CinePhillyist Reviews... The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Playlist Rewind: Shonen Knife at Johnny Brenda's
BalletX Fall Series Begins TONIGHT
Where Have All Our T-Shirts Gone?
Phillyist Playlist: 311 at the Borgata Event Center
I am beginning this column by making a statement. It's controversial and I know I will probably get some hate mail, but I don't care. I'm taking a stand.
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Also announced yesterday were the Franklin Institute awards; the Inquirer has a profile of one of the honorees. (Btw, did you see that the Franklin Institute is just calling itself "The Franklin" now? What's up with that?)
Due to the fact that local schools had received recalled beef products through the National School Lunch program (products that were part of the largest recall of beef in US history, announced this past Sunday), the school system announced yesterday that all dishes made with beef will be taken off Philadelphia school menus. The district spokesman pointed out, however, that "the risk of children getting ill from this beef recall is negligible" and they "have not received any notification of a child being ill because of this beef recall."
Now that it's become clear that Tom Knox is doing exceedingly well, and has a great deal of money, a bill has been introduced to temporarily cancel the campaign contribution limits in order to even things out a bit.
Kids from Philadelphia area high schools have been in the news a lot lately. First we heard that students from West Philadelphia High School had built a fast, fuel-efficient car that runs on soybean bio-diesel fuel (0-60 in 4 seconds, and 50 mpg, thank you very much) and got to show it off at the Philadelphia Auto Show. (Via) Now we've heard that teams from Norristown High School and Gwynedd-Mercy Academy tied in a competition to create anti-smoking commercials for MTV, and now both of their commercials will be shown on the network later this year. Awesome.
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We'd like to start this post off with something we just read in a press release:
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What's new and/or interesting at Philly theaters this weekend.
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This Phillyist started drinking coffee in college (we're just not all that precocious, what can we say). Those days, coffee consisted of a cuppa from the student center convenience store or, on good days, the spoils from a trip to Wawa. We're in danger of dating ourselves here, but a Starbucks didn't appear anywhere near campus until half-way through our tenure, and we didn't succumb to the green goddess's siren song with regularity until several years post-diploma. But now we're hooked; Wawa just doesn't offer mistos. Starbucks' brew tends toward the bitter side, but we can't stay away. Is there crack in that there coffee?
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What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend.
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Movie on Penn's Landing: Commerce bank presents a ET, which will be preceded by a traveling space show from The Franklin Institute, Contests start at 7:30, and the movie starts at dusk (9ish).
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What's new and/or interesting at Philly theaters this weekend.
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Fun around town, for $10 or less:
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Fun around town, for $10 or less:
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Try not to panic - but the dreaded pink, red and doily-clad holiday, St. Valentine's, is only a week away. If you're on the lookout for something to do other than you traditional dinner and a movie, Philly's got some less-than-ordinary Valentine themed attractions going on. (And to our single brethren, these events are also singles friendly):
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Dear Benjamin Franklin:
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The Franklin Institute has announced that it will remain open on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24. Now, the whole museum won't be open, but Gunther von Hagens' Body Worlds exhibit will be, as will the Tuttleman IMAX Theater for screenings of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which opens on Nov. 23 nationwide.
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The questions are always the same when someone asks about the new exhibit at The Franklin Institute - Will I be grossed out? Is it gory? Body Worlds is causing a stir and people are wondering about it.
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The Franklin Institute wants to know what you think about their IMAX films and rather than hound you on the street for change and your thoughts on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, they're going to let you in for free. The Franklin Institute will show a movie each night at 8:15 pm from Monday, September 12 to Thursday September 15. The only requirements: you have to make a reservation (by calling 215-448-1231 from 9 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday) in order to see the film and you have to fill out a survey after seeing the film.
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