By Dan Packel
A line was stretched over half a block outside of Monk’s at 11:15 a.m. on a Monday. Russian River's Pliny the Younger was being sold for $15 a pour, and it was all in the name of Alex’s Lemonade Stand, a foundation looking to seek a cure for childhood cancer.
By Sharon Margolis
A tribute show is an excuse for urban atheists to pray together to the same musical gods—on this night, legendary country singers Johnny Cash and Hank Williams.
By Sharon Margolis
Living Loaded: Tales of Sex, Salvation, and the Pursuit of the Never-Ending Happy Hour is the funny, compulsively readable memoir/survival guide from Playboy booze scribe and Philly native Dan Dunn. He stopped by Baby Blues BBQ in West Philly for a book signing last Thursday.
By Sharon Margolis
Last Sunday marked the third weekly run of the up-and-coming show, set in the new Gayborhood venue’s intimate bar and lounge area. Admission is only $5, and comes with a free drink ticket, plus Happy Hour prices ... until midnight.
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PW’s new biweekly column, “Forking Stupid,” sees 25-year-old Nicole Finkbiner persuading professional chefs from Philadelphia’s great restaurants to please teach her, for the love of god, how to cook—one dish at a time. This week, Nicole visits Green Eggs Cafe to learn the art of brunch-making. The batter can be used to make the pancakes and [...]
M.I.A. Brings “Noize” It was late last night when we saw this link on the Pitchfork page: “Listen to a New M.I.A. Song, ‘Bring The Noize.’” Oh, how our hearts both fluttered and skipped a beat: What if it sucked? M.I.A has, it seems, in equal parts, lit us up and let us down over the [...]
Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail It’s 2013. And in 2013, artists are trying their hardest to come up with new and innovative ways to release records. Kind of like a few years back, when Radiohead tried releasing their record on their own with a pay-what-you-will model, now pop musicians are trying all kinds of kooky app-related [...]