Then come to the Bryn Mawr Film Institute! The theater, which is a five-minute walk from campus, is showing two cool films this weekend. Historians will love The Flat, a documentary about a family’s past in Nazi Germany. If you’re more of an Indie fan, check out The Sessions, a Sundance winner about the sexual awakening of a paralyzed poet. Student tickets are $7. http://www.brynmawrfilm.org/films/

See Season 1 winner Jay McCarroll and his current collection of clothing and accessories! Come to Art Star Gallery and Boutique this Saturday to see McCarroll’s trunk show and shop the merchandise for yourself! This is also a great idea for holiday shopping. The show runs from 11 am-3 pm, and admission is free. To get to the gallery on North Second St., take the R-100 to 69th Street and the Market-Frankford line to Spring Garden. http://www.uwishunu.com/2012/11/project-runway-winner-jay-mccarroll-to-present-a-trunk-show-at-northern-liberties-art-star-gallery-boutique-saturday-november-17/

Come see the Spellbound Dance Company perform at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts this weekend from Thursday November 15- Saturday November 17. Student rush tickets are available, enter the promo code “student” when buying your tickets to see the available seating arrangements for just $10!
http://www.pennpresents.org/tickets/?id=217

Fascinated by the Titanic story? Then come to the Franklin Institute this November to see Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition!
http://www.fi.edu/titanic/

Want to see good comedy? Comedian Mike Epps will be performing at the House of Blues in Philadelphia on November 17th.

The Nutcracker will be performed on two dates in December:

December 1st at the Merriam Theater in Philly. Tickets are priced $10-40, for more info call (215) 893-1999.

December 8th and 9th at the Haverford School in Haverford. Tickets are priced $15-25, for more info call (610) 431-4321.

Then come to Swarthmore on Monday night for a free workshop! “My Sex, My Gender, My Everything Else?” promises to provide a welcoming, interesting space to think about important questions of identity. Featured BMC alums include Nikki López and Qui Alexander. To get to the workshop, which runs from 7 PM-9:30 PM, take the 5:50 Swat Van. There is a 9:50 van back to Haverford, and a blue bus back to Bryn Mawr at 10:20. For details on the workshop, visit http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=9894&information_id=28674&type=&syndicate=syndicate.

Who ever thought that spelling could be fun? For the next two weekends, the Drexel Players will be performing “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”, a clever Broadway musical about a group of kids competing for the honor of best speller. The show features audience participation, so come try your luck at words like “hemidemisemiquaver” and “weltanschauung”. Student tickets are just $10, and shows are at 2 or 8 PM. To get to the Mandell Theater, take the R-5 to Center City and then walk to 12 minutes to 33rd and Chestnut Streets. For details visit http://www.drexelplayers.com/index.php?view=details&id=13%3Aspelling-bee&option=com_eventlist&Itemid=61.