September 1, 2010
Mark your calendars, cocktail enthusiasts! On Monday, September 13 Art in the Age will be hosting a SNAP Cocktail Competition at Liberties Walk in Northern Liberties. Festivities begin at 7 p.m. sharp and will take place rain or shine.
Mixologists from fifteen area bars and restaurants (including Adsum, Valanni and Village Whiskey) will be shaking and stirring up the very best SNAP cocktails they can muster. SNAP is an 80 proof, certified organic spirit that is derived from pure cane sugar and features cinnamon, cloves, rooibos tea and fresh ginger.
The event will be judged by the City Paper’s Drew Lazor, Master Sommelier Melissa Monosoff and William Grant & Sons Portfiolio Ambassador, Charlotte Voisey. Cocktails will be judged on taste, originality and presentation. The event is open to the public and will also feature $5 SNAP and ROOT cocktails from Bar Ferdinand and El Camino.
If you plan on attending, please RSVP by emailing Stephanie at stephanie@artintheage.com.
September 1, 2010
This Friday, September 3rd, Penn Environment will be hosting a free screening of the documentary Gasland at The Piazza at Schmidts. The film chronicles the increase of natural gas drilling in our state and the ways in which that extraction is effecting drinking water, the environment and the health of individuals who live in proximity to the drilling.
The event opens at 8 p.m. and the screening promptly at 9 p.m. If you plan on attending, please let the organizers know with your RSVP.
While you’re at The Piazza, makes sure to check out the Burter of the Week at PYT. It’s a Texas BBQ Burger made from grilled pork that’s topped with homemade spicy slaw and Texas BBQ sauce. Sounds pretty good to us!
August 11, 2010
Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 11th. That’s when the annual Rib Cook-Off, organized by A Full Plate Cafe, will take over Liberty Lands Park and scent the air with the delicious smells of grilling, slow cooking and barbecuing. Teams of four will be competing in up to three categories: Pork Ribs, Whole Chicken and Vegetarian. All entries are cooked on location over a fire of either wood, charcoal or gas.
The event begins at 12 noon and runs until 4 p.m. The Cook-Off will be followed by the Northern Liberties Neighborhood Association Music Festival. More information should be coming soon about that as well!
August 11, 2010
The Amberella Gallery in Northern Liberties is launching a new exhibition this Saturday, August 14th, and they want you to come out for the opening reception.
Entitled Planchette, the exhibit is” a collection of paintings, writings, and miniature altars based around the on-going discourse between [participating artists] J.L. Schnabel and Danielle Vogel.”
The opening reception kicks off at 7pm and wraps up at 11pm. The exhibit runs through September 1st. For more information on the gallery and the artists participating, visit Amberella’s official website.
Amberella Gallery Presents: Planchette
August 14th – September 1st, 2010
Amberella Gallery
1050 N Hancock St, Ste 62, Philadelphia, PA 19123
(610) 283-5669
www.amberellagallery.wordpress.com
August 9, 2010
Clockwise from left: Chef Shola Olunloyo, skate and gazpacho (photos courtesy of Speck)
For years now, Chef Shola Olunloyo has been one of Philadelphia’s most acclaimed chefs. There’s just been one problem. Until now, the opportunities to eat his food have been few as he hasn’t yet has his own place. Finally, this fall Chef Olunloyo will be opening his own restaurant, called Speck.
razor clams at Speck
Speck will be located in Northern Liberties, at The Piazza at Schmidts and it will feature progressive new American food and a carefully curated wine, beer and cocktail list. For diners looking for an even more exciting mealtime experience, there will also be a eight-seat chef’s counter that will feature special, nine-course chef’s tasting menus.
Top: toast, Bottom: corn soup
Thanks to its positioning on The Piazza, diners will be able to choose between eating in the sleek, modern dining room or the more casual patio seating. Speck will serve dinner Tuesday through Sunday, from 5 p.m. until 11 p.m., and lunch Saturday and Sunday, from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. The restaurant will be closed Mondays. For more information, or to make a reservation, please call (215) 925-9500 or click here. You can also follow Speck on Twitter at @speckfood.
More images of dishes that will be served at Speck are after the jump.
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August 5, 2010
Liberate & LaDuna by Shawn Bishop-Leo
The Vincent Michael Gallery, fresh off their successful exhibition of PaperMonster last month, are proud to present another unique exhibit for the month of August.
Entitled fullyLOADED, the exhibit “presents an array of artists who continue to push boundaries in contemporary art” and features Philadelphia’s own Thomas Buildmore and Morgan Thomas of OverKill Studios.
Vincent Michael has a special opening reception planned for Friday, August 6th, during which Morgan Thomas will put together a one-of-a-kind installation piece specifically for the opening of this exhibit.
This new gallery is doing a lot of fun and exciting things here in Philly’s art community. Check it out. You’ve got until the end of the month.
fullyLOADED
August 6th – August 28th, 2010
Vincent Michael Gallery
1050 N. Hancock St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215) 399-1580 (X703)
www.vincentmichael.com
August 4, 2010
Last March, PYT played host to the first-ever Foursquare Swarm in the Philadelphia area. For that event, they had more than 50 users all checking into Foursquare at the same time. Now they’re upping the ante and are trying to create a Super Swarm. To pull it off, they’ll need to have more than 250 all checking in at the same time and same location.
To this end, PYT has joined up with Vitamain Water, Geekadelphia and Radio 104.5 to present the first ever meet-up for the Foursquare Super Swarm Badge. The Super Swarm gathering is at 4 p.m. outside or inside PYT, just before 104.5′s free OK GO concert at the Piazza at Schmidt’s.
There are free T-Shirts for the first 300 check-ins, courtesy of Vitamin Water. The shirts say, “I went to Philly Super Swarm 2010 & all I got was this lousy T-Shirt.” You know you want it!
July 23, 2010
The MMS Gallery is a new project that aims to showcase creativity provided by everyday people, whether they consider themselves actual artists or not.
And they’re doing it initially with more than 1,000 photo submissions taken with cell phone cameras.
The Gallery’s Mission:
“Perceptions of art are evolving. We believe in making art attainable.
As mobile technology continues to evolve, so does the medium’s relevance in the art world. Some would consider it a travesty to consider the mobile phone as a means to create art. We celebrate it.
Moments that were once overlooked or bypassed because a person didn’t have a camera, can now be captured and shared because of emergence of phone technology. It’s these moments that nurture relevance regardless of whether the person who captured it considers themselves to be an artist.”
MMS Gallery is hosting an opening party tonight, sponsored by Sly Fox and Di Bruno Bros.
You can preview some of the submissions on their Flickr page.
The MMS Gallery Opening Gallery Show
Friday, July 23, 6-9pm
1000 N. Hancock Street
Philadelphia, PA 19123
Sponsors: O3 World, DiBruno Bros, Sly Fox, Tiger Printing
July 19, 2010
Rawr! A Yarn & Felt Lion, On Display @ the Art Star Gallery & Boutique
There’s a new exhibit launching at the Art Star Gallery & Boutique in Northern Liberties. Entitled Out of the Wild, this three person exhibition features the fabric and thread works of Kate Durkin, Maggie Rozycki Hiltner, & Abby Glassenberg.
Each artist uses animal imagery to tell stories through their embroidery and hand-stitched work. You can learn more about each artist on Art Star’s official website.
The exhibition runs July 24th through August 29th, with a special opening reception this Saturday from 5pm to 9pm. Stop by, meet the talented artists behind the work, and nibble on some light refreshments.
Out of the Wild @ Art Star
July 24th – August 29th, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 24th, 5-9pm
Art Star Gallery & Boutique
623 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123
(215) 238-1557
www.artstarphilly.com
July 6, 2010
Outside the Piazza, Photo by M. McClellan
This Saturday and Sunday, July 10th & 11th, is the official grand opening weekend of the Market at the Piazza, a new arts-crafts-clothing-food-etc bazaar that will continue year around within the Piazza at Schmidt’s courtyard.
Participating vendors include Elizabeth Bayu, Duke & Winston, Heart City Vintage, Showroom 77, Flygirrl, and dozens more. The new open air market runs from noon til 7pm.
This is in addition to the outdoor farmer’s market that runs every weekend from 10am to 3pm, where you can pick up local, sustainably grown food.
Piazza at Schmidt’s [ visitphilly.com ]
June 29, 2010
PaperMonster "From Experience" 24" x 30" x 1.5" Stencil Collage on Canvas, Image courtesy Vincent Michael
Vincent Michael, a new gallery in Northern Liberties, is opening their latest exhibition this Friday, July 2nd, featuring the work of PaperMonster.
Entitled PaperMonster Ate That Little Boy, the exhibit explores PaperMonster’s work in portraiture and collage work. Several of his pieces will be in the gallery for you to ogle.
There’s a special opening reception planned for this Friday’s opening. The gallery will have exclusive limited edition screen prints and t-shirts at the exhibition’s launch on the 2nd.
You can also swing by the gallery on Saturday, July 24th for a special artist talk. For more information, visit Vincent Michael’s official website.
PaperMonster Ate That Little Boy
July 2nd – 31st, 2010
Vincent Michael Gallery
1050 N. Hancock St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215) 399-1580 (X703)
www.vincentmichael.com
June 23, 2010
Sitting Barside @ Bar Ferdinand, Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC
Bar Ferdinand, a delicious tapas restaurant nestled in Northern Liberties, is hosting a special five course tasting menu tomorrow, appropriately entitled Beer & Steer.
The tasting menu will feature Black Angus Beef, which was, according to the restaurant, “graded Prime, then dry aged for 21 days, from a free range steer raised on Green Meadow Farm in Gap, PA.”
Each course on the tasting menu will be paired with one of River Horse Brewery’s craft beers.
The meal is set at $65 per person for the Chef’s Tasting Menu and beer pairing, $45 per person without the beer. Check out the full menu on Bar Ferdinand’s official website.
Bar Ferdinand
1030 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123-1552
(215) 923-1313
www.barferdinand.com
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