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Sampan’s Restaurant Week Menu Delights with Seafood and Spice

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. If

September 20, 2013

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Wear Your Art on Your Sleeve: Isaiah Zagar’s Intimate Mosaics

Earlier in the year, I fancied the idea of reviewing the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s (PMA) latest exhibition, “Great and Mighty Things: Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection.” Outsider art is the label given to artwork made by artists

April 18, 2013

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Thought-Provoking Ideas at Moore College of Art and Design

Recently, I decided to leave the Swarthmore bubble for our exciting nearby urban metropolis of Philadelphia. Since it is my goal to know my way around the downtown area like a local, I decided I would visit the somewhat lesser known Galleries

March 7, 2013

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The Bus Boys: Oyster House a Pearl

Oyster House 1516 Sansom St Philadelphia, PA 19102 (215) 567-7683 www.oysterhousephilly.com Rating: 4 / 5 Price: $$$ Good for Groups: Yes Vegan/Vegetarian Friendly: No Ambiance: Casual As we sit here, discussing what exactly we should tell you about the Oyster House, we

February 14, 2013

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An URBN Look into Rittenhouse Square

After unexpectedly waking up at 8:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning due to insomnia, I decided that something had to be done with all this free time. Originally I thought I would sleep in and then head to a few art exhibits.

February 7, 2013

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Pop Minimalism to the Max: The xx at The Electric Factory

Early in The xx’s Sunday set at Philadelphia’s Electric Factory, Romy Madley Croft, the band’s guitarist and female vocalist paused between songs to say, “We finally made it.” She was referring to the cancelation of the band’s last Philadelphia performance during October’s Hurricane

January 31, 2013

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Marrakesh: South Street Moroccan

Angela Oh and Gaby Campoverde are second year Swatties determined to visit and critique as many college-friendly restaurants as possible. Angela will be focusing specifically on the restaurant space and ambience. Gaby will be focusing on the food. Marrakesh is a chain

January 31, 2013

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Center City Restaurant Week

This week and the next food-deprived college students and budgeting recent grads will bustle into some of Philadelphia’s highest-rated restaurants for 3-course lunch or dinner meals priced at $20 or $35 respectively, a deal meant to satisfy their watering/expectant mouths/pallet and modest

January 24, 2013

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Found: Fabulosity and Edginess at Aoki Boutique

Aoki is a small boutique located right by Rittenhouse Square and is dedicated to serving today’s funky and always fabulous woman. It is a great place to find designer clothing that you are bound to use again and again. Rating: 5 out

December 6, 2012

Campus Journal

Speechless: A Strange Encounter with Manon de Boer’s Resonating Surfaces

Sometimes, art leaves us with incredibly intense emotions. We fall madly in love with one painting, nearly convinced that our true soul mate exists as pigment applied onto canvas. Another painting might provoke the exact opposite reaction: it may make us recoil

November 29, 2012

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Sampan’s Restaurant Week Menu Delights with Seafood and Spice

Wear Your Art on Your Sleeve: Isaiah Zagar’s Intimate Mosaics

Thought-Provoking Ideas at Moore College of Art and Design

The Bus Boys: Oyster House a Pearl

An URBN Look into Rittenhouse Square

Pop Minimalism to the Max: The xx at The Electric Factory

Marrakesh: South Street Moroccan

Center City Restaurant Week

Found: Fabulosity and Edginess at Aoki Boutique

Speechless: A Strange Encounter with Manon de Boer’s Resonating Surfaces

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