Playlists
Chicken Soup for The Tween's Soul
What's better than a stocked mini bar and neatly folded toilet paper in your hotel room? On Demand movies!
Rejected Street Reviews
Glowing bright red calls you to the room, the familiar cursive script rising vertically along the powerful machine.
From the Editor
I've sort of been planning this letter for three years. God, this is embarrassing. So, the truth comes out.
Street Beats
Insomnia Cookies and Bucks County Coffee team up. Giving insomniacs coffee? That's like giving crack whores crack. Three homes hit by burglars over break. Reportedly, the burglars did not take anything, but left many fist-sized holes in the walls. Trustee gives $25 million to name health center.
Criminal injustice
Documentarian Jessica Sanders' film After Innocence follows the lives of nine wrongfully convicted prisoners who, after years of false imprisonment, are released with the help of newly introduced DNA evidence.
Be my sugar daddy
Young's has been a part of Philadelphia so long that it is literally a historical landmark -- the interior of the old-fashioned candy store is registered with the Smithsonian.
A religion with vacancies
On a sleepy Saturday afternoon, something is in the air at the Divine Tracy. The hotel's staff is buzzing with excitement, everyone standing in twos and threes in the dimly lit lobby.
J'adore la bbq. et toi?
If there were any doubts on the legitimacy of "new American cuisine," let Chloe try to silence them.
Ego of the week
What is your year/age/major? And where are you from? I'm a senior English major with a concentration in Creative Writing.
Ducks skate together
Though Philly isn't necessarily known for cold weather, if you've ever taken a stroll down Locust Walk in the winter, you know that it gets pretty bitter outside.
New and notable
Devil's Alley The burgers at this casual Center City bistro are generating buzz. Django This South Street gem has changed hands, it's now owned by West Philly's own Greg Salisbury, of Rx fame.
Abstraction of color
Beauford Delaney mixes styles, colors and shapes to present his unique take on the world, and his progression from creating structured cityscapes and portraits to crafting abstract visions can be seen in the exhibit Beauford Delaney: From New York to Paris. The paintings are organized in clusters to reflect specific parts of Delaney's career: his early, more realistic work in New York, a partial recreation of the Pyramid Club exhibit in Philadelphia in 1947, and the abstractions in Paris.
Ego of the Week
How would describe Wharton style? MBA's dress like douche bags. If you're into the whole tucked-in triple-pleated khakis with square-toed loafers ... I mean, forget the bald spots.
Guides
Jewish Book Festival: Philly Writes! Open Mic Night The Gershman Y Broad and Pine streets Thu, 7:30 p.m., $12 (215) 446-3021 www.phillyjcc.com Philly writes!
Spreading the gospel of rock
On most days the First Unitarian Church seems like any of Philadelphia's religious congregational centers.
Little plates with lots of love
The first thing that greets visitors upon entering Amada is a large cast-iron pig. Presiding over the establishment as a traditional Spanish symbol of luck, the auspicious hog is also a stand-in for a specific type of Iberian ham, which cannot be legally imported into the U.S.
From the editor
loss is an unintentional decline in or disappearance of a value rising from a contingency a value is an efficacy a power a brightness it is also a duration -- David Antin, "Definitions for Mendy" If I am to pass on the wisdom amassed in my time alive -- and, as a senior who took a year off before I even started college, I'm old enough to be some of your mothers -- the most important thing I can say is this: life is all about the contingencies.
HOLY CRAP, HARRY POTTER 4!!!!!
It is very difficult to cram 734 pages into a film, even one which is two-and-a-half hours long. However, this is what director Mike Newell (Mona Lisa Smile) has successfully accomplished with the fourth installment of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. While fanatic fans of the book will be able to pick out what is missing (no house elves), Newell does an excellent job of cutting out the sub-plots to create a clear, concise storyline that follows the main plot of the book. Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) is a young wizard who is back for his fourth year at Hogwart's School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, where the historic Tri-Wizard Tournament is going to be taking place.
