Results tagged “competition”

We somehow managed to miss it, but this weekend saw a FIRST Robotics challenge right here in Philadelphia. Here's one of the face-offs.

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Deep in the heart of 20th and Sansom Streets, a murder of Philadelphia comedians have been taking part in Helium Comedy Club’s annual Philly’s Phunniest Person Competition. For the past three years, over 100 local comedians have taken to Helium’s stage with the hope that they will crush their fellow comics and be named Philly’s Phunniest!!!

But hey, at least we liveblogged it!

Wednesday, we told you about The Barking Beauty. And while we still encourage you to buy tickets and support Stone Soup Theatre Arts and PAWS, we also know there are more than a few reasons you may not be able to. (Palm Sunday being one of them. The limited space at L'Etage being another.)

If you weren’t there, you missed “a critical turning point in our culture,” not to mention an early morning buzz and heartburn. The results are in from Wing Bowl 16, and two-time defending champ Joey Chestnut defeated the mighty El Wingador, who came in third. Chestnut downed 241 wings, setting a new Bowl record. El Wingador was the favorite (at least crowd favorite) to win, and the disappointment was made worse by his announcement that he is retiring from competitive eating. It is truly a dark day. Chestnut had previously said that win or lose this would be his last Wing Bowl, but apparently the thrill of victory reminded him why he got into the sport in the first place (or something), and we may be seeing him again.

Ah, it's a bad photograph of a car! And that can mean only one thing: the Philadelphia International Auto Show is almost here! We're finding it hard to believe that it's already that time again, but it must be true, because whenever we go within a four block radius of the Convention Center, we see dozens of large trucks full of cars. And we snapped this shot this morning of one classic specimen already waiting inside.

Phillyist loves competition. Phillyist loves food. So a food competition is sure to get our meringue in a muddle and set our ovens to 450. If you’re feeling it too, head over the Nexus exhibit Yummy and join Minnesota artist Megan McCready for Hotdish Philly. Bring a hotdish to share, and compete for the title Best Classic Hotdish or Best Neo-Classic Hotdish. The only rules are it must contain a starch, protein, vegetable, saucy binder, “and something crunchy on top!” They’ll provide the dishes, drinks, and a microwave so’s everyone can get down to digging in. If you’re not up for the savory, they will not say no to a pan of bars—really, who would? While you’re noshing you’ll be treated to a little bit of Hotdish history and paraphernalia. We’re really hoping someone brings a pan of these... we do have some tater tots in the freezer…

As part of Swarthmore's Midday Monday Concert Series, Dolce Suono's Metal and Wood Band will play a free concert of Handel, Dowland, Johnson, Schulhoff, Kreutzer and Piazzolla.

We're going to make this week's Suburban Fun column quick and to the point. This weekend is The Blobfest at the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville.

Join us tonight for a little music at North Star Bar. Tonight on the menu is Kate Voegele and The Click Five. MySpace was singlehandedly the reason for this singer/songwriter's recent claim to fame. She's even signed by MySpace Records. Her music ventures into the normal pop/rock scene which heavily relies on Kate's big voice to carry the tunes. She recently just won the USA Songwriter's Competition with her song, "Only Fooling Myself." Headlining tonight's...

Wandering through Liberty Place this Saturday afternoon, Phillyist came across the statue pictured to the right, as well as a bunch of others created from canned goods.

working to support a good cause, while celebrating Mardi Gras, and tomorrow night, you can join them.

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What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

Torontoist immediately wins our heart by using the word "Jackass" in a headline. In fact, we love their use of it so much that we're going to use it as much as possible throughout this post. For example, it looks like there are Toronto-area jackasses besides those who misuse the sidewalk: look at the crap on sale on Toronto's craigslist. But it looks like Toronto doesn't contain the kind of jackasses who pee in public pools, as the issue never came up when they interviewed the creators of art installations in their public wading pools.

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