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Screen Savors

Dream House: Inside Music + Video Asian Arts Initiative 1219 Vine St. Philadelphia Through Aug. 3, 2024 At the exhibit Dream House: Inside Music + Video, I found myself surrounded by a

Nora Grace-Flood

9 Jun 2024 · 4 min read

The Mutter Misses: “Unhoused” Exhibition Puts Humanity Behind Bars

Unhoused: Personal Stories and Public Health The Mutter Museum 19 S. 22nd St. Philadelphia I walked by three people camped out on the few blocks of sidewalk between my bus

Nora Grace-Flood

6 Jun 2024 · 9 min read

Open Mic Pigs Out On Talent Surplus

Open Mic Ortlieb’s 847 N 3rd St. Philadelphia May 29, 2024 There I was, pigging out on hot dogs, listening to the Viagra Boys, and watching the Phillies move

Nora Grace-Flood

4 Jun 2024 · 4 min read

Fried, Fried & Fried Food Make This Happy Hour Happier

Booker’s Restaurant & Bar 5021 Baltimore Ave. Philadelphia May 17, 2024 We didn’t make reservations before showing up to Booker’s Restaurant on a Friday night — but somehow

Nora Grace-Flood

23 May 2024 · 3 min read

Julia’s War Fest Plays Hooky

Hooky at Julia’s War Fest Ukie Club 847 N. Franklin St. Philadelphia May 19, 2024 Two-person indie electronica band Hooky adapted their lo-fi recorded tracks for live listening Saturday

Nora Grace-Flood

21 May 2024 · 5 min read

Philadelphia

Dave Cope Crafts A “Hidden World”

Dave Cope and the Sass Dawson St. Pub 100 Dawson St. Philadelphia May 10, 2024 Shadows of cigarette smoke cha-cha’d alongside smooth-moving middle-agers on the makeshift dance floor of

Nora Grace-Flood

14 May 2024 · 4 min read

“Attack Dog” Delivers Puppy Love

Attack Dog PhilaMOCA 531 N. 12th St. Philadelphia May 2, 2024 Attack Dog ambushed an avant-garde audience inside PhilaMOCA — not with snarling words or slobbery chops, but with catchy riffs

Nora Grace-Flood

7 May 2024 · 2 min read

Live Band Ups The Karaoke Game

Live Band Karaoke Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom St. Philadelphia May 4, 2024 Backed by a guitarist, bassist, drummer and a harmonizing hostess, the pony-tailed sequined woman who had introduced

Nora Grace-Flood

6 May 2024 · 5 min read

Metal Goes Mental For Meditation

Savage Sisters Metal Meditation with Monks Pond PhilaMOCA 531 N. 12th St. Philadelphia April 28, 2024 *Extra credit: Test your focus (or flexibility) by reading this review while listening to

Nora Grace-Flood

1 May 2024 · 4 min read

Gumball Poems Remind Readers: You’re Not A Robot

The Poetry Gumball Machine Project Museum for Art in Wood 141 N. 3rd St. Philadelphia April 27, 2024 “Tough love is being punched until you don’t cry — and crying

Nora Grace-Flood

1 May 2024 · 6 min read

KulfiGirls Swim Deep At The Dolphin

KulfiGirls The Dolphin Tavern 1539 S Broad St. Philadelphia April 24, 2024 Amid the fuzz rock, punk and noise music bouncing off the walls of the Dolphin Tavern Wednesday night,

Nora Grace-Flood

26 Apr 2024 · 4 min read

Korean Deli Offers Post-Hangover Potato Rx

Lee’s Deli Since 1993 4700 Baltimore Ave. Philadelphia April 23, 2024 The hungover in need of buttered toast and bacon might be searching for comfort and carbs with their

Nora Grace-Flood

25 Apr 2024 · 4 min read

Dom Flemons Keeps Black Cowboy Music Alive His Way

Dom Flemons City Winery Philadelphia April 19, 2024 “Don’t it always seem to go?” former Carolina Chocolate Drop and Black Cowboy Dom Flemons lamented into a City Winery microphone

Nora Grace-Flood

21 Apr 2024 · 4 min read

Pearl Jam Album Bombs As A Movie

Pearl Jam: Dark Matter in the Dark Landmark’s Ritz 5 214 Walnut St. Philadelphia April 16, 2024 The theater lights faded until nothing remained but the pixelated heads of

Nora Grace-Flood

18 Apr 2024 · 7 min read

Phat Food Found Inside Strip Mall Hideaway

Sky Cafe 1122 Washington Ave. Philadelphia My shopping list when I set out for South Philly last week read: Lysol wipes, curtain rods, instant ramen, chairs. The contents of my

Nora Grace-Flood

15 Apr 2024 · 5 min read

Jazz Jammer Takes A Bite Of Apple

The Nicole Saphos Band Ortlieb’s April 8, 2024 Crammed around a three-person table at Ortlieb’s, I was listing to seven of my pals jokingly critique the “notes” of

Nora Grace-Flood

11 Apr 2024 · 4 min read

Total Eclipse Of The Art

Eclipse Viewing The Woodlands April 8, 2024 The Woodlands in West Philly looked picturesque under the half-baked sun Monday afternoon, with picnic blankets, magnolia leaves, and bicycles strewn across the

Nora Grace-Flood

9 Apr 2024 · 4 min read

Kids Ring In iPeabody Era

The reborn Peabody Museum unlocked its doors Tuesday and ushered in a new era of kids ready to roam renovated dinosaur rooms — as the kids unlocked their iPhones.

Nora Grace-Flood

27 Mar 2024 · 1 min read