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ICE PACK ILLUSTRATED: Kevin Smith, Young Gunz and David Katz's Mom
Bart Blatstein hit the Philly Inquirer/Daily News building the other day and I hear it wasn't because his subscription delivery has been late or that he wanted to drop off passes to the Arrow Swim Club. I hear that he might like to buy the up-for-sale building on North Broad.
ICE PACK ILLUSTRATED: Kevin Smith, Young Gunz and David Katz's Mom
Suzanne Katz made a splash at her son David Katz’s Meme restaurant the other night for the first (but hopefully not last) of their collaborative home-cooked family-style dinners where press from Esquire and the New York Times were in attendance and the lamb tangine was superior. (Meanwhile ex-Times critic Frank Bruni and New York mag’s Adam Platt ate at Marc Vetri’s eponymous restaurant on the night of the Great Chefs event). When talk at Meme came to a photo of the younger Katz with his mom, David said, “See I was good looking even then.”
It’s belly dancing with a twist — modern American tribal-style belly dancing — when Barajagala Tribal Bellydance come to play. The new Philly performance troupe (steady members and student practitioners) uses as much hot house music to dance to as they do traditional music with bits of flamenco in their step. They’ve performed at the Rim Café and other art galleries around town. They’ve got gigs as part of Media, PA’s Wednesday night Dining Under the Stars series where they close off a couple of blocks and all the restaurants open up on the streets. (Seven Stones Café, June 22 and July 20 at 7 p.m., 22 S. Plum St., Media) and Rogue’s Gallery in the Rittenhouse West area on June 23. Shake it.
The AMC cable network and Kevin Smith want to do a reality show about The Secret Stash, the Clerk director’s New Jersey comic book store. They want comix geeks, they want them local and they need them ages 21 to 35. The Hollywood Reporter has sign-up info. Hit it.
The Blockley’s What is Jazz/What is Hip Hop event with Ropeadope on June 18 just got a little more interesting now that Schoolly D is its host and Wyldlyfe’s Chess, Apwat and Ty Ward jumped aboard as singer MCs.
Bart Blatstein hit the Philly Inquirer/Daily News building the other day and I hear it wasn’t because his subscription delivery has been late or that he wanted to drop off passes to the Arrow Swim Club. I hear that he might like to buy the up-for-sale building on North Broad. We have great shots of him hanging at Jane Golden’s Wall Ball at the Piazza at Schmidts with Chef Georges Perrier.
Is Snackbar’s Jonathan Makar coming back to Philly? More news next week.
WHOWHATWHERE: Guitarist/one-time Philly native Kevin Eubanks hit North East High School in Philadelphia for the Thelonious Monk Institute last week, teaching music students how to make tunes from scratch. One-time Philadelphia singer John Legend and a lady friend hit Rouge and the grass at Rittenhouse Square before running to the Fox & Hound the other night. Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz not only played the Dusk inside Caesars AC with his new band Black Cards, he celebrated his birthday there as well. A post-party for a Coaches Vs Cancer benefit at the Hyatt at the Bellevue became a bash at Positano Coast featuring the benefit’s stars Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and Valli’s old pal Jerry Blavat who arranged the whole Coastal affair. UK rapper Tinie Tempah hit the Q102 Performance Theater in Bala Cynwyd, PA hard. Harder still was Philly’s one-time Young Gunz Young Chris who not only appeared at the Apple Store on Walnut Street touting his new label Division 1 (through Universal) and new mix tape L.I.F.E (Ladies In Free Everywhere). Chris brought his old pal from his days in State Property, Freeway, to the Apple stage (check division1.com/lifemixtape). Teresa Giudice, the hot-head of the Real Housewives of NJ clan hung with Rich DeSisto of BEN-FM during the radio station’s day at Clementon Park in Clementon, NJ.
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