StreetTalkin – Top Rated Italian Restaurants in Philadelphia

After browsing Zagat, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Gayot, Yelp, Citysearch, and many food blogs, I’ve compiled a list of some of the best and most popular Italian restaurants in the Philadelphia region.  Enoy! South Philadelphia Ralph’s Italian Restaurant (760 S 9th Street) Ralph’s Italian Restaurant is owned and operated by the fourth generation of the Dispigno [...]

StreetTalkin – Forte Young Professionals Group Hosts After-Party with Leana Song at Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Feb 26

On Friday, February 26, Forte, the Kimmel Center’s young professionals group will host an after-party immediately following the ticketed performance by New Zealand’s all-male dance company Black Grace, with live music provided by Philly’s own Leana Song in the Kimmel Center’s K Lounge. The after-party, which will begin at 9:30pm, is admission-free and will feature [...]

StreetTalkin – Walnut Street Theatre Studio 3 presents Philadelphia premiere of Quiara Hudes’ Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue, February 25-March 14

Get out to the Walnut Street Theatre from February 23 through March 14, to see Independence Studio on 3’s Philadelphia premiere of Quiara Alegria Hudes’ Pulitzer Prize Finalist: Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue. Melding poetic dreamscape with stream-of-consciousness narrative, Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue explores the unspoken connections across time and generations.  You won’t want to miss [...]

StreetTalkin – Team Challenge 1/2 Marathon Training Program in Philadelphia Benefiting Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation

Join Team Challenge in the Philadelphia region (1/2 marathon training program benefiting Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation www.ccteamchallenge.org) to get in shape and participate in an endurance race while helping the Foundation raise funds to find a cure for these devastating diseases. There are 5 upcoming information meetings: 1) Wednesday, 2/10/2010, 6:00 p.m. Hyatt Regency at Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia [...]

StreetTalkin – It’s Philadelphia’s Moment: Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, April 7 – May 1, 2011

This morning, plans were announced for the first-ever Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA), which will run for three weeks, from April 7 through May 1, 2011, in venues throughout through out Center City and beyond.  PIFA is funded by a grant by longtime Philadelphia resident and philanthropist, Leonore Annenberg, who passed away in [...]

StreetTalkin – ANNIE’s Back! America’s Most Beloved Musical Returning to Merriam Theater in Philadelphia, February 26 – 28, 2010

The Kimmel Center are pleased to announce America’s most beloved musical, ANNIE, is returning to the Merriam Theater in Philadelphia as part of its 30th anniversary tour for a limited weekend engagement from February 26 – 28. The original Broadway production of ANNIE won seven 1977 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Book and Score. It [...]

StreetTalkin – The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia Continues Its 2009 – 2010 Season with Two Premiere Productions Examining Democracy in the 21st Century Language Rooms by Yussef El Guindi and Leaving by Václav Havel

The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia continues its 2009-2010 season with the World Premiere of Yussef El Guindi’s Language Rooms (March 3 – April 4, 2010) and the US Premiere of Leaving, Václav Havel’s first new play in 20 years, translated by Paul Wilson (May 19 – June 20, 2010).   Language Rooms, winner of the Edgerton [...]

StreetTalkin – ChemoClothes to host “Bowl Over Cancer” fundraiser February 6 at Laurel Lanes in Maple Shade, NJ

If you love to bowl then come out to Laurel Lanes in Maple Shade, NJ on February 6 to help raise funds for ChemoClothes, a nonprofit organization that gives cancer patients, survivors and others interested in fighting the disease a charitable outlet for their creative work. Funds from this year’s event will be directed to [...]

StreetTalkin – Sue Johnson’s “Moore Adventures in Wonderland” | Marianne Moore, Lewis Carroll & Alice In Wonderland themed programs at Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia, Now through June, 6, 2010

Get out to The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia (2008-2010 Delancey Place) from now through June, 6, 2010 to see the new exhibition, Moore Adventures in Wonderland, which is a Marianne Moore and Alice in Wonderland-inspired installation. Coinciding with the Moore Adventures in Wonderland exhibition, the Rosenbach will present several related programs and events throughout [...]

StreetTalkin – Tovah Feldshuh Highlight of Jewish Theatre Festival at Bristol Riverside Theatre, Sunday, April 25, 2010

Mark your calendars for Sunday, April 25, when the Bristol Riverside Theatre in Bristol, PA will host a one-day Jewish Theatre Festival.  You won’t want to miss Tovah Feldshuh’s recreation of her award-winning performance Golda’s Balcony, as well as the only area performance of the Multi-Cultural Theatre of the Galilee performing Sofia’s Drawings.  Tickets to [...]