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First Friday Weekends to begin March 1

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First Friday isn’t just for Fridays anymore.

Old City will extend the Friday fun of exhibit openings to the rest of the weekend in the form of First Friday Weekends. The new events will include Stop-In Saturdays and Brunch & Browse Sundays.

The first First Friday Weekend will begin March 1.

Exhibits involved in March’s First Friday include “The Painterly Pursuits of Brian Keeler” at Rodger LaPelle Galleries, The Betsy Ross House Opening Reception and taxidermist Beth Beverly’s “Life on the Farm at Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” Beverly is an alumna of the Tyler School of Art. Check back with The Temple News in coming weeks for an interview with Beverly on her exhibit.

Modern Baseball sign to Run for Cover records

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Modern Baseball, a Philadelphia-based band, has been signed to Run for Cover Records. The band announced the news via their Facebook page today, Jan. 29.

Along with the record deal, the band also announced that it will be issuing a second pressing of its album “Sports” on vinyl, available for pre-order now through Lame-O Records.

To read more about Modern Baseball, read The Temple News’ Street Sounds on the band here.

Dan Toms votes for Libertarian candidate

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While so much of conversation regarding today’s presidential election revolves around President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney, senior history and political science major Dan Toms chose to support a different candidate with his vote.

Toms voted for Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson.

“I don’t like either candidate of the two main parties,” Toms said, donning a “I voted today

Senior Dan Toms displays his “I Voted Today!” sticker outside Paley Library today, Nov. 6.

!” sticker on his peacoat’s lapel. “I’ve always had Libertarian leanings.”

Toms said that although he didn’t watch last night’s Third-party debate, he researched the candidates online and has been following the development of their platforms since early this year.

Look for complete election coverage in the Nov. 13 issue of The Temple News.

Areas south, west of campus without power

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Areas on the southern edge and to the west of Main Campus, including the Edge and surrounding residential areas, lost power Thursday night at approximately 10 p.m.

Oxford Village and areas of 15th Street have reported power outages. In addition, readers on Twitter said residences on 17th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue, and on Sydenham Street, were without electricity.

Campus Safety Services indicated via Twitter that extra patrols were positioned west of North Broad Street while PECO dealt with power issues.

In the dark? Join the conversation by commenting below and letting us know the area you’re in.

[Updated 11:29 p.m. 11/1]

‘Real World’ star Swift arrested outside of Draught Horse, TMZ reports

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Alumnus and “The Real World: St. Thomas” star Brandon Swift, 23, was arrested last night, Oct. 31, outside of the Draught Horse, TMZ reports.

TMZ updated at 9:57 a.m. today with reports that Swift was arrested for disorderly conduct, was given a citation, and has since been released.

Early this morning, Swift was vocal about the incident on his official Facebook page:

“Always voice your opinion even if its the Police!” the post read. “[#F—] Select Members of Temple Police…Im not scacred of yall and I will always say what I gotta say to you dirty filthy liars AND I hope this gets back to yall! #MiddleFingersUp! …Sorry for the rant all but it was necessary.”

To read The Temple News’ profile on Brandon Swift, click here.

For more on this, check back with temple-news.com.

Top 10 songs to listen to during Hurricane Sandy

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Instead of Instagramming the raindrops on your window and hashtagging  “#sandy,” some of us at The Temple News suggests you utilize the two days of cancelled classes to enjoy music most fitting for rainy weather.

With a little help from Fear of Music Columnist Kevin Stairiker, here’s the ideal Hurricane Sandy playlist:

“Blame it on the Rain” – Milli Vanilli

“I Hear the Rain” – Violent Femmes

“Purple Rain”  – Prince

“Sunday Morning” – Maroon 5

“I Feel the Earth Move” – Carole King

“The Kind of Boy You Can’t Forget” – The Raindrops

“I Think It’s Going to Rain Today” – Nina Simone

“Train Under Water” – Bright Eyes

“Raining Blood” – Slayer

“Raining in my Heart” – Buddy Holly

Honorable Mention: “Sandy” – John Travolta

Philly native Ruben returns to World Cafe Live

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Philadelphia native Jesse Ruben played tonight, Oct. 24, at World Cafe Live.

The show celebrated the release of his newest EP, “Thoughts I’ve Never Had Before Part 2,” which debuted Oct. 19. Other acts on the bill were Alexis Babini and Ron Pope.

His new EP peaked at No. 5 on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter chart, said Ruben.

The show was undoubtedly a family affair for the singer-songwriter. His usual and funny stage banter was brightened by comments to his parents and other family members.

“I can’t hear you, Dad,” Ruben said, as he encouraged the audience to sing along to one of his songs.

Read The Temple News’s full interview with Jesse Ruben here.

Good Old War to play Philadelphia

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Despite having a song titled “Can’t Go Home,” Good Old War is returning home yet again.

The Philadelphia area natives will be opening for Dispatch on Oct. 9 at The Tower Theatre.

The band, which just completed a two-month tour in August, is a week and a half into a stretch of similar length. The band tours 300 days out of the year, and has done five full tours in North America in 2012 alone.

Good Old War last played in Philadelphia in late August at Union Transfer – a show originally schedule for last May. Lead vocalist Keith Goodwin suffered a back injury that caused the band to reschedule three dates of the tour.

Drummer and vocalist Tim Arnold assured that Goodwin is feeling much better now. “He’s back on his feet, dancing,” Arnold said.

Tickets are still available for the show at thetowerphilly.com.

Look for a full-length coverage of this story in the Oct. 9 issue of The Temple News.

Check out the last time The Temple News spoke with Tim Arnold here.