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The Design Center at Philadelphia University
The Design Center at Philadelphia University presents Lace in Translation, an exhibition of contemporary work that explores the intersection of luxurious hand-craftsmanship with modern, mass production. TDC's historic Quaker Lace Company collection is the inspiration for three international artists Tord Boontje, Demakersvan, and Cal Lane, reconsidering conventional notions of lace with installations created specifically for TDC's space, a 1950s era, Hollywood-style ranch house, situated on the edge of Fairmount Park. Lace in Translation plays with the concept of lace, utilizing unexpected materials and new technologies to transform the Center's grounds and galleries, through April 3, 2010, Goldie Paley House, 4200 Henry Avenue, Philadelphia.

November 6 - 13

The annual First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary Art is underway now through November 8, the only festival dedicated to presenting works of art based on real-life experiences, with events held at the Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine Street, Old City, Philadelphia.

The 14th Annual Art Ability Exhibition kicks off this Sunday, November 8 through January 17, an international, juried exhibition and sale of art and fine crafts created by artists with physical, cognitive, hearing and visual disabilities at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, 414 Paoli Pike, Malvern, PA.

Onstage at Passage Theatre Company is "Blood: A Comedy," by David Lee White, an irreverent farce about faith, science, family and more, now through November 22 at the Mill Hill Playhouse, 205 East Front Street in Trenton, NJ.

"Kids Care 16: Radiance" opens this Sunday, November 8 at Woodmere Art Museum, featuring artwork by hundreds of students from the region, made for people homebound with life-threatening illnesses, through December 14, 9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

The National Constitution Center observes Veteran's Day with activities exploring our nation's service history from 10am-3pm, Wednesday, November 11, including a wreath laying ceremony, on Independence Mall in Philadelphia.