This weekend, 11/30-12/2:

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FRIDAY 11/30:

General Events:

• Fresh Friday Market, Nemours Plaza, 11th & Tatnall. 9-5pm.
• Showings at Theatre N: Searching for Sugar Man and Holy Motors. http://www.theatern.org/Films

Concerts:

• 61 North with Still Moon Servants and Villains Like You at the Queen, $12.
• The Melton Brothers Band and Alfie Moss at the Queen, upstairs. $19
• The Last Valorians head a 5-band local bill at Mojo Main. 9pm, $5

~In Philly~

• Wilmington's New Sweden plays in the middle of a 4-band bill at Milkboy Philly. $10
• Ross Bellenoit and Levee Drivers at Underground Arts in north Center City. $10
• Pearl and the Beard with Lucius and You Won't at Johnny Brenda's. $12
• Public Enemy and Biz Markie at Temple's Liacouras Center. $35-$100. Oof.
• Arlo Guthrie at the Scottish Rite Auditorium. $29-$45
• Lotus at the Electric Factory. $25
• Loretta Lynn at the Keswick Theatre, $55-$67

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SATURDAY 12/1:

General Events:

• Special free matinee at Theatre N- Christmas Animated Classic Films: A Charlie Brown Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. 11am, $0.
• Other showings at Theatre N: The Search for Sugar Man and Holy Motors. http://www.theatern.org/Films
• Jazz jam session at The Nomad Bar at 9th & Orange. Every Saturday, 4-7:30pm, FREE.

Concerts:

• Ed. pick: Red Baraat at Arden Gild Hall. $25. "Led by dhol player Sunny Jain, the nine piece comprised of dhol (double-sided barrel shaped North Indian drum slung over one shoulder) drumset, percussion, sousaphone and five horns, melds the infectious North Indian rhythm Bhangra with a host of sounds, namely funk, go-go, latin, and jazz."
• Martin Sexton and Adam Gontier at the Queen, downstairs. $20-$25.
• Matthew Ryan (alt-country singer-songwriter, billed as being from Chester County and also "a legend"), at the Kennett Flash. $12-$15
• Nik Everett Band at the Queen, upstairs.

~In Philly~

• Other Lives and Indians at Johnny Brenda's. $13-$14.
• Tanlines and Supreme Cuts at Union Transfer. $14.

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SUNDAY 12/2:

General Events:

• Showings at Theatre N: The Search for Sugar Man, Holy Motors, and Ballet In Cinema: The Pharoah's Daughter. http://www.theatern.org/Films

Concerts:

• Pink Martini at the Keswick, $40-$60.
• Sold Out: Dar Williams at the Tin Angel, old city.

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Upcoming: O'Brother at the North Star Wed. Juicy-looking film about in-fighting in a long-established string quartet at Theatre N (A Late Quartet). Rachel Yamagata at the FU Church Fri. Japandroids at UT Sat. Carbon Leaf at WCL Sat.

Yes, I know, I've been slacking.  Some weeks you have the time and inclination, and some weeks you just don't.  I'll have something for next weekend.

This weekend, 11/16-11/18:

Totally off-topic, but... does anyone else have a spouse whose mother calls them (for no particular reason) 3 times before 11:30 am?   Chill out, woman!

P.S. - I'm not putting out a Monday-Thursday list this week.  You all have your Thanksgiving week plans set; you don't need me to give you tips.  See you next Friday.

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FRIDAY 11/16:

General Events:

• Clay Date at the Delaware Art Museum. Bring a date, throw some pots.  Supplies, beer, wine, and snacks provided. 7-9pm, $30-$35. http://www.delart.org/home.html
• Fresh Friday Market, Nemours Plaza, 11th & Tatnall. 9-5pm.
• Showings of Chickens With Plums and Somewhere Between at Theatre N. http://www.theatern.org/Films

Concerts:

• At Mojo Main: "DJ EA's Punk Rock 30th Birthday Party", with Me Equals You, I Am Lightning, Disaster Committee, and Randy America & the Pike Creek Pin-Ups (I like the sound of that last one).  9pm, $5. One thing about Mojo Main shows - almost always cheap.
• Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience at the Grand Opera House. $37-$45. Ticket link.
• Gina Degnars (of Little Invisibles and Stygian Veil) plays a solo show at Trolley Square's most redundantly-named venue, Eeffoc's coffee cafe (although I'm sure the coffee is good, and this should be a good show). 7-9pm, free.
• The New Americans (Wilmington - have not heard them, but I recognize most of the  members as veterans of several other noted area bands) and Ballroom Thieves (Boston), and local Noelle Picara at the Queen. $9.
• At Mojo 13 in Claymont: Borracho ("stoner rock" from D.C.),  Black Cowgirl, Wasted Theory, Behind the Ghost, and Wizard Eye.  9pm.
• Jazz: Big Cat Tony Smith at the Nomad Bar on Orange St. 9:30pm.

~In Philly~

• David Bazan (playing Pedro The Lion's Control ) at First Unitarian Church. $13-$15.
• Yeasayer and Sinkane at Union Transfer. $25.
• John Prine and Sarah Jarosz at the Merriam Theatre. $45.
• Yellowcard heads a 4-band bill at the Electric Factory. $25

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SATURDAY 11/17:

General Events:

• Showings of Chicken With Plums and Somewhere Between at Theatre N. http://www.theatern.org/Films
• Jazz jam session at The Nomad Bar at 9th & Orange. Every Saturday, 4-7:30pm, FREE.

Concerts:

• Tric-Town November at Spaceboy Clothing on lower Market St: The Lost Sambuca, Robot House, Mean Lady, The Pretty Greens, and The Gang Age. All ages, 7pm doors, $8.
• NRBQ and Blue Dogs at the Queen Theatre. $25-$30.
• At Mojo Main: The Last Valorians, The Wicked End, Open Wide the Sky, My Worst Critic, and Via. 9pm, $5.
• Liz Longley (New England. Sirius XM radio's "singer/songwriter discovery of the year") and Barnaby Bright (Boston) at the Queen Theatre, upstairs.
• Gable Music Ventures presents "The Six" (6 regional singer-songerwriters) at the Chris White Gallery on 7th & Shipley. Doors at 7, $6.
• Aer at The Note in West Chester, with 3 other bands. $15-$17.
• Adam Arcuragi & the Lupine Chorale Society with Spirit Family Reunion at the Kennett Flash. $12-$15.
• G. Love & Special Sauce at Crocodile Rock in Lancaster. $38+.
• Leslie Carey at the Nomad Bar on Orange Street. 9:30 pm.

~In Philly~

• Ray LaMontagne at the Tower. $40-$60.
• Psalmships at Burlap & Bean. $8-$10.

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SUNDAY 11/18:

General Events:

• Comedian Ron "Tater Salad" White at The Grand Opera House. 7pm.
• Showings of Chickens With Plums, Somewhere Between, and the Steelers / Ravens game at Theatre N. http://www.theatern.org/Films
• Delaware Drum and Dance Hafla at Mojo Main. 3pm, $5. http://www.mojomain.com/event/187441/

Concerts:

• Concert for Haiti at Arden Gild Hall featuring Mallory Square and 5 more bands. All ages, $25.
• Conor Oberst and Daniel Johnston at the Kimmel Center. $30-$35.
• ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead at Johnny Brenda's, with The Coathangers and Residual. $15.

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Upcoming: Bob Dylan at WF Center Mon. John Hiatt in Sellersville Mon. Smokey Robinson at the Grand Tues. Mad-Sweet Pangs at the Queen next Wed. Hoots & Hellmouth in Sellersville Wed. Delta Spirit at the TLA next Fri. Sufjan Stevens at UT next Fri (Damn.  How long have I been aware of this cat and I still have to double-check the spelling of his name every time?). Wilmo Rock Circus next Sat.

Weekday events, Nov. 12 - Nov. 15:

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Monday 11/12:

• The Story of Film: Parts 14 & 15 (this has to be the final installment of this lengthy series, right?).  7pm, $7.

~Ongoing~

• Board game night & Quizzo at the Queen Theatre, upstairs. 7pm, free.
• Movie Monday at the Trocadero. 21+, $3. Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.

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Tuesday 11/13:

• Coldplay Live 2012 showing at the Queen Theatre. "Coldplay Live 2012 is the band's first concert film/live album in nine years. It documents their acclaimed Mylo Xyloto world tour, which has been seen by more than three million people since it began in June 2011."
  7:30pm, $12.50.
• The Tragically Hip at the TLA. All ages, $28-$31.
• Psychic Readings at Mojo Main (I clicked on MM's link to see what kind of band Psychic Readings is, and there's only a picture of a very attractive hispanic or Asian woman featured.  So...ah... is Mojo Main talking about an actual psychic, doing readings?  Maybe).  It's free anyway, whatever it is. 9pm.

~Ongoing~

• Remix Discotech dance party at Mojo Main (did not realize until right now that this is an ongoing thing.  So it is.)  Featuring a rotating crop of DJs, both local and from farther afield. 10pm, free.
• Urban Bike Project (Wilmington) is open from 6:30-9pm for the public to repair their bikes or purchase refurbished bikes. 19th & Market, enter on Race St. side of building.

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Wednesday 11/14:

• Bobby Bare Jr. at Milkboy Philly. $12-$14.
• Kaki King (not to be confused with local Kalai King) at World Cafe Live Philly. $18.

~Ongoing~

• Wax Wednesdays at 1984, at 4th & Greenhill. The focus is on vintage music. Bring your own vinyl to play and get $1 off drinks all night. 8pm-1am.
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.

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Thursday 11/15:

• Two comedians from NYC at the Queen Theatre. Luis J. Gomez and Dave Smith. Each has a pretty decent resume - see here  - so it should be a good show. Hosted by local Geno Bisconte. 8pm, upstairs, $10.
• Kennett Square Independent Film Series presents: Intouchables. A French film and true story about "two men who should never have met - a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects." At the Kennett Flash. Doors at 7, movie at 7:30, $5.  BYOB, may be a small corkage fee.
• Grace Potter & the Nocturnals with The Stepkids at the Electric Factory. $25
• Purling Hiss at Johnny Brenda's. $10.

~Ongoing~

• Urban Bike Project (Wilmington) is open from 6:30-9pm for the public to repair their bikes or purchase refurbished bikes. 19th & Market, enter on Race St. side of building.
• 80's karaoke at 1984 (2511 W. 4th St). 9pm, free.
• Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free.

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Upcoming: David Bazan at the FU Church Fri. Adam Arcuragi at the Kennett Flash Sat.

This weekend, November 9-11:

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FRIDAY 11/9:

General Events:

• Fresh Friday Market, Nemours Plaza, 11th & Tatnall. 9-5pm.
• Showings of Hello I Must Be Going and Tom Wolfe Gets Back to Blood at Theatre N. http://www.theatern.org/Films

Concerts:

• Allman Brothers tribute band at the Queen.

~In Philly~

• Pinback at Underground Arts in near-North Philly. $17
• Transister Rodeo at World Cafe Live Philly.

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SATURDAY 11/10:

• Showings of Hello I Must Be Going, Tom Wolfe Gets Back To Blood, and a matinee of children's classic Fly Away Home at Theatre N. http://www.theatern.org/Films
• Jazz jam session at The Nomad Bar at 9th & Orange. Every Saturday, 4-7:30pm, FREE.
• (This is not a family-oriented blog, but I'm including this by special request. Wilmingtonic loves requests): Lolly Hopwood & the Let's Play Today bunch at the Queen. Interactive song & dance & bubble popping for kids.  11am, $7-$10. http://queentickets.worldcafelive.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=388

Concerts:

• John Flynn at the Queen.
• Singer-songwriter Graham Alexander at the Kennett Flash. $12-$15.
• First Annual "Delaware Death Fest" at Mojo Main (not really my genre, or yours, I'm guessing, but people don't put many small-scale music festivals on around here, so I have to give them props for trying). Featuring: Internal Bleeding, Dehumanized, Supremia, Insatanity ... oh good lord, I can't keep typing these names with a straight face.  Suffice it to say there are about 7 more of them.   I will say, though - it looks like most of these bands are from NY, Boston, and elsewhere out of state, so they should put on a pretty stage-ready show, at least, if this is your thing. 4pm-1am, $11-$13. More info.

~In Philly~

• Paul Banks (lead singer of Interpol) at the Trocadero. $15-$17. Like a lot of people, I loved Interpol's debut album, liked their sophomore album well enough, and disliked their third album.  I wonder what Paul Banks' role in the songwriting of those albums was.  Interpol is definitely a prime example of a band that did their best writing before fame struck.
• The Low Road at the Tin Angel. $12
• David Bromberg Big Band at the Keswick Theatre.
• Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience at the Electric Factory.

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SUNDAY 11/11:

General Events:

• The FINAL Co-Op Farmers' Market of the year, Sundays 10-2. East Main St, Newark.
• Showings of Hello I Must Be Going, Tom Wolfe Gets Back to Blood, and Opera In Cinema: Siegfried,  at Theatre N. http://www.theatern.org/Films

Concerts:

• Ani Difranco at the Keswick Theatre, joined by Pearl and the Beard: who have family members in Delaware, and played the Queen Theatre last year.  Good to see they are still doing well. $25-$45
• Chris Robinson Brotherhood at Union Transfer. $20
• Antigone Rising and Jen Foster at the Tin Angel. $15
• Hezekiah Jones Big Band at the Fire. $10

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Upcoming:
Mirah at JB's Tues. The Tragically Hip at the TLA Tues. Bobby Bare Jr. at Milkboy Phl Wed. Grace Potter et al at the EF Thurs. David Bazan at FU Church Fri. Yeasayer at UT Fri. ...Trail of Dead at FU Church Sun. Conor Oberst at Kimmel Ctr Sun.

I'm going to have to skip the weekday events list this week.

A relative's beach cottage in Bethany sustained a lot of damage so I have to help clean that up, and I do election work.  It will be all I can do to get out next weekend's list. 

It doesn't look to me like there is a ton going on this week, anyway, but here are some of the websites that I visit in getting my list out, if you want to look yourself:

• Theatre N: http://www.theatern.org/
• Mojo Main's calendar: http://www.mojomain.com/calendar

(Mojo 13 doesn't have an operational calendar, so I use a pretty circuitous method to find out what's going on there).

• WCL at the Queen Theatre's calendar: http://queentickets.worldcafelive.com/
• Grand Opera House: http://www.thegrandwilmington.org/Home
• Kennett Flash calendar: http://www.kennettflash.org/tickets.html
• Graffiti Radio concert calendar (every once in a while they publicize a good show that slipped past my radar, so I cross-check there): http://www.graffitiradio.com/index.cgi?do=calendar
• Kelly's Logan House calendar on Facebook, not always up-to-date: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kellys-Logan-House/51853472989?sk=info
• Delaware Scene - a blog that features more art and family events: http://www.delawarescene.com/
• In Wilmington - the city of Wilmington's official events calendar.  Warning - it can be time consuming to navigate this - I wish they would adopt a simpler format: http://inwilmingtonde.com/splash2012.php

• And my biggest shortcut: The Swollen Fox Philadelphia Concert Calendar. I used to visit each Philly venue's calendar, one at a time, until I realized that the Swollen Fox blog already does that.  So, um, thanks guys for letting me just cherry-pick from your list?  No really, I'd never have time to feature any Philly shows if I did things the way I used to: http://theswollenfox.com/philadelphia-concert-calendar/

This weekend, 11/2-11/4:

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FRIDAY 11/2:

General Events:

• Fresh Friday Market, Nemours Plaza, 11th & Tatnall. 9-5pm.
• Art On The Town / 1st Friday art loop all over Wilmington, though the best concentration seems to be on lower Market St. 5-9pm.  
• Showings of Detropia and Liberal Arts at Theatre N. http://www.theatern.org/Films

Concerts:

• Blues great Shemekia Copeland at the Arden Gild Hall. $25-$30. 8pm. More info.
• Fountains of Wayne and Marshall Crenshaw at the Queen, maybe?  The website says "Sale Stopped", and I don't know if this means it's sold out, canceled, or still going on but it's too late to buy online.  Ticket link.
• Car Bomb ("mathcore" band from LBI) headlines a 5-band-bill at Mojo Main. 9pm, $8-$10. More info.
• Junior Mance at the Grand.

~In Philly~

• Alec Ounsworth (of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah), Spinto Band, Dean & Britta, and Dougie Horner at Underground Arts, on Calloway. Part of the 215 Festival. $15
• Freelance Whales and Geographer at Union Transfer.
• Brick and Mortar (have been seeing lots about them lately) open for Quiet Company at Milkboy  Philly.
• Smashing Pumpkins at Susquehanna Bank Center.

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SATURDAY 11/3:

General Events:

• Showings of Detropia and Liberal Arts at Theatre N. http://www.theatern.org/Films
• Dame Edna impersonator at the New Candlelight Dinner Theatre. $45.

Concerts:

• Jazz jam session at The Nomad Bar at 9th & Orange. Every Saturday, 4-7:30pm, FREE.
• Mason Porter at the Kennett Flash, $12-$15.
• Universal Funk Order and Can You Canoe at Mojo Main. 9pm, $5
• Nanci Griffith and The Kennedys at the Grand.

~In Philly~

• Stinking Lizaveta at Johnny Brenda's.
• Hoots & Hellmouth headline Union Transfer.
• Social Distortion at the Electric Factory.
• Tribute band for Steely Dan's masterpiece Aja, The Darcys, at Kung Fu Necktie (yeah, I just said I was a Steely Dan fan.  What?) 

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SUNDAY 11/4:

General Events:

• Co-Op Farmers' Market, Sundays 10-2. East Main St, Newark. Thru mid-Nov.
• Showings of Detropia, Liberal Arts, and Ballet in Cinema: Swan Lake at Theatre N. http://www.theatern.org/Films
• Cult movie night at Mojo Main, no telling what the movie actually is. Maybe call them. 9pm, free.

Concerts:

• Blackmore's Night at the Queen, rescheduled from last weekend.
• Hop Along with The Sidekicks, Johnny Foreigner, and Kite Party at The Fire. $10
• Motion City Soundtrack with Jukebox the Ghost and 2 other bands at the TLA. $22.50
• Susanna Hoffs at World Cafe Live Philly.

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Upcoming: Tame Impala at UT Thurs. Death metal fest at Mojo Main next weekend. Jason Bonham at the Grand 11/16.