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Il Cantuccio 701 N. 3rd St. Northern Liberties (215) 627–6573
If you imagine the illegitimate child of Pandora, MoMA, the Sartorialist and the site Allposters.com, you’d have Art.sy, the internet’s newest artistic outpost.
VHS tapes most seem like a thing of the past. They’re chunky. They’re grainy. They’re full of tape–stuff foreign to the digital age. All in all, not much to attract the modern viewer. But despite what you might think, they haven’t quite made their last exit.
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Kaleidoscope Boutique holds true to its title. It’s a trendy little store, hosting a variety of chic designer clothing with a psychedelic twist. A sapphire dress, simple in the front and flashy in the back, greets passers–by from the door and shows off the flair of the place. It’s classy, but with a funky edge.
Street: Why film over other forms of art? Why did you choose to study it? Timothy Corrigan: One of the things that attracts me to film is that I think it’s a field that cuts across virtually every [other] field. There’s hardly a discipline, whether it’s law or economics, political science or literature, that doesn’t in some way engage film. Besides traditional cross-overs with all these other disciplines, the merging of cinema studies with all the adventures in new media — from the internet to the iPad and so–forth — makes it a wonderful gateway discipline, in terms of looking … [at] the ways technology and new media will influence our lives — and how we might best understand those influences.
Despite any longshot hopes for less homework, most of us will end up in Van Pelt more than we'd like this semester. One thing you might not know about your schlep to the stacks: you can also check out movies. It's free, and VP's collection includes everything from obscure film noir to recent blockbusters. We've raided their archives and come up with some gems. Here's one:
Just far enough from campus, Aksum is a welcome and easy oasis for students looking to step outside the Penn bubble and relax in a friendly, vibrant locale. Filling West Philadelphia’s severe void of hookah options, the Mediterranean cafe also serves up a menu of fresh, authentic fare.
Street: What made you want to investigate The New York Times? Andrew Rossi: So I began investigating what was happening in the media from the perspective of entrepreneurs in the web 2.0 space, including people like Dennis Crowley and Chris Dixon, who are all leveraging social media and low overhead to power these websites and services which are part of a digital revolution taking place, and I was interviewing David Carr about this topic, and David I know from previous projects. It was right around the time that The New York Times was speculated to go out of business, and in the middle of talking to him about it, I realized it was another window into this theme of what might be the consequences of the digital revolution. I asked him if he would be interested in doing a movie about him and The New York Times Media Desk. So that’s how it started.
With insider access to The New York Times and its writers, Page One delivers wit and intrigue as steadily as the paper ’s presses. Andrew Rossi’s documentary on the “daily miracle” of news entertains while delving into the possibilities for what many would call a dying industry.
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