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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 [...]

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Cover the Night Philadelphia Friday, April 20 7:30 p.m. LOVE Park 1599 JFK Blvd. Kony2012.com By now, you must have heard of Joseph Kony and his army of child soldiers in Uganda. Or, at the very least, seen the viral video of Kony 2012 video creator Jason Russell’s epic mental breakdown in San Diego. If [...]

Fairmount caters to art lovers in spring season

The Fairmount Park Art Association is hosting several events, including public art bike tours, to allow locals to check out art around the park in innovative ways. As Philadelphians come crawling out of hibernation eager to brush away the cobwebs of winter, groups such as the Fairmount Park Art Association are offering opportunities to get [...]

Authors assemble for book fest

The annual Philadelphia Book Festival makes an argument for literature in all forms. Times are changing in the literary world, as bookstores are closing and publishers are looking for the next best way to get a story out. However, Andrew Kahan, the director of author events of the Free Library of Philadelphia, said regardless of [...]

Parks evolve city spaces

The Franklin’s Paine Skatepark Fund is working to cater to young skateboarders across the city. Its largest project to date, Paine’s Park, is set for a summer groundbreaking. When the city and former mayor John Street deemed LOVE Park, a former international skateboarding destination, off limits to skateboarders in 2002, there was no telling that it [...]

Food pays homage to literature

South Philadelphia and the Queen Village Art Center welcomes the second annual Edible Book Festival that caters to a wide age group interested in food and literary fun. Philadelphia’s second annual Edible Book Festival, organized by the Philadelphia Center for the Book and hosted by Queen Village Art Center, was a clash of contemporary art [...]

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The Ting Tings Friday, April 13 Noon Free World Café Live 3025 Walnut St. worldcafelive.com The British are coming, the British are coming. The Ting Tings – the duo from Manchester, England – formed in 2007. A year later, “That’s Not My Name” shot straight to No. 1 on UK top charts. “Shut Up and [...]

Spring into swing

Swing dancers gather in Rittenhouse Square on Sundays for a swing dancing session organized by Lindy and Blues. A crowd gathers in the middle of Rittenhouse Square – some dancing, others watching and some dressed in 1920s attire. A band from New Orleans plays swing music. No, this is not a vortex into the past – [...]

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Some of My Lives: A Scrapbook Memoir Tuesday, April 3 7:30 p.m $7-$15 Free Library of Philadelphia 1901 Vine St. freelibrary.org Philadelphia-native Rosamond Bernier returns home after an illustrious career and glamorous life. After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College, Bernier moved to Mexico, flew planes and maintained a small private zoo. After World War II, [...]

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West Side Story March 27 – April 8 Times vary $10 + Kimmel Center 300 S. Broad St. kimmelcenter.org Heralded as one of the greatest musicals ever produced, West Side Story tells the Romeo-and-Juliet-reminiscent tale of Tony and Maria, two New York City lovers from different backgrounds. Since the play’s first Broadway production in 1957, [...]

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