Putting on a show, getting a silo, it comes naturally to our first guests. David Sweeny, better known to Rat Pack aficionados and coke heads as Johnny Showcase, will finally drop his debut soul cabaret funk mess Love is the…
The electrical inspection is finished, the health inspection is next and the mysterious Mr. Lee called me to say hes got a Twitter account at @Hopsinglaundry. Now if Lee will only open that laundromat. The last time we saw Erika…
When Eric Ripert brought Jennifer Carroll to his 10 Arts at the Ritz-Carlton in 2008, she became a favored chef of mine, of the city and of viewers of Bravo‘s Top Chef, where audiences got two looks at the…
First the coffee came, then the bar with the live room finally the bi-level MilkBoy at 11th and Chestnut is complete and open. Though the coffee house and cozy pub with the glass garage-door walls opened before Augusts end,…
Feastival 2011 at Pier 9 on Columbus Boulevard was a fabulous hit and a sweaty mess as thousands gathered wearing far too much clothing to celebrate/charity-ate the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe. Lots of aerials from Brian Sanders…
The World Tea East Conference its first convention, an offshoot of the World Tea Expo ended its run at the Pennsylvania Convention Center this past weekend. During its two days in Philadelphia, the conference, geared toward members of…
The steamy basement of St. Stephens is an apt place to witness the joyous and poignant South Philadelphian gender-fuck comedy where guidos buck, wing, tap and vogue and guidettes pump iron and bench press. Im a stripper, not a dancer,…
[ visual art ] Origin and originality. Genesis and invention. These are the things that were on the mind of Tel Aviv-based artist and theorist Doron Rabina as she curated an international (but Israeli-heavy) show of painters, sculptors, installationists and…
[ festival ] Dr. Dog, The Baseball Project, Birdie Busch, Kuf Knotz, Toy Soldiers, the Hot Club of Philadelphia this is the heatedly hip soundtrack to WHYY’s homegrown arts and culture celebration. But like all things on public television,…
[ rock/pop/folk ] Upper Darby’s Kyle Casey has a rough-hewn country-funk and hip-hop sound at his command, a hiccupping groove with a mellifluous vocal tone. It’s as if a wise Beck had infused Odelay with touches of Leon Russell and…
