Under the radar

XFINITY Live! 1100 Pattison Ave. Open daily 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Bummed that you can’t afford tickets for the next Phillies game? At XFINITY Live!, experience close to that same euphoria as attending an actual game. This dining, entertainment and retail complex, located at the 11th Street parking lot at the South Philly sports [...]

Philly cultivates fashion scene

Columnist Mark Longacre concludes Hoot Couture with a review of this year in fashion. Hoot Couture opened this semester with tips on the latest workout gear to help you get in shape. Half the fun of working out is showing off your ripped muscles or toned tummy by choosing the perfect workout attire. Chic workout [...]

Green Eggs owners expand to Rittenhouse

Columnist Caitlin Weigel concludes her semester enjoying some fresh vegan grub from the newly opened HipCityVeg in Rittenhouse Square. HipCityVeg did not originally appeal to me. The inclusion of the word “hip” is an automatic deterrent, but then, like a paranoid student staring down a standardized test, it occurred to me that maybe that’s what [...]

Algernon Cadwallader

Provoking kids to crowd surf, mosh and dance all at the same time, Philadelphia’s own Algernon Cadwallader’s music is sloppy – in all of the right ways. Comprised of Peter Helmis on vocals and bass, Joe Reinhart on guitar and Tank Bergman on drums, Algernon Cadwallader has been making houses shake throughout and outside of [...]

Film and music come together at festival

Films in the first year of the XPN festival explored the work of musicians like Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Paul Simon. University of Pennsylvania’s radio station, 88.5 WXPN, hosted its first annual music film festival this past weekend. Thursday, April 26, night opened the weekend’s events at University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Center, [...]

Barnes Foundation reopens this month

Though not part of First Friday, the Barnes Foundation will open May 19 and remain open for 56 hours Memorial Day weekend. Though the event is not technically part of May’s “First Friday,” art enthusiasts only have to wait two weeks after it for the grand opening of the new Barnes Foundation location in Philadelphia. [...]

Local sweet startup features Philly beer

Pastry chef Lexi Malmros highlights local beers with her tasty business venture, Philly Beer Cakes. A business startup gaining momentum in Philadelphia is telling of what might happen if Betty Crocker started frequenting the frat-party scene – no, it’s not getting knocked up, experiencing a violent case of brownie-batter morning sickness and pushing out a set [...]

Capturing GLBT stories

The Pop Up Museum of Queer History opened at the William Way Center until May 19. The Pop Up Museum of Queer History is a grassroots organization intended to tell the unknown GLBT history of different communities. Currently showing at the William Way Community Center, the Philadelphia exhibit explores the city’s contribution to the GLBT [...]

Zine occupies idle hands

Columnist Meghan White concludes her semester of crafting by creating a handmade zine. I tried to summon up all of my wit, humor and craft skills for my last column ever for The Temple News. When that failed, I tried to come up with a craft that would at least be appropriate for the last week [...]

Music Issue: Eats and Cheats

Columnist Caitlin Weigel explores the marriage of mealtime and music at places like Johnny Brenda’s. In my mind, food and music seem to be linked together, like Mary Kate and Ashley circa 1993 when they were still singing about selling their brother. In many major aspects of my life, food and music combine and provide [...]

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