Case Studies

Five Awesomely Unnecessary Classes

Christian Polidoro

mix picks

They're Still Around?: The past 20 years have been pretty harsh for the Harlem Globetrotters: crash landing on Gilligan's Island, busting ghosts with Scooby Doo and appearing on The Rosie O'Donnell Show.

In The Event That…Your Other Magic Wand Breaks: The Art of Making and Maintaining Magical Tools —Josh Chamberlain

Justify Your Existence: What: Rock & Roll Queer Bar

Been There/Done That: Line Dancersize, every Wednesday, 6-7:30 p.m., $6, Hawthorne Cultural Center, 1200 Carpenter St., 215-685-1848 —Josh Chamberlain

On The DL…: Waters Community Fashion Show, Sat., March 11, 6 p.m., $10, Waters Memorial Church, 1016-18 South St., 215-389-1207. Doing little turns on the catwalk is usually the domain of socialites and anorexics. —Billy Kekevian

Just Do It: Sushi, Cocktails and Groggers, Thu., March 9, 6-9 p.m., $15-$20, Denim Lounge, 1712 Walnut St., 215-735-6700. Who needs gefilte when you've got raw? —Elizabeth Thomas

Just Do It: Potato Party, Sun., March 12, 1-7 p.m., Tattooed Mom, 530 South St., 215-238-9880 Whip back to the 1980s and chances are you played with a Mr. —Kelly White

Where We Won't Be: At 27 feet tall and 60 feet wide, Natura is parading her, uh, flowery-plant girth around Philly for this week's Flower Show.

art picks

Supreme Court: In a terrific stroke of genius, Pennsylvania Ballet remounted former artistic director Christopher d'Amboise's Franklin Court to honor Ben's birthday. —Janet Anderson

Enchanted Forrest: Philadelphia's other celebrity patriot has a significant anniversary this year. —Steve Cohen

Mini Van: When you're Mum Puppettheatre, the nation's only company devoted to puppetry operating at the regional theater level, you've got to find plays to perform with puppets. —Mark Cofta

Three for the Show: Perfectly Marvelous. It's an effusive title that suggests the likes of Julie Wilson or Lisa Kirk — singers in haute couture, whose repertoire and vocal stylings had the same impeccable polish. —David Anthony Fox