Chinatown Block Party

Chinatown Block Party

The annual Taste of Philadelphia Chinatown Block Party isn't a 'block' party per se, more like a whole neighborhood throw down. Go to 10th and Race to hit up a huge open-air market with traditional Chinese entertainment. We're partial to the heady drum beats that accompanies the dancing dragon.
You'll also be able to sample many different types of cuisine...including anything you can imagine on a stick. Everything's better served on a stick, so come hungry! There will even be craft stations where you can make your own China celebration prop and parade it's streamers through the air in the name of independence! Viva la Streamers!

The party will be going down July 2nd, 12-4 p.m.

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Philly @ the Movies Schedule

Philly @ the Movies Schedule

Philly at the movies is definitely one of the events in all the fourth of July festival madness that we'll be hitting up. It's summer, that means it's time to take your movie viewing outside, in the open-air...with an open-container (What? We didn't say that!). Here's the schedule so you can get in on the projected action:

6.27 - Best in Show @ The Piazza
6.28 - Fame @ Dell East (33rd and Dauphin)
6.29 - Rocky @ The Art Museum
6.30 - The Devil Wears Prada @ Rittenhouse Square
7.1 - Hairspray Sing-Along @ Love Park

All movies start as soon as it decides to get dark.

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"The Fourth of July on the Parkway should be what New Year’s Eve in Times Square is to New York," Questo Says

"The Fourth of July on the Parkway should be what New Year’s Eve in Times Square is to New York," Questo Says

In what is being toted as the 'largest free concert in America," the Wawa Welcome America concert on the Parkway will be insane on Fourth of July. Sure, every year there is an epic concert in front of the art museum, but this year, ol' Questo is playing music curator. The Roots chose to stick with an all-American lineup that includes DJ Jazzy Jeff, Earth, Wind & Fire, Estelle, Michael McDonald, and the just added Nico's Gun.

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Found Theater Presents FOUND SOUNDS

Found Theater Presents FOUND SOUNDS

Up-and-coming theater company will play host to an evening of rock 'n' roll and dance music. With bands like Mt. Joy, The JLE, Rosie Lanagabeer, and DJ Stab + Grab, it should be an ecclectic and raging night of creativity and fun. Doors open at the BookSpace (1113 Frankford Ave.) at 10 P.M., $7 at the door. It will be a night unlike any other! www.foundtheater.blogspot.com

Sunlit Serenity: Ruche Lookbook, Early Summer '11

Sunlit Serenity: Ruche Lookbook, Early Summer '11

Sometimes Facebook has value outside of unreportable stalking. When I'm bored enough, the advertisements that sit ever present on the side of my screen become unexplored internet shopping terrain. Facebook helped me discover everything from reasonably priced conflict-free diamond jewelry to online stores I've never actually seen in a mall (and when I say discover, I mean that loosely like Christopher Columbus style). Ever since the Nicki Minaj mini clones discovered Forever 21 and H&M, it's getting harder and harder to achieve a unique look without thrifting. And admittedly, I'm not the best thrifter (#dontjudgeme). So internet shopping and local boutiques become my refuge. One of my favorite stores right now is Ruche. They always have reasonable prices and very feminine pieces. Check out Sunlit Serenity, the early summer lookbook.

JOBBED: Exposing the Truths of Lay-offs

JOBBED: Exposing the Truths of Lay-offs

These days finding a decent salaried full-time job is damn near impossible. That is unless you're the CEO's sister's neice's third cousin. But even the lucky ones who do eventually land positions are not safe and secure. I hate to be the black cloud on this gorgeous Friday afternoon, but at any given day, your job position could be terminated and you could be dunzo. Back to square one.

Philadelphia's own Leslie Mayer and Howard Rice plan to stimulate awareness of the effects of unemployment through their newest creation. JOBBED examines the struggles and difficulties that arise after one is laid-off. The show's characters are not only losing their means of income, but find themselves questioning their true identities as well.

"This production is based on the real stories of hundreds of people who have lost their jobs,” said Mayer, producer of JOBBED. “My hope is that audiences will see themselves in these characters and become more aware of the psychological and human toll that is exacted when individuals find their very identities at risk.”

JOBBED premieres June 25th at 8:00 p.m. at Ambler's Act II Playhouse to a private audience. A second and final performance will be June 26th at 2:00 p.m. open to the public for FREE. For more information, please visit Facebook.com/WereYouJobbed.


Written by Leslie Mayer and Howard Rice
Directed by Ben Smallen
Produced by Leslie Mayer and Melissa Zimmerman