Broadway. That's certainly the case with 50 West 50, PTW's current production. The show's plot, in a nutshell, loosely resembles the lyrics to J. Geils Band's classic "Love Stinks":...

The 13th Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (PIGLFF) won't be here for another couple of weeks (it runs July 12-24), but the website is already up and running, featuring the complete schedule for the festival, and online ticket sales begin today, so it's time to get it together if you want to check out your share of gay movies this year! This year's fest features more than 200 films from over 28 countries (including the ever popular screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Troc, movies with great titles like Gay Bed and Breakfast of Horror and Starbooty, and even Philadelphia Film Festival graduates like Suffering Man's Charity), a bunch of crazy parties (including events like the Itty Bitty Titty Festivity, Strikes for Dykes (and Gay Boys Too!), and Queer Kinky Quizzo), and famous guests like RuPaul and Tori Spelling. Obviously you cannot let yourself miss out on all this fabulousness, so log in and buy your tickets today before screenings start selling out.

On my walk to work Tuesday morning, I was a block away from the store when I hit a red light. While waiting for it to change, I looked to see what the light was doing. There was a man standing to my left, in my line of vision to the stoplight. He winked and smiled at me, but I couldn’t even tell you what he looked like, because as soon as my nose faced him, I was overcome by the urge to sneeze (at the very least) or heave (at the worst), and had to turn immediately away for a breath of fresh air.

No doubt about it, Philly's got a lot to offer: a thriving theatre scene (don't forget, Fringe is just around the corner), fabulous museums, loads of live music and more historical hoopla than you can shake a stick at. However, there are some hotspot trends in places far, far away that look cool too, and Phillyist is wondering why local entreupenuers aren't jumping all over them. Dammit! We want them too!
• Private room karaoke: It's like having a karaoke bar cater just to you and your friends (think Lost in Translation). We'd heard whispers that there was a place that did this in Chinatown, but that it is no longer. If that's the case, the city needs to give this method of musical debauchery a second chance. We gave this a try in Japan, and spent five hours singing ourselves hoarse. Somehow it's simply easier to make a musical ass out of yourselves among a small group of close friends rather than a bar full of strangers. AND you don't end up waiting as long for a microphone.
• Live band karaoke: Caught this on a recent episode of Queer Eye, and if anything can help assuage our frustrated rock star fantasies more effectively than the many hours we spend playing Guitar Hero this is it.

San Francisco is proud host of a new reality show called "How to Get the Guy" that's unfortunately not a descendant of Will and Grace, Queer Eye, The L Word, American Idol etc. Also a biodefence lab is coming to the East Bay and SFist teaches wine pairing.

What's interesting on TV this week.

Bostonist experiences schadenfreude because of a stupid criminal. We experience schadenfreude every time we listen to the soundtrack.