August 7-13, 2003

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More stuff going on this week...

Art

Enter the "Realm of the Senseless" courtesy of Frank Kozik. Known for his poster art for Nirvana, The Rolling Stones and Smashing Pumpkins, he'll show his new cartoony, color-saturated paintings and prints this month. Through Sept. 14, Tin Man Alley, 608 N. Second St., 215-923-1418.

Reading

Share your most intimate (or least intimate) correspondence at the next Open Letters reading: found letters, old notes passed in class, naughty e-mails, anything -- or just listen. This session will also feature local writers Loren Hunt (Philadelphia Independent) and Erik Bader reading from a series of fake love letters from a fake 30-year–long romance. Sun., Aug. 10, 8 p.m., upstairs at Fergie’s, 1214 Sansom St., 215-928-9118. For more information, write lettersreading@hotmail.com.

Theater

Waiting for Lefty, Clifford Odets' collected stories of working-class life in the '30s, gets a three-night production from a group of young actors and producers at Upper Merion Summer Stage. Thu.-Sat., Aug. 7-9, 8 p.m., $5 donation suggested, Trinity Church, 966 Trinity Ln., Gulph Mills, 610-337-8168.