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Strapped for Cash
Why won't anyone take money donated by the fetish ball?
by Kristen Humbert
These fetishists are quite giving. All ball proceeds, typically totaling more than $10,000, have gone to local charities, including Action AIDS, MANNA and the Woodhull Freedom Foundation. Regardless of the fetish ball's raison d'être, each charity has taken the money — until now.

Agenda Picks:
Tellabration 2009
Sat., Nov. 21, 2 p.m., $8-$10, Church of St. Martin, 8000 St. Martin's Lane, 215-275-9324, patchworkstorytelling.org.
by Julia West
It takes cajones to be an good storyteller. Each year, Tellabration is celebrated to honor these brave souls and their fans.

Cut The Craft!
Sat, Nov. 21, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 22, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; free, 376 Shurs Lane, sardineclothing.com/CTC.
by Julia West
Bills decided to invite only crafters who make sustainable goods, including clothing, jewelry and artwork, to his show.

Harry Potter and the Magical Muggle Museum
Sun., Nov. 22, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., free with $6-$10 admission, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South St., 215-898-4890, museum.upenn.edu.
by Lauren Seibert
This third annual festival brings the wizarding world to life: Visitors can play Quidditch on the lawn, attempt O.W.L. exams, design wands and even walk though a life-size re-creation of Diagon Alley.

Pop Revisited
Sun., Nov. 22, 7 p.m., $15, Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St., 215-928-0978, tinangel.com.
by Lauren Seibert
Her performance cycles through a mix of hit songs to piece together a love story, while his pays homage to forgotten pop from the '90s.

Philcon
Fri., Nov. 20, 6 p.m.-mid.; Sat., Nov. 21, 10 a.m.-mid.; Sun., Nov., 22, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; $25-$60, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2349 W. Marlton Pike, Cherry Hill, philcon.org.
by Nicole Saylor
Philcon, an annual conference held by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, tips its hat to all of sci-fi's offshoots.

Last Chance
Catch it or regret it
by Holly Otterbein
The Clay Studio | 2424 Studios

MUSIC . Picks
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Fri., Nov. 20, 8 p.m., $12, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St., arsnovaworkshop.com.
by Shaun Brady
It's a meeting of two of the most influential regional collectives in free jazz history — both born of the relatively barren Midwest — when these two join forces.
Wed., Nov. 25, 9 p.m., $7, hosted by Reef the Lost Cauze, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
by Tisha Kline
DJs Emynd and Bo Bliz, curators of high-energy year-themed parties, will be packing the club and playing all hip-hop and pop hits from 1989.
Fri., Nov. 20, 9 p.m., $12-$15, with Nomad, L-Vis 1990, Bok-Bok, Kingdom, DJ Sega, Dirty South Joe, Flufftronix and Lady Prowl, Mad Decent Mausoleum, 531 N. 12th St., radsummer.com.
by K. Ross Hoffman
As dubsteppers go, 20-year-old Liam McLean (aka Bristol producer Joker) seems nearly as focused on sparking dancefloors as he is on inducing woozy, head-nodding hypnosis.
Tue., Nov. 24, 8 p.m., $11-$13, with Natural Selection, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.
by Tisha Kline
If you've slept on N'dambi, it's time to wake up.
Mon., Nov. 23, 8 p.m., $5, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, arsnovaworkshop.com.
by Shaun Brady
Ars Nova Workshop's Composer Portrait concerts have been illuminating experiences, emphasizing the vision of some of modern jazz's greatest figures.
Sat., Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m., $12 with Aidan Baker, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.
by K. Ross Hoffman
As we inch into the frostier months, it's an apt time for the glacial, richly enveloping abstract drone music that Montrealer Tim Hecker has made his stock-in-trade for nearly a decade now.
ARTS . Picks
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Tue., Nov. 24, 7:30 p.m., $14, Free Library, Central Branch, 1901 Vine St., 215-567-4341, freelibrary.org.
by A.D. Amorosi
Philadelphia's loss may have been Montreal's gain, but locally born Adam Gopnik writes as if he never left.
Fri., Nov. 20, 8 p.m., $7, Moore College of Art & Design, 1920 Race St., 215-965-4099, thesecretcinema.com.
by Molly Eichel
The title says it all. Puppets? Fucking creepy.
Sat., Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m., $45, Central Bucks South High School, 1100 Folly Road, Warrington; Mon., Nov. 23, 7:30 p.m., $48, Haverford School, 450 W. Lancaster Ave., Haverford; 215-735-1685, avaopera.org.
by Peter Burwasser
Even when Giuseppe Verdi was not directly adopting Shakespeare for the operatic stage, his work was Shakespearean in dramatic depth and characterization.
Through Nov. 28, free, Projects Gallery, 629 N. Second St., 267-303-9652, projectsgallery.com.
by Lauren Seibert
It's the grit and grunge of city life that intrigue Jim Brossy.
Sun., Nov. 22, 3 p.m., $29-$62, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215-893-1999, kimmelcenter.org.
by Janet Anderson
The Ukrainians are coming, and in full force — all stamping, jumping and playing musical instruments at the Kimmel.

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