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Archive: February, 2012
InLiquid Art & Design is a huge asset to our art community, providing exposure and opportunities for local artists, as well as serving as a free hub of information and resources. This week, the group's hosting its annual benefit at the Crane Arts Building. The evening will feature work by some of the region’s top visual artists, which can be had if you play your cards right in the silent auction. Drop your bid for a chance to score one of a plethora of awesomely artistic goodies, including original artwork (like Miriam Singer's North Route, pictured above), pottery, jewelry and design trinkets.
Feb. 10, 6 p.m., $40, Crane Arts Building, 1400 N. American St., 215-235-3405, inliquid.org.
Each week, Michael Gold breezes past those big-name theater companies to turn a spotlight on Philly's indie stages.
Reporter Meg Augustin takes you inside some of Philly's most fab dwellings to showcase our city's unique grasp on design and architecture.
Caroline Tiger, design journalist extraordinaire, has been writing about the ubiquitous nature of design for some time. Only recently, however, has she narrowed her approach to the design of everyday objects. We spoke to her about her newly launched blog, The Objectoralist, and what it means to study “object design.”
City Paper: What made you decide to start a new blog on object design?
Caroline Tiger: I’ve always been intrigued by design but I’ve only recently begun to comprehend that design is trulyeverywhere. Every object — from the plastic picture frame at Target to the Marc Newsom bentwood chair at the Philly Museum of Art — was designed by someone. I’m interested in most design disciplines but at some point the enormity of it becomes overwhelming. I felt the need to narrow in on a specific aspect of design and to give myself a structure for exploring it. The result is my new blog. My friend and colleague Hilary Jay, ED of DesignPhiladelphia says, “Without design we’d all be standing naked in a field.” I totally agree.
CP: You seem to have a running theme of object-obsessed design with your work. There’s Marginalia, your look at everyday objects, and then there’s Consumed, articles on objects other designers are ‘consumed’ by. What will set The Objectoralist apart?
CT: You’re right! I’m totally obsessed. I find objects fascinating — they’re incredibly ripe for analysis. Who designed them? How and where were they manufactured? What was the process? How do they reflect their era? Who was the intended user? Who was the actual user? I could go on …
Man Cave is a testosterone-laden Monday feature that highlights the weekend haps of a pop culture-loving Philly dude.
Well, another Super Bowl has come and gone. The Giants have once again belly-flopped into the post-season, and promptly started practicing for their big game against the corporate fat-cat New England Patriots. Most Philadelphia Eagles fans didn't want to watch, because the thought of rooting for either the dishonest Patriots or the hated division rival Giants leaves a foul taste in the mouth. Still it's good to know Peyton is no longer the top Manning and that Tom Brady's not some Hercules half-god.
Madonna executed a ritual halftime performance complete with eye-popping light-show, fully-costumed backup dancers and random guest stars. She probably did a good job of keeping my Mom from channel-surfing, but most sports fans would probably agree that the Super Bowl's Research and Development department should reconsider utilizing aging pop-starlets at the halftime show next year.
The commercials were pretty run-of-the-mill. Nothing particularly stood out. We had our usual dogs fetching Bud Light and babies doing gymnastics for Doritos. A few winners sneaked by, including this Oikos yogurt commercial in which John Stamos gets head-butted, and the one where the green (of course) M&M strips at a party.
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A much-missed Philly expat — we once put him on the cover of City Paper — Adam Arcuragi now lives in Los Angeles and makes what he calls "death gospel" music. We knew him as a folkie-indie kinda guy. The new albums, Like a fire that consumes all before it... has got a grim and pretty country thing going, and Arcuragi seems to have a little more vocal swagger these days, to push his deep, dark lyrics to the next level.
Tonight, Mon., Feb. 6, 8 p.m., $8, with Golden Bloom and Ports of Call, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 877-435-9849, kungfunecktie.com.
With the help of City Paper film critics, Josh Middleton counts down the weekend's five new-movie releases, from least- to most-worthy of your precious time and hard-earned dollar bills.
Art-geek extraordinaire Courtney Sexton presents a selection of Philly's must-see gallery exhibits. This week, she makes her obligatory First-Friday rounds.
Every Friday, Ryan Carey covers the people and events that are giving Philly the giggles.
Two weeks ago, Todd Glass, Philly's most beloved comedy export since Bill Cosby, went on WTF with 
Marc Maron to tell the world he's gay. But not in those words, exactly. The 45-year-old comedian seemed to struggle with the "g" word, and I don't blame him. If there's one working sector that's particularly exposed to the filth of humanity's worst instincts, it's comedians. Still, Glass was sure-footed about why he wanted to come out: a two-fold purpose to be more honest with his friends who already "know," and to support young people who might be suffering in the closet.
"I watched those [Republican] debates and I was going out of my mind, because it seems like we're going backwards. We'll live to see the day when they're embarrassed about what they're saying. It's not going to happen in fifty years, it's going to happen in ten years. They're gonna have to show their grandchildren this footage and it's gonna be mortifying."
Last year, under the direction of Rev. Dr. Curtis A. Jones, Overbrook’s Calvin Presbyterian Church began taking steps to re-direct the lives of former convicts. They created a program, From Incarceration to Re-Entry (FIRE), that helps ex-offenders find fulfilling employment opportunities. The group also works to encourage healthy, positive alternatives to gang life by working with teens and young adults who have grown up around violence and gang-related activities.
To raise funds for their efforts, the church is hosting Master Street Theater Company’s performance of Once Upon A Hood, a tragic but inspiring story about a young gang leader and drug dealer’s spiritual transformation. Written and directed by locals Marilyn Brewington and Wallace Little, the show stars actor John Canada Terrel, who co-starred in Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It and Mo Better Blues & Boomerang.
Feb. 4, 2 p.m., and 7 p.m., $20, Calvin Presbyterian Church, 5931 Master St., 215-772-9325.
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