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Life After 'Gourmet': What Should You Read Now?new
The November edition of America's most influential food-culture monthly started hitting mailboxes this week. Conde Nast will then decant subscribers into the mailing list for Bon Appetit -- a journey that, for some, will resemble that of a Chateau Lafite-Rothschild into a pitcher of sangria. So for anyone who hungers for more than Gourmet's replacement can offer, here's a survival guide for life without it.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Trey Popp |
10-27-2009 |
Food+Drink
How One Sword-Swallower Sired a Legion of Philly Freaksnew
Almost single-handedly, Red Stuart, who at 58 is the world's oldest active sword-swallower, has helped bring to Philadelphia one of the country's most up-and-coming sideshow scenes.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Bill Meagher |
10-13-2009 |
Culture
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
Philly's Stewart Ebersole is Searching for the Meaning of Your Black Flag Tattoosnew
Ebersole hopes compile a book about the people across the country who wear the simplistic, clean Black Flag tattoo and to answer two questions: What do Black Flag, and the Black Flag tattoo, mean to people? He plans to call the book Barred for Life.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Andrew Thompson |
09-22-2009 |
Culture
Like Herding Cats: A Report from the Hardcourt Bicycle Polo World Championshipnew
Bike polo itself isn't new, but it's just within the last 10 years or so that a new style, dubbed "hardcourt," has emerged, played on a hard surface instead of grass and using minimal, homemade equipment.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Isaiah Thompson |
09-15-2009 |
Sports
At Philly's Art Hotel, Residents Earn Their Keep With Their Work, Not Their Walletsnew
The Art Hotel's guests carry out their free, two-week artist residencies in a quite unusual way: Rather than live in a separate building, or at least in separate rooms than the founders, they set up camp in the very townhouse we're chatting in.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Holly Otterbein |
09-01-2009 |
Art
Dear PETA: What Do You Want from Michael Vick?new
In our society, dog-fighting is illegal. Rightfully so. Also in our society, once a person passes through the justice system and is deemed fit to re-enter, he has the right to earn a living at whatever profession suits his skill. Michael Vick's profession is football.
Philadelphia City Paper |
E. James Beale |
08-25-2009 |
Sports
Eight Philly Artists Tell Us How They Pay the Billsnew
The following profiles peek behind the curtain, revealing how artists' day jobs affect their work and vice versa. More specifically, they reveal how eight local artists make enough dough to get up in the morning and create paint, make music or simply entertain us.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Molly Eichel |
08-25-2009 |
Culture
Four Great Ways to Make Your Own Ginger Ale ... and One Terrible Onenew
If you're a ginger ale lover, you may be surprised to find out just how easy it is to make your own. If you're a hater, doing it yourself is the best way to end up with something you actually want to drink.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Trey Popp |
08-25-2009 |
Food+Drink
Have You Got the Guts to Try Moxie?new
Franklin Fountain is the sole Philadelphia vendor of Moxie, a "nerve food" with a highly distinctive character and a storied history dating back to 1876.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Felicia D'Ambrosio |
08-04-2009 |
Food+Drink
Philly's 10 Best Cheesesteaks You've Never Hadnew
This list, in nonpartisan alphabetical order, is for people who are ready for a graduate-level course of cheesesteak exploration and appreciation.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Carolyn Wyman |
06-30-2009 |
Food+Drink
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
To Be a Kinetic Sculpture Derby Star, You Must Sacrificenew
Since its maiden derby in 2007, the Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby has become a sort of hallmark of the creative community in Philadelphia's Kensington, Fishtown and Port Richmond neighborhoods.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Andrew Thompson |
05-19-2009 |
Recreation
Need Privacy? Pick Up a Papernew
As consumers, we increasingly pay for our purchases with some portion of our privacy, and that portion appears to be growing.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Bruce Schimmel |
05-01-2009 |
Commentary
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