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Gravediggers: Major suckage at the Dawson.
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Brain Fucked

»That’s a Wrap

Brain Fucked

Through Sept. 13. Various dates and showtimes. $5. Dawson Street Pub, 100 Dawson St. 215.482.5677. www.livearts-fringe.org

A trip to any comic store will tell you that zombies are so over, man. Monkeys have knocked them off the top of the greasy monster pole. Last year the nerdverse was knocked sideways by Marvel Zombies. This fall sees the arrival of Marvel Apes—with all your fave superheroes reimagined as frantically masturbating and banana munching furry beasties. So what better last hurrah to the zom-geist than Zombies Ain’t Shit Theatre’s Brain Fucked, brought to us by a bunch of no doubt incredibly sexually repressed students from St. Joe’s? How badly would this have to suck to not be worth at least $5? Answer: more than it possibly could suck. A new focus-enhancing drug turns American college students into hyperarticulate zombies. Top marks for satire, Zombies Ain’t Shit Theatre, but if you wanna maintain the bell curve, next year we’ll need to see something about a rabid pedo-pope being torn to shreds by a howling mob of Catholic priest-raped and crazed zombie-ape elderly female relatives who won’t vote for Obama because they got an “e-letter thing” telling them he’s a gay Muslim who hates America. So get writing. (Steven Wells)

»first friday

Adrienne Theater
9-9:45pm. Debrah Morkun, Nathan Cooke and Melissa Purnell: “Projection Machine.” 2030 Sansom St.

Allens Lane Art Center
6-9pm. Craig Stover: “Paintings and Sculpture.” Thru Oct. 24. 601 W. Allens Lane. www.allenslane.org

Artists’ House Gallery
5-8:30pm. Various artists: “The Art of the Portrait.” Thru Sept. 28. 57 N. Second St. www.artistshouse.com

Blue Lotus Gallery
5-9pm. Mukti Singh Thapa: “Classical Newari Paintings of Mukti Singh Thapa.” Thru Oct. 31. 1314 Sansom St. www.bluelotusgallery.com

Bridgette Mayer Gallery
6-8:30pm. Alexis Serio: “Stillness.” Thru Sept. 27. 709 Walnut St. www.bridgettemayergallery.com

Center for Architecture
6-8pm. Various artists: “DRAW: Philadelphia Drawing Competition 2008.” 1218 Arch St.

Cerulean Arts
5-9pm. Various artists: “Cerulean Arts’ Second Anniversary Exhibition.” Thru Oct. 17. 1355 Ridge Ave. www.ceruleanarts.com

Clay Studio
5-9pm. Jen Allen: “New Work.” Victoria Christen, Naomi Cleary, Silvie Granatelli, Hiroe Hanazano, Kristin Pavelka, Hide Sadohara, Karin Solberg and Shoko Teruyama: “Just Desserts.” Colleen Toledano: “subFOUNDATION.” Thru Sept. 21. 137-139 N. Second St. www.theclaystudio.org

Copy Gallery
7-11pm. Beth Brandon and Carrie Collins: “10% Tiger Fire.” 319 N. 11th St. www.copygallery.org

Dupree Gallery
5-9pm. Various artists: “Student Exhibition.” Thru Sept. 30. 703 S. Sixth St. www.dupreestudiosinc.com

Edge Gallery
6-9pm. David Novak, David Freeman, James Leonard and Ray Mantella: “Four Painters, Four Perspectives.” Thru Sept. 28. 72 N. Second St. www.edgegalleryllc.com

F.A.N. Gallery
5-9pm. Marc Rubin: “On a Shelf.” Thru Sept. 27. 221 Arch St. www.fanartgallery.com

Highwire Gallery
5-9pm. Jeff Thomas: “Dreamscape.” Thru Sept. 28. 2040 Frankford Ave. highwiregallery.com

Main Line Art Center
6-9pm. Various artists: “71st Annual Faculty Exhibition.” Thru Sept. 25. 8:30-10pm. Various artists: “Meet the Artists Party.” Various artists: “Third Annual Fresh StART Workshops.” 746 Panmure Rd., Haverford. www.mainlineart.org

Memphis Flats
6-9pm. R. Alexander Trejo: “Architectural Surreal.” Thru Sept. 30. 1714 Memphis St. www.memphisflats.net

MilkBoy Coffee
6-9:30pm. Various artists: “Screens ‘N’ Spokes: Bikes, Art and a Great Cause.” 2 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore. www.milkboycoffee.com

Monsoon Gallery
7-10pm. Khalil Allaik: “Inspiration II.” Thru Oct. 1. 11 E. Third St., Bethlehem. www.monsoongalleries.com

Mulberry Art Studios
5-8pm. Various artists: “Lens, Brush, Needles & Chords.” Thru Sept. 30. 19-21 N. Mulberry St., Lancaster. www.mulberryartstudios.com

Muse Gallery
5-9pm. Rochelle Dinkin and Rachel Isaac: “The Grimm Sisters.” Thru Sept. 28. 52 N. Second St. www.musegalleryphiladelphia.com

Old City Jewish Art Center
5-9pm. Linda Dubin Garfield: “The Right Foot: Shoe Portraits.” Thru Sept. 13. 119 N. Third St. www.jewishartcenter.com

Painted Bride Art Center
5-7pm. Willi Dorner and Lisa Rastl: “Feet.” Thru Oct. 18. 230 Vine St. www.paintedbride.org

Pentimenti Gallery
6-8:30pm. Tim Tate: “Video Reliquaries, A Look Inside A Digital Mind.” Jacob Lunderby: “The Smooth And the Striated.” 145 N. Second St. www.pentimenti.com

Projects Gallery
6-9pm. Various artists: “Fresh!” Thru Sept. 27. 629 N. Second St. www.projectsgallery.com

Rodger LaPelle Galleries
5-10pm. James Feehan: “Rivers & Ravishment.” Thru Sept. 28. 122 N. Third St. www.rodgerlapellegalleries.com

Schmidt/Dean Gallery
5:30-7:30pm. Various artists: “L.A. Law.” Thru Oct. 11. 1710 Sansom St. www.schmidtdean.com

Third Boat Gallery
Noon-midnight. Kim Alsbrooks and Patrick Farell: “Untitled.” Thru Sept. 30. 16 N. Third St.

13 North Gallery
6-10pm. Russell Loue, Sarah Luscher and Michael Ryan: “Identities.” Thru Sept. 25. 13 N. Centre St., Merchantville, N.J. www.13northgallery.com

222 Gallery
6-9pm. Samantha West: “Musings.” Thru Oct. 4. 222 Vine St. www.222gallery.com

Villanova University
5-7pm. Ellen Slupe: “Composites.” Thru Oct. 5. 800 Lancaster Ave., Villanova. www.artgallery.villanova.edu