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Visions of sugar plums not giving you your terror fix? Head out to the Troc tonight at 9:30 for the DVD release extravaganza of Unholy Sideshow, a local independent horror movie from West Philth Productions.

We here at Phillyist have been thinking long and hard about resurrecting the Frugal Fun Alert. For one, many of us used it regularly to plan our outings, especially on weeknights, and we’re basically self-serving creatures. For another, we’ve gotten lots of feedback from readers that they miss it and want it back. And, frankly, it was an awesome post containing info we should provide. But it’s a post that requires a lot of attention, and as we spent time building up our staff page the last few months it fell to the wayside. And, without getting too psychological, we perhaps were hesitant to take on a regular post that had been handled, incredibly well, by Star Foster.

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As many of you know, we lost our dear friend and colleague Star Foster this past December to a pulmonary embolism. It has been a difficult six months for us all, but there have been things to celebrate as well. A scholarship fund was established at Central High in Star's name; the prize will be awarded each year to a graduating senior who has shown talent and passion for creative writing. The first award will be given at Central's graduation this year on June 15. Friends and family organized a silent auction to benefit the fund and held a pirate-themed party to fulfill Star's wish that there be less crying, more dancing at her memorial service. Talks are in the works of making that celebration annual as well. And yesterday (her birthday), Star, known in the online world as Sarcasmo, completed a piece of her world-domination plan when a memorial plaque was dedicated in Rittenhouse Square, placed across from "the frog," Star's beloved statue. Little shrines have been popping up around it; stop on by the next time you're in the neighborhood. And, as Sarcasmom points out, be sure to kiss that frog. Now that Star's looking over it, there's no telling what wonders could happen.

Go out to the nearest Center City street corner, grab yourself a copy of today's Citypaper, turn to page 4, and check out Duane Swierczynski's Editor's Letter column. He gives Phillyist a little plug, which is very nice, but more importantly, he highlights the charity scholarship fund that has been created in honor of our dear friend Star Foster. In case you didn't see the information about that the first time we posted it, you can send your checks to:

So, somebody had the cool idea of collecting as many photos as possible of Star Foster in one place. To that end, an invitation-only Flickr Group called Sarcasmo's Corner (AKA The Star C. Foster Gallery of Embarrassing Pictures) has been set up. If you have any photos - any photos at all! - of Star lying around, please click through and click the "Join this group?" link. Once you've been accepted, adding photos to the group is easy. Oh, and if you've got some pictures but you're not on Flickr yet, well...it's a cool site, and getting an account is free, so why not sign up?

This post was compiled from pieces written by Star Foster.

Yesterday morning, we lost our dear friend and co-editor, Star Foster. We instantly decided that we needed to put the site on hiatus for a few days to get things sorted out. The outpouring that we've received to that announcement, publicly and privately, has been overwhelming. Star was beloved by many, many people—even those who didn't know her—and we thank all of you for your words of love and comfort.

When I heard that Star Foster had passed away, I didn't believe it. Part of me still doesn't. And it's not just because she was so young and it happened so suddenly, although she was and it did. It's mostly because she was so vibrant. I've never met anyone as fiercely alive as Star. All of her friends were always amazed at the sheer number of things she was doing at any one time. Besides writing for, and editing, Phillyist (of which she was one of the founding members), she also wrote for a women's technology blog called Shiny Shiny, for her own personal blog called Sarcasmo's Corner (where she plotted world domination and warned of the coming robot-ocalypse), for her Livejournal, for a horror movie blog called Monsters at Play, for a writing blog called Bitter Quill, and for all I know for about twenty other blogs, both local and international. When she wasn't writing for a blog, she was tinkering with a novel or some random piece of short fiction. And when she wasn't writing at all, she was going to see a movie, reading a gothic novel, playing a pirate on a haunted ship, going out dancing at Sex Dwarf, going out dancing at Dracula's Ball, or starring in an indie horror film. And somehow she still found time to hang out with all her friends, and to worry that perhaps her life was too boring and uneventful.

If it weren't for our life as an -ist, we're not sure we'd ever leave our apartment. Fortunately, to fully -ist, one must seek out the new, the fresh, and the unknown. Brand new, or just new to us, that's what we're all about this week.

by Star Foster and Jim Genzano

by Star Foster

Dear Phillyist Readers:

By Star Foster

How'd the first day of the SEPTA strike go? Well, it depends on who you talk to.