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o: Dan Onorato From: Your friends at A Million Stories Re: You’re losing. Stop it. Two things caught our eye this past week, and both of them tell us that your ship is sinking, and fast — and that’s not including that recent Quinnipiac poll that had you down 15 points and your opponent, Tom Corbett, over 50 percent. Now, we’ve got no love for Corbett (see below). The man’s a schmuck running a campaign of far-right pabulum. What’s more, because Corbett’s decided to make himself the gas industry’s bitch, under his administration we’re not going to see benefit one from the raping of our state forests and the Marcellus Shale. Back in May, this newspaper endorsed you in the Democratic primary, even though we like all three of your opponents, because we thought you had the best shot of winning. You’re proving us wrong. We understand that this won’t be easy — not just because this state habitually alternates control of the Governor’s Mansion between the two parties every eight years — as you’re a Democrat and this is a bad year to be a Democrat, and Gov. Ed Rendell’s poll numbers are in the crapper. Actually, given the incredible headwinds, maybe 15 down isn’t so bad, after all. But 15 down still gives us Gov. Tom Corbett, and that’s just not acceptable. Which brings us to those two things. The first is that ridiculous
ad of yours that we keep seeing on our talking picture box, the one where you’re holding up a sign and telling people how to spell and pronounce your name. We get it: Name recognition is a big deal, and outside Pittsburgh, not many people know who you are. Two points here: One, while your last name does have an inordinate number of vowels, yours is not a write-in campaign. Spelling doesn’t matter. Two, and more importantly, late September isn’t the time to be teaching folks your name, it’s the time to be kicking Corbett in the teeth over his unabashed whoring for Big Gas and Grover Norquist. Especially when you’re down 15 points. And that brings us to item two: What constitutes an “attack” for the Onorato campaign is a press release bragging about how much you hate taxes. We’ve covered this peculiar twitch of yours before, Dan [A Million Stories, Sept. 1, 2010], but you don’t seem to be getting it: Last week, your press team giddily dispatched a Pittsburgh PostGazette story highlighting the fact that you’ve proposed a “nofrills” spending plan for Allegheny County for 2011 that is $5.8 million less than this year’s budget. Wonderful. You’re still gonna lose. See, all those people you’ve been sucking up to with your chest-beating about taxes and spending, and your lame allegations that Corbett raised some property tax a few decades ago — they’re not going to vote for you, anyway, no matter what. Sorry.
Hey Dan: You can’t outRepublican Tom Corbett. Stop trying.
You can’t out-Republican Tom Corbett.
The point is, Dan, you’re going to need to give the rest of us a reason to care. That means, for starters, taking off the gloves, putting on your big-boy pants, and taking the fight to Corbett, rather than campaigning like someone who’s ashamed to be a Democrat. Call him out for his grandstanding on health care (once again, see below), his willingness to use his public office as a political machine and his unrepentant slavishness to his corporate masters. Make people hate him as much as they don’t know about you. There’s still time to get this right. But you’d better act soon.
EVIL Ever since the 2004 presidential election, the phrase “flip-flop” has basically given us gas, along with nightmarish visions of elderly white people carrying around flip-flops at the Republican National Convention with gleeful, shit-eating grins, as if John Kerry was the first politician to ever change a position on anything. >>> continued on adjacent page
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So we don’t throw it around lightly. But we have no choice this week but to call Tom Corbett just that — flip-flopper! — for his blatant 180 on health care reform. If you peruse Corbett’s policy paper on health care in Pennsylvania, you might get the impression that he’s, well, sane: He touts the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, saying that it “offers great opportunity to extend coverage to thousands more people” throughout the Commonwealth, and vows that “should the [bill] survive the current legal challenge of Attorneys General from across the country … Corbett will focus on implementing the provisions granting greater access to coverage in a way that encourages the development of new products and brings new carriers into the marketplace.” That is, of course, insanely hypocritical. After all, Corbett is one of those attorneys general. Back in March, when he was pandering to his fringe base ahead of the primary, he spent your tax dollars to file a lawsuit blocking the health care reform bill, saying in a press release that he was doing so for the Pennsylvanians whose “rights will be violated” and he “believes the courts will find the health care reform legislation unconstitutional” — thus giving Tea Partyers everywhere a boner. Indeed, a good part of his $7.6 million campaign war chest — that’s almost $4 million more than Onorato has in the bank — came from people smitten with his reactionary stance on health care. And yet, in the same paper that he praises the new law that
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he supposedly thinks is an affront to everything American and wholesome, he still courts the far right by making it seem like this health care situation is really no big deal and the benevolent private sector has it all under control, so who needs this reform bullshit? To wit, he claims that “over 90 percent of all Pennsylvanians
had some form of health insurance” in 2008. This is, if you parse the numbers, deceptive math, as it counts seniors covered by Medicare (an evil communist program) and anyone who had any insurance for any part of the year. A more realistic statistic: According to a report by Families USA, more than a quarter of Pennsylvanians less than 65 years old went without insurance for all or part of 2008. All of this is pretty slimy. Which is why, on the 23-point How Evil is Tom Corbett? Barometer™, we bestow him with a 20. Be careful, Tom: You’re almost in Frank Rizzo territory.
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[ + 1 ] The PHA holds a morale-boosting meeting
to “thank [employees] for their work,” says John Street. “But it’s only September, who hired a … wait … everybody off Santa’s lap! Carl, you sick bastard.”
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A Senate hearing reveals that the FBI questioned the state Office of Homeland Security about a contractor that was “often inaccurate and almost always useless.”“Have you met my brother John?” asks Milton Street.
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At their first of only two debates, gubernatorial candidates Tom Corbett and Dan Onorato agree to lower the state’s corporate net-income tax. Slow. Clap. Slow. Clap.
✚ This week’s report by Jeffrey C. Billman and Holly Otterbein. E-mail us at
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says that both Mayor Nutter and former Mayor Street must agree on a replacement for ex-PHA director Carl Greene. “Hey honky,” says Street. “Have you met my brother Milton?”
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[ + 1 ] Ex-drug dealer Tommy Hill says he wants to
set the record straight that he’s “not a rat.” “I just like cheese. And gnawing. And shitting wherever the mood strikes me.”
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Some fans raise concerns over loud, foulmouthed chants at Philadelphia Union games. “You’re SO GAAAYYY, SO-GAY SOGAY SO-GAYYY,” reply Sons of Ben.
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Police find 20 cats in an Upper Darby woman’s freezer. Oh hai. I can haz furburger?
[ + 1 ] A Glenside man proposes to his girlfriend
after she suffers an asthma attack at Eastern State Penitentiary. “And only after she accepted did I hand her the inhaler.”
[ + 1 ] TEDx, a global conference that aims to put
forth “ideas worth spreading,” holds an event in Phoenixville.The first presenter:The Blob, on consuming everying in your path.
[ + 1 ] DIY Network performs a kitchen makeover at
Danny Bonaduce’s home. First they forcibly remove Bonaduce, then declare the makeover a success.
[ + 3 ] In 2009,Pennsylvania police pursuits dropped
by 13 percent. “Instead, we’ve been integrating a silent treatment policy. You criminals know what you did. Get out of my sight. Damn right I’m mad at you.”
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³ THIS AUTUMN TRULY starts — as all falls in
Philadelphia should forevermore — with a block party and parade on Walnut Street hosted by myman-pots-n-pans Jerry Blavat.The primary occasion is to welcome Jersey Boys to the Forrest for 11 weeks. (Look for homegirl Alayna Gallo, back from the show’s San Antonio run, at the parade as well as presenting at Oct. 4’s Barrymore Awards.) ³ More signs of seasons changing: UPenn buying the DuPont Philadelphia Works/Marshall Labs acreage off the Schuylkill. (Hope they let the geese roam free.) Chris’ Jazz Café getting a blue neon sign on the night of its 20th anniversary. Busybee relocating its home design shop from Kensington to South Street. ³ I’d like to throw a parade for my dear amigo Evan Gusz (ex-Ruffhouse label baby), who’ll marry dear Jaclyn Palagruto — with me as one of the groomsmen — this weekend. Blessings to the Gusz/Palagruto kids. ³ Some things start, some depart: Mike Stollenwerk’s buying a liquor license for Fathom in Fishtown while my fave old low-lit boîte for white wine and sour cream dishes, Warsaw Café, may say goodbye when the building is sold. ³ The legendary Monday open mic at Fergie’s lost its main men — host/drummer Pete Gaudioso and keyboardist Anam Owili-Eger — with a blowout gig Sept 27. “I started going in 2002, and can count on two hands the number of those I’ve missed since then,” says Owili-Eger.“We love Fergie but decided that it was time for us to step down.” ³ Choreographer/arts mensch DeVaughn Nelsonhad his greatest burlesque successes at 2010’s Fringe. Makes perfect sense that he’s moving to Berlin. “I’ll miss Philly like nobody’s biz, but I’m going to go feel out their scene for a while,” says lovely DeVo. ³ Did you know that Philly soundscaper Bilwa and his dancing missus Emily Sweeney left town — for the whole world? They moved to Vermont and are now heading to Melbourne, Australia’s Fringe Fest. Kids. ³ Philly’s mix-tape-making major-label signers Chiddy Bang can be found on Pete Wentz’s new band Black Cards’ debut single “Club Called Heaven” at blackcardsmusic.com. ³ Poet/accidental lyricist CAConrad (Scotty Leitch made punk rock of The Book of Frank at wobblingroof.com) debuts the mega-expanded edition ofFrank (WAVE Books) on Oct. 2 at a Kelly Writers House reading. ³ If watching Iron Chef Michael Symon filming Food Network’s Food Feuds between Ralph’s and Villa di Roma (meatballs) and Pat’s and Geno’s (cheesesteaks) months back wasn’t enough, I spied MSN’s Appetite for Life guy Andrew Zimmern and a handful of Mummers on East Passyunk after having done his “curbside cuisine” thing at Paesano’s and John’s Roast Pork.³ Ice comes in cube form, too! Citypaper.net/criticalmass. (a_amorosi@citypaper.net)
TWO BECOMES ONE: Blanka Zizka (left), now sole artistic director at the Wilma, tries her hand at Shakespeare for the first time with Macbeth (starring Jacqueline Antaramian and C.J. Wilson, right). CHRISTOPHER GABELLO (R)
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OUT, DAMNED SPOT! Sans her longtime collaborator, Blanka Zizka takes on a new partner: Shakespeare. By A.D. Amorosi
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o say the Wilma Theater’s recent changes have the feel of a Shakespearean tragedy would be an exaggeration. Yet two recent shake-ups — one departure, one new addition — have reshaped one of Philly’s longest-standing theater companies. On the sunniest Saturday of September, director Blanka Zizka isn’t breaking a sweat over the simple facts. “Not quite yet,” smiles the Wilma’s artistic director on a break from choreographing fight scenes from this season’s opener, Macbeth. After 31 years of theater, the Wilma is launching its first-ever production of Shakespeare — any Shakespeare whatsoever — with a spare, ambitious, violent staging of one of the Bard’s final tragedies. And after 31 years of theater, Blanka is going it alone; her coartistic director and ex-husband, Jiri Zizka, announced he was leaving for good after staging last spring’s Leaving. (Apt, no?) First things first: The play’s the thing. Like so many of the Wilma shows Blanka has directed (Animal Farm, Quills), Macbeth is epic and full of impact. But as for the reason she’s waited so long to take on the master of drama, it’s personal. “I’ve always been seduced by Shakespeare but was worried about the language, what with being a foreigner,” laughs the Czech immigrant. “I still haven’t gotten it all, so the idea of going
into the Old English was daunting.” Yet after a private reading of the play, she not only considered Macbeth and saw its staging light up in her mind, but she’s already considering her next Shakespearean steps once the 2010-11 season comes to an end. “Much of what’s happening next here is trying to figure out what we’ll become,” says Blanka. “I’ve no precise answer yet as to what the next years will look like. Will we stay a subscription series with four plays a year? Can we squeeze in riskier, out-of-the-box productions for two-week runs? What other directors will we bring in?” she asks, rhetorically, mentioning that she’s considering Pig Iron’s Geoff Sobelle and one-time Wilma compatriot Annie Kauffman as potential future collaborators. “I can’t direct four shows a season. I would die.” Surely new managing director James Haskins will have strong opinions on these matters. But for the most part, the Wilma’s vision is down to Blanka, as her partner, Jiri — once in marriage, almost always in aesthetics — has left her as sole artistic director. According to Blanka, Jiri felt the weight of doing so much for the Wilma (“two plays for Blanka, two plays for Jiri,” she laughs about the company’s usual season) that it left little time to tend to his other work. “Jiri’s a brilliant writer,” says Blanka. “He’s produced and directed films. He wanted to do those things.” When I spoke to Jiri Zizka about Leaving back in May, he kept snickering as he said, “Everybody leaves, you know.” “He has a strange sense of humor, Jiri does,” says Blanka regarding
“Everybody leaves, you know.”
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[ a stringing together of strokes of genius ] ³ first friday focus
Taking one page from The Clientele and another from New Order, Virginia impresario Jack Tatum offsets aching songs with an alluring bed of dots and loops. His one-guy outfit Wild Nothing spun tasty, textured pop into a summer blog hit on its debut, Gemini (Captured Tracks). Get to the Troc early tonight (Sept. 30, thetroc.com) and let Tatum ease you into the full-bore anthems of Canadian pop stars Stars.
Commenting on Americans’ obsession with violence and/or pop culture is S.O.P. in the contemporary art world, but something about Zach Osif’s rifle-backgrounded portrait of Lady Gaga is downright prescient. In Bold New Gods Arrive, fame, fortune and domination are the new holy trinity, the divine powers to whom we say our daily prayers. Head over to Vincent Michael Gallery’s October group show, “Luxuria et Avaritia: The New American Grotesque” during First Friday (Oct. 1, vincentmichael.com), where sin gets the spotlight. —Carolyn Huckabay
³ ’hood fest Celebrate the spirit of Fishtown at the third annual RiverCity Festival (Oct. 2, rivercityfestival.org), a nod to the Delaware Riveradjacent neighborhood’s rich history. Watch a presentation by the Lenni Lenape Indians; listen to talks by local historians; get down with performances by bands like the folk-jamming West Philadelphia Orchestra; grab some homemade sausage from Mandi’s; or throw yourself at the Velcro Wall. SugarHouse, you can’t hold us down.
—John Vettese
³ reading/signing Two critically beloved authors from the Darkly Comic School of Fiction will read at the Free Library this Thursday (Sept. 30, freelibrary.org). First there’s Scottish-born A.L. Kennedy, whose latest short story collection, What Becomes, was called “funny, angry [and] brilliant” by the Guardian. Then comes Russian-born American Gary Shteyngart, who’s got a hit on his hands with Super Sad True Love Story, a futuristic satire lauded as “supersad, superfunny [and] superaffecting” by the NY Times. See that, big-shot book critics? I added those [and]s!
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WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND? Jesse Eisenberg’s portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg, creator of Facebook, is a vicious blend of outsize ego and bitter self-loathing.
³ ARRIGO BOITO — LIBRETTIST for Giuseppe Verdi’s penultimate opera, Otello — was himself a fine opera composer. Verdi needed someone with the experience and ability to condense the many words of Shakespeare in a musical and theatrically effective way. Whole chunks of the play had to be excised while sparing the plot and themes. But Verdi went even further. When he saw Boito’s setting of the introduction of the title character, he crossed off the many lines and substituted a single word; Esultate!” Italian for “rejoice.” It was a stroke of genius. The whole opera is a stringing together of strokes of genius. Therein lies the greatness of Otello. The synergy of Shakespeare and Verdi results in a unique work of theater. This was not Verdi’s first take on Shakespeare (nor his last; Falstaff was still to come, six years later, when the composer was nearly 80). Macbeth was one of his earliest masterpieces. But in Otello there is extraordinary characterization, shaped by subtle harmonic and rhythmic gestures, that makes the drama hold together in a way that honors the original play but creates an entirely new work of art. Shakespeare’s love scene is elegant and tender; Verdi’s is, as well, but also erotic. In the play, Othello and Iago banter as if playing a game of chess. In the opera, they plan for mortal combat in a minefield, explosions all around. That grandiloquent opening Esultate, at once bursting with the pride of military victory but also already foreshadowing tragedy, is a treacherous bit of singing. There is no warm-up; the tenor must open at full volume and leap back and forth across wide pitch intervals. It is a role that tenors either avoid or take long breaks from, with the notable exception of the miraculously leather-lunged Placido Domingo. This is a major reason why Otello, which many opera lovers consider to be Verdi’s masterpiece, is performed much less frequently than La Traviata or Rigoletto, two wonderful works that are, nevertheless, a notch or two below the level of inventiveness and sheer power in Otello. Otello comes to Philadelphia this week for the first time in memory, via a new OCP production, with the superb Nashville-born tenor Clifton Forbis in the title role. Experience it. (p_burwasser@citypaper.net) ✚ Verdi’s Otello, Oct. 1, 3, 6, 10 and 15, Academy of Music, Broad & Locust, 215-732-8400, operaphila.org.
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the banal, flooding our brains with alluring minutiae — Facebook has come to define our current hyper-self-aware historical moment while distilling it through a hall of digital meta-mirrors. Hard to believe, then, that seven years ago the now-ubiquitous site was little more than a gleam in a few social misfits’ eyes. The Social Network watches the growth of Facebook from the inside, but ends up being less about one specific phenomenon than the minor tremors that ripple outward into world-altering quakes. It must have been a major temptation to gimmick up this story with Facebook-derived graphics and references, especially for the director of Fight Club, but thankfully David Fincher resisted. Like he did in Zodiac (skipping over the gooey misstep of Benjamin Button), Fincher elegantly integrates style with substance, resulting in a streamlined narrative that is all frictionless momentum. In this, he takes his cues from Aaron Sorkin’s whip-smart script, which envisions the conversations of outcast hackers as the brisk wordplay of the screwball comedy. Mark Zuckerberg and company aren’t exactly the blithe spirits of those earlier films, however, and their rapid-fire dialogue comes to feel less like witty repartee and more the caustic brevity of overstimulated minds. Zuckerberg (played by Jesse Eisenberg with a vicious blend of outsize ego and bitter self-loathing) envisions Facebook as replicating “the entire social experience of college” online, and The Social Network, framed by not one but two legal depositions, posits that the Digital Age has become Revenge of the Nerds, writ large. Zuckerberg’s chief nemeses are the Winkelvoss twins (Armie Hammer), tall, athletic, blond “gentlemen of Harvard” with flagpole postures — jocks caught short by the limits of their privilege. The reach of the allegedly egalitarian Internet has simply upended the social order, as easily as ignoring a friend request. —Shaun Brady
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Awaking inside a wooden box under several feet of Iraqi sand, Ryan Reynolds’ government contractor is stuck in a dead-end situation he doesn’t understand and can’t get out of — a tidy metaphor for U.S. involvement in the region, if one that would be easy to overplay. Fortunately, Rodrigo Cortés’ claustrophobic thriller sticks to its imminent circumstances and lets its broader implications play out sub rosa. In other words, Reynolds never leaves the box, and neither do we. Working from Chris Sparling’s script, the movie employs the tools at hand, mainly a cell phone and a lighter, to explore Reynolds’ increasingly dire situation. The men who put him there get in touch, and he manages to reach both his employer and the military, but digging him out is no one’s top priority; he’s collateral damage, even though he’s still alive. Without deviating from his lockeddoor premise, Cortés finds ways to vary his visual approach so the movie doesn’t become suffocating itself. (There are a few cheats, but
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ENTER THE VOID|B+ The brutal, brutalizing cinema of Gaspar Noé would seem to have deadended with Irreversible, a movie that centered around a rape conducted in excruciating real time. But Noé pushes the needles further into the red with Enter the Void, a postmortem hallucination whose pulsating cascade
is likely to induce seizures even in the non-epileptic. (The U.S. version has been cut by a full reel, but that’s not likely to mitigate the sensory overload much.) Shot almost entirely from the P.O.V. of a callow American killed in a drug bust, the film floats through the neon miasma of Tokyo like a woozy ghost, seeking out the seedy milieux Noé loves so much. In-camera and out, Noé manipulates the images heavily, juicing colors and blurring backgrounds into a feverish smear, as if he’s testing his own endurance as well as his audience’s. He’s shameless with his Freudian fillips, shoving the camera into surrogates’ birth canals at
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FREAKONOMICS|ABased on the book by “rogue economist” Steven Levitt and journalist Stephen J. Dubner, this four-part documentary makes the case that answers to social and moral dilemmas might be discovered by looking at the world just a bit askew, “asking a different kind of question entirely.” Each section offers a variation on this idea. Morgan Spurlock’s “A Roshanda by Any Other Name” pretty much repeats the book’s point, that baby names don’t affect children’s lives,
but their environments do. Folks-onthe-street interviews weigh in on how names resonate (“Todd” sounds white and “Tyrone” sounds black), but don’t offer much insight into their own experiences with names. Alex Gibney’s “Pure Corruption” is less a transcription of the book than a frankly remarkable set of images and ideas inspired by it. He draws parallels between Japanese sumo wrestling and the U.S. economic crisis, as each realm is beset by cheating that’s condoned in order to maintain a functioning (if dysfunctional) surface. “Cultural slogans,” he narrates, “reassure us that we are honest, straightforward and fundamentally good. Those who expose corruption are challenging the very nature of who we imagine ourselves to be.” Eugene Jarecki’s section takes on the book’s theory that there’s a correlation between legal abortion and reduced crime rates. “It’s Not
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Always a Wonderful Life” uses animation, clips from Frank Capra’s movie, and photos of the executed Nicolae Ceausescu (who outlawed abortion in Romania) to make this controversial argument accessible (and no, Levitt insists, he is not advocating abortion as a way to curb crime). Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s section is not drawn directly from the book, but is instead a fascinating study of how monetary incentives affect two ninth-graders in Chicago. As each plainly performs for the camera crew, both remind you that “incentives,” this section’s topic, can come in many forms and have unanticipated effects. The film reflects the book’s structure and makes its arguments visually, often vividly. In itself, it asks a different sort of question, regarding what documentaries can do. —Cindy Fuchs (Ritz at the Bourse)
JACK GOES BOATING|B Philip Seymour Hoffman’s directorial debut looks like a study in the comings and goings of relationships: the tentative goodnight kiss covered in Manhattan snow, the silence between broken lovers. But the most poignant scenes lie in the personal moments, the wordless shots of Hoffman’s Jack practicing his swimming strokes on an overpass or contemplating a firstdate outfit while the music of Grizzly Bear swells in the background. We first meet Jack in his bed, on his back, alone. He’s a limousine driver whose dream is to work for the MTA. He spends most of his time with Clyde (John Ortiz) and his wife, Lucy (Daphne Rubin-Vega). They decide to set Jack up with one of Lucy’s colleagues, Connie (Amy Ryan). They’re both a little awkward and a little anxious but most importantly, Lucy points out, they’re both alone. Meeting Connie sends Jack into a trajectory of self-improvement: He learns to swim and cook, all to win over Connie. He finally applies for that MTA job. It almost feels like a coming-of-age story, though one that’s much overdue. Jack and Connie’s blossoming relationship juxtaposes Clyde and Lucy’s shattered one, which becomes increasingly difficult to watch as the movie goes on, perhaps because you want to believe that Jack and Connie won’t suffer the same fate. While relationships drive the movie’s actions, it’s the sweeping, wide shots of Jack in New York City that deliver the most feeling. It’s almost as if we’ll miss that Jack once he falls in love. —Juliana Reyes (Ritz at the Bourse)
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Charming in the best possible way, Paul Fierlinger and Sandra Fierlinger’s animated feature follows the deeply felt relationship with a man and his dog. Based on J.R. Ackerley’s 1956 memoir, the film includes his wry observations (voice of Christopher Plummer), delighted and bemused by Tulip, his devoted “Alsatian bitch.” She’s a “beautiful creature,” he rhapsodizes, “who came into my life and transformed it.” At times Ackerley lives his life as fiction film, ignorant of the camera as he hides out from his importunate sister (Lynn Redgrave) or takes the rambunctious Tulip to several vets in search of vaccinations (the one who finally sees her for who she is, a dog in love with her man, is impeccably voiced by Isabella Rossellini). At other moments he looks at you while reading from pages he’s typed, the story unfolding and created simultaneously. At still other times, the screen becomes the yellow legal pad on which he sketches his fantasies: Tulip in a dress, flirting outrageously with the assorted gentlemen dogs Ackerley tries out as potential mates (so she might have a “full life,” he says, sex and a maternal experience), or the relationship he imagines for a salty fellow dog-owner and his wife. The movie isn’t raunchy, really, but frank
There has been a flood of issue-oriented, agitprop docs of late, each offering up its own world-threatening man-made catastrophe. But whether you expect the world to end via global warming, irradiated food, nuclear terrorism or Republican presidencies, none of those apocalyptic scenarios have been as chilling as the repellant spectacle of schools holding lotteries to decide the educational opportunities
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✚ DÜOFEST The high-wire analogy in improv comedy is so overused, it’s become meaningless. But it’s also not necessarily apt. In large improv groups, there’s safety in numbers; have an off night and your partners can carry the weight. Not so with duos, the focus of Philly Improv Theater’s (PHIT) four-night Düofest. “When there are just two people on stage,” says PHIT’s Greg Maughan, one of the festival’s six producers, “there’s no backup. It’s all them, no net. Nobody can have a bad night.” Düofest was inspired by Scott Adsit and Philly girl Christina Gausas’ May PHIT improv gig and will feature local (Till Death Do Us Part, Hans Gruber), national (IMP, Landry and Summers) and international (Calgary’s Rock Awesome) duos, 38 in all, including local Matt Holmes’ double-death-defying M@& (Friday, 10:02 p.m.), which
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✚ BUKE AND GASS Their name is unpleasant, and their sound isn’t exactly cuddly, either, but Buke and Gass deserves more than a glance. This Brooklyn duo is not your average Brooklyn duo. Arone Dyer, the lady, plays a modified baritone ukulele. Aron Sanchez, the guy, plays a customized guitar-bass hybrid while stomping a bass drum. Both sing. Their stuff is raw and clangy, and for every descent into dissonant annoyingness there’s a moment of unexpected, asymmetrical beauty. —Patrick Rapa Thu., Sept. 30, 9 p.m., $13, with Efterklang and Esben and the Witch, Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 877-435-9849, johnnybrendas.com.
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✚ MARGOT & THE NUCLEAR SO AND SO’S After the confounding, complicated marketing of 2008’s Animal! / Not Animal — it wasn’t a double album, it was two versions of the same album, duh — Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s paused to take stock of their unsuccess. Some lineup shifts and a new label later, and the Indianapolis collective returned to Earth, relatively speaking. Their new Buzzard (Mariel) is more focused and upfront with the uppity rock. This could poise them for either warm reception or backlash. But the free-associative oddities of songwriter Richard Edwards remain intact, if downplayed; amid the more conventional roots-rock structures, there are lyrics aplenty about stealing eyeballs, grave robbers and vampire robots. —John Vettese Thu., Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m., $12, with Lonely
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✚ STUDIO: CHRISTENSEN In the evening, the 2000 block of Delancey is a dark, quiet, residential — except for the light gleaming from the huge glass windows of studio: christensen. With its clean white walls and modern plastic furniture, the space, which functions as a gallery, furniture store and studio, beckons you. “It’s like a hangout,” says owner JT Christensen. “People mosey on in from the restaurants.” So it’s perfect for art director Dan Olsovsky, who’s bringing the work of abstract expressionist
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of Shakespearean characters, including Romeo, Juliet, Hamlet and Puck; the story unfolds in the courtyard of the Ellen Powell Tiberino Museum, former home of the eponymous West Philly matriarch. “It’s an art-andsculpture garden [that’s] perfect for our show because there are various levels, nooks, balconies to play on,” says director/co-star Anna Frangiosa. Rain or shine,
end to the melodic mastery of the group’s three songwriters, even if they’ve gotten precious (and/ or wimpy) enough to prominently feature the word “thee” in the album’s catchiest refrain. —K. Ross Hoffman Fri., Oct. 1, 9 p.m., $18.50-$21, with Radar Brothers, The Trocadero, 1003 Arch St., 215-922-6888, thetroc.com.
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you can count on Revival stars like Randi Warhol, Jo-Jo Johansson and Annie A-Bomb to show up in their skivvies. —Daniella Wexler
Opening reception Fri., Oct. 1, 7-10 p.m., free, through Oct. 31, studio: christensen, 333 S. 20th St., 610-248-1943, gambini.info.
Oct. 1-3, 8 p.m, $15, Tiberino Museum, 3819 Hamilton St., 800-838-3006, brownpapertickets.com.
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In its truest form, burlesque is more than just boobs — it’s a way to satirize popular entertainment. Shimmy and Shakespeare, the kickoff to Revival Burlesque’s third season, turns Shakespeare’s canon on its head with a night of sketch comedy that leaves nothing to the imagination. The play has Lady Macbeth throwing a swingers’ soiree at her place for a hodgepodge
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These Glaswegian paragons of power pop may have refined their approach somewhat since their gooey, grungy Bandwagonesque introduced unabashed melodicism to the alternative nation nearly 20 years ago (hmm, teenage no longer?). But that wagon’s kept right on rolling, and this year’s gorgeous, relaxed and rather baroque-sounding Shadows (Merge) — their first outing in five years — shows no
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✚ CARRIE When Brat Productions chose the Stephen King-approved Erik Jackson adaptation of the bloody screamfest that is Carrie, you breathed a sigh of relief. This is no Grease and Desist; after all, no one can stop its drag queen lead, Jersey’s own viciously talented Erik Ransom, from essaying the tale of a flaxen-haired high-schooler who gets pranked, tamponed and bucketed — and then gets even in the campiest, goriest fashion. No one can halt the messiest-ever prom night since Prom Night. No one can slow the madness of religious zealotry versus good old growing pains. OK, extreme growing pains. Taking after Sherry Vine,
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DesignPhiladelphia Kick-off Party and the Welcome House in LOVE Park, curator: Marianne Bernstein BRYCE GIBSON
OCTOBER 7 l If Walls Could Talk: Adding Historic Character to Today’s Interiors Marketplace Design Center
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Category: Lecture Date: October 7th Time: 11:00am – 1:00pm Location: 2400 Market Street, Grand Hall 4th Floor Description:Take an armchair tour of Historic New England, currently celebrating its centennial year. Carol Bruce & Peter Gittleman’s Historic New England is a unique resource including 36 restored historic properties and decorative objects, particularly wallpaper, ranging from classic to contemporary from the 17th-20th centuries as seen in the Waterhouse Wallhangings. Learn methods of specifying period-appropriate décor when working with clients creating historically inspired interiors. Christopher Norman Reception to follow at 12:00pm at Brunschwig & Fils, Suite 201. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: RSVP 215.561.5000 or gcipolla@marketplacedc.com, www.marketplacedc.com
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l IDA – Interior Design Awards Liberty Place Category: Event Date: October 7th Time: 11:00am – 3:00pm Location: 16th and Chestnut Street Description: Showcase of entries and win-
ners for the IDA Awards (Interior Design Awards) will be on display in the Rotunda of Liberty Place October 2nd - 9th with a Meet the Designer event on Thursday October 7th, 11am - 3pm. Admission: Free and open to the public
l Building a Design Business in the Modern Landscape Marketplace Design Center Category: Lecture Date: October 7th Time: 1:30pm – 2:30pm Location: 2400 Market Street, Grand Hall 4th Floor Description:Join Christiane LeMieux, DwellStudio Founder and Creative Director, as she explains how she built the DwellStudio brand of modern family furnishings and how the last year has changed the entire design business landscape, plus how designers can get ahead in today’s digital age. Reception to follow at 2:30pm in Robert Allen and Beacon Hill Fabrics, Suite 224. Admission: Free, open to public For More Information: RSVP 215.561.5000 or rsvp@marketplacedc. com, www.marketplacedc.com
l Eye Design Margot & Camille Optique Category: Workshop Date: October 7th Time: 2:00pm – 6:00pm Location: 47 North 3rd Street Description: Margot & Camille Optique invite you to create your own eyeglasses design with pipe-cleaners. All creations will be displayed at Margot & Camille Optique
and open for vote. The best designer will win a free pair of eyeglasses from Margot & Camille Optique. Admission: $5, RSVP Required, 215-923-0508. For More Information: www.margotcamille.com
l NextFab Studio Lighting Design Challenge – 2 Day Workshop NextFab Studio Category: Workshop Date: October 7th and 8th Time: 5:00pm – 9:00pm Location: 3711 Market Street Description: Teams of up to two members will bring an idea for a lighting source, design it, and produce the prototype components using NextFab’s rapid prototyping equipment. Staff will be available throughout the event to help with file setup and machine operation. The design teams will assemble their lamps, and put them on display for public viewing at NextFab Studio during DesignPhiladelphia. The winner will be determined by a panel of judges and will receive a free two-month membership. Admission: Admission: $50 per team, 5 team limit For More Information: For more details and design requirements contact NextFab. RSVP required, nextfabstudio.com
l DesignPhiladelphia Kickoff (Part One) west elm Category: Event
Date: October 7th Time: 5:30pm – 7:00pm Location: 1330 Chestnut Street Description: Join us for the early evening DesignPhiladelphia kickoff. InLiquid and modern furnishings retailer west elm will feature artist Sarah Zwerling, on display at west elm from August 2 through October 31, 2010. This exhibition features an array of digital collages each based on a photograph that captures an emotional connection to a specific place. Showroom hours: Mon – Sat 11 – 7pm, Sun 12 – 6pm Admission: Free and open to the public, www.westelm.com
l Lager Raabe Skafte Landscape Architects Open Studio Lager Raabe Skafte Landscape Architects Category: Open studio Date: October 7th Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Location: 230 S. Broad Street, Suite 604 Description: Visit the open studio at Lager Raabe Skafte Landscape Architects to see what is currently on the boards and in the ground, meet our creative staff, and tour the office. LRSLA is working on several exciting streetscape, park, academic, and civic projects in and around Philadelphia. Plan to stop by for an evening of excellent visual stimulation, a chance to network with colleagues, and light refreshments. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.LRSLA.com
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CBS Auditorium, University of the Arts Category: Lecture Date: October 7th Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Location: 320 South Broad Street, Hamilton Hall Description: Join us for a panel discussion sponsored in part by Philadelphia Fashion Week. Hear local favorites in the Philadelphia textile and accessory industries discuss the challenges and advantages of incorporating sustainable, organic, and fair-trade practices into their work. Learn what the city is doing to heighten visibility for designers who choose to create and manufacture in Philadelphia, and find out what local buyers are looking for when stocking their shelves with eco-chic items. This is a must-attend event for anyone interested in designing, making, and buying sustainable threads. Admission: $20 SBN and Sustainable Designers Members, $25 non-members. Open to the public
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Location: 1218 Arch Street Description: The Philadelphia Emerging Architecture Prize (PEAPrize) recognizes architects and firms producing high-quality architectural design and thinking, encouraging the exchange of ideas among emerging architects who might otherwise not have a wide forum to share their work. The bi-annual Prize is awarded to a select group of architects/firms as chosen through a juried portfolio submission. Philadelphia area architects that have been registered 10 years or fewer are eligible to be considered for the Prize. PEAPrize winners will be announced publicly prior to the exhibition opening. For More Information: peaprize.blogspot.com Description: Also opening is LIFE+, an exhibit featuring objects designed by students in Philadelphia University’s department of Industrial Design in collaboration with C.H. Briggs. Inspired by the flexibility and design possibilities of DuPont™ Corian® solid surfaces, the objects exhibited represent a curriculum based focus on materiality, beauty and the all department theme, transgenerational design, and provides onlookers with the real world view of design meets fabrication. Interact with LIFE+ exhibiting October 7- November 18, 2010. Admission: Free and open to the public.
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Category: Event Date: October 7th Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm Location: 313 South Broad Street Description: The West Philly Hybrid X Team, made up of Philadelphia inner city high school students, is bringing their vision and energy to the GE Ecomagination competition, a $200 million innovation experiment. The competition challenged businesses, entrepreneurs, innovators, and students to share their best ideas on how to build the next generation power grid. See the car in person during the DesignPhiladelphia Kickoff Party, Part Two. For More Information: www.evxteam.org/vehicles
Category: Open studio Date: October 7th Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Location: 211 North 13th Street Description: Enjoy happy hour conversation with architects and designers, skyline views from our loft studio, and photographic and video displays of our newest architectural and museum exhibit design projects, including a tree canopy walk high above the forest floor, an Audubon museum, a mid-century kit house renovation, a yurt summer camp, museum exhibits about the most famous ferry of all, women’s equality, a Civil War road show, and more. Or just come for the beer. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.metarchdesign.com
l 2010 Philadelphia Emerging Architects Prize and LIFE + Exhibition Opening Center for Architecture Category: Event Date: October 7th
The Design Lot
Location: 909 North 2nd Street Description: “Deconstructed Tools” is a multidisciplinary exhibition asking individuals to focus on the tool they value most in their craft —a painter’s brush, a carpenter’s hammer, a photographer’s eye. Individuals will conceptually deconstruct their tool and further focus in on a single aspect that defines its essence. In turn, the design process and related tool will transform into the design itself. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.215mag.com
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Category: Exhibition Date: October 7th Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
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Category: Event Date: October 7th Time: 7:30pm – 10:00pm Location: 313 South Broad Street Description: The party continues! Come to The Design Lot, across from the Kimmel Center, for the blow-out event celebrating the start of DesignPhiladelphia’s sixth year. Music, beverages and uber-cool installations are waiting for you. Everyone is welcome. The Design Lot will be open October 7 thru October 17, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm daily. It is the place to get more DesignPhiladelphia information, explore the installations by day, and meet other design champions. Admission: Free and open to the public
The Design Lot Category: Event Date: October 7th Time: 8:00pm – 10:00pm Location: 313 S. Broad Street
OCTOBER 8 l INPUT_OUTPUT: Adaptive Materials and Mediated Environments Temple University Main Campus, Tyler School of Art Building Category: Lecture Date: October 8th Time: 8:00am - 7:00pm Location: 1927 N. 12th Street Description: INPUT_OUTPUT will address the convergence of several fundamental advancements in the ways that materials are conceived, evaluated, and experienced within design. The emergence of ultra-performing materials, parametric modeling, and digital fabrication techniques establish an interconnected network of material inputs that has stimulated the development of materials, assemblies, and systems with adaptive environmental behaviors. Through
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l In collaboration with North Bowl Lounge’ n Lanes and two.one.five magazine, Fishtank PHL presents: “Deconstructed Tools” l Illuminating Graffiti North Bowl Lounge’n Lanes - Mezzanine Level
Description: This project features several graffiti artists in different locations who will work collaboratively in Philadelphia through digital projection. The use of technology stretches the possibilities for graffiti’s social and collaborative spirit as well as redefines graffiti’s temporary nature. The public will have the opportunity to watch the expression unfold, understand it better, and experiment with led light graffiti, furthering The Hacktory’s mission to inspire new mediums and experiences through the use of technology in the arts.This event is co-sponsored by University of the Arts College of Media and Communication. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: thehacktory.org
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l The Sustainable Business Network in partnership with Sustainable Fashion Designers Present Fashion Forward Part I: Sustainable Textile Design and Manufacturing in Philadelphia
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of the Arts Description: Making It: Alumni Works ‘05’10 is a juried exhibition of works in multiple media exploring the act of making by University of the Arts alumni from the classes of 2005-2010. The jury will include notable members of the Philadelphia art and design community, as well as distinguished University of the Arts faculty and alumni. Work will be on exhibit October 8 – 23, 2010. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.uarts.edu
Antiques of the Future at The Design Center at Philadelphia University, curators: Lisa Roberts and Hilary Jay ROBIN MILLER
contemporary research, design projects, and theoretical positions, it will frame the evolving context for adaptive materials within the built environment. Admission: $150, RSVP to inputoutput. temple.edu, Open to the public
l Gourmet Typography Workshop (2 sessions) Moore College of Art and Design // Media Room
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Category: Workshop Date: October 8th Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm Location: 20th and the Parkway Description: Session One (9am – 12pm) teaches the fundamental typographic skills and aesthetics necessary for every designer. Learn to see and understand type and type designs like you’ve never seen before. With a stimulating hands-on exercise, learn what makes a good typeface, see the most common type crimes, and learn how to get the most out of your software (typographically speaking). Session Two (1pm – 4pm) teaches the advanced typographic skills and aesthetics every designer needs to know. Learn the hidden secrets of Open Type fonts, how to fine-tune your type, tracking, word spacing tips and tricks, as well as custom kerning. Take control of your type instead of letting it control you! Admission: AIGA member / Non-member: 1 session: $150/ $200; 1 session group rate: $125/ $175; both sessions: $250/$350; group rate: $225/$325 person. To qualify for a group rate, at least three people must register at the same time. RSVP required, www.aigaphilly.org/events.html#gourmet For More Information: www.moore.edu, www.aigaphilly.org
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l NextFab Studio Lighting Design Challenge – Day 2
Description: Teams of up to two members will bring an idea for a lighting source, design it, and produce the prototype components using NextFab’s rapid prototyping equipment. Staff will be available throughout the event to help with file setup and machine operation. The design teams will assemble their lamps, and put them on display for public viewing at NextFab Studio during DesignPhiladelphia. The winner will be determined by a panel of judges and will receive a free two-month membership. Admission: $50 per team, 5 team limit. For more details and design requirements contact NextFab. RSVP required. For More Information: nextfabstudio.com
l Roman Remix: Repurposing Sacred Spaces
l Passing Evidence: Opening Reception AxD Gallery Category: Event Date: October 8th Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm Location: 265 South 10th Street Description: Versatility and sustainability are on full display in this exhibition. Working with media as diverse as shadows cast on walls to natural oils stained on paper, designers Christine Stoughton and Nancy Sophy harness the fragile chemistry of essential materials and light to a joyous, enduring human spirit of form-making. Passing Evidence continues through November 6. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.a-x-d.com/gallery
Third Street Gallery on Second Street
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Category: Exhibition Date: October 8th Time: 5:00pm – 9:00pm Location: 58 North 2nd Street Description: Architect, artist and Tyler School of Art faculty member John James Pron, AIA hosts a reception celebrating his monthlong gallery show of rendered collages that expressively interpret the creative re-use of Rome’s many exquisite but underutilized churches and piazzas. Tailoring his designs to an urban population now more secular than Catholic and more culturally diverse than ethnic Italian, Pron seeks to balance an important architectural heritage with surging social change. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.3rdstreetgallery.com
Category: Event Date: October 8th Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm Location: 118 North 3rd Street Description: Minima’s exhibition will highlight the connection between craft and industry. Production techniques include traditional methods, craftsmanship, as well as innovative technological methods, especially conceived to guarantee that each single product has unique aesthetics and functional qualities. The key is choosing the highest quality materials, sourcing the best craftsmen and manufacturers in the world. Exhibition will be open October 8th – November 6th. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: 215-922-2002
l Making It: Alumni Works ‘05-’10
NextFab Studio
The Caplan Center, Terra Building 17th Floor
Category: Workshop Date: October 8th Time: 5:00pm – 9:00pm Location: 3711 Market Street
Category: Event Date: October 8th Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm Location: 211 S. Broad Street, University
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l Thrash Factories: Opening Reception Sk8lamp Gallery Category: Exhibition Date: October 8th Time: 6:00pm – 10:00pm Location: 306 East Girard Avenue Description: Trashed skateboards are the inspiration and the raw material for furni-
ture, lighting, jewelry, and an array of other functional, re-manufactured products. The show will feature exciting new product premiers from Victor Perez of sk8lamps.com, Lynn Weiler of sevenplydesigns.com, and Jason Podlaski of deckstool.com. Admission: Free and open to the public
l Whiskey Tasting Hudson Beach Glass Category: Event Date: October 8th Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm Location: 26 S. Strawberry Street Description: Please join us at our glassblowing studio and gallery for a one-of-akind whiskey tasting. Enjoy four different whiskeys using the glasses we make in our studio on Strawberry Street. During the tasting an expert will explain the nuances of the different spirits while Sean Gilvey, the co-owner of Hudson Beach Glass Philadelphia, will be in the hot shop demonstrating how he makes the glasses. The price of the ticket includes a glass to take home (a $40 value). Admission: $40 fee, Open to the public For More Information: www.hudsonbeachglass.com
l The Art Institute of Philadelphia – Kevin O’Callaghan The Art Institute of Philadelphia Category: Lecture Date: October 8th Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm Location: 1622 Chestnut Street Gallery Description: Find inspiration in a multi-media extravaganza from Kevin O’Callaghan, award-winning 3-D designer and educator. O’Callaghan has designed everything from the largest Rococo frame in the world (which hangs in Times Square) to MTV’s prestigious Movie Award. Kevin will discuss and sign copies of his new book, Monumental: The Re-imagined World of Kevin O’Callaghan (Abrams: October 2010), available for purchase at the event from Joseph Fox Bookshop, 215.563.4184. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.foxbookshop.com
l Designers of the Future The Millesime Store Category: Event Date: October 8th Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm Location: 1001-13 North 2nd Street Description: Millesime, in conjunction with DesignPhiladelphia, invites you to an evening of exhilaration and creative movements. Observe compelling, handcrafted works of art produced by emerging stu-
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l The Absinthe Drinkers Concert AxD Gallery Category: Event Date: October 8th Time: 8:00pm - 9:00pm Location: 265 South 10th Street Description: As an added treat, after the opening reception for Passing Evidence: Christine Stoughton & Nancy Sophy AxD Gallery presents a special concert. The Absinthe Drinkers spawn catchy, original pop/funk/rock/whatever songs from works of literature ancient and modern. The Drinkers have funkified Baudelaire, punkified Shakespeare, and rockified a number of modern writers. October 8th will mark the first time The Drinkers have played AxD since their hit 2007 Fringe Festival show, Songs From Under the Bed.
OCTOBER 9 l Food and Design Teknika Design Group
l A Classic Car Fun Run Broad Street & Washington Avenue Category: Event Date: October 9th Time: 10:00am – 10:30am Location: Parade begins at Broad Street & Washington Avenue, ends at 3rd & Arch Streets Description: A Classic Car Parade starting from Broad Street & Washington Avenue, going around City Hall, and ending at 3rd & Arch Streets. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.minima.us
l Driven Design Minima Category: Exhibition Date: October 9th Time: 11:00am – 5:00pm Location: Arch Street from 2nd to 4th Streets Description: A celebration of the classic car – an emblem of individualism, personal expression and the symbol of the twentieth century. A look at the automobile as an industrial design object, focusing on evolutionary changes of key models and types. Only one example of each model will be shown. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.minima.us
l Automotive Design: Form and Function Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum Category: Lecture Date: October 9th Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm Location: 6925 Norwitch Drive, Philadelphia PA, 19153 Description: This seminar will explore the relationship between form and function as it relates to the design of automobiles. In their quest to sell more cars, automotive designers have looked for any advantage they could find. Using one of the world’s greatest automotive collections as examples, Museum Executive Director Dr. Frederick Simeone will explore this subject. Admission: No RSVP required. $10. For More Information: www.simeonefoundation.org
l Philadelphia Open Studio Tours East of Broad Street Category: Open studio Date: October 9th Time: 12:00pm – 6:00pm Location: East of Broad Street Description: Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST) is the largest tour of visual artist and designer studios and creative workspaces in the region, and the only event of its kind in the city. This free public festival offers a unique opportunity to engage with artists and designers at the source of the creative process: their studios. Featuring web, graphic, industrial, and furniture designers; printmakers; textile artists; video artists, and more. POST is a program of The Center for Emerging Visual Artists. Events held at artist studios East of Broad Street including: Port Richmond, Kensington, Fishtown, Northern Liberties, Old City, Center City East, South Street, Queen Vil-
Additional barware will be on exhibition. Orangetinis and light refreshments will be served. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.morethanold.com
Philly {heart} Design at the F.U.E.L. Gallery, design: Little Wonder SHAN JU LIN
l Underground Philadelphia: Subways, Railways & l Introducing the JEBJONES Stations Walking Tour FURNITURE COLLECTION 30th Street Station Category: Event Date: October 9th Time: 3:00pm Location: 2900 John F Kennedy Blvd Description:Explore Center City’s transit system and its three main stations – 30th Street, Suburban and Market East – on this guided walking tour. You’ll become acquainted with the underground concourse system, the Market Street and Broad Street subway lines, the Subway-Surface lines, the Commuter Rail Tunnel and its regional rail lines, and the former Reading Terminal, now part of the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Meet at the Angel statue, main concourse near the east entrance Admission: RSVP required. Cost: $10, tour fee includes a token; climbing stairs required. For More Information: www.preservationalliance.com/events/walking_tours.php
Snyderman-Works Gallery
Category: Event Date: October 9th Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm Location: 303 Cherry Street Description: This will be the first public exhibit of a select group of artist/designer John Eric Byers’ individually handmade furniture prototypes, to be produced in limited edition by and for the Jebjones Collection. Jebjones is a small American furniture company located in upstate New York. John Eric Byers is the lead designer and owner. The collection is characterized by its simple geometric forms, sustainable domestic hardwoods, surface textures, hand painted & hand rubbed finishes. Jebjones will present its full collection at the 2011 ICFF in New York City. Admission: Free and open to the public
l The Art of the Martini in Glass
l Anthony Tammaro: Super Unnatural
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Wexler Gallery
Category: Exhibition Date: October 9th Time: 3:00pm – 6:00pm Location: 144-146 North 3rd Street Description: An exhibition of martini glasses, vintage to hand-blown contemporary.
Category: Event Date: October 9th Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm Location: 201 North 3rd Street Description: Wexler Gallery presents an exhibition of innovative tabletop vessel
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Category: Event Date: October 9th Time: 10:00am – 2:00pm Location: 225 Race Street Description: Teknika Design Group and Whole Foods Market on Callowhill Street will create a variety of food and drink delicacies. Recipes and samples will be available. Teknika’s creative director and designer will be on hand for consultations on how to make your kitchen space work for you. Our experts in kitchen design can help you create your dream kitchen within your budget. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.teknikadesigngroup.com
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dents from the Charter High School of Art and Design (CHAD). Admission: Free and open to the public
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Cheap Dinosaurs, SKGB, and NO CARRIER (Philadelphia). Admission: $8, open to the public For More Information: www.8static.com
OCTOBER 10 l At Home Jibe Design
Circles, Squares, and the City Grid at The Marketplace Design Center, design: design students from universities throughout Philadelphia SHAN JU LIN
forms by cutting-edge designer Anthony Tammaro. Tammaro˙s most recent body of work explores the concepts of mass consumption, mass production, and the tabletop vessel in the historical sense. Taking advantage of a number of technological advances which have developed over the past decade, the designer will produce a series of various plastic vessels, produced with a low-tech roto-molding processes. The Tabletop Vessel Series will question the relationship between craft-based production practices and the typical modern mass production process of throwaway plastic consumer products, exploring a number of aesthetic and conceptual avenues. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.wexlergallery.com
l Theatre of Design Biello Martin Studio
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Category: Event Date: October 9th Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm Location: 148 North 3rd Street Description: Theatre of Design brings together three Philadelphia artist/designers with international roots – Italian-American sculptor/decorative artist Michael Biello, Italian architect/designer Carlo Fiammenghi, and Colombian architect/designer Antonio Sofan – in a playfully delicious installation at the Biello Martin Studio in Old City. The artists along with composer Dan Martin will play off the Italian words for supper (cena) and scene (scena) by creating a collaborative “dinner scene” complete with live performance and music. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.biellomartin.com
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l Thrash Factories: Open Studio Sk8lamp Gallery Category: Open studio Date: October 9th Time: 6:00pm – 10:00pm Location: 306 East Girard Avenue Description: Trashed skateboards are the inspiration and the raw material for furni-
ture, lighting, jewelry, and an array of other functional, re-manufactured products. The show will feature exciting new product premiers from Victor Perez of sk8lamps.com, Lynn Weiler of sevenplydesigns.com, and Jason Podlaski of deckstool.com. Admission: Free and open to the public
l The Philadelphia Underground Opening Reception Broad Street Underground Concourse Category: Event Date: October 9th Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm Location: Broad Street Underground Concourse (enter at Dilworth Plaza near City Hall) Description: Discover the magic of The Philadelphia Underground. Video installations by Ricardo Rivera, Peter Parker Brodhead, Adam Carrigan, David Kessler, Diedra Krieger, and Danielle Lessovitz. Music and party created by Mike P, founder of Making Time. The Philadelphia Underground was conceived and curated by Marianne Bernstein. Participate in Diedra Krieger’s installation MoVid by sending your iPhone videos taken on your daily subway commutes: videosubway@gmail.com. Admission: Free and open to the public
l 8static’s 2nd Anniversary Party Studio 34 Category: Event Date: October 9th Time: 7:00pm – 11:30pm Location: 4522 Baltimore Avenue Description: 8static is Philadelphia’s premier monthly chip music event, started two years ago during DesignPhiladelphia. Come out and celebrate our second anniversary! Artists from around the world will be present, performing live 8-bit music and video on a variety of classic computers and consoles. Featuring live sets by Receptors (Virginia), La Belle Indifference (Denmark), Party Time: Hexcellent (Texas),
Category: Open studio Date: October 10th Time: 11:00am – 4:00pm Location: 813 S. 4th Street Description: You may consider “home” to be a cat, a garden, your husband, or your childhood town. Goldenberg Photography and Jibe Design Architecture join forces to explore the darker side of “home”. Goldenberg stages intricate vignettes in a model dream home designed by Jibe. Through a series of large format photographs, architecture and narrative combine to explore the sleeping mind’s dream of “home”. View the luscious photographs at a gallery exhibit at Jibe Design’s office. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.jibedesign.net, www.goldenbergphotography.com
l Philadelphia Open Studio Tours East of Broad Neighborhoods Category: Open studio Date: October 10th Time: 12:00pm – 6:00pm Location: East of Broad Neighborhoods Description: Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST) is the largest tour of visual artist and designer studios and creative workspaces in the region and the only event of its kind in the city. This free public festival offers a unique opportunity to engage with artists and designers at the source of the creative process: their studios. Featuring web, graphic, industrial, and furniture designers; printmakers; textile artists; video artists, and more. POST is a program of The Center for Emerging Visual Artists. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.philaopenstudios.com
l Carolyn Verdi Boutique Trunk Show Carolyn Verdi Boutique Category: Event Date: October 10th Time: 12:00pm – 5:00pm Location: 918 Pine Street Description:Featuring: K. LOUISE DESIGNS
– One-of-a-kind jewelry designs inspired by nature, landscapes & various cultures of the world. JANZIBAR HANDBAGS – Recycled fabrics, restyled into fabulous handbags. ZEBRA STRIPE DESIGNS – Naturally beautiful handmade jewelry to appeal to everyone’s taste. This is one of two trunk shows at Carolyn Verdi Boutique. Admission: Free and open to the public
l Reese Palley Speaks CONCRETE Center for Architecture Category: Lecture Date: October 10th Time: 2:00pm – 5:00pm Location: 1218 Arch Street Description: Reese Palley will be telling stories uncovered in researching his book, Concrete: A Seven Thousand Year History. Concrete’s history, it turns out, is not dull and heavy as one might expect. The story of concrete down the ages is a tale rife with human drama. From a High Priest of the Pharaohs to Picasso, the high priest of modern art, concrete is revealed as the most ubiquitous and socially impactful of all of man’s inventions. Lecture begins at 3pm. Book signing 2-5 pm. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.reesepalley.com
l How To Launch Your Design Product In The Marketplace Terra Hall 5th Floor, University of the Arts Category: Workshop Date: October 10th Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm Location: 211 S. Broad Street Description: This workshop by Elissa Bloom presents an overview of the key strategies for launching your product in the marketplace. From design concept to final product, the fundamentals of the creative and business process will be covered. Topics include product research and development, copyright protection, domestic and overseas sourcing, manufacturing, sales and distribution, marketing and public relations. Bring your product or product ideas to the workshop. At the end of the workshop, we will create ‘mind maps’ to guide you to the next step. Admission: Free and open to the public, RSVP to ebloomin.aol.com For More Information: www.elissabloomconsulting.com
l Blade Stupid Easy Art Gallery, 2nd Floor Category: Event Date: October 10th
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Description: Trashed skateboards are the inspiration and the raw material for furniture, lighting, jewelry, and an array of other functional, re-manufactured products. The show will feature exciting new product premiers from Victor Perez of sk8lamps.com, Lynn Weiler of sevenplydesigns.com, and Jason Podlaski of deckstool.com. Admission: Free and open to the public
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Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm Location: 307 Market Street Description: For the first time ever, Scissor Candy presents Blade, a unique and inviting experience introducing the craft of hair cutting and styling as an art form. In a gallery setting, vibrant photography and videos of these artisan scissor-wielders™ at work will adorn the walls, opening the concept of hair as sculpture. Viewers will have an experience like no other. Come be inspired. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.scissorcandy.com
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Category: Event Date: October 10th Time: 6:00pm – 10:00pm Location: 803 S. 4th Street Description: Join Octo Design Group and Skai Blue Media as they team up to collaborate as part of DesignPhiladelphia 2010. The two organizations will host an exhibition highlighting the effects of the BP oil spill. In the weeks prior to the event, Skai Blue Media will host four weekend workshops where, for $1, attendees can create an origami bird or another animal affected by the spill. All proceeds will be donated to animal rescue organizations along the Golf Coast. Each animal will be strung along the wall for the night of the event and a short film showing the devastation the spill has caused will be broadcast across the paper creations. We ask for your support as part of DesignPhiladelphia’s cultural initiative. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.octodesign. com, www.skaibluemedia.com
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Date: October 11th Time: 1:00pm – 5:00pm Location: 313 S. Broad Street Description: Calling all cyclers! It’s Columbus Day and you’re off from school. Come over to The DesignPhiladelphia Design Lot and customize your ride with art materials from Blick Art Supply. Blick’s team will be on hand to help you personalize your bicycle to fit you. Admission: Free and open to the public
l Society of Design Presents: Wieden + Kennedy The University of the Arts, Levitt Auditorium Category: Lecture Date: October 11th Time: 6:00pm Location: 401 South Broad Street Description: “Find Your Voice” – a presentation about confidence, awareness, experience, trust, insecurity, ego, honesty, reality, nonsense, failure, playfulness, intention, improvisation, optimism, and risk. Lu Chekowsky is an Associate Creative Director at Wieden+Kennedy New York and has worked on campaigns for Brand Jordan, Nike Canada, Talbots, Noxzema, St. Ives, Delta Airlines, Sharp, Cole Haan, Proctor+Gamble, The Ghetto Film School, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Throughout her career, Lu has worked to more wholly understand the relationship between women and advertising. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.societyofdesign.org, www.wk.com
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Category: Open studio Date: October 12th Time: 12:00pm – 8:00pm Location: 306 East Girard Avenue
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l DuPont™ Corian® Dialogues on Design Design: The Key to Business Innovation Center for Architecture Category: Lecture Date: October 12th Time: 5:30pm Location: 1218 Arch Street Description: Harold Hambrose, principal of Electronic Ink, is speaking as part of the DuPont™ Corian® Dialogues on Design series. Transforming business – it’s how companies stay alive and industries grow. Lately, industry has come to realize that the struggle for efficiency – for simply improving what is – will not lead to real innovation or transformation. Forward-thinking organizations are making a genuine commitment to design. By integrating designers and design processes into their business and technology models, industry can explore entirely new strategies and methods. They can put their best efforts not into what is, but rather into what will be. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.electronicink.com
l Glassphemy! Public Preview Reception Crane Arts Building Courtyard Category: Event Date: October 12th Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm Location: 1400 North American Street Description: Macro-Sea’s Glassphemy! is a 20-by-30-foot steel structure lined with bulletproof glass. Bottles are thrown at a friend (or enemy) standing in safety behind a clear wall – it’s a “multi-sensory recycling center”. The Community Design Collaborative and InLiquid are proud to bring Glassphemy! back home to Philadelphia, where it was conceived, for a limited engagement. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: cdesignc.org, inliquid.com
l Designers’ Accord Town Hall Meeting Terra Hall 5th Floor – Industrial Design Department Category: Event
Date: October 12th Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Location: 211 South Broad Street Description: The discussion about sustainability has been in full swing for quite awhile. How do we move past talk and towards action? Join together with designers throughout the city to develop and begin exploring an action plan. Start responding to the questions raised around the responsibilities of designers in society. Thanks to the Bresslergroup for funding this event. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: id-uarts.wordpress. com, www.designersaccord.org
l Cloud Gehshan Associates Studio Cloud Gehshan Associates Studio Category: Open studio Date: October 12th Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Location: 400 Market Street, Suite 300 Description: Award-winning environmental graphic design firm Cloud Gehshan Associates undertakes projects in identity and placebranding, interpretive and interactive communication, signage, and wayfinding. Principals Virginia Gehshan and Jerome Cloud are the Society of Environmental Graphic Design’s 2010 Fellows. CGA invites you to tour their studio in Old City. Get acquainted with environmental graphic design, meet the designers, and learn about current projects. Refreshments will be served. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.cloudgehshan.com
l Brown & Keener and friends The Philadelphia Building, Suite 900 (9th floor) Category: Open studio Date: October 12th Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Location: 1315 Walnut Street Description: A collaborative workspace comprised of Brown & Keener Urban Design, a transportation planning office of IBI Group, and sustainable housing developer Right-Sized-Homes, is hosting an open studio. Join us for refreshments and an evening to network and view projects ranging in scale from downtown plans to a single home rehab. Brown & Keener is a multi-disciplinary urban design firm, specializing in helping public agencies and civic organizations develop planning, design, and implementation strategies. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.bkurbandesign.com
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Drexel University / Nesbitt Hall Category: Lecture Date: October 12th Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm Location: 33rd Street and Market Street Description: Drexel University’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design hosts a presentation and book signing for Professor and author David Raizman’s History of Modern Design 2e, launching this newly expanded and revised edition of his successful introduction to design history. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.pages.drexel.edu/~raizmand/
OCTOBER 13 l The History of English Design
Jason Podlaski of deckstool.com. Admission: Free and open to the public
l John Paul Caponigro: Canon Explorer of Light CBS Auditorium, Hamilton Hall, The University of the Arts Category: Lecture Date: October 13th Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm Location:320 South Broad Street Description: Photographer John Paul Caponigro will lecture on his own work, exploring one’s own creative vision, advanced digital imaging techniques, and embracing and building community in the arts. Caponigro is a Canon Explorer of Light, an elite group of leading photographers and imagemakers. This event is sponsored by Canon. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.uarts.edu
l Ford/Forlano Jewelry Trunk Show & Exhibition Marketplace Design Center
Category: Lecture Date: October 13th Date: 11:00am – 12:00pm Location: 2400 Market Street, Grand Hall 4th Floor Description: Join us in welcoming Paul Colley, CEO of Sanderson USA with special introduction by Dara Caponigro, Editor-inChief, VERANDA. One of the U.K.’s most decorated and beloved brands, Sanderson celebrates 150 years of English design in 2010. Sanderson has played an integral part in the interior design business, influencing everything from manufacturing and design, to how the product is eventually sold to the public. Reception to follow at 12:00pm in the JW Showroom, Suite 304. Admission: Free and open to the public, RSVP 215.561.5000 or rsvp@marketplacedc.com For More Information: www.marketplacedc.com
Category: Event Date: October 13th Time: 1:00pm – 7:00pm Location: 2400 Market Street, Grange Furniture, Suite 106 Location: Grange Furniture will host an exclusive Ford/Forlano jewelry trunk show and art exhibition in the showroom. Steven Ford and David Forlano’s prints are influenced by atmosphere while the jewelry collection resonates with nature. The art exhibition will remain on display through November 30th. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: 215-557-0118, www.marketplacedc.com
Sk8lamp Gallery Category: Open studio Date: October 13th Time: 12:00pm – 8:00pm Location: 306 East Girard Avenue Description: Trashed skateboards are the inspiration and the raw material for furniture, lighting, jewelry, and an array of other functional, re-manufactured products. The show will feature exciting new product premiers from Victor Perez of sk8lamps.com, Lynn Weiler of sevenplydesigns.com, and
l Big Bellies Launch Category: Event Date: October 13th Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm Location: Check website for location. Description: Scavenger hunt and dedication for Big Belly creature wraps created by students in the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program’s Big Picture Program under the artistic direction of Ben Woodward and Thom Lessner. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: muralarts.org
l Dana *David Jewelry Trunk Show : Bold Modern Timeless Scarlett Alley Category: Event
l Andropogon Associates Open House Category: Open studio Date: October 13th Time: 4:30pm – 7:00pm Location: 10 Shurs Lane in Manayunk Description: Join us for open studio tours of three noted design firms – Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates (VSBA), Andropogon Associates, and Re:Vision Architecture. VSBA is internationally known for innovative architecture and planning. Andropogon, a pioneering ecological planning and design firm located in a readapted textile mill, will exhibit their transformative landscapes. Re:Vision, the firm behind many of the region’s green building firsts, will highlight the firm’s architecture and green facilities. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.andropogon.com
l Re:Vision Architecture Open House Category: Open studio Date: October 13th Time: 4:30pm – 7:00pm Location: 133 Grape Street in Manayunk Description: Join us for open studio tours of three noted design firms – Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates (VSBA), Andropogon Associates, and Re:Vision Architecture. VSBA is internationally known for innovative architecture and planning. Andropogon, a pioneering ecological planning and design firm located in a readapted textile mill, will exhibit their transformative landscapes. Re: Vision, the firm behind many of the region’s green building firsts, will highlight the firm’s architecture and green facilities. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.revisionarch.com
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l Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates Open House Category: Open studio Date: October 13th Time: 4:30pm – 7:00pm Location: 4236 Main Street in Manayunk Description: Join us for open studio tours of three noted design firms – Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates (VSBA), Andropogon Associates, and Re:Vision Architecture. VSBA is internationally known for innovative architecture and planning. Andropogon, a pioneering ecological planning and design firm located in a readapted textile mill, will exhibit their transformative landscapes. Re: Vision, the firm behind many of the region’s green building firsts, will highlight the firm’s architecture and green facilities. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.vsba.com
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Date: October 13th Time: 4:00pm – 8:00pm Location: 241 Race Street Description: Dana, a former graphic designer, creates pieces of balanced design combined with classic elegance and attention to detail. This season Dana continues to use her high style reworking gold to make modern everyday statements in affordable luxury. Stacking Rings, perfect hoops, scribble bangles, serenity pendants and graffiti icon studs. Handcrafted in 18K gold with diamonds. Join us for bubbly and baubles, and meet Dana Melnick. SCARLETT ALLEY is the way to gift, bringing NEW to Old City since 1993. A neighborhood gem offering wonderfully designed goodies for home and body, Voted “Best of Philly” 2009 for Jewelry. Admission: Free and open to the public
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Date: October 13th Time: 6:00pm Location: 20th and the Parkway Description: Join us for a conceptual fashion show featuring Moore’s fashion design juniors and seniors. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.moore.edu
l Carolyn Verdi Boutique Trunk Show Carolyn Verdi Boutique DesignPhiladelphia Event Signage BRYCE GIBSON
l Re(New)Purpose Front & Palmer
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Category: Event Date: October 13th Time: 5:00pm – 10:30pm Location: 1750 North Front Street Description: RECYCLE, REUSE, REFURBISH, REPURPOSE, RECLAIM, REJUVENATE, RETHINK, RE-IMAGINE An exhibition highlighting examples of recasting the old in the modern world. Design, lighting, art, photography, furniture, and fabric design. Participants include: Front & Palmer/Feast Your Eyes Catering, bahdeebahdu, Groundwork, Geoffrey Ansel Agrons, and Suzie Morris. Exhibit runs from 5:00pm – 7:00pm. Post-exhibit buffet runs from 7:30pm – 10:30pm. Admission: Free admission to the exhibition. Post-exhibit buffet dinner (BYOB) is $58 per person, RSVP required. For dinner RSVP and pre-payment: info@ frontandpalmer.com
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Category: Open Studio Event Date: October 13th Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm Location: Comcast Center, Ralph’s Cafe, 1701 JFK Boulevard and Daroff Design Office, 2121 Market Street Description: Join us for a tour of Ralph’s Cafe located in the Comcast Center with lead designer Karen Daroff of Daroff Design. Please stop by our office and talk personally with Karen Daroff and other senior designers about our current projects and approach to design. Admission: Free and open to the public, RSVP required For More Information: www.daroffdesign.com
l DuPont™ Corian® Dialogues on Design: Todd Bracher–Revealing the Designer’s Mind
Date: October 13th Time: 5:30pm – 7:00pm Location: 2400 Market Street Description:As part of the DuPont™ Corian® Dialogues on Design series, internationally renowned furnishings designer Todd Bracher talks about the method he uses to pare objects down to their essence, research forms and materials, and create designs based on a philosophy of user experience. Reception in the Corian® studio to follow. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: Call 215-254-7301
l Ligne Roset Presents: Tricks of the Design Trade Revealed Ligne Roset Category: Event Date: October 13th Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Location: 4131 Main Street in Manayunk Description: Let our designers teach you how to make small spaces seem larger, how to accessorize a room, and much more! Offering five complimentary in-home consultations during the event. Enjoy French wine and cheeses. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.rosetphilly.com
l SA VA: Native Gypsy Category: Event Date: October 13th Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Location: Sansom Street between 17th and 18th Streets Description: Join us for the SA VA fall collection fashion show and community street fair. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.savafashion.com
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Category: Event Date: October 13th Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm Location: 918 Pine Street Description: A trunk show featuring three design studios – PATRICK MICHAEL ACCESSORIES: Exclusive, upcycled handmade accessories made of discontinued designer textiles. TOOL: Artist made jewelry, drenched with natural stones, and a funky twist of vintage chandelier crystals. MARIASCATI BAGS: Elegantly designed, European inspired messenger bags. Admission: Free and open to the public
l Carte Blanche Launch Marketplace Design Center Category: Event Date: October 13th Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm Location: DuPont™ Corian® Design Studio, Suite 403, 2400 Market Street Description: Please join DuPont™ Corian® and French design magazine Intramuros for a Wednesday evening Carte Blanche launch event with visiting designer Todd Bracher. Carte Blanche is an exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary of Intramuros, the designers who have been featured on the cover of the magazine, and the versatility of DuPont™ Corian®. On display October 7-October 29. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: Please call 215254-7301 or visit carteblanche.corian.com
l The Eclectic Aesthetic Hello Home Category: Event Date: October 13th Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm Location: 1004 Pine Street Description: Hello Home is thrilled to host an intimate panel discussion on the way real people design their spaces – eclectically, creatively, resourcefully. Everyone deserves good design and inspiring results can be achieved with a little knowledge, creativity and imagination. Join shop owner J. Lamancuso, Apartment Therapy’s Kristen Lubbe, and freelance
author Caroline Tiger as they share their insight, experience and design secrets. Feel empowered to transform your own home, on your own terms! Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: Find us on Facebook: Hello Home / Hello World
OCTOBER 14 l DuPont™ Corian® Dialogues on Design: Alina Wheeler – Who are you? Who needs to know? Center for Architecture Category: Workshop Date: October 14th Time: 8:30am – 10:30am Location: 1218 Arch Street Description: As part of the DuPont ™ Corian ® Dialogues on Design series Alina Wheeler, international author and branding therapist, is presenting this workshop. Designing the future is your livelihood. In the blur between business and life, and work and play, your own core purpose frequently becomes a forgotten priority. In this interactive session, Wheeler will jumpstart you into rethinking and revitalizing brand you. Apply your creativity and insights to achieve clarity and a personal strategic plan. It’s time to do for yourself what you have always done for others. Admission: Free and open to the public
l Facebookphobia: Overcoming the Fear of Social Networking Marketplace Design Center Category: Lecture Date: October 14th Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Location: 2400 Market Street, Grand Hall 4th Floor Description: Facebookphobia: Overcoming the Fear of Social Networking and Learning How to Use It to Make Your Design Business More Successful. Brad Ford brings Facebook into focus specifically for the design professional in this presentation. Learn the secrets to building a successful practice and the best ways to grow your business in a changing economic climate. Brad Ford Interior Design was established in 1998 with an emphasis on residential spaces. Additionally, Ford maintains a very successful blog, www.designtherapy.com. Reception to follow at 12:00pm at Schumacher, Suite 326 Admission: Free and open to the public, RSVP to 215.561.5000 or gcipolla@
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l Pindler & Pindler presents “Crewel – Fresh Interpretations of an Ancient Technique” Marketplace Design Center, Suite 211 Category: Lecture Date: October 14th Time: 2:00pm Location: 2400 Market Street Description: Please join us in the Pindler & Pindler Showroom for a presentation by Rand Kehler on the history of crewel embroideries, as we introduce our latest crewel additions to the Signature Exclusive Newport Mansions Collection. Don’t forget to ask about our drawing when you stop in. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.pindler.com
l Tour of the Charter High School for Architecture + Design Charter High School for Architecture + Design (CHAD)
l Construction Tour Lenfest Hall, Curtis Institute of Music: INTECH Field Office Category: Event Date: October 14th Time: 3:00pm – 4:30pm Location: 1618 Latimer Street Description: Tour Lenfest Hall, a new ninestory building at Curtis Institute of Music containing student residences, practice rooms, dining facilities, and performance spaces. Designed by Venturi, Scott Brown and As-
sociates, this new building incorporates the historic facades of the adjacent properties and is pursuing LEED Silver Certification. Admission: Free and open to the public, RSVP required. Wear long pants and closed-toe shoes; hard hats will be provided on site. For More Information: www.intechconstruction.com
l Citywide Storefront Challenge Awards Philadelphia Center for Architecture Category: Event Date: October 14th Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm Location: 1218 Arch Street Description: The City of Philadelphia Commerce Department and the Community Design Collaborative are partnering to acknowledge and award attractive and distinctive storefronts. This event will recognize investments by business and property owners, throughout Philadelphia, that prove Good Design is Good Business! Join us and mingle with designers, businesses, and community, and economic development professionals. Refreshments will be served. Nominations for Storefront Challenge Awards are due Sept. 10th. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: Email Karen.fegely@phila.gov, cdesignc.org
l Visual Voice: Neighborhood Led Design The Art Gallery at City Hall Category: Lecture Date: October 14th Time: 4:00pm – 7:00pm Location: The Art Gallery at City Hall, room 116 Description: People come together, neighborhoods connect, design discourse creates a Visual Voice. Urban Studio is creating a city-wide series of charrettes to create design responses for shared needs. This work will be exhibited in Philadelphia’s City Hall and will be the context for a panel discussion exploring neighborhood-led, grass roots design. The panel will be followed by an opening reception for the exhibition, which runs Oct 7 - Nov 12. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.urbanstudiophl.com, www.phila.gov/artincityhall/
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Description: Join SMP Architects for an open studio tour. See in-progress work, drawings and photographs of recently completed projects including: Kensington High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, the Sustainable Urban Science Center at Germantown Friends School, Tiadaghton Resource Center, Nature Inn at Bald Eagle State Park, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and a Residence Hall at PSU Harrisburg. SMP Architects is a Philadelphia firm with nationally recognized expertise in sustainable design. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.smparchitects.com
l Open House MODA botanica Category: Open studio Date: October 14th Time: 5:00pm – 9:00pm Location: 339 South 13th Street Description: Drop in and visit the showroom and studio of floral and event designers MODA botanica, winners of “Best In Show” at the 2009 and 2010 Philadelphia International Flower Show. Get a chance to view unique floral installations, chat with the designers and browse our extensive floral design library. Light refreshments will be available. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.modabotanica.com
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Category: Open studio Date: October 14th Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm Location: 1600 Walnut Street
Category: Event Date: October 14th Time: 5:00pm – 9:15pm (5:00-8:00pm featuring hand crafted items created by
Antiques of the Future at The Design Center at Philadelphia University, curators: Lisa Roberts and Hilary Jay ROBIN MILLER
6:00-7:15 Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design, A Documentary by Faythe Levine “Handmade Nation” documents the new wave of art, craft and design that is capturing the attention of the nation. It is the feature film debut of director, author, artist and curator Faythe Levine. Levine traveled to 15 cities and covered more than 19,000 miles to interview artists, crafters, makers, curators, and community members. www.handmadenationmovie.com 7:45-9:15 The Visual Language of Herbert Matter, A Documentary by Reto Caduff “The Visual Language of Herbert Matter” is a revealing look at the fascinating life story of the highly influential mid-century modern design master. Known as a quintessential designer’s designer, Swiss born Herbert Matter is largely credited with expanding the use of photography as a design tool and bringing the semantics of fine art into the realm of applied arts. www.herbertmatter.net Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.drexel.edu/westphal/
l Alexander Stadler: What I’ve Been Up To Art Institute of Philadelphia Gallery Category: Event Date: October 14th Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm Location: 1622 Chestnut Street Description: Famous multitasker Alexander
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Category: Open studio Date: October 14th Time: 10:00am – 11:30am Location: 105 South 7th Street Description: Curious students, engaged faculty, and a compelling mission. The Charter High School for Architecture and Design is a learning community committed to providing an innovative program of study that integrates the design process with a strong liberal arts education. Founded by the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1999, CHAD is a thoughtful academic environment that engenders a love of learning, intellectual curiosity, and new ways of seeing, while preparing students for higher education. Admission: Free and open to the public, RSVP required For More Information: www.chadphila.org
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Stadler presents a show of his books, illustrations, textile designs, knitwear, and the launch of his bunny inspired BabysittingKevin product line. Gallery Hours, Monday – Thursday: 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Saturday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Sunday: CLOSED Admission: Free and open to the public
l FBI Studio Tour: Philly’s Phinest Phloss Floss Barber Inc., Suite 310 (Studio Office)
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Category: Open studio Date: October 14th Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm Location: 1420 Locust Street Description: Floss Barber Inc. opens our doors to DesignPhiladelphia and the public! You are invited to take a tour of our studio complex through the glass doors of creativity, on the third floor of the Academy House Building. You will see the corkfloored home base of Floss and her studio team’s design venue. With their unlimited access to luxurious textiles, unique carpet supplies, and a library full of all those design pieces that have set our projects apart. Come explore our space, ask questions, and perhaps get a sneak peak of some current projects like the SugarHouse Casino! Admission: Free and open to the public
l A Short, Natural History of Six Creative Ideas Digitas Health
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Category: Event Date: October 14th Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Location: Digitas Health, The Wanamaker Building at 13th & Market, 100 Penn Square East, 11th Floor South Description: Where do creative ideas come from? How are they turned into reality? And how quickly can they be explained? Join us for an unpredictable and enlightening evening as we explore the unexpected thinking behind six creative ideas by design professionals from a vast variety of
industries. Each idea will be presented “Pecha Kucha”-style — 20 PowerPoint slides, each shown for 20 seconds so that speakers have exactly six minutes and 40 seconds to explain their ideas. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: 215.982.5893 or enardello@digitashealth.com
l RISD/Philadelphia Pop-Up Gallery Category: Event Date: October 14th Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm Location: Check designphiladelphia.org for location. Description: Blink and you’ll miss it! For one night only, RISD/Philadelphia will take over a storefront and fill it with creative energy. The RISD/Philadelphia Pop-Up Gallery is an exhibition of work by local Rhode Island School of Design alumni, showcasing a range of media. In true pop-up fashion, the location of the gallery will be announced closer to the event date. Please check out our website for more information, or contact laila@properrugs.com Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: risdphilly.tumblr.com
l Erdy McHenry Architecture Open Studio Erdy McHenry Architecture Category: Open Studio Date: October 14th Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm Location: 915 North Orianna Street Description: Erdy McHenry Architecture is an award-winning firm located in the heart of Northern Liberties. Erdy McHenry invites you to tour our studio, view on-going work, and meet our staff over refreshments. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.em-arc.com
l The Sustainable Business Network in partnership with Sustainable Fashion Design-
Category: Lecture Date: October 14th Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Location: 320 South Broad Street Description: The National Association of Sustainable Fashion Designers and Grid Magazine in partnership with Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia. The fashion market is rapidly expanding with sustainable options. This panel will feature designers that are working in the trenches to create a more sustainable fashion industry. Our panel will share real-life stories of how they have overcome obstacles and stuck with their values to create impact. Attendees will learn what it takes to get started and grow your fashion enterprise. Early registrants will receive a free booklet on sustainable fashion resources from Grid magazine and Sustainable Designers. There will be an industry social immediately after the panel. Admission: $20 SBN and Sustainable Designers Members, $25 Non-members. Open to the public
l Glassphemy! Second Thursday Reception Crane Arts Building Greenspace Category: Event Date: October 14th Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm Location: 1400 North American Street Description: Macro-Sea’s Glassphemy! is a 20-by-30-foot steel structure lined with bulletproof glass. Bottles are thrown at a friend (or enemy) standing in safety behind a clear wall—it’s a “multi-sensory recycling center”. The Community Design Collaborative and InLiquid are proud to bring Glassphemy! back home to Philadelphia, where it was conceived, for a limited engagement. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.inliquid.org, cdesignc.org
l Ellen Lupton: Presentation and Book Signing Art Institute of Philadelphia Category: Lecture Date: October 14th Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm Location: 1622 Chestnut Street Description: Please join Joseph Fox Bookshop and The Art Institute of Philadelphia with Ellen Lupton to launch Thinking with Type, 2nd Revised and Expanded Edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Princeton Architectural Press, 2010.) Ellen Lupton is a writer, curator at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, graphic designer, and Director of the Graph-
ic Design Master of Fine Arts program at Maryland Institute College of Art. Books will be available at the Art Institute for purchase and signing. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.foxbookshop.com
l Terror Behind the Walls Eastern State Penitentiary Category: Event Date: October 14th Time: 6:30pm – 7:30pm Location: 2027 Fairmount Ave Description: Terror Behind the Walls, ranked the No. 1 Haunted House in America (AOL CityGuide), is located inside the massive castle-like walls of Eastern State Penitentiary. The event crew will open the backstage areas for a unique behind the scenes look. Come see how a local industrial designer transformed the National Historic Landmark into an immersive, theme park quality haunted experience. Admission: Backstage Tour Free; discounted tickets for Terror Behind the Walls: $10, purchase at box office when you arrive. RSVP required: jo@easternstate.org For More Information: www.easternstate.org
l Screening of Red Gold, documentary by filmmakers Ben Knight & Travis Rummel Bario-Neal Category: Event Date: October 14th Time: 7:00pm – 9:30pm Location: Bario-Neal storefront at the corner of 6th & Bainbridge, 700 South 6th Street, Ground Floor Description: “Red Gold” is a 55-minute documentary film about the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska. It is as much a celebration of salmon and the people of Bristol Bay as it is a look at mining development. The documentary took home top honors at the May 2008 Mountain film Festival in Telluride, Colorado, winning the Audience Award and the Festival Director’s Award. Bario-Neal jewelry is handcrafted in Philadelphia with reclaimed precious metals; ethically-sourced stones; and low-impact, environmentally conscious practices. Admission: Free and open to the public.
l COMMONWEALTH LECTURE SERIES: The Institutional Joining of Art, Craft, and Design , An evening with David McFadden Philadelphia Art Alliance Category: Lecture
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l “Urban Topiary” by Pre-Post Category: Event Date: October 15th Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm Location: Corner of Germantown Avenue and Thompson Street (Near Crane Arts), Reception for Flats at Girard Pointe Percent for Art Project Description: “Urban Topiary,” designed by Pre-Post, www.studioprepost.com, a young, innovative firm from Brooklyn, N.Y., will be a living sculpture; composed of 125 digitally fabricated CNC bent aluminum tubes, the sculpture will be the armature for trumpet vines that grow up and around it. Commissioned in partnership with InLiquid and Interface Studio Architects as a Percent for Art Program project. The Flats at Girard Pointe are being developed by CRL2 Associates and JDT International Inc. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: More information is available at www.inliquid.com
l Closing Reception – Energy Efficiency:
Bringing Light to Life Artemide Category: Event Date: October 15th Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm Location: 232 North 2nd Street Description: Artemide is pleased to host the closing reception of Energy Efficiency: Bringing Light to Life. Discover the newest introductions of LED designs, featuring Egle by Michel Boucquillon and Tolomeo Classic My White Light by Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina. Experience interactive installations while enjoying wine and hors d’oeuvres. Admission: Free and open to the public, Philadelphia@artemide.us, (215) 733-9877
l Virtual Public Art Project Esther Klein Gallery Category: Exhibition Date: October 15th Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm Location: 3600 Market Street Description: The Esther Klein Gallery at Breadboard will host a reception for The Virtual Public Art Project (VPAP) exhibition. VPAP is an Augmented Reality (AR) platform for the public display of digital works of art. VPAP is the first mobile AR outdoor art experience ever, and maximizes public reception of AR art through compatibility with both iPhone 3GS and Android phones. Augmented reality is a view of the physical real-world environment merged with virtual computer-generated imagery in realtime. VPAP merges the real-world physical environment of public spaces around the world with site-specific virtual sculptures that can only be viewed in-the-round using the iPhone 3GS and Android phones when one is at the sculpture’s real-world location. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.virtualpublicartproject.com
l Philly Works Reception The University of Pennsylvania School of Design: Meyerson Hall Category: Event Date: October 15th Time: 6:00pm – 11:00pm Location: 210 South 34th Street Description: Philly Works is a survey of design, craft, fabrication, and manufacturing in the Philadelphia region – showcasing the abundance of production methods available to create and inspire innovative work, and cultivate creative networks. Philly Works is producing a printed publication, an exhibition, and an online database for 2010. The exhibition and catalog will include prototypes, products, and
l Light Drift Category: Exhibition Date: October 15th Time: 6:30pm – 1:00am Location: Schuylkill River Bank, Between Market Street and Chestnut Street Description: “Light Drift,” a temporary interactive public artwork in light produced by artist Meejin Yoon and the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, will be installed along the Schuylkill Banks and in the Schuylkill River between Market and Chestnut Streets from October 15-17, 2010. Come out for the launch and interact with the lights. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.muralarts.org
l “be like water” Sky Box Gallery Category: Exhibition Date: October 15th Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm Location: 2424 York Street in Fishtown Description: Join us for the opening reception of “be like water,” a site-specific installation by Aurora Robson, a Brooklynbased artist known predominately for her large-scale work transforming thousands of plastic bottles — intercepted from the waste stream — into ephemeral uplifting designs. Robson is a 2009 recipient of the Pollock Krasner Grant and the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, and
featured in Art in America October 2009. This exhibition was made possible with support from the City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy. Curated by Eileen Tognini. The Exhibition will run October 16 - November 7. Admission: Free and open to the public
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l Designers of the Future The Millesime Store Category: Event Date: October 15th Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm Location: 1001-13 North 2nd Street Description: Millesime, in conjunction with DesignPhiladelphia, invites you to an evening of exhilaration and creative movements. Observe compelling, handcrafted works of art and design produced by emerging students from the Charter High School of Art and Design (CHAD). Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.millesime.us
l In collaboration with North Bowl Lounge’n Lanes and two.one.five magazine, Fishtank PHL presents: Deconstructed Tools North Bowl Lounge’n Lanes Mezzanine Level Category: Exhibition Date: October 15th Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm Location: 909 North 2nd Street Description: Deconstructed tools is a multidisciplinary exhibition choosing individuals to focus on the tool they value most in their craft – a painter’s brush, a carpenter’s hammer, a photographer’s eye. Individuals will
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production techniques; documentation of design work from all disciplines; and documentation of local production spaces. Exhibition October 7 – 15, 2010. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.phillyworks.net
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Category: Lecture Date: October 15th Time: 12:00pm – 2:00pm Location: 1218 Arch Street Description: How can competitions impact professional practice? How can the city’s ecology inform urban design? Join us for round-table conversation with finalists from the international ideas competition URBAN VOIDS and other designers which celebrates the launching of the new publication: Urban Voids: grounds for change. Admission: Free and open to the public.
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Date: October 14th Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm Location: 251 South 18th Street Description: The Philadelphia Art Alliance is pleased to welcome David McFadden, Chief Curator at the Museum of Art and Design in New York City, for a lecture and presentation that kicks off PAA’s newest programming series. Continuing with PAA’s mission of the advancement and appreciation of contemporary craft and design, The Commonwealth Series will explore the current issues pertaining to the modern craft movement. Admission: Admission: $5 general public, free for PAA Members and students w/ ID, open to the public For More Information: www.philartalliance.org
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MIO Category: Event Date: October 16th Time: 7:00pm Location: 446 North 12th Street Description: Mio, recognized nationally for their high design, eco-friendly home furnishings is launching a rental venture in Philadelphia’s loft district. Come by, browse, buy, and enjoy a beverage. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.mioculture.com Philly Works at Meyerson Hall, University of Pennsylvania, curators: Andrew Dahlgren and Alexandra Schmidt-Ullrich BRYCE GIBSON
conceptually deconstruct their tool and further focus in on a single aspect that defines its essence. In turn, the design process and related tool will transform into the design itself. Closing Reception. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.215mag.com
OCTOBER 16 l Walk in Drawing Workshop for Home That Was
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Category: Workshop Date: October 16th Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm Location: Chinatown, 1011 Vine Street Description: Join us and draw your idea of HOME on large cardboard panels modeled after the House of Cards, by Charles and Ray Eames. The slotted panels will be assembled to build a 15ft high architectural sculpture. This is a great activity for kids, teens, and adults! Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.homethatwas.blogspot.com
l HOME THAT WAS: OBJECTS THAT FILL A HOME, ON THE WALLS OF A HOUSE THAT NO LONGER EXISTS
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Category: Event Date: October 16th Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Location: Chinatown, 1011 Vine Street Description: Benjamin Volta worked with a team of intergenerational designers and artists to create wallpaper patterns that explore consumption, memory, and loss. Attached to the exterior wall of a neighboring row home, the wallpapers have been installed on the thin plaster remains of a house that no longer exists. Reception and Mural Dedication from 2PM – 3PM. Admission: Free and open to the public
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l Through the Garden’s Eyes 6th Street Community Garden Category: Event Date: October 16th Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm Location: 1034 6th Street Description: Through the Garden’s Eyes is a collaborative event between local designers and community gardeners that celebrates the reclamation and beautification of Philadelphia’s vacant urban spaces. Design projects include: custom birdhouses for local bird populations, a design/build garden project, and an informational exhibition on Philadelphia’s community gardens. The South 6th Street Community Garden will open its gates to the public, sharing the often quiet life of urban gardens with the greater city. Admission: Free and open to the public
l Andrew Jevremovic + Val Cushing Sub Octo Gallery Category: Exhibition Date: October 16th Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm Location: 2202-10 Alter Street Description: A special exhibition and sale of one-of-a-kind domestic designs, featuring hand-crafted, sculptural wood and metal furnishings by Philadelphia artist/designer Andrew Jevremovic – creator of Kraftwork Bar and other commercial venues in Philadelphia and New York – paired with the sensuous, organic pottery of renowned ceramic artist Val Cushing. Together the two artisans create a classically functional environment as powerful as any site-specific installation. All work will be on display and available for sale at Sub Octo Gallery. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.andrewjevremovic.com
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l John Wind / Maximal Art Instant Heirloom Jewelry Workshop Joan Shepp Category: Workshop Date: October 16th Time: 12:00pm – 5:00pm Location: 1616 Walnut Street Description: Bring in your old keys, lockets, buttons, brooches, pet tags, chains, beads, earrings, rings, fabric flowers, ribbons, lace, and other trinkets. We’ll turn them into charms you can hook to one of your own bracelets or necklaces, or one that will be available for sale that day. First charm will be assembled for free. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.joanshepp.com
OCTOBER 17 l Woven Crane Arts Building Category: Exhibition Date: October 17th Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm Location: 1400 N. American Street Description: Visionary artists Ann Conte and Jeanne Wiley present the “Woven Car,” an old rusted MG Midget that was given a new life and identity with recycled and overstock design materials. The interior of the car was transformed with sustainable DuPont™ Corian® seats, window shield frame and floor mats, while pale gold seatbelts were woven to create a checkerboard pattern around the body of the car. Admission: Free and open to the public
l Glassphemy! DesignPhiladelphia Closing Party
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm Location: 1400 North American Street Description: Last chance to throw bottles at a friend (or enemy) standing in safety behind a clear wall on the opposite side of a 20-by30-foot steel structure—it’s a “multi-sensory recycling center.” Tonight’s party features the unveiling of ReadyMade’s “What Would You Make from Broken Glass?” contest and celebrates the people behind two weeks of DesignPhiladelphia events. Presented by InLiquid and the Community Design Collaborative. Admission: Free and open to the public For More Information: www.inliquid.com
ONGOING l Don’t miss out On the more than 40 ongoing events, exhibitions, and workshops during DesignPhiladelphia 2010. They include: Artemide, The Artfront Partnerships, Art in the Age, Art Institute of Philadelphia, Center for Architecture, Crane Arts Building, DuPont™ Corian® Design Studio, Egan Day Jewelry, The Galleries at Moore, Institute of Contemporary Art, Joan Shepp, Margot and Camille Optique, Marketplace Design Center, Minima, Mobilememe Philly, Moderne Gallery, Morihata, Museum Without Walls, Old City District, Phaberge, Philadelphia Art Hotel, Philadelphia Fashion Week, Philly Works, Please Touch Museum, Skybox Gallery, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Studio: Christensen, Sub Octo, The University of the Arts, University City Science Center, and Wexler Gallery. Visit www.designphiladelphia.org or pick up a 2010 pocket guide at area retailers, galleries, restaurants, and universities near you.
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along the banquette. Or maybe it’s the backyard, appointed with terra-cotta pottery and teak folding tables. Perhaps it’s the staff — they’re abnormally upbeat, considering they share 20 square feet behind the counter. What makes Rybread the city’s cutest little sandwich shop? I still can’t put a finger on it. I suspect it’s got something to do with the owners, Ryan Pollock, a former architect, and his dad, Dennis. Mom Roseanne works weekends; when I ordered the chicken salad from her one recent Sunday, maybe she smiled a little wider because it’s her grape-and-walnut-studded recipe between slices of nutty Le Bus multigrain. Pollock’s girlfriend, Stephanie Mertz, chips in, and those are her photos lining the walls, snapshots from the road trip she and Pollock took in 2008 — one that inspired the 17 traditional and panini-pressed sandwiches Rybread currently serves. That excellent chicken salad is called Denver, furnished with just enough mayo to bind the whitemeat cubes, nuts and fruit. Santa Monica, on sourdough, brought an avocado-enhanced BLT with crisp bacon from Souderton smoker Leidy’s. Eat in or take away, the sandwiches get wrapped in waxy, white cake paper, or foil for panini like Omaha, layered with whispers of Boar’s Head roast beef (more deli than delicious) with uncharacteristically shy Gorgonzola and caramelized onions. Remember, Rybread isn’t necessarily going for next-level sandwich craft on par with Paesano’s. Still, improvements, like salt-and-peppering the insides of the sandwiches, aren’t beyond the modest cafe’s limits. I’d ditch the Denver’s damp heap of spring mix for snappy arugula, and while iceberg added crunch to the Santa Monica, butter or bibb would also add flavor. The soups, currently outsourced, include a turkey chili with a molelike spiciness, but also an oddly grainy texture. Rybread is best at breakfast, when the Chestnut Hill coffee is iced and the Le Bus bagels are warm. In my OBX sandwich, fluffy, cooked-to-order eggs joined cheese and sausage on a chewy multigrain bagel, a fine start to the day with a cinnamonscented scone and airy banana-chocolate chip muffin, both baked in-house by Papa Pollock. (adam.erace@citypaper.net)
BOTTLE SERVICE: Jason Wilson, spirits columnist for The Washington Post, travels the world searching for liquored-up answers in his new book, Boozehound. TEN SPEED PRESS
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es, Jason Wilson pokes fun at so-called “lifestyle journalism” in the introduction to Boozehound (Ten Speed Press, Sept. 21), his new combo travelogue/industry commentary/drink recipe collection addressing all that matters in the world of fine spirits. But while he humbly ridicules his own profession, claiming that his blue-collar ancestors are pulling sub-terra 720s in response his to job as a cocktail columnist, let’s be clear here: the Washington Post spirits conMore on: tributor and Drexel professor gets paid to drink amazing liquor, and we should hate him accordingly. We were somehow able to shelve our petty jealousies long enough to ask the Haddonfield resident (yes, the booze writer lives in a dry town) a round of stiff questions.
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City Paper: Let’s start with the dreaded V-word: vodka. The masses love it, but most cocktail geeks loathe it. There’s a great passage in Boozehound about two martini-ordering meatheads getting rebuffed at Philly’s Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co., which doesn’t carry vodka. Do you think the two sides of the debate will ever establish some common ground? Jason Wilson: Even though I rant about it a lot in my book, I want to be clear: I don’t hate vodka. There’s enough hate in the
world already. Drink whatever you want. I mean, it’s a free country and vodka is the most popular spirit in the U.S. It’s not like my humble book is going to counteract the more than 500 vodkas currently on the market. However, I think things are slowly trending away from vodka. I wrote a column a couple weeks ago that jokingly asked whether tequila was the new vodka. Look around: Don’t you see more people ordering Patrón than Grey Goose these days? CP: You write that spirits can be just as revelatory as literature, art or music, but I bet Volstead Act-clinging teetotalers would argue that those pursuits enrich one’s knowledge, while boozing does not. Defend your drinking! JW: I guess one of the teetotaling arguMORE FOOD AND ments against spirits as a plank of the DRINK COVERAGE humanities would be that spirits are danAT C I T Y P A P E R . N E T / gerous? Well, didn’t Picasso say that art M E A LT I C K E T. was dangerous, too? Why, yes, he did. In fact, he said, “It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared.” I’ll let Picasso’s quote stand for booze as well as art. CP: You’ve traveled to multiple countries to witness production processes firsthand. Which trip most influenced your understanding, for better or for worse, of a spirit? JW: I’d say my visit to Jalisco, Mexico. Early on, I visited a bunch of agave farmers and tequila distilleries and I was really struck by how many factors come into play when making spirits. … I could see how small differences in production resulted in totally different tequilas. >>> continued on page 48
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PENTHOUSE Avail! One of a kind spacious bi-level penthouse in historic Art Deco HighRise, 3bdrms/ 3 Full Baths/ 2 half baths, 4 Lrg Terraces w/Amazing City Views, Entertainment Rm w/ Wet Bar, New Kitch w/ Granite Countertops, W/D, CA, Vaulted Ceilings, HW Flrs. $3999/Mo. 215-735-8030. Lic #219789. RITTENHOUSE SQUARE
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2001 Hamilton St., CityView South, 19th Floor, MUST SEE!!!, parking included! Condoshops at 484-645-1905.
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1001 Great location a block away from Italian Market. Walking distance to Center City. 215-755-4856. (Store front can get used as Shop, Beauty Salon, etc.)
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