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Rittenhouse Square is holding the fall session of their bi-annual Fine Art Fest. Started in the early 30s by a small group known as the "Art Student's League," this exciting and renounced show brings together professional and student work for a two day extravaganza on the square. This is a great opportunity to introduce kids of all ages to dozens of different mediums and with over 150 different artists on hand with their wares in to tow, you're kids will find something that gets them excited about art. For a complete list of featured artists, examples of their work, or directions to the square, visit the website here.

Mum Puppettheatre's production of opened last week (our review is forthcoming), but before it opened, I was invited to Mum's basement to see how the dozens of puppets needed for the production would take shape.

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Are you a meanderthal? Not sure? Check the urban dictionary, and beware! Apparently the word could soon be heading to the real dictionary. (Via Jill) Uh oh - looks like the upper ups at Warner Bros. demanded some last minute changes to the ending of I Am Legend. That's rarely good news... Supposedly The Movie Blog got their hands on some...

I was reared on PBS children's programming. is based, so naturally, I was excited for the play.

Now that it's become clear that Tom Knox is doing exceedingly well, and has a great deal of money, a bill has been introduced to temporarily cancel the campaign contribution limits in order to even things out a bit.

...Rejection: If he read the blogs, he'd know that she's not a firecrotch. Her esthetician makes sure of that. (Via The Superficial.)

Of course, the background music we had was usually Raffi or the soundtrack to Sesame Street. Nothing this pretty.

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

Tomorrow at noon, WHYY Studios (150 North 6th Street) will be hosting a free advance screening of World According to Sesame Street, in which three Sesame Street producers bring the show's concept to international audiences.

...Stupid: This footage is old, but it's been making its rounds on the interweb this week, and it's a fine example as to why Britney Spears and Kevin Federline should never have been allowed to reproduce. (Via The Superficial.)

Houstonist reports on cross-dressing thieves and undressing educators this week. A Peeping Tom defends himself with a papaya and an outraged onlooker asks Ken Lay, "TATER TOTS OR FRIES?" Also, FEMA wants it's money back.

According to philly.com, former Phillie John Kruk is going to join sports talk radio WPEN–AM (950). Kruk’s role at the radio station has not yet been made public, but whatever it is, Phillyist hopes he’ll regularly produce some quotes like the ones he has given us in the past:

"It's like American Idol, without the jerks!" This is how David Cassanova described last night's Puppet Karaoke Red Hot Royal Rumble at The Manhattan Grill in Fishtown. Phillyist is more like to compare the Puppet Karaoke experience to accidentally finding oneself at open mic night on the set of HR Puff N' Stuff; but no matter which way you choose to look at it, Puppet Karaoke is loads of fun. Part cabaret, part karaoke, part arts-and-crafts extravaganza; Puppet Karaoke pits the quirky, professionally performed puppets (Colonel J Hammer, Fruitwa, Mr. Big Boss, Sork the 500 Foot Astro-Polyp and others) against each other and puppets made and performed by the audience. Puppets can be brought in from the outside - but Phillyist noticed it was a more popular option to storm the table of paper bags, markers and assorted other do-dads (nicknamed the "Emergency Puppet Construction Zone" or "EPCZ") and create puppets stage-side. Some show-goers who were too shy to sing took advantage of the EPCZ to create paper puppet undies to toss on-stage during songs. (It was that kind of crowd.) We don't care how old you are: the lure of brown paper and safety scissors is difficult to resist. The evening was moderated by nice-guy emcee Cassanova and his lounge-lizard counterpart Carmen Martella III (Martella can also be seen performing around town as himself, Salvador Dali, Tony Clifton, Rip Taylor and (our personal favorite) Skeletor), who introduced the acts, chatted with all the puppets and kept the audience entertained with vaudeville-grade groaners as performers crawled in and out from behind the stage. This is karaoke - but make no mistake - the puppets are the stars. All puppeteers - professional and amateur alike - spend their song time crouched beneath the stage with their lyrics and microphones while the puppets enjoy the glow of the spotlight and garner all the applause. Phillyist may be biased as we grew up watching on healthy-doses of Sesame Street - but we fail to see how anyone can have a bad time watching puppets sing and dance. It's funny. It's fun. And luckily - it's once a month (every third Thursday) at the Manhattan Grill.