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Usually I make ‘spring really hangs me up the most’ jokes and do some “Ides of March” bit here, but you know what? We’ve had Covid for over 2 years, and anything that gets and keeps us out of the house is worthwhile.

Disney100: The Exhibition is in full swing at the Franklin Institute through August 27, 2023. No, it is not one long ad for The Mandalorian. But there is more Obi Wan than Mickey Mouse to be found at the Franklin, and for this, I’m sad.

It is very telling that Philly Fashion Week—this city’s annual fashion-forward celebration of local designers, design competitions and runway shows at locations throughout town—is only four-days long: March 2-5, 2023. Can we at least bust a fifth day?

The biggest show in March is something of a warm up for his stadium shows to follow: Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band at the Wells Fargo Center on March 16. If we’re being honest, you are uncomfortable with the fact that Springsteen is crying poor regarding overcharging longtime fans and newfound ones the outrageous ticket prices he has on this tour. Thankfully not putting the blame on anyone but his own greed, Springsteen has stated that he and his band age out at mostly over-70 years old and that the towering sliding scale ticket prices ($5,000 in some cases) are comparable to other acts of the Boss’ stature. And that may be true. But that’s sadder still. Music, in that regard, is simply a province of the wealthy. Look, I am a capitalist with a capital C, and in no way expect Springsteen to charge discount prices. But c’mon. C’MON?! Also, the E-Street Band is stretched beyond its improvisational breadth with more background vocalists than the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Springsteen en masse are playing songs from that terrible, overly slick 2022 R&B cover album of his. And honestly, I find Springsteen’s new haircut annoying. Oh, but I’ll be there. Rest assured I wouldn’t miss a show from the Boss if my life depended upon it. I will however gripe about it.

Yes, I am annoyed by the presence of PEEPS® as a dietary staple at Easter time but am not stupid or cruel enough to deny their attractiveness as a design aesthetic. So PEEPS® in the Village at Peddler’s

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A.D. Amorosi is a Los Angeles Press Club National Art and Entertainment Journalism award-winning journalist and national public radio host and producer (WPPM.org’s Theater in the Round) married to a garden-to-table cooking instructor + award-winning gardener, Reese, and father to dogdaughter Tia.