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ROCKIN' GOOD DEED Veteran local bass player Paul Kurrey is battling throat cancer - without health insurance. The music community is rallying for a benefit from 4 p.m. to 1:45 a.m. Monday at the Legendary Dobbs, 304 South St. Among those making the scene will be the Peace Creeps, the Last Minute Jam Band and the Nick Clemons Band. Plus a screening of the Dobbs documentary, "Meet Me on South Street." Tickets are $20, $30 and $35. dobbsphilly.com.

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ROCKIN' GOOD DEED

Veteran local bass player Paul Kurrey is battling throat cancer - without health insurance. The music community is rallying for a benefit from 4 p.m. to 1:45 a.m. Monday at the Legendary Dobbs, 304 South St. Among those making the scene will be the Peace Creeps, the Last Minute Jam Band and the Nick Clemons Band. Plus a screening of the Dobbs documentary, "Meet Me on South Street." Tickets are $20, $30 and $35. dobbsphilly.com.

CURTIS AT KIMMEL

Monday at 8 p.m., renowned Mexican conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto leads the Curtis Symphony Orchestra at the Kimmel Center, performing Strauss' Ein Heldenleben ("A Hero's Life") and Benjamin Britten's "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra." Curtis students also will perform Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet." $5-$45. 215-893-1999.

SAHARA SERENADES

Members of a long-persecuted Mali desert tribe, the musicians of Tinariwen sing of their ongoing fight for freedom. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St., 8 p.m. Tuesday, $20-$32, 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.

PRIMUS SCREAM

Primus is back and itching for a fight at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby. Tickets, $55-$15 (four-pack, individual), 800-745-3000, livenation.com.

ANIMAL MAGNETISM

David Quammen will discuss his book, Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic, at the Academy of Natural Sciences on the Ben Franklin Parkway Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. $5.

MYSTERY AT CURIO

Curio Theatre opens its eighth season with a second stage and more performances, starting with "The Runner Stumbles." Shows at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday through Nov. 10. Tickets $10-$20. 4740 Baltimore Ave., 215-525-1350, curiotheatre.org.

- Compiled by Daily News staff

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