In print | Published March 18, 2010

Improv Comedy-The N Crowd:
The N Crowd is Philadelphia’s short form improv troupe, with shows every Friday. The improv requires audience interaction where the performance relies on suggestions yelled out by the audience members. If improv is your kind of thing, The N Crowd act will give you 80 minutes of “unscripted comedy.”
The 15-member troupe started in 2005 and has performed at the Philadelphia Improv Festival and the Philly Fringe Festival. This Friday, the N Crowd will be performing at the Actors Center at 8:00 p.m., with doors opening at 7:30. Tickets can be bought in advance for $10 and are $15 at the door. Check out their website for ticket purchase and more information at www.phillyncrowd.com.

Tell-Tale Tiles & Fractured Fantasies:
The Philadelphia Magic Gardens, known for the public mosaic installation by artist Isaiah Zagar enlisted tile and mosaic artists to submit “narrative tiles that could include social, political, personal, and family stories.” Ceramicist and art historian Susan Tunick judged the mosaics, of which a handful of mosaics were selected to be displayed at the Magic Gardens.
The new exhibition opens this Saturday, March 19 and is a month-long event. The exhibit also includes work by Zagar and Henry Chapman Mercer. The opening reception is from 6:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. and admission is $4. Visit the Magic Garden’s website for their location at www.phillymagicgardens.org.

John Waters-The King of Cult:
The Bryn Mawr Film Institute (BMFI) is hosting a series celebrating the “sexual deviancy, camp, counterculture and gleeful bad taste” of John Waters’ movies. Waters is visiting Bryn Mawr on March 26 and BMFI will be showing two of his most famous movies, “Hairspray” and “Pink Flamingos.” Hairspray showed yesterday, but Pink Flamingos will be playing on Saturday, March 20 at midnight.
The film, made in 1972, is rated NC-17 and follows Divine, who lives in a trailer park with her family and enters a contest against an upper-class couple for the prize of being named the “filthiest person alive.” The celebration of Water’s work with the film screenings will culminate with his appearance on March 26. Visit BMFI’s website for ticket information: www.brynmawrfilm.org.

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