Entries from Phillyist tagged with '420>'
November 30, 2007
Go across the Walt Whitman Bridge and take the North-South Freeway to Route 55. Travel South on Route 55 for about 25 miles, and you'll find yourself in Vineland, New Jersey. (Insert wisecrack about Vineland's awesomely bad municipal website here.) Why would you go to Vineland? Well, at the moment, you probably wouldn't. But next summer, you might have a reason to. Paste Magazine is reporting that C3 Presents—the force behind Lollapalooza and the......
Continue Reading "Philly's Own Music Festival... Sort Of."October 22, 2007
Wednesday Dame Kiri Te Kanawa stops by Philadelphia for a recital of Mozart, Strauss, Poulenc, Puccini and Copland on her Farewell Tour. This may be your last chance to hear the world-renowned New Zealand soprano. Verizon Hall (Kimmel Center); 8 PM; $34-$81 Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents the very accomplished Juilliard Quartet in an evening of Haydn, Shostakovitch, and Beethoven. Perelman Hall (Kimmel Center); 8 PM; $22.50 Thursday The Philadelphia Orchestra presents an Access Concert,......
Continue Reading "Weekly Classical Music Agenda"October 7, 2007
LAist began the month with a new food series exploring the popular and unknown late night eats around town. If a Top Chef winner opened up a late night spot in Los Angeles, denizens would flock it, yet the LA Times and other media might be wary. Turning to sports, the Dodger season was quite memorable in the way that it imploded and the LA County Sheriff's Department made some games of their own......
Continue Reading "Across the Ist-A-Verse"June 19, 2007
Yesterday, a few vertical beams brought our concrete, steel, and glass behemoth to 975 ft. Congratulations, Philadephia. You've got a new tallest building, an honor enjoyed by One Liberty Place for nineteen years. Inquirer photographer Sara J. Glover had the topping-out festivities covered, while Barbara L. Johnston showed the ironworkers doing their thing high above the streets. Comcast Center Construction Photos: phillyskyline.com, SkyscraperSunset.com Photos by author, SkyscraperSunset.com.......
Continue Reading "Comcast Center Reaches the End of the (Vertical) Line"February 22, 2007
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Do you want to see some video of the all-dancing, all-singing stage production of Edward Scissorhands? Of course you do. Clickety click! (Via) Trailer time! It's Run, Fatboy, Run, another upcoming movie starring Simon Pegg. He tries to do the Rocky drink-a-glass-of-raw-eggs thing and... well, you should just watch it. Good stuff! Plus Hank Azaria's in it. (Via) And now, list time! Premiere......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"October 17, 2006
June 27, 2006
As of this writing, I-95 northbound is shutdown at Route 420 and all traffic must exit there due to a multi-vehicle accident involving a trash truck. The truck was travelling south along 95 when it jumped the median, struck two cars, and slammed into the sound wall, spilling trash all over the highway as it went. The wet conditions are slowing rescue and cleanup efforts; supposedly 95 North is jammed for six miles approaching the......
Continue Reading "BREAKING: Accident on 95"June 15, 2006
Fun around town, for $10 or less: Free Doobies: Sorry 420 fans, not those doobies, but the brothers so named for the chronic - the Doobie Brothers. They're performing for free on the USO Stage at the Willow Grove Naval Air Station (located on Route 611 (Easton Road) in Horsham) as part of local radio station MGK's Freedom Rock Series. 7PM (doors open at 5PM). Tommy Keene: Courtesy of Plain Parade, Tommy Keene plays the......
Continue Reading "Frugal Fun Alert: Thursday"June 28, 2005
Philly always has had an inferiority complex. We live in the shadow of New York. Our sports teams always lose. London totally has a better Live 8 lineup. We're the largest city without a Gothamist site. But we're here to correct that. We didn't yoink the Stanley Cup, or even kidnap the star player on the Utah Jazz. But we did catch Celtic Pride on HBO yesterday and we thought, "Hey, we need to......
Continue Reading "Are We Live? We're Live? Yeah, We're Live."