Philly Spotlight
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22nd Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival in Philly
And 2nd Anniversary for The Madlab Post Screening Shorts at BOK Building Audiences in over 400 Cities Spanning 6 Continents are Uniting for One Week for One Reason…to Judge the Ten Finalists in the 22nd Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival. This global festival begins Thursday 9/26 at 6:30PM with a celebration reception at The Madlab Post’s studio BOK Building (1901 S. 9th Street Room 411 Phila, PA 19148) Daily showtimes follow including Mondays – Fridays 9/27 through 10/4 at 2PM, two shows on Saturdays 9/28 – 10/5 at 1PM and 6:30PM, and Sundays 9/29 – 10/6 at 4PM MANHATTAN SHORT is the only event of its kind. The films screen…
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Allen’s Lane Art Center: THE INSANITY OF MARY GIRARD
Written by Lanie Robertson Directed by Mariangela Saavedra Sept. 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, Oct. 4, 5, 6 It is 1790, and Mary Girard, wife of prolific Philadelphia philanthropist Stephen Girard, has awoke to find herself committed to the mental asylum of The Pennsylvania Hospital. How did she get here? How long must she stay? Why has her husband not come to have her released? Is it all a mistake, or is she truly insane? Join us on the inside where we find out more about her and those closest to her, as the tale unfolds of Mary…Polly Mary…Crazy Mary…Girard. The first four performances of this show will…
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#MiniTheaterReview: AN ACT OF GOD
Tinsel & Tine Highlight’s – One Woman – Two Angels Play By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor On Thursday (Sept 19th) I got a chance to venture out to the Bristol Riverside theater to see AN ACT OF GOD (A New Comedy) by David Javerbaum, starring KIM WAYANS as GOD. The stage play is adapted from Javerbaum’s “The Last Testament: A Memoir By God”, which started as a series of tweets. Although “God” has two angels Archangel Michael (Benjamin Brown) and Archangel Gabriel (Peter DeLaurier) to play off during the piece, it’s essentially a One Person play. Both Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) and Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) have…
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FOX 29 Tasting Party: “Ya Gotta Try This™.”
FOX 29 “Good Day Philadelphia” co-host Mike Jerrick and Barry Gutin, co-owner of Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar and member of CORE’s Board of Directors, are hosting a Tasting Party at Vie Ballroom for Good Day Philadelphia viewers to sample items from local chefs/restaurants, many of whom have been featured in the regular Good Day Philadelphia segment, “Ya Gotta Try This™.” The event is being produced by, and proceeds from the event will benefit, CORE (Children of Restaurant Employees). www.COREgives.org CORE grants support to children of food and beverage service employees navigating life-altering circumstances such as illness, injury or natural disaster. Participating chefs include: Jean-Marie Lacroix, Guillermo Pernot, Eli…
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Unveiling The New Tinsel & Tine
And many Bloggers that I started out with had simply closed up shop. Early on, I had dreams of making Tinsel & Tine a business, perhaps PR or an online magazine or felt it would lead to another career in the entertainment industry - none of that happened. So, was it time for me to throw in the towel and pursue something more lucrative in my free time?
