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ICEPACK ILLUSTRATED: Your new Roxy Theater. Mob Wives for Philly. Who Are You? Who Who Who Who?
That's Philly electro grooop Les Professionnels' song "Move" you're hearing on that first episode of this (last) season of Jersey Shore. Another local sequencer, Lushlife, did a remix and an EP is soon to drop on the CNNSSR label.
ICEPACK ILLUSTRATED: Your new Roxy Theater. Mob Wives for Philly. Who Are You? Who Who Who Who?
As if Philadelphia Film Society boss J. Andrew Greenblatt didn’t have enough to do with the Oct. 18 start of the next edition of the annual Philadelphia Film Festival, he’s just gone and signed a long term lease (6-years, two 5-year renewals after that) for the all three floors of the grandly underutilized Roxy Screening Room on Sansom Street that starts in January, 2013. The deal was a long time coming between Greenblatt and the Roxy’s landlord John Ciccone, one we heard rumors about with lots of smoke but no fire until now. “I met John a couple years ago and we talked about the Roxy,” says Greenblatt. “At the time, the timing really wasn’t right for us. More recently, however, we reconnected and began talking.” After calling Ciccone an incredible, true patron of the arts and “much more like a partner than a landlord” Greenblatt clarifies that the new Roxy would be an independent, art-house theater showing first run titles with repertory screenings, cult faves, and retrospectives thrown in for spice. Just because the Film Society has its own space doesn’t mean that it won’t continue its usual additional film showings throughout the city. “We are continuing our partnership with University of the Arts in 2013, and will be formally announcing that series right after the Festival,” states Greenblatt. “We’re also talking with other organizations about programming at additional venues. Philadelphia is critically underserved in total screens, with only 14 in Center City — 12 at the three Ritz Theaters and two at the Roxy — so we continue to need more venues and outlets for screenings.” Lastly, in taking over the Roxy, the rise of digital projection and the end of 35mm projection was something both Ciccone and Greenblatt were aware of, and both concerned that the Roxy wasn’t able to make the transition as it was currently situated. They were wrong. The new Roxy will feature new digital projection — and seats — along with holding on to the old projector. “We still love 35mm and want to keep that format alive,” says Greenblatt. “For the festival this year, we took 35mm prints wherever possible. At the Roxy, we intend to keep a 35mm projector to continue the tradition of film as long as possible, likely showing a lot of repertory films in that format. Regarding the two additional floors at the Roxy, it’s certainly something we’ll grow into. While this is not going to happen in the immediate future, we would love to build out some micro-theaters, with seating between 30-60 per theater, on those floors, in order to allow for theatrical screenings of more films, those smaller, more experimental independents or films by local filmmakers that don’t get a national distribution push.” Here’s to the Roxy push.
Del Frisco’s GM Richie Furino and the good lady Furino are taking over the cooking duties at their Chestnut Street steakhouse Italian Wine Dinner on Oct. 17 where $50 from each $250 plate gets donated to Breastcancer.org, a nonprofit dedicated to providing reliable up-to-date information about breast cancer. Hit up Jessica Kiefer at 215-246-0533 and jkiefer@dfrg.com for info.
That’s Philly electro grooop Les Professionnels’ song “Move” you’re hearing on that first episode of this (last) season of Jersey Shore. Another local sequencer, Lushlife, did a remix and an EP is soon to drop on the CNNSSR label.
I used to have a lot of fun at Commerce Square at 20th and Market back when it hosted the long curtained Twenty21 and the tippling tower Cutters back-in-the-day. The folks from Restaurants-America who own several mini-chains, have taken over the space for Townhouse Restaurant & Wine Bar. Look for an early 2013 opening.
It’s a Saturday night Prowler dance party at Johnny Brenda’s on Oct. 13 when Philly’s prance crew drop its new EP Y’all Don’t Know. Prowler’s got a new video for your troubles, too, and opening act friends in DJ Jeffery, Sunny Ali and the Kid and Busses who are currently busy finishing off their new album.
Late Monday night, I caught this tidbit at the NY Post where the VH1-based producer Jennifer Graziano, creator of the hit Mob Wives chain of reality shows, had already cast a Mob Wives: Philadelphia and a Mob Wives: Miami and that she was simply waiting for the network to green light which mob would come next. My temples swell to think who they’ve cast (throw a rock) and where they’ll film if Mob Wives: Philadelphia happens. That said, I wish I had caught wind of this new show when Big Ang from the original Mob Wives hit The Coastline in Cherry Hill, NJ for a meet-greet-and-fuck-you-finger-wagging-session.
Dr. Barnes would turn in his grave at this: renowned fashion photographer and esthete Scott Schuman will sign copies of his new coffee table tome The Sartorialist: Closer with fellow snapper Garance Dore at The Barnes on Oct. 13, at 5 p.m. While I admire Schuman’s work, this just feels like a knife in a corpse’s ribcage.
Evan Prochniak is so proud of owning Center City’s only dueling piano bar in Duel that he tossed open the opera windows and doors last week and threw a free party for anyone within the range of the twinkling keys. It was a mad gas.
WHOWHATWHERE: While Legendary Dobbs played host to Dennis McHugh’s reunion of old punks circa 1978-’80 last Saturday, PhilaMOCA curator Eric Bresler ducked even further back — from the glam ’70s through to the present — when he hosted a Sparks convention at his mini-museum on 12th Street with his own Video Pirates mash up, a slew of memorabilia and his debut as a singer fronting Shawn Kilroy’s Weird Hot. Philly photographer Robert Hakalski who snapped Sparks backstage in 1975 at the Trenton War Memorial, was at the MOCA for the proceedings as was a room full of one-time yon teens. When Barbra Streisand wasn’t staying at the Four Seasons, she was notoriously busy with nearly two weeks of rehearsals and a one-time-only dress rehearsal performance at the Liacouras Center for 500 friends including Carole Radziwill of Real Housewives of New York City, CBS 3’s Pat Ciarocchi and Ann-Marie Nacchio from Allied-THA. “My goosebumps had goosebumps,” says Nacchio. “It was the second most amazing afternoon of my life after my wedding. Barbra was phenomenal.” Laura Goldman from Naked Philadelphian states that one-time Biggest Loser host Caroline Rhea was also on-board. Comedian Craig Robinson from The Office and Last Comic Standing hit up Helium last Saturday night with friends. Apparently, he was swell to one and all who asked for ’graphs and photos. Pete Townshend not only triple sold-out the Free Library’s University Of Penn’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology author event (with Philly’s fave Brit resident, John Wesley Harding as moderator) for his Who I Am: A Memoir. The Who composer and guitarist strapped on an acoustic guitar and sang several tunes from Quadrophenia (that’s the opera what The Who bring to the Wells Fargo in December) when he wasn’t telling funny stories about Keith Moon, his next Broadway show Floss and his alcoholic mother with local radio cats John DeBella, Pierre Robert and Amy Salit. Nik Richie of thedirty.com and VH1’s Couples Therapy stopped by Revel’s HQ during DJ Cedric Gaines’ set. Not only did Adam Ant sell out the Trocadero last week to a crew of fans that seemed decidedly un-Ant-like, the Brit also found himself with several 50-year-old-plus stalkers who were hanging around Loew’s Hotel where he was staying. Troc bouncers and cops kept the weirdos at bay. Speaking of hotel-motel stays, Donovan McNabb had cocktails at the still hotel-smell-new Monaco at Fifth and Chestnut just days before its big dedication ceremony today. The Supremes’ Mary Wilson made a day of Philly during her time here. She stopped by WDAS to chat up her new album and stopped by PNC at 1600 Market Street to discuss her African American Museum-sponsored “Come See About Me: The Mary Wilson Supremes Collection” exhibition that will feature 30+ gowns, rare video footage, album covers, photograph at the Airport, Independence Visitor Center and City Hall starting January 2013. Also at WDAS’s studios’ this week was Philly’s own soul songbird Vivian Green and R&B superstar Avant. As for other radio PR stops, the mighty MGK hit up Power 99, while sweet ole’ Asher Monroe stopped by Q102. Barclay Prime got a visit from Steven Pasquale, one of the actors still filming the never-ceasing Do No Harm throughout Philly. Lastly, those WWE wrestling Super Stars Tommy Dreamer and Edge did the meet-and-greet I told you about last week at Dave and Busters. Edge wasn’t always into greeting our photographer Scott Weiner but was seemingly pleased with the long lines of paying autograph hounds.
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