April, 2012 - The Temple News

Philly cultivates fashion scene

30 April 2012 Mark Longacre

Columnist Mark Longacre concludes Hoot Couture with a review of this year in fashion.

Green Eggs owners expand to Rittenhouse

30 April 2012 Caitlin Weigel

Columnist Caitlin Weigel concludes her semester enjoying some fresh vegan grub from the newly opened HipCityVeg in Rittenhouse Square.

Algernon Cadwallader

30 April 2012 Jenelle Janci

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.

Features

Film and music come together at festival

30 April 2012 Joseph Schaefer

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

Art

Barnes Foundation reopens this month

30 April 2012 Nicole Welk

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

Features

Local sweet startup features Philly beer

30 April 2012 Cara Stefchak

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

Art

Capturing GLBT stories

30 April 2012 Luis Rodriguez

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

News

Home robbery linked to drug possession

30 April 2012 Amelia Brust

Suspects robbed students’ house on the 1500 block of Page Street Sunday. Philadelphia Police reoprted an armed robbery that took place in a private apartment on the 1500 block of Page Street at 10 p.m. Sunday,

Art

Zine occupies idle hands

30 April 2012 Meghan White

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

News

Dropping the ball

30 April 2012 Brian Dzenis and Joey Cranney

The Temple News explores the university’s place in the Big East from 1991 to 2004, what led to its 2001 exit and Temple’s recent re-entry. Part 1 of 2: John Chaney had never spoken at