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Dada Issuesnew
How a trip to the Philadelphia museum of Art inspired the 20th century's most radical artists.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
10-24-2012 |
Art
Beyond the Bowlnew
Cooking with weed outside the brownie-and-gooball mold.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Felicia D'Ambrosio |
04-19-2012 |
Food+Drink
The Goose is Loosenew
How to cook the old-school holiday bird without losing your head.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Felicia D'Ambrosio |
11-18-2011 |
Food+Drink
The Ballad of Red Dognew
"Red Dog" has been in prison since he was 17. He is now 60. This is his life story in graphic novel form.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tom Ferrick Jr. and Jacob Lambert |
05-10-2011 |
Cartoons
Tags: Prisons, Haywood Fennell
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
The Urban Agricultural Phenomenonnew
What happens when idealists, entrepreneurs and bureaucrats all latch onto the same trend?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Isaiah Thompson |
05-04-2010 |
Gardening
Tags: Urban Gardening
That New-Decade Look: What Fashion Trends Will Emerge in the 2010s?new
With the dawn of a fresh decade upon us, we are provided an opportunity to reinvent ourselves. How will we define the 2010s through fashion and vice versa? Will we finally take a cue from The Jetsons or continue to recycle trends from the past?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Josh Middleton and Julia West |
03-30-2010 |
Fashion
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
Do Something: Let's Be There for Samuel Dalembertnew
Samuel Dalembert, the 76ers' center, grew up in Haiti. Dalembert lived in Port-au-Prince, the capital and hardest-hit city, until he was 14. (Several of his family members remain there.) His foundation has been seeking foreign assistance for Haiti since its inception three years ago.
Philadelphia City Paper |
E. James Beale |
01-26-2010 |
Sports
One Small Step For Robots: Drexel Lab Has Big Plans For its Humanoidnew
Jaemi HUBO, a robot, sleeps at the Drexel Autonomous Systems Lab, the headquarters for a five-year, $2.5 million federal grant from the National Science Foundation. Its goal is to make the United States a world leader in humanoid robotics.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brian James Kirk |
01-26-2010 |
Tech
Well-Endowed: Very, Very Large Drawings on Display in Philadelphianew
In a word? Satisfying. Seven artists' work is effectively installed in a compact space, and a striking variety of approaches and mediums suggests perennial issues relating to drawing.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Robin Rice |
01-12-2010 |
Art
Half Baked Comic Jim Breuer Finally Grows Upnew
Jim Breuer has always rocked. The New Jersey comic hangs with Metallica, screeches AC/DC versions of "The Hokey Pokey" during his standup act, and wears Jerry Garcia's ashes around his neck in Half Baked. But in recent years, he's been rocking something else -- cradles.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Scott Yorko |
12-01-2009 |
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
How South Philly Became the Center of the Alt-Wrestling Universenew
This sub-genre flips the focus back from operatics to athleticism, catering to those for whom the Monday Night Raws and SmackDowns and even the TNAs of the world have gotten too far removed from what they love about the sport, or the art, or however you care to refer to it. (Just don't call it "sports entertainment.")
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
11-17-2009 |
Sports
Anita Chu's 'Field Guide to Candy' is a Sweet Booknew
The Field Guide will help you properly identify (and make) more than 100 varieties of treats -- some contemporary, some esoteric, all presented in unadulterated, cavity-inducing glory.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Drew Lazor |
11-10-2009 |
Food+Drink
