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Amorosi on the news, nightlife, gossip and bitchiness beats.

by A.D. Amorosi

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Published: Mar 30, 2010

There're jokes to be had at the expense of April Fools. Just not by me. There'll be nothing funny come April 1 if some flash mob runs rampant through City Hall, or punks Donovan McNabb about trading him to a third-rate team in Cali — oh, sorry. Besides, what's foolish about National Grilled Cheese Month? Nothing, thanks to World Café Live and Di Bruno Bros.' Emilio Mignucci, who'll pair international cheeses with good ol' USA beers throughout the month, starting April 3. Seriously.

► OK, this is foolish: This week, that Apple megastore that's still not swearing it's opening at 16th and Walnut this summer is holding interviews for employee applicants — "genius" positions, etc. Rumor says they want "personality" over technological ability or expertise as they can teach potential Mac-men the Apple way. Hey, dummies: Smile and talk a lot.

► Maximal Art's John Wind debuts his AIDS Jewelry Project's charms-based wares at JimmyStyle's meet-n-greet on East Passyunk April 7. Fifty percent of sales reach ActionAIDS and the Mazzoni Center.

► MC Reg Smith — Subliminal Orphan, longtime part of TuPhace's crew — is joining Wishbone's soul-sonic-force for its monthly first Mondays funk-n-fried chicken live R&B/rap jam at National Mechanics April 5. Chuck D's anchoring a house band, and West Philly's hip-hop ensemble Out Da Basement joins the fun.

► Nick Stuccio and his fellow Fringe-y honchos named Craig T. Peterson as the guy to run their year-round Live Arts Brewery. It ain't about tapping beer, it's a performance art development center. The LAB rat used to head up NYC's Dance Theater Workshop.

► Ice dropped the first words on Wishing Well in the Italian Market waiting for its liquor license before it opened fer-real. The Ninth-and-Catharine fooderie becomes fer-real fer-real April 5, with booze and Carmen Cappello and Chris Martino flipping Shame burgers.

► No one messes with the Tiberinos, especially not Ellen Tiberino. The painter/ceramicist's solo exhibition at Vintage Wine Bar on S. 13th starts April 1 at 5 p.m.

► Remember Grape Street Pub in Manayunk? Do you one better — remember Manayunk? 'Yunk was the only quasi-suburb (save Ardmore) you didn't feel dirty patronizing. Grape Street had good points (Tom DelColle's martinis) in the '90s. Now it's become the Grape Room (courtesy Scooter from Stargazer Lily) with its first floor once again filled with bands starting April 1 with The Fractals and Steph Hayes, the latter of whom just dropped a live CD, Mostly True Stories and Dirty Beauty, a studio jam from her band The Good Problems. You should have such problems.

(a_amorosi@citypaper.net)

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