Category Archives: A&E

Folk rock legend Bob Dylan to play Liacouras Center

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Temple’s own Liacouras Center has played host to some high-profile events since it opened. Perhaps one of the biggest will be on November 9, when folk rock god Bob Dylan and his band take the stage. Tickets will go on sale Monday, October 12 at 10 a.m.

A seemingly immortal force in American music, Dylan has been recording albums for over four decades, becoming one of the most prolific songwriters in history. His songs have been covered by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, U2, Dave Matthews Band and hundreds more artists.

This is sure to be a once-in-a-limetime concert the likes of which Temple has never seen.

Photo courtesy rollingstone.com

Photo courtesy rollingstone.com

The Temple News introduces a Sudoku puzzle

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Tomorrow’s issue of The Temple News will feature a first for the publication: a Sudoku puzzle!

Page 10, in the Arts and Entertainment section, will contain the familiar 9X9 grid, giving TTN readers something a little more interactive to do on their way paging through the paper. Answers to puzzles can be found on The Temple News Web site, www.temple-news.com.

Enjoy!

Note: The Temple News encourages students to pay attention in class.

Walnut Street Theatre discounts student tickets

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Temple theater buffs will be pleased to know that the Walnut Street Theatre is offering discounted tickets and subscriptions for their 2009-2010 mainstage season.

Full-time students under the age of 24 with valid college ID can purchase a subscription, which will provide tickets to all five mainstage performances, for $75.

Starting this Tuesday, September 8 is the musical comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which will run through October 25. The other four shows for the season are:

Oliver! – November 10 – January 10
The Eclectic Society – January 19 – March 7
Fallen Angels – March 16 – May 2
Fiddler on the Roof – May 18 – July 18

For more information call 215-574-3550 or visit www.walnutstreettheatre.org.

This weekend: Temple hosts Black Writers Festival

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Hanging out on campus this weekend? Check out the Black Writers Festival — it’s free, open to everyone and happening right here.

As the Inquirer reported today, the Black Writers Festival marks its 25th year this weekend, and Temple University is hosting the majority of its events, including a basketball tournament, literary discussions and an outdoor festival.

Check out Art Sanctuary’s Web site for a complete list of events, discussions and symposiums.

Wanamaker School at 11th & Cecil to become Temple housing?

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Boy, don’t the kids moving into Temple Towers and gaining roommates next semester hope so?

According to a recent post on Philly.com’s “PHILLYDEAL$” blog, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission met recently to discuss, among other things, the possible building of Temple housing in the old Wanamaker High School building at 11th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue by a company called Brighter Hope LLC. It’s just across the street from the famous “$5 lot,” on Cecil B. Moore, and if it happens, the building could house a reported 2,000 students.

According to Temple’s Office of News Communications, the housing will not be built by Temple, but will be marketed specifically to students by the developer.

Kitschier ‘hoods host their own Restaurant Week

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Move over, Center City.

Less-fancy (but albeit up-and-coming, if you will) ‘hoods Kensington, Fishtown and Port Richmond are holding their own Restaurant Week beginning May 1. Twelve restaurants throughout the areas, which are located just northeast of Northern Liberties, will offer fixed price menus or $10 to $30 entrees during the week.

Haute hipster hangout Johnny Brenda’s at Frankford and Girard avenues on the edge of Fishtown and the ever-exalted Ida Mae’s Bruncherie in Port Richmond are two participants in the event.

From Main Campus, Fishtown, Port Richmond and Kensington are accessible by the Girard Avenue trolley and the Market-Frankford El (SEPTA Blue Line). And they’d be a cheap, quick cab ride if public transportation just isn’t your style.

Philly’s in the red

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According to this nifty, interactive infographic, which was composed using local area unemployment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there have been 4,197,371 jobs lost nationwide since February 2008 as of February 2009.

The data shown for each month on the Slate.com map show the number of net job gains in blue or losses in red, as compared to those the same month a year earlier.

While the most up-to-date stat for Philadelphia county (610 jobs lost since February 2008) isn’t as extreme that of some other major citys on the map (take L.A. county with 230,028 jobs lost since February 2008), the data varies from month to month, as just a month earlier in January 2009, Philly lost 2,503 jobs since the year before.

If numbers aren’t your thing, press the green ‘play’ button and let the blue-turned-red map speak for itself. Yikes.

Seinfeld returns to stage in Philly

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The man who can successfully talk about nothing is returning to his stand-up roots and coming to Philadelphia.

Jerry Seinfeld will be performing two shows at the Academy of Music on Saturday, June 20, at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. and are going between $65 and $80. Get your tickets by calling 215.893.1999, visiting kimmelcenter.org, or stopping by the Kimmel Center box office.