Taylor Swift | B- 1989 (Big Machine) finds our ingénue of ennui transformed into a Pop Queen, although the way she fetishizes romance/breakups while keeping mum on the pleasures of the flesh remains an insult to her audience, no matter…

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Maria Pouchnikova As Dice Raw tells it, he was hanging out with Black Thought last year when a DJ friend sent him a link to a Tiani Victoria freestyle. They played it and Black Thought said, “Yo, she’s dope! Get…

[ theater ] Fando y Lis, by Fernando Arrabal, new translation by Emily Schuman Attended: Sat., Sept. 20, 2 p.m., Shubin Theatre; closes Sept. 22 Fando carts his crippled bride Lis through a barren nowhere-land to find happiness in the…

[ theater ] Safe Space, by Apocalypse Club  Attended: Weds., Sept. 10, 8 p.m., Doug’s House, 19th and Latona streets; closes Sept. 19 A play about environmental science students and their live-action role-playing global warming game. WE THINK:  Who wants…

[ theater ]  The Orgasm Chronicles, by OneTaste Philadelphia  Attended: Sun., Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m., Biello Martin Studio; closes Sept. 21 Sharing their personal stories in prose and poetry, OneTaste Philly leads a tour through the orgasmic cycle.  WE THINK:…

[ interactive art ] Untitled: What You See or What Do You See by Krie Alden Attended: Saturday, Sept. 6, 6 p.m., Da Vinci Art Alliance; closes Sept. 20 This show focuses on the relationship between the art and the viewer’s perspective—specifically…

[ theater ]  “‘…the rags of time’: J. Robert Oppenheimer” by Exclamation Theater, Inc. Attended: Thurs., Sept. 4, 7:30 p.m; closes Sun., Sept. 14 A…one-man show, imaginatively recounting a final soul-searching by the father of the atomic age as he faces his…

FKA Twigs (formerly known as Tahliah Barnett) doesn’t make R&B, or at least not the way your daddy knows it. Those who link the British singer-songwriter to trip-hop or dubstep are making the point that her taste in production is…