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Phillyist reader/commenter bruhinb passed along this excellent video, via DJ Robert Drake's personal blog.

If you haven't checked out the film festival yet, you still have one last chance tonight. Hosts Robert Drake and Michaela Majoun present the 14th Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival’s Audience and Jury Awards, and a showing of the lush, gender-bending festival closer Were the World Mine follows.

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

In October, my fellow Phillyist Jim mourned the resolution of WXPN's list of the 885 All Time Greatest Albums with the question: "What will we listen to with feverish anticipation and argue passionately about now?" How about the 885 All Time Greatest Artists? Because according to Reflections of a Rock Lobster, the blog of XPN (and Phillyist interview survivor) DJ Robert Drake, that's what XPN has on tap for this year.

Fun around town, for $10 or less:

Fun around town, for $10 or less:

This Sunday, Tattooed Mom will be beseiged by a bonaza of potato-based arts and crafts, because that's what happens at a Potato Party. (At least, we think that's what happens at a Potato Party.) Attendees are invited to try their hands at creating "old-skool" potato heads & potato portraits, all for the glory of "amazing potato prizes."

It's no secret that Phillyist loves Sex Dwarf - DJs Robert Drake and Pussy Galore's monthly 80's dance party at Fluid. But tonight's event is extra special; not only can you go and get your dorky dance on (we're sorry, although 80's music is Awesome, it's impossible to look cool when you dance to it), but in celebration of Sex Dwarf's second year, dancers and wallflowers alike can enjoy $1 PBRs, a free buffet from Lastest Dish until 10PM, "Sex Cake," (no, we have no idea either) and a New Wave makeover in the 'Nu Wave Boutique.' Phillyist is especially psyched about the last bit, and we're hoping to spend the evening sporting something "Hungry-Like-The-Wolf"-esque.

by Neil McGarry

Sometimes it's good to give in to guilty pleasures -- even ones that invariably lead to us making happy fools out of ourselves in a public forum. With this in mind, Phillyist couldn't resist the opportunity to shake-our-money-maker 80s style at Fluid's monthly 80s dance party, Sex Dwarf. Fluid is a bit tricky to find (it's cleverly disguised as an unmarked door down an dark alley), but the imposing bouncer outside with the "Fluid" t-shirt convinced us that, despite the lack of signage and safe lighting, we were in the right place. The inside of Fluid is fairly non-descript as well; giving the overall feel that someone waited until their parents were out of town, decorated their basement with a few disco balls, and threw a party. Only with a much better bar. This atmosphere works to Sex Dwarf's advantage. Instead of feeling like the usual bump-and-grind meat market, Sex Dwarf feels like a party full of people you know: folks are friendly; the crowd amenable; and the dancing spontaneous, wild, and erratic (or maybe that was just us). How could we not fall instantly in love with a crowd of late twenty and thirty-somethings singing "We're the Kids of America," without irony and at the top of their voices, while simultaneously trying to figure out how they were going to get up in time for their business meeting the next morning? DJs Robert Drake and Pussy Galore present Sex Dwarf at Fluid (613 S. 4th Street) on the last Tuesday of every month. The show starts at 10 pm -- and admission is free until 11 (then $5 thereafter) -- but don't bother getting there too early, as the dancing doesn't start in earnest until about 11:30 pm.