Best Bets

February 18, 2012

Family

Fight obesity. Ahmir Khalib "?uestlove" Thompson, DJ Rich Medina, DJ Diamond Kuts, and other performers are scheduled to appear Saturday night for "Let's Move It Philly!", a charity concert party to raise funds for Black Thought's GrassROOTS Community Foundation. Proceeds will benefit C.H.I.C.K.S. (Creating Healthy Informed Confident Knowledgeable Selves).
Sigma Sound Stage, 212 N. 12th St. Doors: 8 p.m. Tickets: $30, at http://grassrootscharityconcert.eventbrite.com. Information: www.grass-rootsfoundation.org

Exhibition

Bruce Springsteen. "From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen" continues until Sept. 3 at the National Constitution Center, Sixth and Arch Streets.
Admission: $24.50, $23 for seniors, $12 for children 4 to 12. It includes the center's main exhibition, "The Story of We the People." Information: 215-409-6700 or www.constitutioncenter.org

Movies

The Secret World of Arrietty *** 1/2 (out of four stars) This captivating animation from Japan's Studio Ghibli is based on The Borrowers, Mary Norton's children's fantasy about micro-beings who live beneath the floorboards. As lovingly written as it is beautifully rendered.

1 hr. 35 G

Story continues below.

- Carrie Rickey

Stage

The Scottsboro Boys. (Philadelphia Theatre Company) First post-Broadway production of Kander & Ebb's last musical gains power in PTC's intimate house. Ends Sunday.

- Wendy Rosenfield


At the Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St. Information: 215-985-0420 or www. philadelphiatheatrecompany.org

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