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Benton and Rovelto that satirize the election and farcical state of American political debate. Five bucks off entry if you have a voting sticker or are a student — but remember, unlike at the polls, you’ll need to show ID. —Elizabeth Gunto Tue., Nov. 6, 7 p.m., $20, The Ice Box, Crane Arts Building, 1400 N. American St., facebook.com/dividedtheparty.
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the nail-biting anxiety of election night with a party hosted by A Button-Pie Press’ Amanda Benton (who recently won a contest to design the poster for Obama’s American Jobs Act) and Little Chair Printing owner and ceramic artist Hope Rovelto. The entry fee partially goes toward a blue or red Soloesque porcelain cup featuring Obama or Romney, respectively; that’ll get you all the beer you
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✚ NAS can drink from Barry’s Homebrew to soothe those nerves. The event’s name comes from the party technically being divided into two separate camps, one for the red cups and one for the blue cups, each side of the room showing election results from either MSNBC or Fox News. Dapper Dog food truck will be outside serving Romney and Obama dogs. The event is also an exhibition of posters from
Holding true to that “one hot album” per decade average Jay-Z snarked about, Nas dropped his eminently enjoyable 10th album this summer — close to 20 years after his much-beloved debut. And now I’ll stop talking about Illmatic, as it’s an unfair and irrelevant reference point in this and most other contexts: Nobody but nobody makes rap albums with that kind of single-minded concision anymore, and Life Is
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Good (Def Jam) is no exception. Rather, it’s a gleefully disparate mishmash of hardened-thug tough talk, Hallmark-card sentimentality, back-in-the-day chin-stroking (both musical and lyrical), a summery, pop-leaning trifle or two and a mixture of vitriol and fond remembrance for ex-wife Kelis, with remarkable posthumous contributions from both Heavy D and Amy Winehouse. Nas’ legendary verbal skills are in greater evidence here than they’ve been in a while; even if he falls off again, here’s looking forward to 2022. —K. Ross Hoffman Wed., Nov. 7, 8:30 p.m., $59.50-$71.65, with Ms. Lauryn Hill and Jhene Aiko, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 215-627-1332, electricfactory.info.
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