Earlier in the decade, when consumers dropped their instant cameras in favor of cheap digital ones, artists and photographers here and there began to embrace clunky Polaroid cameras for their technical unpredictability and implied nostalgia. Now, with the Polaroid Corporation shutting down its film production facilities later this year, instant film will be harder than ever to find. This seems to be prompting a little bit of artistic Darwinism, with only the strongest Polaroid-based art staying in [...]

Post by Kelly White

There’s a lot to like about free Shakespeare in the dusk. Every summer since 2005, poets-at-heart pack their blankets and slather themselves in various all-natural mosquito repellents for Clark Park’s tribute to the most well-known bard in history. Why else did your housemate leave a note on the fridge reminding you to pick up citronella oil at the Co-op?

This year, director Maria Möller invites you and every winged insect known to West Philly for [...]

Recently Uwishunu sat down with filmmaker Dennis Dortch to talk about his film, It’s A Good Day To Be Black & Sexy, and his life in Philadelphia. Have a read, and be sure to check out the premiere tonight at The Bridge on 40th and Walnut. An official selection of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, It’s A Good Day… has already sold out in advance ticket sales. There are still a limited number of cash tickets [...]

Countless actors have filled the classic leading role of Romeo. But for Evan Jonigkeit, the part has a handful of new twists and challenges. Jonigkeit will portray Romeo in Mauckingbird Theatre’s upcoming production of Shakespeare’s R&J at the Adrienne Theater, starting next Monday. The play centers around Jonigkeit and three other male students in a “repressive preparatory school” who are studying Romeo and Juliet and find their lives entangled inside the timeless story.

Jonigkeit is a Temple [...]