Playlists
We Didn't Start the Fire
When Swedish author Stieg Larsson finished the manuscripts for the Millennium Trilogy, he probably never expected that his books would become a must-read sensation around the world.
In the Flesh
In yet another summer of Gaga’s reign, it’s nearly impossible for any other female artist to avoid the dreaded comparison.
Street's To-Do List: July 8
Rub elbows with the art crowd at the opening reception for Vox Populi's latest exhibit, VOX VI, the sixth annual show of work from up-and comers.
Burning Down the House
With fifty weeks remaining until the next Philly Beer Week, Philadelphia’s perpetually beer-happy food scene thrives on with the grand opening of the HeadHouse Craft Beer Cafe in Society Hill.
Fool's Gold
Let me preface this review by saying 3Oh!3 is not trying to be the next Coldplay. Their music isn’t for the reviewers or the critics.
Raining Cats and Dogs
Explosions and Computer Graphics Imagery can be a lot of fun. That’s why they comprise the majority of the summer blockbuster.
Street's To-Do List: June 24
The only thing better than food is free food. Get your fill of samples from dozens of Philadelphia area restaurants like Cuba Libre and Tony Luke’s while enjoying the scenery of the Penn’s Landing Waterfront at the Taste of Philadelphia event.
Your Guide to the Galleries
Locks Gallery 600 S. Washington Sq. Locks Gallery has been bringing cutting edge art to South Philadelphia for over 40 years.
Third Time's the Charm
It’s easy to forget that, in 1995, it was Toy Story that profoundly changed the face of animation, rendering, for the first time, a face with shine on its forehead and a realistic shadow cast under its nose.
Breakfast of Champ-ions
The best adults are the ones that retain some sense of youth on the inside. When they released their frenetic debut, A Lesson in Crime, Tokyo Police Club were kids.
Tweedle-Dee, Tweedle-Dum
The website for Tweed proclaims that the new restaurant is “much like it’s name.” To restaurateur Edward Bianchini’s credit, the experience is, as the website’s predicted manifestation of the fabric, one of “leisure and sophistication.” But consider what the unofficial uniform of British landed gentry is not: tweed is not sexy, sensual, exotic, avant garde, or particularly memorable.
Baby Don't Hurt Me
Probably the farthest thing from the over the top “passion” on The Jersey Shore, the Italian film I Am Love is a quietly moving and understated look at relationships.
What's the Prognosis?
Recovery, the title of Eminem’s seventh studio album is fitting in more ways than one. While alluding to rehabilitation from a prescription drug addiction, it also references a recovery of his lyrical prowess.
Street's To-Do List: June 17
As a finalist on Comedy Central’s Last Comic Standing, he proved his stand-up chops. This weekend famous stoner and VH1 regular Doug Benson (star of Super High Me) will be gracing Helium Comedy Club with his particular brand of acerbic wit and drug humor.
Seriously Greeking Out
Early in the film, Get Him to The Greek, a spin-off of the brilliantly funny Forgetting Sarah Marshall, seems to have all the promise of its predecessor.
Attack of the Clones
Considering that Beyonce and the meteoric Lady Gaga currently dominate the pop music star-scape, the news that now-antiquated Christina Aguilera has released a new album, her first since 2006’s Back to Basics, may seem no cause for commotion.
Cry Me a Rivers
Admit it: unless you’re an avid watcher of QVC (no judgment here), you probably only think of Joan Rivers at the mention of plastic surgery disasters.
Street's To-Do List: June 10
Though vampires will probably dominate the big screen this summer (the newest Twilight comes out June 30), zombies can claim Philadelphia.
Hot Summer Reads
Beatrice and Virgil Yann Martell 224 pages Random House Man Booker prizewinner Yann Martell’s third novel focuses on an author named Henry who is struggling to meaningfully portray the horrors of the Holocaust in his latest fiction.
