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Magic Hat #9: PW's 50-Beer Countdown to Philly Beer Week, Day 37

By Eric San Juan — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:48:03 PDT

Welcome to PW's 50-Beer Countdown to Philly Beer Week! Every day from now through the Opening Tap ceremonies on May 31, we'll be getting in the mood by spotlighting a different great craft brew that's been poured by one or more Philly Beer Week participating venues. Fact: Up until being acquired...

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PW's Weekend Picks: May 17-19

By PW Staff — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:44:43 PDT

Dear culture vultures: We scoured the city to bring you the best of what Philly has to offer. Enjoy! Friday, May 17 MUSIC Tom Jones Tom Jones is the man on so many levels. His most recent, Spirit in the Room, is a stunning achievement from a 72-year-old stud. His 40th LP of ...

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Weyerbacher Double Simcoe IPA: PW's 50-Beer Countdown to Philly Beer Week, Day 36

By Eric San Juan — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:11:16 PDT

Welcome to PW's 50-Beer Countdown to Philly Beer Week! Every day from now through the Opening Tap ceremonies on May 31, we'll be getting in the mood by spotlighting a different great craft brew that's been poured by one or more Philly Beer Week participating venues. In a state that boasts breweries...

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21st Amendment Back in Black: PW's 50-Beer Countdown to Philly Beer Week, Day 35

By Eric San Juan — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:37:04 PDT

Welcome to PW's 50-Beer Countdown to Philly Beer Week! Every day from now through the Opening Tap ceremonies on May 31, we'll be getting in the mood by spotlighting a different great craft brew that's been poured by one or more...

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Q&A: "Dirty Wars" Author Jeremy Scahill

By Randy LoBasso — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:26:46 PDT

Author Jeremy Scahill, national security correspondent for The Nation magazine, told Philadelphia Weekly that he thinks the Obama administration’s foreign policy is actually worse than that of his predecessor, President George W. Bush. Scahill’s speaking at the Free Library’s...

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Philabeverage: Veggie Pairings

By Brian Freedman — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:52:20 PDT

Springtime produce is finally hitting farmstand shelves, which means that, after the long, dark days of roasted root vegetables and little else, the time has come to indulge in the classic vegetables of the season: artichokes, asparagus, cardoons, fava beans and more. As much as I wait for these...

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Riding Dirty: Jeremy Scahill’s Latest Details America’s Deadly Covert Ops

By Randy LoBasso — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:58:51 PDT

Click here for the full PW interview with Jeremy Scahill. Jeremy Scahill, national security correspondent for The Nation magazine, admits he wasn’t trying to be a “master of the obvious” when he named his new investigatory book and corresponding documentary film Dirty Wars. After...

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On the Record: Talib Kweli, Lady Antebellum, Little Boots and More

By Bill Chenevert — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:49:57 PDT

Talib Kweli Prisoner of Conscious (Javotti Media/EMI/Capitol) Sounds like: A really mixed bag from Kweli’s fifth, and not in a pleasant, mixed-nuts kind of way—all over the place, too many guests, not angry enough. Free association: Let’s be real: Dude’s almost 40. Maybe his...

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For OCD: Moosh and Twist, There's No Future in Their Frontin’

By Anthony Trivelli — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:40:53 PDT

Whether or not that alleged Illuminati-esque meeting of the minds back in 1991 that set hip-hop on its gangster-ific path ever took place is debatable, but the fact that it is on that raucous road is not. In 2013, amidst a lyrical sea of street bikes and shootouts, one wouldn’t expect a...

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The Charming, Well-Made "Peeples" is No Tyler Perry Joint

By Sean Burns — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:33:33 PDT

Tyler Perry’s name is plastered so prominently all over the marketing for Peeples, it’s almost impossible not to mistake it for another one of the doggedly prolific one-man-band’s semi-annual forays behind the camera. But as it turns out, Perry only produced and...

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Neil Gaiman Talks With Kyle Cassidy About 'Make Good Art'

By Kyle Cassidy — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:27:22 PDT

Last time author Neil Gaiman philosophized in Philadelphia, his wisdom—in the form of the 2012 UArts commencement speech, exhorting grads to craft art from their lives—went viral. A year later, that speech has just been published in hardcover as the year’s most anticipated new...

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Time is the Enemy in Assayas' Autobiographical "Something in the Air"

By Sean Burns — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:25:06 PDT

Gilles (Clement Metayer) begins the movie carving an anarchy symbol into his wooden school desk. He ends it as a much sadder, prematurely old man longing for his lost love on a movie screen. That encroaching disappointment is the drift of Olivier Assayas’ Something in the Air, which was just...

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Forking Stupid: Nicole tries Thai at Old City's Fire & Ice

By Nicole Finkbiner — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:43:18 PDT

And she finds her palate is more culturally diverse than she thought. Well, friends, I’ve made an important realization: My palate is actually far more cultured than my past columns would suggest. You see, even though Italian and Mexican are about as ethnic as I’ll get in my own...

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Savage Love

By Dan Savage — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:00:00 PDT

I have a mentally disabled cousin who I haven’t figured out how to help. He’s lived for more than 40 years in the same nursing home in a small, conservative town. His mental age is about 8, and he has some physical problems. He is now in his late 60s. He has always enjoyed dressing up...

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Letters to the Editor

By PW Readers — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:05:06 PDT

Change Makers In response to Tara Murtha’s article about the Dyketactics, a group of lesbian activists whose 1975 City Hall protest set the stage for gay-rights progress in Philly: Often, roots of movements are overshadowed by current events. Kudos to those assertive and brave activists back...

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Calendar: May 15-22

By PW Staff — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:02:34 PDT

Wednesday, May 15 EVENT 2013 Ride of Silence The purpose of this silent group bicycle ride is to honor cyclists killed or injured in motor vehicle related accidents and to raise awareness about the rights of cyclists. The ride begins at the front steps of the Art Museum, circles City Hall before...

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Blue Point Toasted Lager: PW's 50-Beer Countdown to Philly Beer Week, Day 34

By Eric San Juan — Tue, 14 May 2013 09:18:26 PDT

Welcome to PW's 50-Beer Countdown to Philly Beer Week! Every day from now through the Opening Tap ceremonies on May 31, we'll be getting in the mood by spotlighting a different great craft brew that's been poured by one or more Philly...

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Ithaca Apricot Wheat: PW's 50-Beer Countdown to Philly Beer Week, Day 33

By Eric San Juan — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:31:48 PDT

Welcome to PW's 50-Beer Countdown to Philly Beer Week! Every day from now through the Opening Tap ceremonies on May 31, we'll be getting in the mood by spotlighting a different great craft brew that's been poured by one or more Philly...

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Goose Island Sofie: PW's 50-Beer Countdown to Philly Beer Week, Day 32

By Eric San Juan — Sun, 12 May 2013 07:05:00 PDT

Welcome to PW's 50-Beer Countdown to Philly Beer Week! Every day from now through the Opening Tap ceremonies on May 31, we'll be getting in the mood by spotlighting a different great craft brew that's been poured by one or more Philly Beer...

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Shiner Bock: PW's 50-Beer Countdown to Philly Beer Week, Day 31

By Eric San Juan — Sat, 11 May 2013 08:05:00 PDT

Welcome to PW's 50-Beer Countdown to Philly Beer Week! Every day from now through the Opening Tap ceremonies on May 31, we'll be getting in the mood by spotlighting a different great craft brew that's been poured by one or more Philly Beer Week...

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