New Hope gets Hedda for the holidays
Hedda Lettuce is, ahem … headed to New Hope to unwrap her annual holiday show “Lettuce Rejoice!” The production will feature her entertaining blend of characters, satire and music Dec. 16 at the Rrazz Room.
Arts
Fifty years later, Warhol, Velvet Underground back at Gershman Y
Fans of edgy art and experimental music should check out “Underground Nights: When Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable Met The Y,” a new exhibit at the Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St.
Burlesque troupe takes on the holidays
Openly gay performer Zachary Chiero will be one of the featured players participating in the Tribe of Fools’ Seventh-Annual Holiday Burlesque Dec. 17 at Shiloh Baptist Church.
Gender nonconformity on display at PAFA
One of the main functions of art is to enable the viewer to perceive some aspect of life in a new and different way. Transgender and gender-nonconforming artists, in particular, often find art an effective means of communicating what life is like outside the gender mainstream. One such effective example of this is now on display at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Streets of Philadelphia to serve as backdrop for new gay film
Philadelphia is the setting for out writer/director Doug Spearman’s forthcoming romance, “From Zero to I Love You.” The film depicts the relationship that develops between Jack Dickinson (Scott Bailey), a married-with-kids publishing executive in Haverford, and Peter Logdsdon (Darryl Stephens), a gay advertising copywriter who lives in the city.
