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Strolling Through Old City for Philly’s Famous First Friday Artsy Fartsy Fun
Story, photos by Jill Beckel If you haven’t heard about First Friday yet, you’re missing a fun (mostly free) night out. The event takes place the first Friday night of every month from 5 – 9 p.m. throughout Old City whether rain or shine. Visitors stroll through Old City checking out local art galleries, street vendors and more. Most of the participating art galleries are between Front and 3rd streets and Market and Vine streets. At this particular First Friday in November, we checked out a fundraiser for The Eric Zempol Memorial Fund at Soiree Gallery located on 3rd Street. With a $20 entrance fee, there were drinks, snacks, music and mingling as…
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New Exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Audubon to Warhol, The Art of American Still Life
Photos, story by Lou Perri Timothy Rub, the Philadelphia Art Museum executive director, and his able staff, have done it again, offering the region an exciting still life art exhibit, and bringing in the Peale family at the preview event on Thursday, Oct. 22, to share in the wonderful works of art including many Peale paintings. The Philadelphia Museum of Art brings a major exhibition surveying nearly two centuries of the most intimate, intricate, and varied genre of painting practiced in the United States. Audubon to Warhol: The Art of American Still Life will explore the nature and development of still-life painting in this country from the days of the…
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Naveda: A Fashion Brand to Keep an Eye On
Story, photos by Tori Radday Amy Devan, fashion designer of Naveda, celebrated a fall preview of her line with an intimate gathering of fashion insiders at the Granary apartments in Philadelphia. Devan has showed her collection at New York Fashion Week as well as London Fashion Week. The small crowd buzzed with excitement, as they were able to see the designs up close and chat with Devan about them. A relaxed, high-class atmosphere greeted guest as they walked in. Laid back, hip music such as the XX (yes, that really is their band name! They’re sort of modern chillwave music) and the Neighborhood provided background noise as the attendees mingled and…
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Miss America 2016 Betty Cantrell Visits Two Schools in Atlantic City
Photos, story by Lou Perri, For the first time since she was crowned Miss America 2016, Betty Cantrell visited two local schools in Atlantic City on Thursday, Oct. 8th. Betty Cantrell visited Atlantic City High School and the Richmond Avenue Elementary School to perform and speak about her platform, Healthy Children, Strong America, as well as the importance of getting involved in the school and neighborhood communities.Explore NJ went to the Richmond school for that event. The elementary school was selected because the school won the Lite Rock/Miss America Serves Food Drive, which collects non-perishable foods for the Atlantic City Mission. Students filled an Atlantic City row boat with large collection…
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Hendrick’s Gin: Get On Board World’s Only Flying Cucumber
Photos, story, video by Cassie Hepler When you receive an email asking you to fly on a giant cucumber, the only answer you can have is yes. Yes squared. Or hells yeah! That’s exactly what happened on a Friday during the Tall Ships Festival. After the opening of T Street at The Playground in Atlantic City, N.J. Thursday night, this reporter hightailed it back to Philly in the morning to make sure not one second was missed. Using a special code, the world’s most chatty Lyft driver swooped by and got to the Northeast Philadelphia Airport in record time. This airport is well known for private jets, helicopters and not really…
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Party ’til Midnight: Dance on the Falls Bridge is a Unique Urban Experience
Story by Cassie Hepler, photos by Cassie Hepler/David Houck We admit it. We’ve been stalking the East Falls bridge since… oh, maybe 2006? A smart commuters destination choice to drive downtown (other than straight-shooting down Kelly Drive), it is a handsome bridge with greenish-blueish wrought iron spirals and swirls. Complete with Iron Pratt trusses with a granite base, it uses both gas and electric lights. In 1892, James H. Windrim, Director of Public Works for the City of Philadelphia, presented a plan for the proposed Falls Bridge, a “double decker” bridge, connecting Neil Drive to the top of Calumet Street and the Powers and Weightman Chemical Company. On June 3, 1895, the…
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It’s A Hard Knock Life Interviewing Miss America Mid-Atlantic Contestants
Photos, story by Lou Perri On a mild night recently, Explore NJ moseyed on over to the Golden Nugget where the 52 Miss America contestants dined at the swimming pool deck overlooking Atlantic City. While Explore NJ enjoyed seeing the most beautiful women in the United States, the purpose was to photograph and interview the four ladies from the Mid-Atlantic states, Miss New Jersey, Miss Pennsylvania, Miss Delaware and Miss New York. Here are summaries of those young women. Miss Delaware, Brooke Mitchell, of Selbyville, Delaware, is a nineteen-year-old student at Delaware Technical and Community College, hoping for a Master’s Degree in Education, and wants to be an elementary school teacher. Her platform…
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A Growing Showing: Philly Fashion Week Brings International Designers to Rub Elbows with Emerging Local Talent
Story, photos by Eric Smith “Growth.” That’s the one word – or derivation of it – that comes up in conversation with fashion insiders describing Philadelphia Fashion Week, an event featuring local and international designers, with the 2015 fall show having just gone down the catwalk in the city from Aug. 31 to Sept. 4. From fashion icon Fern Mallis, to Philadelphia Fashion Week co-founder Kevin Parker, to event attendee and local designer Renee Hill, the consensus is that Philadelphia Fashion Week continues to pick up steam and provide a place for local designers to mingle with international talent. Mallis, creator of New York Fashion Week and driving force behind…
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Miss America Contestants Introduced at Kennedy Plaza on AC Boardwalk
Photos, story by Lou Perri Miss America Competition‘s 95th Anniversary gets its start with a welcoming event. The 52 contestants’ arrival ceremony kicks off a week of festivities and events around Atlantic City leading into a week of preliminary competitions, culminating in the live telecast on ABC, Sunday, Sept. 13 at 9 to 11 p.m. (EST). In attendance to welcome the contestants to Atlantic City included the organization’s partners, sponsors, and government dignitaries, including the Hon. Kim Guadagno, Lt. Governor of New Jersey; the Hon. Don Guardian, Mayor of Atlantic City; Jeff Guaracino, Executive Director, Atlantic City Alliance; Dr. Marilouise Venditti, MD, Chief Me Y the Miss America contestants gathered in front of the…
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Dressed in White, Diner En Blanc Treks to the Navy Yard
Story and photos by Dana J. Prophet / Photos by Lou Perri For those who never heard of Diner En Blanc, it might have been a curious sight to see couples and groups walking around dressed in white from head to toe, carrying picnic baskets, coolers, chairs, and portable tables. With a waiting list of over 30,000 people, only 4,500 lucky chosen few attended the annual pop-up surprise dinner location. Started in France 27 years ago and spreading across the ocean to the United States, Diner En Blanc is a surprise dinner function where people dress in their finest white clothes for an evening of refined and boisterous fun. Attendees of…