Results tagged “theyoung”

Ah, Valentine's Day: refuge of the uninspired lover and bane of the singleton's year. Fear not! We present our annual offbeat V-day guide, guaranteed to add some flair to the red-heart holiday (whose idea was it to put a celebration of love and relationships smack in the middle of the great gray beast February anyway, we ask you?).

- Former Eagle Andre Waters has died - the victim of suicide.
- Nate Wiley, saxophonist at Bob & Barbara's, has passed away following a recent stroke. (via)
- Oliver Neal, picked up for drug possession, somehow managed to produce a gun and shoot himself in the back of the head while sitting, alone, in the back of a police vehicle.
- A young man was shot three times in the back (by parties unknown) in the Wissanoming part of town.
And in slightly less depressing news...
- Richard Powell's The Philadelphian - known to many of us only in its cinematic form, The Young Philadelphians (the book's been out of print for ages) - is being re-released in a 50th anniversary edition.
- City Magazine has partnered with Capogiro to offer readers a chance to design and win their own custom pint of gelato. Seems like a chilly time of year to be conferring over frozen confections, but we're a sucker for the gelato at Capogiro, so we might give it a whirl. Image via Morguefile

Are you young? Do you like art? How about things that are free? Well, the Young Friends of the Philadelphia Art Museum have invited us to invite you to a gallery reception they're hosting at the Ashley Gallery (718 North 3rd Street) on Thursday the 18^th at 5:30 p.m. The Young Friends bill themselves as "a dynamic group of young professionals who support a number of Museum initiatives," and who participate in and arrange a variety of art-related events.

This is not about the upcoming performance of some members of The Hooters at the World Cafe later this week (although that's pretty cool, too). This post is about how this upcoming Easter Sunday you too can rise from the dead.