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Robin Rice on Visual Art: Treacy Ziegler: Before an Ocean

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Life as a House

Robin Rice on Visual Art: Treacy Ziegler: Before an Ocean

by Robin Rice

Like the gallery itself, Ziegler's paintings are approachable and have an integrity that rewards thought.

Arts Picks:

Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Co.

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.

Adam Gopnik

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.

Jim Brossy: Left Behind

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.

Dance:

Something Good

DANCE REVIEW: Fräulein Maria

by Deni Kasrel

The show is clever from the opening number, where swaths of fabric suggest the verdant, hilly locale of the movie version for this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic.

Kaleidoscope

BalletX | Too Tuff | Deadmau5 | Monty Python Almost the Truth: The Lawyer's Cut

Arts Picks:

Falstaff

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.

Creepy Puppet Films

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.

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