January 16, 2013
A very important piece of archeological history is making its last United States stop in the City of Brotherly love. The Penn Museum is hosting an exciting traveling exhibit from February 10-May 19. Making its last stop in the United States before it travels to Paris and then home to Israel, Unearthing a Masterpiece: A [...]
Read more»January 11, 2013
Deal alert: Amtrak and Visit Philly have teamed up to offer a special promotion to you and your friends and family when visiting Philadelphia. When you buy one regularly-priced ticket to Philadelphia on Amtrak, you can get a second ticket — or a “companion” ticket — for 30% off. Just travel from one of the [...]
Read more»January 10, 2013
Big things are coming to Philadelphia in 2013! We’ve already given you 13 reasons Philly is the place to be this year, but check out the above video for a visual rundown of all the exciting happenings, openings and exhibitions headed this way. From the return of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts [...]
Read more»January 9, 2013
Teuscher Chocolates, whose Philly outpost is one of only ten in the U.S., has been declared the Best Chocolate in the World by National Geographic who, just over a year ago, gave us some dessert love by naming Capogiro the #1 ice cream spot in the world. Dolf Teuscher founded his chocolate house 70 years ago, and today the company flies its handmade confections weekly to its kitchens around the world. Teuscher’s specialty is its champagne truffles, a blend of cream, butter and chocolate with champagne cream center. For more on Philly-made chocolate, see our roundup. [Nat Geo]
January 9, 2013
It’s been a whirlwind two years, and certainly bittersweet to be hanging up my hat as Editor of Uwishunu.com later today. I’m honored to be joining the esteemed company of alumni Uwishunu editors Eric Smith and Brennen Lukas. I could wax on about the best moments I’ve had running this fantastic website, but I thought [...]
Read more»January 9, 2013
Bittersweet site announcement: after two exceedingly great years at the helm of this website, Allison Stadd is moving on from her post as Uwishunu Editor. We’re sad to see Allison go, but we wish her the very best. Allison’s departure means that we’re looking for a new Full-time Uwishunu Editor to take over the reins. [...]
Read more»January 8, 2013
Cool news: a new report released this week by ArtPlace, a collaboration of leading national foundations and federal agencies committed to accelerating “creative placemaking,” identifies Old City as one of America’s Top 12 ArtPlaces. What’s an ArtPlace, you ask? A community exceptionally successful in combining the arts, artists and venues for creativity and expression with [...]
Read more»January 7, 2013
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer will host the Seventh Annual Lemon Ball this Saturday, January 12 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. The Lemon Ball is an evening of cocktails, dinner, raffle, silent and live auctions and entertainment bringing together supporters of the Foundation’s mission – a cure for all kids with cancer. The [...]
Read more»January 7, 2013
Today in design news: the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) has announced that, thanks to a $250,000 grant from the Richard C. von Hess Foundation, the institution is planning to build a brand new Works on Paper Gallery in the Furness-designed Historic Landmark Building on the Avenue of the Arts. More than 9,500 [...]
Read more»January 4, 2013
Over the holidays, one of Hollywood’s biggest actors and Philly local, Bradley Cooper, shared his love of Philly and his love of his hometown Jenkintown with CBS Sunday Morning. While talking about his hometown and revisiting fixtures from his childhood he stated, “The older you get, you start to appreciate where you came from… [...]
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