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The Big Chillnew
Can a 15-acre refrigerator save Southwest Philadelphia -- and revolutionize the way we all eat?
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
01-04-2011 |
Food+Drink
InterAct and Mural Arts Join Forces to Bring Prisoners' Stories to the Forefrontnew
Jane Golden and Seth Rozin's mission: Partner up on a play that tells prisoners' stories. Their method: Interview "life-term" inmates at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford and to use those chats for a theater piece that details the experience of the sorrowful and the saved.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
02-02-2010 |
Performance
The Troopers in Broken Lizard Have Frat-House Humor Lickednew
The five members of New York-based comedy troupe Broken Lizard are much like the writers and actors for Reno 911! The only difference is, Broken Lizard is actually funny.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
11-17-2009 |
Performance
Tags: Broken Lizard, comedy
Is Kurt Vile a Lo-Fi Schizo Prodigy or the Most Important Man in American Music Today?new
When Gerard Cosloy signed Kurt Vile to Matador Records, he issued a press release declaring the Lansdowne native "one of the more important figures in American music circa 2009."
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
10-06-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Salon Culture is on the Rise in Philly as Local Art Lovers Make a Case for Intimacynew
The kind of audience-performer bond that you find at a salon helps to build a real sense of community around the arts. But who in their right mind would let their rugs get worn and their walls get smeared all in the name of intimacy, creativity and communal vibes?
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
09-22-2009 |
Art
In Philly, Dean & Britta Set Music to Andy Warhol's Barely Moving Picturesnew
The pair has long been associated with dreamy, cranky, Velvet Underground-like pop, adore '60s cinema and sound-tracked recent film fare like Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale. They were born to make a live score for the Live Arts Festival's 13 Most Beautiful ... Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
09-22-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rewriting the Book of Lovenew
Synth-pop quartet Book of Love has reunited and is touring, including a trip down memory lane to discuss when members of the group originally formed in Philadelphia as no wave band Head Cheese.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
08-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Brash and Ballsy MC Amanda Blank is Here to Take What's Hersnew
With equal connection to Philly's electronic music and hip-hop worlds, Blank is an anomaly: Laurie Anderson with a dirty mouth and better dance steps, Karen Finley without the yams.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
07-28-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hidden City Philadelphia Brings Long-Forgotten Landmarks Back to Lifenew
Hidden City Philadelphia, Peregrine Arts' monthlong arts festival, will house new site-specific works in spaces familiar to most by reputation, some by sight, and all by their current state of decay or dilapidation.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
06-02-2009 |
Art
'Quixote' and a Cast of Pro and Homeless Actors Come to a Philadelphia Churchnew
People from disparate social, financial, racial and religious backgrounds gather together at Philly's Broad Street Ministry and examine spiritual and social questions as one. And now, a bunch of them are acting, singing and dancing in a New York theater renegade's site-specific extravaganza, Quixote.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
05-19-2009 |
Theater
Sine Wave Symphonist Charles Cohen Never Plays It Straightnew
Whatever the format, since 1969, Cohen's crafted an essential -- if not the essential -- spot for himself within Philadelphia's electronic avant-garde.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
05-19-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charles Cohen, electronic music
Price-Slashing Isn't the Only Way for Chefs to Counter a Bad Economynew
If you look hard enough, there are plenty of industrious chefs out there killing and cooking that great hungry whale named Recession, and divvying it up at a decent price so as to survive the new economy.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
03-24-2009 |
Food+Drink
Tags: food & drink, recession
Clean and Green Pedi-Cabs Are Poised to Run Amok in Philadelphianew
Pedi-cabs and velo-taxis are passenger bicycles that could be the future of green transportation in Philadelphia, with weary pedestrians hailing them when they need a lift.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
03-24-2009 |
Transportation
How a Dermatologist Accidentally Found a Promising Cure for Baldnessnew
Man may crave the secret of eternal life. But even if that problem were solved, most gents would trade that knowledge for the answer to one question: How do I keep my hair? University of Pennsylvania dermatologist George Cotsarelis may have solutions.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
01-27-2009 |
Science
Lesbian Hip-Hoppers Yo Majesty Are Looking for an Alternate Route to Successnew
It's hard enough being a woman in hip-hop. The misogynistic lyrics from the male MCs. The objectifying audiences who keep coming back for more. Being a lesbian in hip-hop? That's double trouble, a minority within a minority.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
01-27-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
