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Hatched from an incestuous little scene of New Jersey transplants, once staunchly indie rock but now long gone for a giddy form of the bloopy-bleepy, tbtmo Records (run from the Art Museum section of town) has the makings of one of the next truly great indie labels. After all, everything that ever made Factory or Warp compelling is already there in… » more |
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You've spent years fumbling through the Randy Rhoads transcriptions in Guitar Player, perfecting rock faces and poses in front of the bedroom mirror until the bandanna tied around your thigh cut off your circulation.
Now it's crunch time: the chance to be the new guitarist in Limp Bizkit.
You wait all morning in the massive Plymouth Meeting Metroplex… » more |
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>> ESCAPE TO PHILADELPHIA
America's patriotic, anti-immigrant mood has reduced discourse on immigration matters to questions like: "How do we keep them out?" In spite of that, the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement and the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare have launched a short-term program called the Asylee Outreach Project. An asylee… » more |
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>> LAWMAKERS SHOOT STRAIGHT
Bringing to a close eight months of fury over whether State Police should be allowed to keep a registry of firearms owners, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled last month to strike down a suit that challenged the common state practice of keeping track of who buys firearms, and when. The majority decision… » more |
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A new Penn-run elementary school has boosted local real estate prices. by Solomon Jones
When the coordinating committee for the new Penn-assisted School at 42nd and Locust came together in 1998, the school system was a different creature.
David Hornbeck was the superintendent. Floyd Alston was the school board president. And Philadelphia taxpayers still had a voice, however limited, in the administration of the district.
This year,… » more |
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Two School Reform Commission members draw on public school pasts. by Brian Hickey
Mike Masch knows the Philadelphia public school system from nearly every angle.
As a student, he attended Southwest Philly's Mitchell Elementary and Shaw Junior High before graduating from Central. His two kids went to Henry Elementary School in West Mt. Airy. One of them continued on to Central while the other traveled the private academy route.
Masch's… » more |
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>> American Heart Month >> American History Month >> Black History Month >> Children's Dental Health Month >> International Friendship Month >> National Cherry Month >> National Embroidery Month >> National Grapefruit Month >> National Snack Food Month >> National Wild Bird Feeding Month >>… » more |
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With video art's star streaking across the contemporary sky, PW asked some experts--six video artists and one curator--to screen selections from the travelling New Arts Program (NAP) video festival now showing at the Philadelphia Art Alliance (PAA). Artists Nadia Hironaka, Elizabeth Leister, Joshua Mosley, Peter Rose, Matthew Suib and Wendy Weinberg… » more |
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>> THE SEARCH IS OVER
The giant sucking sound created by the demise of local dotcoms got a little louder last Monday when the employees of the Philadelphia branch of Citysearch.com were informed that their jobs would cease to exist as of Feb. 22. Citysearch is an online guide to urban dining and nightlife with city-specific websites around the… » more |
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Nester alert: Now that you've mastered cooking, it's time to whip up some of your own valentines. Before you gag on the thought of white doilies, here's a tip on how to do it. Get over to the second annual Valentine's Day "Print Love-In" sponsored by the Philadelphia Print Collaborative (PPC) at Fleisher Art Memorial this Sunday. There, for a bargain… » more |
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She's been called "the queen of multi-media performance art." Tamar Rogoff--choreographer/filmmaker extraordinaire--premiered Daughter of a Pacifist Soldier a few months ago at the Painted Bride. The piece has since toured to tremendous acclaim, only to return now to the place that bore it. As always with Rogoff, the work proves intensely personal as… » more |
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Like it or not, the '80s fashion revival has outlasted its initial splashy seasons. (And we know you like it.) Annoying berets and belts that belong in a Whitesnake video notwithstanding, smart designers have modernized and adapted the more extreme looks to suit the image-conscious yet down-to-earth. Meet smart designers Tracy Lutz and Regina Mandell,… » more |
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A continuation of our roundtable discussion with video artists. by Roberta Fallon
PW: Let's talk about the NAP grand prize-winning videos by Van McElwee. Procession is a multi-layered, atmospheric piece showing a collage of small town parades. Confluence uses a strobe-type effect and interweaves quick shots of open-air markets around the world. Both are long and rely on sophisticated editing for their punch.
Peter Rose:… » more |
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