Results tagged “theuniversity”

Today we have basketball, masturbation, and ancient, unrequited love. What more can we say?

When a performer is a standard bearer and larger than life in his or her field, it's hard to escape knowing who that person is, even if you only have a passing interest in his or her art. This Phillyist isn't particularly interested in cinema or dramatic theater, for example, but still knows who Orson Welles and John Barrymore are, if only vaguely. Similarly, one cannot be familiar even in passing with modern dance and not have a clue about, and probably even an opinion on, Martha Graham. She, along with the likes of Isadora Duncan (you know, the one with the scarves) and Ruth St. Denis, is credited with laying the foundation for a dance revolution in America, and the world's been reaping the benefits ever since.

Landon Donovan continued to put ’06 in the past with a stellar performance against Mexico last night. He capped off USA’s victory with a blistering charge through midfield, in which he shed two defenders before deftly turning to the left to avoid keeper Oswaldo Sanchez and slamming the ball home to make it 2-0 at the 90 minute mark. In his last two games he has 3 goals after going 18 international appearances without a score. Playing before a hostile crowd in Arizona - that’s right, US fans were outnumbered at The University of Phoenix Stadium - the game seemed to present a tough challenge, though we haven’t lost to Mexico on home soil since 1999. Mexico had bolstered its squad by recalling all available top internationals, including Omar Bravo, Francisco Fonseca and danger man Jared Borgetti. Top US defender, Oguchi Onyewu, was unfortunately unavailable for the match, due to obligations to club team, Newcastle. Borgetti has given the US trouble in the past and nearly equalized the score with a header that barely went wide of the right post. After Jimmy Conrad’s goal (his first in 19 appearances) in the 52nd minute - headed home with conviction after a beautiful corner kick by Landon Donovan - Mexico turned up the heat. Seven of Mexico’s nine shots came in the second half. The US defense held firm, however, with Jimmy Conrad playing a stellar all around game. Though US goalie Tim Howard had to come up big on two excellent chances, all other scoring opportunities were heavily hindered by the US defense. Our main problem was a lack of consistent flow through midfield. At times the service just wasn’t there for the forwards. When he got the ball, Bobby Convey stood out. His charges up the wing repeatedly confounded Mexico’s defense and he nearly put the US up by two goals in the 72nd minute. Close in to the keeper, he shot the ball right into Sanchez’s waiting arms. If Convey adds a defter touch to his game he could be one of the US’s deadliest players.

We'll grant you that paleontology probably hasn't been a "cool" career to get into since the Victorian era (and heaven knows Ross on "Friends" didn't do much for the dinosaur hunter's IQ rating), but as jobs with viability go, it's not extinct just yet. The University of Pennsylvania and Swarthmore College scientists have recently published a study saying there are way more bones lying about, just waiting to be unearthed, reassembled in a museum and ogled by students on field trips.

Who says that artists can’t make a living? Not the folks at the Global Creative Economy Convergence Summit, who kicked off three days of art talk, business talk, food, drinks, fun and damn good cake yesterday at the Park Hyatt Philadelphia.

There's a whole wide world out there, and here's the proof:

The best thing about waiting till late in the afternoon to bring you Elite -ist? Even more stories to share!

Dear Philadelphia Mice:

This weekend, if you're a spoilsport looking for something non-Halloween related to do, you might want to head down to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology for Treasures...From the Silk Road to the Sante Fe Trail - their first annual show and sale of 18th, 19th and 20th century art and textiles culled from the world over.

Continue reading "Frugal in Philly - Im Cabaret, au Cabaret, to Cabaret"