Results tagged “onsaturday”

On Saturday, members of the Philadelphia Chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), set off to march twenty-five miles from the National Constitution Center to Valley Forge National Historical Park, "to show support for veterans and service members testifying at Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan," an IVAW event occurring in Washington, D.C. March 13-16. The event gets its name from a quote by Thomas Paine, who said that winter soldiers are those who stand up for their country even in its darkest hours, and will be an opportunity for veterans who served in both locations to give "an accurate account of what is really happening day in and day out, on the ground" in the Middle Eastern war zones.

When Patrick Wolf took the stage at the Electric Factory Saturday evening, I initially thought that some form of Satanic bird had been released in the building. It got dark. I heard chirping. And hooting. And then chirping and hooting mixed with a musical beat. And then the deafening roar of damn near everyone in the audience as Patrick Wolf and his band took the stage.

New York native Richard Goode, piano, comes to Philadelphia (thanks to the PCMS) for an evening of hits: Bach, Mozart, Brahms, and Debussy.

On Saturday night, Philly-based Alo Brasil brought their drums, their beats, their vocals and many many dancers to World Cafe Live for two shows. This Phillyist was at the first show, which was a sit-down dinner, and it made us wish that we'd gone to the second show, which was an all-out dance party (hey, we're not a spring chicken anymore, and we were at the Alexi Murdoch show late the night before).

On Saturday night, this self-admitted scaredy cat, armed only with a little determination and a very strong man to hold my hand, headed over to the Eastern State Penitentiary for their annual “Terror Behind the Walls.” It is, no doubt, a Halloween extravaganza, made even freakier by the fact that it’s held in a real prison. From the moment you walk up to the prison, you are fair game. Sure, that man outside the prison walls might be standing under an “Information” booth, but he’s an actor, too, covered in ghoulish makeup and prepared to scare.

The black cat, the bat, the spider and the armadillo: All are staples of scary movies and Hallowe'en fun, and all can be found at the Philadelphia Zoo. On Saturday, October 29th, the Philadelphia Zoo is having their annual kid-oriented "Boo at the Zoo" event, which features song, dance (by Dance Fusion!), costume contests, spooky games, and free candy. That's right! Free candy! Oh, and there are some animals on display or something. We're not really sure, and frankly, we don't care. Free candy! Well, free with admission, anyway.

Featured Pick of the Week:

a pair of cowboy boots in their lives. (We really must have looked out of place, whether because of age or attire, because the bouncer at the door quizzed us over the details on our driver's licenses before letting us in.)