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Nora Grace-Flood
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Oct 20, 2024 12:17 pm
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Craig Blankenhorn Photos
A city cigarette smoker captured by Blankenhorn... could it be Mr. Big?
“Shadows and Reflections” by Craig Blankenhorn The SPACE Art Gallery 749 S. 8th St. Philadelphia Oct. 17, 2024
The silhouette of a cigarette-smoking man caught my eye — after Craig Blankenhorn’s camera captured his shadow.
I felt like I was wandering through a noir film set when I last visited The SPACE Art Gallery, where Blankenhorn — a veteran still photographer who’s worked on superlatively iconic television shows like Sex and The City, The Sopranos, and Succession — is displaying his personal artwork for the first time in a solo exhibit titled “Shadows and Reflections.”
Nothing is more exposing than a brick background... when it comes to comedy.
La Egoísta Philadelphia Theatre Company Suzanne Roberts Theatre 480 S. Broad St. Philadelphia
I was happy to find front row seats for a local theater show — until I noticed a solitary mic hanging out center stage in front of a faux-brick, red-curtain, round-spotlight set. “Oh, god,” I thought as the lights dimmed — had I accidentally signed up for stand-up?
Cyrano De Bergerac Quintessence Theatre 7137 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia Oct. 5, 2024
A name already shrouded in mystique and mythology — Roxanne — arrives on stage in a gorgeous gown while up-tempo club music blares, the lights flash pink and purple as she vogues stiffly.
That was my introduction to Alex Burns’ adaptation of the 19th century play Cyrano De Bergerac, currently showing at Quintessence Theatre. The modernization of the original catfish plot line brings new life to an old script, using fresh humor and flashy visuals to transpose complicated characters into the modern age without watering down the story’s words.
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Illiana Germain
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Oct 8, 2024 6:04 pm
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One of the four plates of food I ate at People's Kitchen harvest dinner.
Inside the People's Kitchen garden.
People’s Kitchen Harvest Dinner Reinhard Street Community Farm 6171 Reinhard St. Philadelphia Oct. 4, 2024
Fernando Melo picked the petals off a sunflower head and held its face flesh against the grill. Was I at a cookout, I wondered, or had NOMA come to Philly?
The People’s Kitchen, a grassroots collaborative combating food insecurity by making free meals for all, hosted their own kind of cookout Friday night at their Community Farm on Reinhard street. And let me tell you — it wasn’t just hot dogs and hamburgers.
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Nora Grace-Flood
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Oct 4, 2024 4:00 pm
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The Softies, with Lightheaded, 22º Halo PhilaMOCA 531 N. 12th St. Philadelphia Oct. 3, 2024
“Write down that this is a bad song!” my recently heartbroken friend wept in my ear as I scrawled notes like an obsessive school girl about the pitch-perfect performance delivered by ‘90s sad girls, The Softies.
Indie pop duo and long-time friends Rose Melberg and Jen Sbragia took to the stage at PhilaMOCA Thursday night while touring their latest album, The Bed I Made. It’s the first record released by the pair after a two-decade pause in production.
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Nora Grace-Flood
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Oct 2, 2024 5:46 pm
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Ancient Food and Flavor Penn Museum 3260 South St. Philadelphia Oct. 1, 2024
I looked down at 6,000-year-old strawberry seeds, elderly corn kernels and dried llama jerky preserved behind glass — and felt my stomach growl for a feastful future.
Mr. Nutterbocker’s 7‑Year Plan Pentridge Station 5110 Pentridge St. Philadelphia Sept. 29, 2024
Dressed in a red cap and a woolen cape, the nut wizard sang in a raspy voice, “They’re all a unique kind of nut, see. They’re all a unique kind of nut, tree!” With a sing-songy approach to wisdom, the wizard taught the audience about the trees around them and all the different nuts they produce.
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Nora Grace-Flood
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Oct 1, 2024 3:30 pm
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Seated Little Cloud Crescent Park 4503 S. Broad St. Philadelphia Sept. 30, 2024
Ray from Miami rolled up a joint and got ready to cloud gaze until his Philly friend was off the clock. He had a clear up-close view of one particular formation: A 35-foot-tall, inflatable sculpture of a kawaii cloud in blue suspenders seated cross-legged on the grass.
The piece, which Ray referred to as “Mr. Puff,” is formally titled “Seated Little Cloud.” The blown up cloud spent September tethered to the grass in Philly’s Navy Yard as a month-long art pop-up.
The Dropkick Murphys The Met 858 N. Broad St. Philadelphia Sept. 25, 2024
The Dropkick Murphys, a Celtic punk group from Boston, played Philly Wednesday night alongside Dublin acoustic crew The Scratch and California metal band PennyWise. The Dropkick Murphys were a part of the soundtrack of my Irish-Catholic childhood. The chance to see them live felt like an invitation to a fucked-up family reunion. I ended up leaving the function not feeling like speaking to anybody, until I remembered I had to write a review for this very site.
In the spirit of what I saw, I decided to post the review as a song about re-encountering a band playing past its heyday. The working title is “Still Kickin’.” Play the Celtic instrumentals above — courtesy of the Dropkick Murphys — to set the beat before you read.
I shipped up to central Philly To reunite with Sailor Peg While Boston’s Dropkick Murphys Tour along the East Coast leg
I could’ve gotten tickets To Charli XCX She was playing at Wells Fargo But the Murphys took the Met
Walkin Round My Head The Magic Gardens 1020 South St. Philadelphia Sept. 24, 2024
“Create, create, create,” London artist Stephen Wright said while standing beside some of the 200-odd pieces of found-object art he produced for his latest show, Walkin Round My Head.
Wright traveled from his own “House of Dreams” museum in London to Philly’s Magic Gardens this week to speak to his “don’t‑be-precious” approach to art amid the opening of the exhibit and the release of a new book.
