Results tagged “hurricane”

What's new and/or interesting in theaters this weekend.

Sometimes, it's hard to resist the hate. You may not be having an especially bad day – you may in fact be in a good mood. But sometimes the snark comes so naturally that you have to marinate in it. Like it's Lawry's.

Lane Savadove of EgoPo theatre ensemble

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Cars of all kinds have taken over the Pennsylvania Convention Center this week for the Philadelphia International Auto Show, which runs through February 11. It's an auto bonanza with plenty of current cars on the floor, plus a few concept cars, antiques and tricked out autos.

Last Saturday, at Milkboy Coffee in Ardmore, the Philadelphia Songwriter's Association hosted a concert featuring local artists Christine Havrilla and Amber DeLaurentis, as well as the triumphant return of Nancy Falkow, formerly of Philadelphia and visiting from Ireland, performing "in the round."

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend.

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.

Movie Monday Wednesday at The Troc: X-Men 3: The Last Stand. Doors open at 6, admission is $3 (applicable towards foodstuffs), and the Troc is located at 1003 Arch Street.

Robin Parry from Philly to New Orleans

Even as the stores sport back to school sales (which depress us, even now), summer lingers on your friends the -ists. This week's collection of links provides some of the best, worst, and oddest bits of summer fun. So, bring your laptop up onto the roof, make yourself an umbrella drink or ten, and enjoy this week's choice posts from across the Gothamist network.

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What's interesting on TV this week.

We try, we try hard, but sometimes, we just can't come up with a headline. And so we'll save the commentary for later and just leave you with the other -ists.

by Jen A. Miller

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have been making enough Philadelphia appearances to prove that local product and lead singer Alec Ounsworth is correct when he says that they're not a New York band. (They're a sixth borough band, duh.) The band, whose self-titled debut is easily one of the year's best albums, will play another show tonight, this one at the TLA.

Today was supposed to be the grand opening of Miamist, the fourteenth website in the Gothamist network. Unfortunately, mother nature had other plans.

Last week Mayor John Street announced a ten year, $10 million plan to eradicate homelessness in the City of Brotherly Love. The $10 million for the project is already accounted for, having been earmarked from city, state and federal funds. There's a plan, devised by city officials meeting with homeless advocates and other experts.

Dear Fellow Penn Students:

The Roots brought down the house at the Kimmel Center on Friday night, bringing a rather stagnant crowd to its feet for a two-and-a-half hour set that spanned the entire Roots discography.

Wandering down Locust Walk at Penn tonight like you always do on a Friday night? Stop by Van Pelt Library for an outdoor performance of Love's Labour's Lost, a play from William Shakespeare that may possibly be popular and well-known. We don't know, we're not the literary types, unless literature includes flipping through Philadelphia magazine.

We like to go and cruise that Information Superhighway from time to time. And when we're not doing that, we like to get sucked into the big black hole that is the Philadelphia Blogosphere. Here's the good, the bad and the Eskin for Friday, September 9th.

This weekend, artists in the City of Brotherly Love will begin a series of benefit events for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The Fringe Festival Cabaret will host the first event, a FREE show featuring Fringe favorites the Brothers Suggarillo with Dito van Reigersberg, Dirty Diamond, Rich Wexler, BINGO, Lidia Kaminska, and more.

It looks like the big push for volunteers and donations for Philly's expected share of Hurricane Katrina survivors was premature. While Mayor Street is still committed to hosting up to 5,000 survivors from the affected region if needed, 38 people and one dog arrived yesterday, but no more are expected.

Recent unfortunate meteorological events in the Southeast have been dominating the news lately, and the emotional and economic toll on the nation have been vast. Even Phillyist, normally as phlegmatic as they come, has been feeling a little down and in dire need of a stiff drink. But of course, then comes the guilt: What are we doing sitting around and drinking when we could be doing something to help?