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'Twas the Sunday after Valentine's Day and all through the World Cafe Live, folks were stirring about, probably even mice.

Wherever you stand on the “Putting Christ Back in Christmas” issue, the simple fact of the matter is that I’m a Jew who loves Christmas. I can easily chalk that up to the fact that I’ve got a [lapsed] Catholic father, but in truth, my mom probably loves Christmas more than my father does. She’s the one who taught me all the Christmas carols.

Every weekday of December (except for December 25, that is), Phillyist will be counting down to 2008 with our highlights from the past year and our predictions for the next. If you have a list you'd like to submit, let us know! As I've mentioned once or twice before on Phillyist, this year I went from being distantly fascinated by comic books to being a seriously obsessive weekly comic book collector. So here are my...

On December 9, 1981, Officer Daniel Faulkner was brutally murdered by an assailant whose identity has since been the subject of historical speculation. There are myriad theories as to the identity of the murderer, many of which are ridiculous, but some of which deserve merit and further investigation beyond blindly being dismissed as "just another conspiracy theory." As I write this, it is 3:51 a.m. on December 9, 2007. I am sitting on the ledge...

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Thursday post only collects the latest announcements, so definitely check the Tuesday post for any you may have missed. All Time Low, Mayday Parade, Just Surrender, and Every Avenue Crocodile Rock, Allentown Fri, 1/25/08, 6PM $12 On sale: Fri, 10AM, Ticketmaster Van Halen GIANT Center, Hershey; Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City Wed, 3/19/08, 7:30PM; Fri, 3/28/08, 8PM On...

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Recently, I attended a screening of Bratz: The Movie, which is being released in theaters everywhere today. This was my first movie screening and it was intense. Going in, I knew that it was a movie that chronicles the lives of four “BFF”s throughout the formative years of their high school lives. What I didn’t know was that it would be attended by 783 children between the ages of eight and thirteen. As I entered the theater, I looked both ways for Chris Hansen.

Headlining their fan appreciation tour, The Click Five does just that: appreciates their fans. North Star Bar, a great little venue near Girard College, made their venue teenager-friendly by letting the under-21 fans enter through the back door and placing a bouncer at the door in between the bar and stage area. As I was standing there waiting for The Click Five, I saw one fan with a Fall Out Boy purse. (A purse...

Last Thursday's concert featured three indie-rock bands: The Photo Atlas, The Cinematics and The Bravery With each consecutive band, the music and performance got significantly better. At first I didn't know if we were going to get in since The Photo Atlas' list wasn't in the box office. As I patiently waited, I had to opportunity to meet the Phillyist reader who won the concert giveaway. (She was waiting patiently to pick up her...

Dear Philly-Area Music Lovers:

As I write this, I've just returned from dinner with friends at Bistro Romano. I almost didn't go, because the restaurant's menu on MenuPages indicated that its prices didn't mesh so well with the Unemployment Diet, which I am still on. (I've lost twelve pounds, though!) Fortunately, my buddy Tom, who chose the restaurant, told me about Bistro Romano's Pasta Night on Mondays: a salad and any pasta dish off the menu for less than the cost of one of the pasta dishes alone. I ordered the lobster ravioli, because it's something I love and don't get to eat too often.

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And now, a story of rebirth:

tells the story of how, in 1973, Jim Ellis (played by Terrence Howard) came to found Philadelphia’s first African-American swim team through the Philadelphia Department of Recreation in Nicetown.

A Quirky Column about Dog Walking Adventures in the City of Dog-Owning Love...

Matt Hales of Aqualung

This Wednesday evening, after learning that Tria had a 70 minute wait, a friend and I headed over to Mantra. Neither of us had been before, but we were both very happy with our wine and food. Especially our desserts. I am henceforth married to the concept of grilled pound cake (this was the first time I’d ever had it), and my friend loved her chocolate bombe (specifically because she saw it as a worthy vehicle for dulce de leche).

Director David Fincher's latest film, Zodiac, is, like a number of his other films, another crime thriller examining tortured, obsessed, and violent human beings. But this time it's based on a true story: that of the serial killer who called himself Zodiac, and who was active in the area around San Francisco in Northern California for a number of years during the late '60s and early '70s. But really the film is less about the killer and more about the men looking for him, and how their passionate desire to find and catch him, and their agonizing inability to actually do so, tears apart their lives.

As I may have mentioned before, I am currently unemployed. I have probably been this way for, oh, about a month now. I have done a few interviews with a few places, but nothing really interesting until the hospitality industry interview I had last Friday.

As much as my job makes me question the state of humanity, it does good things for me. I am capable of paying my rent, I have running water and heat in my apartment, I eat on a regular basis, and I (finally) have health benefits. Without my job, I would not have these things. Sometimes, though, I forget to be thankful. New Year's Day was one such time.

Megan and Mason Wendell, Part 2

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With the Army-Navy game in town this past weekend, by mid-Friday, the streets of Center City were packed with men in uniform and sighing women. As I walked home from work late Friday evening, for every one military man I saw, I quickly spotted at least to two women pointing and girlishly giggling. I can’t explain the “I love a man in uniform” phenomenon. Sometimes it works for me (as can be proven by the general reaction my friends and I have to watching the Sex and the City "Fleet Week" episode: "I don't know when that happens, but next year, WE'RE GOING!"). Other times, I just go “whatever.” Friday night, I was exhausted and anticipating a twelve-hour work day starting at nine the next morning. I wanted my bed and wanted it now, but as I got out of work, I knew that long before I had hope of sleeping, I needed to get work done for my theater company. Definitely a “whatever” moment.

True story:

Right before college graduation, a bunch of my friends and I found ourselves wondering how we’d meet guys after college. A bit into the conversation, we decided we’d probably meet them the same ways we had thus far: through friends, at bars, same old, same old. Then someone wondered, “Hey, what about at work?”

is more or less right on the money. (And let's face it, as much as that orphan is battered, bruised and beatdown, isn't it almost better if he enjoys it a bit?)

First of all, to answer the question we asked in our preview, no, Deadly She-Wolf Assassin at Armageddon! (directed by Sonoko Kawahara, with music and concept by Fred Ho and written by Fred Ho and Ruth Margraff) was not the coolest show ever. It was, however, pretty enjoyable. As I mentioned in that preview, the show is a piece of martial arts dance theater inspired by the Japanese manga and movie series Lone Wolf and Cub, and tells the story of a father and his son on the run from the Shogun he once worked for. Luckily, the father is a skilled swordsman and has survived the numerous attempts to kill him. But now the Shogun, in desperation, fires his Master of Assassins and hires three super-killers from the West to finally track down his lone rogue enemy. The Master of Assassins has been training his own secret weapon, however - a beautiful young female ninja who is in fact, unbeknownst to everyone but her master, the bastard daughter of the rogue himself. Soon enough all these players will meet and fight to the death in an Armageddon of bloodshed on the road to hell!

As you may or may not know, this past weekend (3/19-3/21) was Camden Waterfront Attraction Blogging Days, wherein 200 or so local bloggers, having applied and been accepted, were invited to visit, for free, each of the three big Camden Waterfront attractions (the Battleship NJ, Campbell's Field, and the Adventure Aquarium) and blog their fair and unbiased impressions. Phillyist was one of those bloggers, so here's part one of a three-part series covering our weekend adventures.

We spread ourselves across the Ben Franklin Parkway on Saturday, all for you. Well, we kind of wanted to be there, but we also wanted to give you the scoop on what we saw at and what we thought of Philly's big cultural event. Live 8 went off without a hitch, seemingly, but it wasn't perfect. We give you the good, the bad, and the SEPTA. Below are 8 key questions on Live 8 with responses from Phillyist staffers and contributors. We'll update this post as more of us check in with our experiences. 1. Security and personal safety: did you feel that health services and police officers were plentiful? Did you feel safe at Live 8?

John Carroll, Editor: The big red balloons for health tents were a nice touch. There could have been a few more, maybe, since they seemed like a hike at times (especially if you're hurt). Fortunately, I was fine throughout the day. The police were in groups along the perimeters, which wasn't ideal, but aside from being trapped in a crush of people early on in the concert, I was safe for most of the day.

Jessica Haralson, Love and Sex:My post-9/11 spidey sense tingled as I sashayed onto the Parkway at 7 AM with only a sparse sighting of police officers and no security checks; although the no-fly zone was comforting, I couldn't help but feel that a bomb could have gone off with little ado during the whole she-bang. The alcohol-fueled brawls that popped up around me during the day did little to mitigate my fears either. The police were there - but at the perimeter. What could they have done?

Jeff Siti, Arts and Entertainment:There were alot of police but they didn't have much to do though. No one was causing any problems.

Maria Tessa Sciarrino, Contributor:I was surprised at how safe i felt at Live 8, especially when a fight broke out right in front of me at the Easkins Oval South Fountain. I'm not quite sure what caused the incident but everything's fine one moment and the next, fists are flyin'. Cops who had been placed atop the fountain to monitor the area were there within seconds to clear up the situation. 2. How were the crowds? Did you have enough space to feel comfortable throughout the day?

John: As I mentioned previously, I got caught in a crush of pushing, angry people. I think the blankets and chairs really made movement difficult at spots along the Parkway, but aside from a few jammed areas (and a little lake behind the first video screen) I had an adequate amount of space throughout the day.

Jessica:The crowds were oppressive, as was to be expected. The complete lack of crowd organization, however, was not. Without a multitude of barricades, security, or logistical planning, the battle for space was an unregulated free-for-all that resulted in rolled eyes and ruffled feathers. When Al Sharpton heralded John Street's "incredible organization" during the evening fireworks, it was only the kindest that didn't boo.

Jeff:I didn't try to get too close the stage. The further back you got the more room you had. It was much better a few hundred yards down the Parkway.

Maria: Space was fine, it was everyone who felt it was OK to bring along a lawn chair that bothered me. Considering how crowded it was, especially up towards the front, the furniture caused more problems. I tripped over several of them.