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ICEPACK ILLUSTRATED: Tria gets Rummy, Paris gets Jazzy, Manna gets going
To start, there are several stories from Icepack in Print that need immediate follow-up.
ICEPACK ILLUSTRATED: Tria gets Rummy, Paris gets Jazzy, Manna gets going
To start, there are several stories from Icepack in Print that need immediate follow-up. To go with the fact that Stateside, a.kitchen and Le Bec Fin all lost its chefs one after another in the last several days comes swift news that one has already found its newest kitchen heads. Le Bec promoted its sous chef Steven Eckerd to the exec-chef position with Abigail Dahan as the new pastry chef. Voila.
Then there’s my Michael Singer Rum Bar rumor. Things moved fast from the rumors I heard: the space extensions, the notion that landlord Singer might run his own bar, that several different potential renters from the Mac’s Tavern crew to Jon Myerow would take over the Walnut Street hot spot. Singer found his Rum Bar winner in Myerow, one of his best tenants (Singer owns the 18th Street space that Myerow’s Tria Rittenhouse opened in 2004). The up-n-coming space, Tria Taproom, will serve and lot of pizza and a lot of beer. Myerow’s already got all that cheese at Tria’s other outposts. Might as well bake it up.
Meanwhile, up north in a part of the Piazza at Schmidt’s we believe Bart Blatstein still owns, Brian Nagele’s King’s Oak has a brand new neighbor; Brian Nagel’s Pizza Bar. If only he made pizza bagels. OK you see where this is going.
Tickets are now on sale for the Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance’s 21st annual Shut Up & Dance benefit/bash on March 23. Presented by dancers of the Pennsylvania Ballet with additional choreography from the Wilma’s BalletX boss Gunnar Montana at the Forrest Theatre’s MANNA’s HIV/AIDS-centric charity drive gets a philanthropic leg up with pre-and-post bashes hosted by Jennifer and Steven Korman will the help of WXPN stalwarts Michaela Majoun and Robert Drake in on the action. Tix: 215-496-2662 x115 or mannapa.org.
TMZ has been showing off video of a woman claiming to be Deena, the last of the Jersey Shore crew to join, flashing her boobs throughout New Orleans’ Mardi Gras festivities. That would be all well and good I suppose if it wasn’t for the fact that Deena (real last name: Cortese) is saying neither the face nor the boobs are hers. I’d say take the press, Ms. Cortese but then again, some folks choose decorum.
There’s no mistaking the nail biting art pop of Philly’s own Busses. They are cobbling together new material for an upcoming full-length as we speak. But just to show off, they’ll spring new material on the Johnny Brenda’s crowd attending Feb. 20’s Snowden show. Get there super early for another wee local, Belgrade, to open the program.
The old Melting Pot at the Chestnut Hill Hotel is the new home to Al Paris’ next concept in the same area that houses his Heirloom BYOB. Paris and partner Robert Bynum will start up Paris Bistro and Jazz Café this summer. “Heirloom is usually over by around 9 so since Paris will be a little more of a late night affair I can still make it there,” says the chef/co-owner of the restaurant/live venue. Though Al might not cook full-time at Paris, his culinary presence will be felt there.
If you have a passion for fashion: Because there’s nothing like getting juiced and shopping for lingerie, Jennifer Rosen’s Hope Chest hosted Brews, Bras, & Bling: A Men’s Fantasy Shopping Event with DJ Eddie Tully and WMMR’s Marisa Magnatta (Preston and Steve) for a pre-Valentine’s extravaganza. Not to be outdone or out-Valentine’d, the not-for-profit Philadelphia Fashion Incubator debuted a pop up shop at Chestnut Street’s Knit Wit that will stay open through Cupid’s birthday with scads of local designer’s finest femme wares.
Local actor/producer Sonny Velozzi’s Don’t Go There Productions and NYC’s Giovanni Vitacolonna (Philly-born NYC actor who worked with Paul Mazursky and edited at Adweek) are not working on anything Irish anytime soon. Instead, the pair will host a free table read this Sun., Feb. 17 of their joint film project, Center City. The reading starts at 4 p.m. at the United Republican Club (3156 Frankford Ave.) and features area thespians Colton Ford (Naked Fame, The Lair), David Moretti (Scrooge and Marley, The Lair) and Richie Nuzzolese (Katy Perry’s “Last Friday Night,” Voodoo Academy 2). WAIT, I DIDN’T KNOW THERE WAS A SECOND VOODOO ACADEMY? (Info: 646-246-6346.)
WHOWHATWHERE: Emo man Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional) hit up Radio 104.5 iHeart Radio Performance Theater in Bala with his new band Further Seems Forever before playing the Trocadero that night. Oddly enough, no one looked sad. Also shot at the 104.5 industrial complex was Ballyhoo, Fiction Family and A Silent Film. Also in town to get their radio moments were moody Matt Hires (Mix 106.1 FM) and peppy Parachute (at Q102). Backstage at the TLA, the singers on the To Write Love On Her Arms tour bill nearly crept each other out (that’d be Zach Williams, Will Anderson, Anthony Raneri, Anis Mojgani, Aaron Moore, Cacie Dalager, Jamie Tworkowski and Jon Foreman). Lastly, Vice President Joe Biden joined forces with Mayor Michael Nutter at Girard College to discuss the need for gun safety and control. No gaffes were reported. Boring.
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