Month: July 2012

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Very excited. Just dropped off my art donation for Drink Philly’s benefit auction for Alex’s Limonade Stand to be held at their Two Year Anniversary First Friday event!!

This photo is of the 1910 Willys-Overland Motor Company showroom that was at 323-327 N. Broad Street. This Colonial Revival building was one of the buildings dedicated in 2010 as part of the new Callowhill Industrial Historic District. It was recently demolished to make way for the new headquarters of the Pennsylvania Ballet.

(via It’s been exactly two years since we [at Drink…)

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Eraserhead mural by Evan Cairo
Anamarie Rios, “Feeling Feverish”
Jeremie Rose Wimbrow, “Lynch”
Ali Waxman, “Save me!”
Shawn Dubin, “Special Agent Dale Cooper”
Robert Hakalski, “Specimens”
Ania Lech, “Joseph Merrick Elephant Man”
Eric Clark, “Sac II”
Helen Summers, “Log Lady”
Bob Bruhin, “Somebody Stop Me!”

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Realized I never posted the Eraserhood Forever David Lynch show pictures and there’s only one day left of the exhibit! Here’s a good sampling.

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Philly’s music scene lost a true friend, supporter and participant a few months back when Daniel James Krawiec left this plane. As many folks in a variety of scenes here could tell you, Dan lived for music, and liked nothing more than going to to shows and rocking the fuck out. Not only was Dan one of the very, very few R5 Productions lifetime pass holders, he also threw a show/party every year on his birthday. With that in mind, Dan’s friends have decided to continue the tradition, and so Anchorfest will take place next Friday, July 27th, at Union Transfer with a whole bill of bands that were near and dear to Dan — not least of them, The Dead Milkmen, who’ve just been announced as the surprise headliner. Proceeds go to Providence West Chester, and tickets are available here. Punk Rock Dan would not have had it any other way.

(via philebrity.com » Blog Archive » Dead Milkmen To Play Anchorfest On Friday The 27th)

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It’s been exactly two years since we [at Drink Philly] first started holding monthly First Friday art shows at our Old City world headquarters/studio, and we’re celebrating our two year anniversary with a fundraiser for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a nonprofit fighting childhood cancer.  We’ll be holding a silent auction for the art on display, and all money raised will go directly to Alex’s Lemonade Stand.  We will also be taking donations at the door as well as raffling off some sweet prizes.

A framed print of the image above, from the Eraserhood blog, will be among the art in their fundraising auction.

(via First Friday Two Year Anniversary: Fundraiser For Alex’s Lemonade, Aug 3 – Drink Philly – The Best Happy Hours, Drinks & Bars in Philadelphia)

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Rodeph Shalom, the crenellated limestone redoubt between Green and Mount Vernon Streets, has been one of the unexpected beneficiaries of Center City’s recent surge in population. The stately synagogue has added so many new congregants in the last decade that its Sunday-school enrollment has doubled to 300 and its membership roster stands at 1,150 families. Despite having a location just outside the traditional boundaries of downtown, it now likes to boast that it is Center City’s largest synagogue.

(via Synagogue expansion brings challenges)

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Among such macabre works, it was refreshing to see some panorama photos by Bob Bruhin of the surrounding “Eraserhood,” nostalgically capturing obsolete buildings like the Divine Lorraine Hotel, dilapidated and covered in grime, yet still hauntingly majestic. More than a tip of the hat to Mr. Lynch, these works, along with the mural, also function to campaign against increasing the neighborhood’s gentrification, so that the same eerie character that inspired Lynch may continue to inspire others. As Agent Cooper fromTwin Peaks would say, “it was a damn fine show.”

(via Eraserhood Forever at PhilaMOCA « Blog)