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An Insider’s Guide to the Philadelphia Art Scene
First Friday in Old City
If a gaggle of gals cluster together, their monthly cycles begin to synchronize. If a gaggle of art galleries cluster together, their opening receptions begin to synchronize. Experience the latter on any given First Friday in Old City, Philadelphia. Join the eclectic crowd and [...]

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Withdrawn Books »

Our boy Todd has another spectacular show for art lovers and bibliophiles alike: Withdrawn. Straight from the mouth of Marrone:
“A few of the over 75 outdated, antiquated, library books that I’ve hand-embellished over the past two weeks. The works will be on display throughout the month of June at Milkboy Acoustic in Bryn Mawr, PA [...]

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Daniel Clowes New Yorker Cover(s) »

The two covers of the latest issue of The New Yorker should make you happy. (The first cover flaps over the second cover.)
Author and cartoonist, Daniel Clowes (Ghost World), made himself a spiffy retro robot and put it to good use. Allowing technology to be as exciting or mundane as its owner pleases the emerging [...]

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More Sleeveface! »

UsedWigs World News reported on the popular act of “Sleevefacing” sweeping the globe back in 2007. Now, there is a comprehensive site, www.sleeveface.com, filled with a panoply of creative takes on “obscuring or augmenting any part of their body or bodies with record sleeve(s) causing an illusion.” I love this very dumb activity very much [...]

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Video: Comedian Ted Alexandro on Art Teachers »

Ted Alexandro is a very funny man, just click the big play button below (disregard No Longer Available message):

More Ted Videos.
Website: www.tedalexandro.com/

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Todd’s Sketchy Reviews »

“If music had calories, I’d be morbidly obese. Every once in a blue while I even get the urge to play ‘music critic’ and share my opinion of a particular album. Since art is my mother tongue, it’s only logical that I deliver such reactions in pictorial form.
To concoct a Sketchy Review, I listen to [...]

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