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There are some things the city doesn't want you to know.
by Holly Otterbein
You can't help but wonder: Which of these hundreds of denied records
requests involve things we ought to know? And more importantly, why
doesn't the city think we as taxpayers are entitled to them? These questions and gaps in intelligence brew an intoxicatingly, frustratingly, even tantalizingly mysterious air around City Hall — an air that Mayor Michael Nutter promised to promptly clear when he entered office in 2008. But he hasn't done any such thing.
Feedback:
Letters to the Editor
What You Say
"Why should bloggers be exempt from the rigors of professionalism?"
Freedom RidersCan a bicycling program change the lives of female addicts and ex-cons?
by Holly Otterbein
The members of Gearing Up, an all-female cadre composed of drug addicts,
the homeless and ex-cons, are quite possibly the most polite bicyclists
in the city.
City Paper's Quality-o-Life-o-Meter
When news breaks, we make jokes.
Man Overboard!:
Those Damned Bicyclists
The American Dream on wheels.
by Isaiah Thompson
Freedom: It is the great promise of the bicycle, so swiftly granted that
it's no wonder those who don't share it can hate and misunderstand it.
Sports:
Are You The Man, Chase?
What the hell is wrong with Utley?
by E. James Beale
So what happened? How come Philly’s Golden Boy has been playing like
someone upped the level from “pro” to “All Madden”? Is he hurt? Washed
up? Or about to silence the naysayers? Let’s find out.
Art:
The Sincerest Form of Flattery
Lucinda Childs is and always has been the master of maximum minimalism.
by Deni Kasrel
Dance is a creative composition of mathematical precision that explores the possibilities of a minimalist pattern through movement.
Arts Picks:
Man Bites Dog
Changing Places
Now Showing: In Real to Reel Live Action 3-D!
9 mm of Love
Let's Face It!
Spill
Sept. 10-11 and 16, $15, Major Moment Studio, 1624 South St.
by Stephen Rose
Louis DeVaughn Nelson's multidisciplinary media satire asks one major question: What has this world come to?
Changing Places
Sept. 10-12, free, various locations.
by Julia Askenase
The project has 20 artists in 20 communities — in Philadelphia and
abroad — collecting visuals and interviews to share stories of local
change dealing with everything from gentrification to health.
Now Showing: In Real to Reel Live Action 3-D!
Sept. 9-12 and 15-18, $15, Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Ave., 215-413-1318, livearts-fringe.org.
by Molly Eichel
As long as the audience decides that what goes on behind the screen is
more interesting than what's actually on it, Casaburdan Productions has
succeeded.
9 mm of Love
Sept. 12-16, 9:30 p.m., $10, Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Ave.
by Molly Eichel
The only problem is, Jack thinks Q is a New Age therapist, not a cold-blooded killer.
Let's Face It!
Workshops, Sept. 12 and 15, 2 p.m., free, Book Trader, 7 N. Second St.
by John Vettese
Participants in Linda Dubin Garfield's regular self-portrait workshops learn to tell a life story through their
own image.
Spill
Sept. 17, $10, Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, 5900A Greene St.
by Stephen Rose
Spill expresses anger, fear and loss through intense bodily contortions.
Shelf Life:
The Tao of Plot
KaleidoscopeTao Lin is no Richard Yates.
by Justin Bauer
Alejandro Zambra's The Private Lives of Trees | Scarlett Thomas' One Tragic Universe | Tao Lin's Richard Yates
Boat Hole | The Sun Also Rises | Decadere | Cédric Andrieux
Re-View:
Plus and Minus
Robin Rice on Visual Art: Mark Bennion and Alex Roskin at Wexler Gallery
by Robin Rice
The lighting in the gallery is as even and bright as one would expect,
but memory recasts Bennion's abstract paintings in a dark setting,
illuminated only by firelight or chinks of starlight.
I'm Still HereCity Paper Grade: B
by Sam Adams
Phoenix's abrupt decision to stop playing "the character of Joaquin"
doesn't scan, nor does his selection of hip-hop, a genre about which he
seems to know next to nothing, as his venue of choice.
Aid or Invade:
Austria!
Shut your goddamn mouth and hurry up with that grande vanilla latte.
by Rodney Anonymous
Even if 10 of the 11 songs on this CD sucked Michele Bachmann's hairy
balls (which they don't), it would still be worth owning for the
incredibly infectious tune "I Love 64."
Music Picks:
Strapping Field Hands/The Doozer/US Girls
Of Montreal
Allison Weiss
Maxfield Gast Trio
Sat., Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m., $8, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.
by Patrick Rapa
It's a Siltbreeze triple feature!
Of Montreal
Wed., Sept. 15, 9 p.m., $25-$28, with Janelle Monáe, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 215-627-1332, electricfactory.info/
by Brian Howard
If you wrote off Of Montreal
for being just too unbelievably freaking precious (guilty!), well, OK,
they're still unabashedly affected.
Allison Weiss
Fri., Sept. 10, 10:30 p.m., $10, with Leila Broussard and Bess Rogers, Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St., 215-928-0978, tinangel.com.
by M.J. Fine
There's a line in "Why Bother" that sums up what Allison Weiss is all about.
Maxfield Gast Trio
Fri., Sept. 10, 9 p.m., $8-$10, with Oscuro Quintet, Moonstone Arts Center, 110 S. 13th St., second floor, luckyoldsouls.com.
by A.D. Amorosi
Maxfield Gast has played saxophone on recordings with Philly jazzbos
(Puzzlebox), ska heads (Public Service!) and elegant world musicians
(Bebek). None of those things prepare you for what a clear and concise
ax man he is.
ClothboundThe natty Tweed dresses up local/seasonal cooking in one hell of suit.
by Adam Erace
ake away the menu display at 114 St. 12th St., and "restaurant" isn't
what immediately springs to mind. An upper-crusty clothier would be a
better guess. Tweed indeed is a restaurant, though, one where good looks are good form.
Pasta-ology
REVIEW: The Geometry of Pasta
by Drew Lazor
Plenty of people like to say that food is art, but The Geometry of Pasta provides empirical proof.
The Week in Eats
by Drew Lazor
Linvilla Orchards Pumpkinland Launch | Philly Honey Fest | Center City Restaurant Week | SNAP Cocktail Competition at Liberties Walk | Local Bites & Brews Happy Hour at South Philly Tap Room
Agenda Lead:
Mighty Jungle
IcepackA powerful little North Philly film gets its long-awaited due.
by Shaun Brady
Created by a group of African-American gang members in North Philly
under the supervision of Temple social worker Harold Haskins, the
gritty, remarkable 22-minute film circulated on the educational market
for years, but re-emerged when Secret Cinema's Jay Schwartz discovered a
print several years ago.
Amorosi on the news, nightlife, gossip and bitchiness beats.
by A.D. Amorosi
When good fortune smiles, you give back. Me? I'll give what Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet called a love letter — "a bullet from a fuckin' gun, fucker."
Shopping Spree:
Greenfest Philly
Fashion > Forward
by Julia West
Don't be fooled into thinking GreenFest is selling out by focusing on
fashion; the clothing sold will be greener than a drunk leprechaun on
St. Patty's Day.
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