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Staff Picks: From Philly with Love Craft Show, Rent, Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating
February 2, 2009

By: Aroundphilly.com Staff - Info@aycmedia.com
The Aroundphilly.com staff sometimes get up from their desk to (*gasp*) do more than microwave a burrito. Once every crescent moon you can find the staff congregated in the meeting room, surrounded by pizza, Red Bull and notepads. From these meetings comes some of our best articles.

Deca Dance
Expand your understanding of dance around the world when Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company makes its Philadelphia debut with the premiere of Deca Dance. The show is a compilation of eight works by artistic director Ohad Naharin with music ranging from J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations to a remix of “Over the Rainbow” and even an Arabic pop score. The diverse performances, which even use audience members in one of its acts, is inspired by themes of social revolt, folk dances and everyday life. Tues., Feb. 3, 7:30pm, $38 - $48, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St., 215.898.3900, www.annenbergcenter.org

Rent
Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp and Gwen Stewart are reprising the roles that they originated on Broadway in Rent, the blockbuster musical that’s racked up every major accolade from Tony Awards to Pulitzers since officially debuting in 1996 after a history-making run off-Broadway. The story follows a group of struggling artists and musicians living in New York City. Tues., Feb. 3 – Sun., Feb. 8, check Web site for times, $28 - $80, Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Sts., 215.893.1999, www.kimmelcenter.org

Mark Bittman
Don’t mention to Mark Bittman that you’ll be going to the opening of Union Trust on Saturday night. (What, you didn’t get an invite?) According to this author and New York Times columnist, meat is bad for your diet and even worse for the planet. In Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes Bittman tackles both topics head on, detailing the impact that meat consumption is having on the environment by increasing global warming and how it’s sabotaging your best efforts to lose weight. These 75 vegetarian recipes are his answer to effectively helping on both fronts. Wed., Feb. 4, 7:30pm, $7 - $14, Free Library, 1901 Vine St., 215.686.5322, www.library.phila.gov

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