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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

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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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Searching through racks for hidden treasures at Sophisticated Seconds

Sophisticated Seconds is a small consignment shop located right on South Street which offers second hand clothing, accessories and home goods for low and reasonable prices. There is also a second location on Sansom Street closer to Rittenhouse Square. Rating: 3.5 out

November 15, 2012

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Beautiful and Bizarre as Life: Dancing around the Bride Debuts at the PMA

Contemporary art can often seem cryptic and inaccessible to viewers. Devoid of recognizable figures, it leaves us with random dabs of paint, slashes of lines and absurd juxtapositions, making it appear impossible to even understand how the work speaks to us. And

November 1, 2012

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Latest Trends Come at High Price

South Moon Under Rating: 4 out of 5 stars1731 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 United States (215) 563-2298 southmoonunder.com South Moon Under is a small boutique whose mission is to offer an eclectic mix of women’s and men’s fashions as well as

September 27, 2012

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What a Museum Should Be

In the hyper-commercialized world of today, nearly every museum that visitors enter thrusts useless but appealing merchandise into their patrons’ faces, giving them more opportunities than they could possibly want or afford to buy artsy trinkets. Museums no longer consist of an

September 26, 2012

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Review: Bon Iver at the Mann Center

“I’m up in the woods, I’m down on my mind.” The first words Justin Vernon, lead singer and founder of Bon Iver, uttered on a cool Sunday night at the Mann Center in Philadelphia. These words are not found on For Emma,

September 19, 2012

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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

Searching through racks for hidden treasures at Sophisticated Seconds

Beautiful and Bizarre as Life: Dancing around the Bride Debuts at the PMA

Latest Trends Come at High Price

What a Museum Should Be

Review: Bon Iver at the Mann Center

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