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The Bar That Didn’t Make the List

Best Bars in Philly: 2013 50 Best Bars in Philadelphia Comment on This Year’s Best Bars List The Bar That Didn’t Make the List 50 […]

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Annotated Menu: Sbraga

“Keep your head down and cook from the heart. The gimmicks? They’re not gonna work.” That’s the advice offered to our current Top Chef contestants […]

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Lithuanian Dinner with Michael Laiskonis

Kevin Sbraga is hosting chef Michael Laiskonis on Wednesday, November 6th for an “inspiring” Lithuanian menu. Is your eyebrow raised? Well maybe you don’t know […]

The City, 1919, Fernand Léger, French, 1881 – 1955, Oil on canvas, 7 feet 7 inches x 9 feet 9 1/2 inches (231.1 x 298.4 cm), Philadelphia Museum of Art, A. E. Gallatin Collection, 1952, © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
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I Used to Think Léger’s Work Was a Meaningless Hodgepodge [GALLERY]

I have never been a big fan of the French modern painter Fernand Léger. His work always looked to me like a meaningless hodgepodge. I’m […]

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New Project Highlights Our ‘GAYFACE’

New York-based activist/photographer Ashley Kolodner is on an ambitious mission to highlight our pretty gay mugs in her latest project, aptly named “GAYFACE: 1st Class.” […]

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The Coolest Things Ever Made From Felt

Because bowls of fruit as the centerpiece of your kitchen table are so 2012, there’s this: Heidi Bleacher’s collection of absolutely adorable felt sculptures in the shape […]

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WATCH: New Video Promotes Art in Philadelphia

That’s pretty, isn’t it?

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What Philadelphia Looks Like Without Any People (And Colored Red)

Photographer Bruce Wayne Berry, Jr., doing it infrared-style. More at Gizmodo.

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WATCH: Woodmere Art Museum Puts Up Potter-Themed Straw Maze

“Once again, Woodmere introduces a Harry Potter themed straw maze to its front yard. Open from September 20-November 3rd, 2013.” Here’s the schedule of events […]

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Check Out the Volver Rendering at the Kimmel Center

The blank facade that the Kimmel Center used to show to Spruce Street is going to become a floor to ceiling glass space that will […]

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PAFA to Sell Edward Hopper Painting to Create Endowment

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts: Harry Philbrick, Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), today announced […]

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CANCELLED: Pop Up Meat Market at Williams-Sonoma Today

  CANCELLED: The Pop-up meat market has been cancelled due to illness. Maybe Victor Fiorillo will want to check out Philadelphia CowShare next time he […]

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Sporting Club at the Bellevue Adds a Juice Bar

Juice bars are definitely having a moment. We’ve personally been impressed by the flavorful juices at South Street’s Sip N Glo Juicery and the friendly […]

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We Have No Idea What to Say About Old City’s Hugging Therapist

Ronnie Polaneczky today brings news of Mirabai Galashan, a 47-year-old Greek woman who is giving out hugs as part of a performance art piece at […]

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Kalas, Frazier Sculptor Passes Away at 48

Sculptor Larry Nowlan, perhaps best known around these parts for his Harry Kalas statue at Citizen’s Bank Park and the uncompleted Joe Frazier statue, passed […]