‘Human-Powered Vehicle Floats & Art’ The Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby and Arts Festival, held May 11 from noon to 6 pm, is one creative and quirky event that you don't want to miss! In years past, it was two events, the Trenton Avenue Arts Festival and Kensington Kinetic Derby. The all-day event is a combination of crazy derby admirers and those that love art, food and much more. The festival raises money for neighborhood projects and revitalization in the area while … [Read more...]
Oktoberfest Festivals in Philadelphia
'Awesome German Celebrations Throughout the City of Brotherly Love' Oktoberfest 2013 invades Philadelphia for a whole month. It's a 16-day festival, running from late September to the first weekend in October. An exuberant explosion of beer-drinking, eating all of the German types of wurst one can eat, German music, folk dancing, and cultural experiences that one could dream of. There will be daily and weekly celebrations throughout the city such as block parties, festivals, sausage eating … [Read more...]
Art Galleries in Philadelphia – The Slingluff Gallery
Art Galleries in Philadelphia - The Slingluff Gallery The Slingluff Gallery in Fishtown Philadelphia is an unique Art Gallery because they go for "different", wanting to educate the novice in the different styles of art. A good example of this is that for a whole month, they featured graffiti art. The Slingluff Gallery has different shows each month and from November 5th to December 8th, they featured graffiti artists from New York City. Wanting the average person to understand that it's not … [Read more...]
The Barbary & Barberella Club in Fishtown Philadelphia – Tag Team Tunes Top To Bottom
The Barbary & Barberella Club in Fishtown Philadelphia The Barbary in Fishtown, once a tiny, hipster and off -beat dancer enclosed, sweaty (and thus smelly) music ‘venue’ and dive bar was a place that I only occupied if a friend begged and if we were able to make it before 11 pm when the already cheap drinks were free. However, due to its very impressive growth over the past year, I am now confident in saying that as a Philly music venue/ restaurant/ dive bar (uh, yeah, it’s all three), The … [Read more...]
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