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Philly Dines Out: a mini-menu of the Philly restaurant scene...


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WEDNESDAY, JULY 27TH


Citywide Forum on Pub- lic Integrity, 1901 Vine St Library, 6:30 p.m. Philadel- phians for Ethical Leader- ship. 215-686-5322.


Philadelphia’s 8th Annual


Black Women’s Art Festival at the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St. from 12 - 5 p.m. Includes: music, films, spoken word, theatre, dance, visual arts, children’s events, work- shops, open mics, food, vendors, and after parties. www.therotunda.org.


Photo: Philly Homegrown, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp. and various members of the press enjoy dinner at Rx, 45th


and Spruce after a visit to the Clark Park Farmer’s Market, 43rd


Philly Homegrown spon- sored a University Dining Days dinner at Rx Restau- rant for local press to high- light the commitment of several University City res- taurants to buying their food supplies from local farmers and vendors who sell local organic, sustainable, “cruel- ty-free” products. Amongst those restaurants are: Rx, MidAtlantic, Biba, Penne, Marigold Kitchen, Gold Standard, JG Domestic and White Dog Café. Some of the highlights of the 3-course Rx dinner was a refreshingly satisfying garden vegetable gazpacho with avocado mousse, but- ternut squash risotto with brown butter and hazelnuts and garlic Chips and an ex- cellent chimichurri hanger steak with broccoli rabek and mashed potatoes and an apple cobbler dessert. During the dinner conversa- tion, enjoyed over bottles of Victory Beer’s Summer Love Ale, Philly Homegrown


discussed its new facebook page and email newsletter found on visitphilly.com/ food. This site was designed for foodies eager to dig into Philadelphia’s local food scene. Jose Garces, Chef/owner of Garces Group, has com- mented that, “Philadelphia’s food scene is reflective of the city itself: it’s vibrant, eclectic, diverse and fiercely proud of its heritage. Diners here care about their food and about knowing where it comes from and how it’s raised.”


Philadelphia’s interest in local farms and commu- nity farms is well known. In terms of community gar- dens, Philadelphia’s interest in locally grown food has spawned some 500 commu- nity gardens in our city, al- most half of which are food producing. And Terence Feury, Fork’s Executive Chef, notes, “Phil- adelphians have access to some amazing fooderies close


and Baltimore. Photo: C. Christian


to home – fresh seafood off the coast of New Jersey, oys- ters from Long Island Sound, artisanal produce from area farms and free-range poul- try and meat, which means that even our dairy and eggs can be sourced from farmers rather than shipped across the country…We’re very lucky to have such a wealth of fresh food available to us for so much of the year.” And one last mention that University City Dining Days lingers on until tomorrow, July 28th


opportunity to visit partici- pating restaurants for the $15-$25-$30 offers (see uc- diningdays.com). Go for it!


To be included in this column, please submit any information about your restaurant to cchris- tian@pressreview.net.


The Black Women’s Arts Festival presents Kola Boof, author of The Sexy Part of the Bible at the Moonstone Arts Center, 110 A S. 13th St. at 7 p.m. www.moon- stoneartscenter.org.


The Russian National Or- chestra will perform The BBC’s Blue Planet Video Spectacular Broadcast with journalist Jane Pauley, nar- rator at the Mann Center, 5201 Parkside Ave., at 8:30 p.m. www.manncenter. org.


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The Secret Cinema presents a selection of short films about art and artists at the Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 S. 36th


St. at 9 p.m.


$7. Includes: Art of the Six- ties (1968), What did I do on My Summer Vacation (1966), Let’s paint with water color, texture, Grandpa called it art and other vintage school films and theatrical shorts. www.thesecretcinema.com.


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THURSDAY, JULY 28TH


Community meeting with Lt. Brian McBride/Sgt. Ron Washington. Calvary Cen- ter at 48th and Baltimore Ave. at 6 p.m. Bring your concerns and discuss crime and neighborhood.


Philadelphia’s 8th Annual


Black Women’s Art Festival at the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St. from 12 - 5 p.m. Includes: films, networking/commu- nity announcements, cloth- ing & book swap (free). www.therotunda.org.


The Black Women’s Arts Festival Presents the All People’s Open Mic featur- ing Wings of Worth at the Moonstone Arts Center, 110 A S. 13th


St. at 7 p.m. Come


share your writing or spoken word performance while networking with select and surprise featured artists and friends of Philadelphia’s 8th Annual Black Women’s Arts Festival. www.moon- stoneartscenter.org.


The Gathering, Philly’s longest hip-hop night at the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., at 10 p.m. $3. www.thero- tunda.org.


The Green Party of Phila- delphia will meet at Spi- ral Q, 3114 Spring Garden Street at 7:00 p.m.; they will be joined by Theresa El-Amin, former co-chair of the Green Party of the U.S. and former member of the Student Nonviolent Coordi- nating Committee (SNCC) during the Civil Rights Movement. 215-243-7103, www.gpop.org.


The Life of The Poet Work- shop with Leonard Gon- tarek every Thursday (ex- cluding holidays), 5:30 - 7 p.m. at the Moonstone Arts Center, 110 A S. 13th


St.


$60 for four sessions. Con- tact: Leonard Gontarek - gontarek9@earthlink.net.


FRIDAY, JULY 29TH


Fact-Simile Equinox Chap- book release party reading featuring: C. McCallister Williams, Debrah Morkun, Andrew K. Peterson, Jess Wigent at the Moonstone Arts Center, 110 A S. 13th St., at 7 p.m. www.moon- stoneartscenter.org.


Philadelphia’s 8th Annual


Black Women’s Art Festi- val, at the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., from 11:30 a.m. - 11 p.m. Includes: music, spoken word and market- place/vendors & visual art exhibits by Valerie Smith and Amira Whitfield. Tick- et events after 8 p.m. www. therotunda.org.


Programming Meeting at WPEB, 52nd


& Hazel Sts. at


6:30 p.m. sites.google.com/ site/wpeb881.


RIC Community Potluck, where all of Philadelphia (food justice movers, com- munity members, etc.) are invited to break bread with youth food justice leaders at the University City High Community Garden, 36th


Filbert, from 6:30 - 8 p.m. www.urbannutrition.org.


The office of Congressman Chaka Fattah is hosting an event to assist Philadelphia homeowners who have lost income and face foreclosure due to unemployment, un- deremployment or illness at the Lutheran Theological Seminary, 7301 German- town Ave. at 1 p.m. http:// savehome.eventbrite.com.


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