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Hump Day Happenings
East Passyunk is the place to be, or at least that’s what they keep telling us here at Foobooz. Piazza kicks off today, bringing an […]
Top Schools: 2006
The Elite 40 When we compiled our first-ever school rankings last year, we considered private and public schools separately. Almost as soon as we were […]
The Arts: The Bitch of Broad Street
Jim Ryan sat in the greenroom at Act II Playhouse in Ambler, debating whether he should open the newspaper. The curtain for the eight o’clock […]
Taste: The $10,000 Breadmaker
You know that $300 Cuisinart sitting dormant on your kitchen counter? That’s nothing. Take a look at the over-the-top toys of some local chefs The […]
Taste: Where We’re Eating, September
Bar Ferdinand The motto printed on the receipt at designer Owen Kamihira’s vibrant first restaurant is optimistic: “Eat, Drink, Love.” But there are things to […]
Pulse: Creative Buzz
Look for Game Theory, the latest CD from resident hip-hop stars The Roots, featuring cameos by Mos and Talib Kweli (Def Jam Left; $13.98, see […]
Pulse: 60-Second Critic, September
Instruments The Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center A card-carrying NRA-member friend likes to talk about the power he feels when discharging […]
Pulse: Out and About: The 10 Coolest Events, September
1. Concert Philadelphia Orchestra: 2006-’07 Season Opening Night Lang Lang is on piano, and Christoph Eschenbach is conducting the season opener for one of the […]
Pulse: A&E: Local Talent: Nicole Bindler
When Dance Magazine ran a special insert in 2004 on Philly’s hot new dance scene, Nicole Bindler was already packing for the move. She knew […]
Pulse: A.C. Journal: Unplugged
“If the Civil War were today, the South would win hands down,” wrote Glenda McCardle to her hometown newspaper, the Raleigh News & Observer, after […]
Pulse: Chatter: Five Questions for…
How did the movie people find you? It was my first competition, and some people pulled me aside and yelled, “We got a newbie!” I […]
Pulse: It Takes a Village
How one gay-oriented tourism commercial caffeinated a neighborhood. Brett Collier and Gary Tidmore like to say their Gayborhood coffee shop is like Cheers, where everybody […]
Pulse: H&M & H&M
With the opening of a second H&M clothing shop just two blocks from its first Center City store, we have to ask: Why do some […]
Pulse: Chatter: Philadelphians to Watch, September
Who: Jennifer Yaron, 24, and Marguerite McDonald, 26, the pair who recently founded F.U.E.L. (Fostering Undergraduate Exposure on Location), an art gallery located in the […]