TERROR FILM FESTIVAL 2009
October 20-24, 2009

Imagine...it’s a cold, dark, spooky night. The wind is howling. The clock strikes midnight. There’s a knock at the door. Carefully...cautiously...you open the door to find…it’s Terror Film Festival calling! Get your tricks and get your treats, because there’s a NEW scary in town. It’s Philly’s very own international Halloween extravaganza...Terror Film Festival.

Hello Everyone! You’re all invited to Philly’s very own Terror Film Festival for lots of cool tricks and Halloween treats! Including prizes, goodies, giveaways, celebrities, producers, directors, actors, screenwriters, filmmakers from around the world, music, excitement, parties, discounted parking, and plenty of great movies to enjoy just in time for Halloween! Plus, special guest appearances by the one and only, Princess Horror! There’s something for everyone at Terror Film Festival, so come on out and enjoy “the coolest fest in Philly”!

Terror Film Festival takes place at the wonderfully gothic Ethical Society Building at Rittenhouse Square in center city Philadelphia, with over 60 international films that will make you jump, shriek, scream and squeal! And you can see them all before the rest of the world!

Tickets start at just $6.00 and are available on our website (just click on “Tickets”).

Showtimes are Tuesday through Friday 5pm, 6:45pm, and 8:30pm, and, Saturday 1pm, 2:45pm, 4:30 pm, 6:15 pm. Plus, the exciting Claw Awards at 9 pm.

Tell ALL your friends to come and enjoy a whole week of movies, fun and parties at Terror Film Festival, the BEST new movies from around the world.

To submit your Film or Screenplay, simply visit our website... www.TerrorFilmFestival.net.

For the time being -

Listening (more passingly) to american music
lately I found out something elemental about
the state of mind in the states: It seems
that americans have a predilection with the
loud negro, may it be more screamingly like
in olden times in the south or more loudmouthed
like in more modern times, farther in the north.
Also, they may be yowling, whimmering and so on -
at least, a negro has to give sounds of
utmost empressment. Might we say so?
It is visible that such a perception forms
much of what americans deem passionate,
in pop songs and so on. I'm just reporting this
because it may help in some moments of
cultural selfreflection.

So far. Greetings from a friend of wisdom,
see you later...

Max's produce is a great spot right off the square. Whether you need something that is made to pick up and take home and eat "ready made" or are looking for fresh items to cook with, I truly love this spot.

Recently I was making a home cooked meal and Kim was so helpful, she shared with me her suggestions for making the meal, perfect from a visual and taste appeal standpoint. This came in specifically to dessert. I bought fresh mango, raspberries and bananas from Max's along with fresh mint leaves and then ran over to Bacchus to buy dark, dark chocolate sorbet. The colors were perfect and Kim was right, it was the right end to a delicious meal in beautiful glass bowls.

So, for the urban, not so domestic young woman, I was able to make a delicious dessert with visual appeal.

Its that time of year again!!!! Why not do something EXTRA special for the father you love most this Fathers Day!!! And you can let Ovations Salon and Spa Help!

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PHILADELPHIA – The Rosenbach Museum & Library welcomes Philadelphia’s Dave Burrell, famed composer, jazz pianist and Musician-in-Residence to the museum on Wednesday, February 20 at 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 23 at 2:00 p.m. Burrell will premiere Syllables of the Poetry of Marianne Moore, a series of new compositions commissioned by the Rosenbach. The series is inspired by the museum’s extraordinary collection of Marianne Moore materials and based on Burrell’s research into the life and work of the Modernist American poet and writer who was a central figure in New York Modernism.

In an intimate concert setting, Burrell will perform and discuss his new works, which serve as musical translations of Moore’s poems: What Are Years?, The Mind is an Enchanting Thing, Those Various Scalpels, and O To Be a Dragon. The compositions interpret Moore’s poetry in striking detail, often down to one musical note for every syllable in each poem. Upright bassist Michael Formanek, professor at Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute, will accompany.

The performance is free with museum admission. Seating is limited and tickets will be sold at the door on the day of the performance. The Rosenbach Museum & Library is located at 2008-2010 Delancey Place and is open Tuesday through Sunday. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for students and seniors, and free for children under 5. For more information, please call (215) 732-1600 or visit www.rosenbach.org.

Since 1998, the Rosenbach has commissioned artists to bring its collections to life in unexpected ways and through a variety of projects. As Musician-in-Residence, Burrell’s previous work with the Rosenbach includes Bill of Sale for a Slave Girl, inspired by the museum’s African American collections.

Since the mid-1960s, Dave Burrell has contributed to over 100 recordings, including 26 under his own name, in addition to pivotal recordings with Archie Shepp (Attica Blues), Pharoah Sanders (Tauhid), Marion Brown (Three for Shepp) and Grammy Award-winner David Murray (Lovers, Ballads). A recipient of numerous grants and awards from organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts, Philadelphia Music Foundation, and the Pew Fellowships in Jazz Composition. Burrell’s recent releases include Momentum (High Two Records) and Consequences (Amulet Records) – his first recording with Medeski, Martin and Wood percussionist Billy Martin. 2004’s Expansion, recorded with his Full-Blown Trio featuring William Parker and Andrew Cyrille, ranked #2 in The Village Voice's year-end best Jazz albums. In 2006, Burrell premiered the Db3 ensemble with Michael Formanek and Guillermo Brown. Hailed as a “living treasure” by The Village Voice and a "veteran pianist” who personifies “the best of neoclassicism-uncompromising individuality and in-the-moment gusto” by The New Yorker, Burrell joined the prestigious Steinway Artist Roster in 2007 and is one of only six Steinway Artists in the Philadelphia region.

Marianne Moore (1887 – 1972) was a Modernist American poet and writer. The Rosenbach houses The Moore Collection, including a recreation of Moore's living room – where she worked for more than forty years – just as she once lived in it. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, Moore's complete library, with many personally inscribed and annotated books from her friends and contemporaries including Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot and Elizabeth Bishop, is part of the Rosenbach collections in addition to drafts of her poetry, correspondence and unpublished memoirs. The collection is a unique literary repository, preserving intact a comprehensive record of a writer's intellectual development.

The commission of Dave Burrell by the Rosenbach is made possible by a grant from the Helen Burke Charitable Foundation and additional support from the Hirsig Family Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation.

About the Rosenbach
The Rosenbach Museum & Library seeks to inspire curiosity, inquiry, and creativity by engaging broad audiences in exhibitions, programs, and research based on its remarkable and expanding collections. The museum was founded by legendary book dealer A.S.W. Rosenbach and his brother and business partner Philip. With an outstanding collection of rare books, manuscripts, furniture, and art, the Rosenbach is a museum and world-renowned research library, set within two historic 1865 townhouses, that reflects an age when great collectors lived among their treasures.

Press Contact:
Canary Promotion + Design
Emaleigh Doley, (215) 242-6393
High-resolution images available upon request and online at: www.canarypromo.com/rosenbach

Some of you will remember that I endorsed Michael Nutter last fall in Philadelphia's Mayor's race. That's the first endorsement I'd ever done, being previously satisfied with being a gadfly of a blogger here at ASZ. My wife and I also won breakfast with the Mayor last Fall, and today we bent his ear at breakfast at the Ritz. It was a lot of fun, and I'm not sure we could have a more personable and down-to-earth Mayor. Let's hope this new Administration leads to good things.

Don’t miss the launch of Aspire Arts Inc., a new theatre, music, and education outreach organization dedicated to helping early career professionals in the arts.

Come ring in the New Year with us and find out what we’re all about on Dec. 31, 2007 from 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. The swing themed event will be held at The Ethical Society Building, 1906 S. Rittenhouse Square, and will feature Jeanette Berry, Rory Donovan, and the Aspire Orchestra. There will be catered desserts, a fabulous silent auction, and dancing all night long, as well as a champagne toast and the unveiling of the new and improved website and logo, both happening at midnight! Ticket price of $60 per person includes all of this as well as an open bar until 11 p.m. Must be 18 to attend, 21 to drink. Dress is black tie optional. The event promises to be a great networking opportunity for the early career artist of any age!

Tickets can be purchased by sending check or money order made out to Aspire Arts P.O. Box 22431, Philadelphia, Pa. 19110. You can also e-mail Jenn MacMillan at jennmacmillan@aspirearts.org with any ticket inquiries.

For more information on Aspire Arts or the event, visit www.aspirearts.org.

For press inquiries or passes to the event, please contact Aubrie Williams at (484) 680-1855 or by e-mail at aubs913@juno.com.

We hope to see you there!!

~~Aubrie Williams

Hello Friends,

I am so pleased to be joining this virtual community on phillyfuture.org.

My first post is to alert you to an Ethnic Peace Festival that is going to be held in January 2008.

When: Sunday, 20 January 2008
Time: 1 to 5:30 pm
Where: The Ethical Society, SW Side of Rittenhouse Square
Who: Sponsored by Peace Action--Philadelphia
What: Food, Drink, Exhibits, A Speaker and Community

This event is being planned in conjunction with the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday, and we would love you all to attend.

Thanks,
Dr. John G. Duesler, Jr.
Chairperson, Peace Action--Philadelphia

Phyllis Gilbert
Executive Director, Peace Action--Philadelphia

Peggy Banaszek is running for PA House in the 182nd District. She's also been busy doing civic-minded stuff all around town. I live in the same neighborhood as Banaszek and she's everywhere. At civic group meetings, on Town Watch, at city-wide gatherings and on the campaign trail at events all around town. She's launched a new initiative to bring more books to the hands and eyes of Philadelphia's kids.

From the brochure [above]

10,000 Pages is a community-based awareness campaign working to highlight and reverse the depleted state of our city's school libraries. We are collecting new and gently used books for neighborhood schools to help update their collections so that students of alla ges will have more interesting libraries to turn to and so that teachers will have more resources to use.

We urge you to participate by donating books at one of our listed Community Partner locations. School libraries are most in need of popular fiction and multi-cultural biographies meant for 1st to 8th grade reading levels. Talk to your local bookseller for suggestions.

I'll be out in Rittenhouse Square, with Peggy and the gang, handing out info on the program and collecting books Sunday between 11a - 2p. Click here for a bigger version of the image above to see where you can drop off some of your books.

In 1998, as a member of City Year of Greater Philadelphia, an AmeriCorps Organization, I created, with my team, a community newspaper afters school program at the West Philadelphia YMCA. A monthly publication, Village Voices, was written almost exclusively by Philadelphia Public School students, grades 5-12, living near the YMCA. By year's end, the program was selected as one of the best after school programs in the national YMCA network. I graduated The George Washington University with a BA in Political Communications in 1997 with almost enough credits for a journalism minor and a few semesters worth of journalism internships and this is why I was chosen to lead this endeavor.

At first my goal with Philly1.com, which went live in August of 1998, was to create a citywide after school journalism program where every public school student would have an email account and could create a publication online and have access to everyone else's -- much in the same way blogs have evolved today. Whether or not this project would be an officially sanctioned or underground newspaper type of publication had yet to be decided, but, for one reason or another, I was unable to pull enough resources together or garner enough interest for implementation: Thank goodness today The Public School Notebook exists.

Instead, from 1998-2001, Philly1.com featured a variety of content from academic pieces to short literary works and biography features published monthly along with weekly webcasts. For a year, we operated a free internet cafe during the day at Orfeo Restaurant (now Monkey Bar - 2029 Walnut Street) and this served as our base of operations. When the Republican National Convention came to town we opened our doors to journalists and to many of the folks who would soon become the nascent blog community to broadcast and file stories. It was an amazing time and I feel very lucky to have been part of that experience.

In 2000, Philly1.com began filming monthly and then weekly video interviews featuring individuals, community groups and government officials we believed were making a difference in the community and streamed these videos from the homepage. While this is now commonplace, it wasn’t at the time. Along the way, I had the opportunity to meet some amazing people. Interviews included Mary Tracy (SCRUB), Loree Jones (Current Managing Director of TheCity of Philadelphia), Nick Stuccio (Managing Director of Fringe/Live Arts), Joey Sweeny (Philebrity), Sasha Issenberg (The Sushi Economy) and host of other Philadelphians making a difference in our city. In all, more than 120 short and feature videos were produced and streamed.

In 2002 Philly1.com partnered with Center City Weekly Press and University City Review community newspapers. Bob and Claudia Christian are an amazing couple and have been invested in community news for more than two decades. These papers have been a soapbox for many community activists and a score of issues were first covered on their pages. At the time, these papers did not have good web presence and we only produced video. By bringing the two entities together we created a very rich, diverse and local content partnership. It was a very good marriage.

At its peak, Philly1.com enjoyed 70,000 unique visitors and over approximately 250,000 pageviews per month. Our primary mission was to bring local content to the public that might not otherwise find an outlet and not commercial success. We succeeded in doing so. You’d be surprised (with a handful of exceptions) how many local businesses do not see the need/value in advertising in entities that cover zoning board and community group meetings and also how many of those same companies come running for coverage when they find themselves on the short end of the bureaucratic stick. Now with the advent of google adwords and blogads the value is predefined and easier to exploit.

Last April, we encountered a problem with YAHOO! Website Services. Initially they were helpful, but then, they were totally unresponsive and all of our archival material remains inaccessible on our Yahoo server. I continue to pay the hosting fee in hopes of retrieving nearly 10 years of our work and 4 years of work belonging to The Weekly Press & University City Review newspapers. Regardless of how hard we try or how many times we contact YAHOO! we receive no response (I have the email traffic, or lack thereof, to prove it). Philly1.com went dead for over 4 months. We have lost much of our goodwill and standing in the community. While we remain on good terms with The Weekly Press & UC Review and are planning future project together, our co-branded content partnership is over. We are just now trying to put the pieces back together and it is a terrifying and lonely process. If you have been interviewed by Philly1.com since 2000 and have copies of those interviews please contact us. We have rebuilt close to 60% of the archive already.

This brings us to today. The new Philly1.com is now a local social networking site that aggregates content from all over the city and gives individuals and organizations the opportunity to meet friends, form groups, blog and showcase their individuality. We invite you to come and help define this space for yourself and your community. In the months ahead we plan to again produce community video and showcase the works of others who are doing the same thing. We also plan on continuing our battle with Yahoo! Website Services to get back what is rightfully ours and rebuild what they have helped to all but destroy. With your help I know this is more than just possible. Thanks.

Rosenbach Friends’ Garden Party
Thursday, May 31
6:00-8:00pm

The Rosebach Museum & Library hosts their annual tradition, a Spring Garden Party. This annual event draws together members, friends, newcomers, staff and supporters for an evening of fun and celebration. Featuring wine, beer, hors d’oeuvres, desserts, raffle prizes and good company as well as a chance to gather (weather permitting!) in the museum’s garden, the Garden Party is a highlight of the Rosenbach year.

To RSVP, call (215) 732-1600, ext. 113 or purchase tickets online at www.rosenbach.org.
Members $15, Non-Members $20 / $25 at the door

About the Rosenbach
The Rosenbach Museum & Library seeks to inspire curiosity, inquiry, and creativity by engaging broad audiences in exhibitions, programs, and research based on its remarkable and expanding collections. The museum was founded by legendary book dealer A.S.W. Rosenbach and his brother and business partner Philip. With an outstanding collection of rare books, manuscripts, furniture, and art, the Rosenbach is a museum and world-renowned research library, set within two historic 1865 townhouses, that reflects an age when great collectors lived among their treasures. The Rosenbach Museum & Library is located at 2008-2010 DeLancey Place and is open Tuesday through Sunday. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for students and seniors, free for children under 5, free for all on Tuesdays, and free for kids 18 and under on Sundays.

PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Rosenbach Museum & Library celebrates the work of Maurice Sendak – author of such beloved children’s classics as Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, and Outside Over There – with the 2007 Sendak in Spring Festival on Sunday, April 22nd and Saturday, April 28th. For kids of all ages, the afternoon festival promises an exciting and fun-filled day of activities including children’s workshops, performances of the musical Wild Things Whirligig, a book fair featuring Sendak favorites and other children’s titles, and special tours of the Rosenbach’s Maurice Sendak Gallery. [A full schedule of programs and events follows below.]

The Sendak in Spring Festival is free with museum admission. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for students and seniors, and free for children under 5. Advance reservations for Wild Things Whirligig performances are required and can be made at www.rosenbach.org. The Rosenbach Museum & Library is located at 2008-2010 DeLancey Place and can be contacted at (215) 732-1600.

The festival will present four performances of the popular Wild Things Whirligig, an energetic, interactive children’s musical that weaves together classic characters from Sendak’s works as well as the author’s own inspirational figures, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Created by Karen Saillant, Artistic Director of the International Opera Company, the performance chronicles the characters’ journey to the land of the Wild Things.

Emphasizing the importance of imagination and everyday creativity, the festival will present three thirty-minute workshops, offered twice per day, which explore the art of storytelling through music, illustration, the spoken word, and book making.

In between workshops and performances, children will have the opportunity to visit The Maurice Sendak Gallery and view original drawings from many of Sendak’s books. Inaugurated in 2003, the gallery is dedicated to showcasing the works and personal collections of the author, whose original drawings and drafts of books are on deposit at the museum. The festival will also host a Children’s Book Fair in the Rosenbach shop, which features an excellent selection of children’s books, including the largest collection of Sendak books in the Philadelphia area.

One of the best-loved creators of contemporary children's books, Maurice Sendak has authored and illustrated 84 books in a career spanning nearly seven decades. The themes and illustrations that characterize Sendak's work have challenged the norms of children's literature over time and continue to entrance both children and adults to this day. His innovative techniques and honest portrayal of childhood emotion are celebrated worldwide and have earned him several prestigious honors, including the Caldecott Book Medal (1964), the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal (1970), the National Medal of Arts (1996), a Library of Congress "Living Legend" medal (2000), and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for Literature (2003).

About the Rosenbach
The Rosenbach Museum & Library seeks to inspire curiosity, inquiry, and creativity by engaging broad audiences in exhibitions, programs, and research based on its remarkable and expanding collections. The museum was founded by legendary book dealer A.S.W. Rosenbach and his brother and business partner Philip. With an outstanding collection of rare books, manuscripts, furniture, and art, the Rosenbach is a museum and world-renowned research library, set within two historic 1865 townhouses, that reflects an age when great collectors lived among their treasures.

This program has been generously funded by the Independence Foundation and the Ellis. A. Gimbel Trust.

Sendak in Spring Festival: April 22 & April 28, 2007
Daily Schedule & Program Descriptions

12:00 – 12:30 Choose a Workshop
12:30 – 1:00 Visit the Sendak Gallery and Book Fair
1:00 – 1:45 See the Whirligig performance reservations required
1:45 – 2:00 Visit the Sendak Gallery and Book Fair
2:00 – 2:30 Choose a Workshop
2:30 – 3:00 Visit the Sendak Gallery and Book Fair
3:00 – 3:45 See the Whirligig performance reservations required

Performance - Wild Things Whirligig:
Go wild at the Rosenbach with a dynamic, interactive performance inspired by the wonderful works of Maurice Sendak. Created by Karen Saillant, Artistic Director of the International Opera Theater, this production weaves together classic characters and Sendak’s own inspirational figures, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Seating for this popular performance is limited; book tickets online at www.rosenbach.org. Non-refundable pre-payment is required for all Whirligig performances.

Workshops (offered twice each day):
Story Songs: This workshop led by Philadelphia’s favorite storyteller Linda Goss will have kids clapping their hands and stomping their feet in a call-and-response storytelling session, while artist Gretchen Shannon instructs children on how to create their own whirligigs (an object that spins or whirls).

Book Making for Children of All Ages: Renowned book artist Jude Robison will teach children how to make their own books, including an Origami Book, a Castle Book, and a collaborative Wishing Star Book.

Story Invention: Author and illustrator Alexander Stadler – creator of the children’s series Beverly Billingsly – will illustrate a group-driven story, on the spot. As participants fill in the plot, Alex will bring the story to visual life, right before the children’s eyes.

Where: The Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2008-2010 DeLancey Place, Philadelphia
Festival Hours: Sunday, April 22, 12:00 - 4:00 p.m., Saturday, April 28, 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Admission: $8 for adults, $5 for students and seniors, free for children under 5
For Information: (215) 732-1600, www.rosenbach.org

PRESS CONTACT:
Megan Wendell, Canary Promotion + Design
215-242-6393, megan@canarypromo.com

Bringing together nearly 60 rare and important Hebrew books, scrolls, and objects that date from the 11th to the 18th century, the Rosenbach Museum & Library presents Chosen: Philadelphia’s Great Hebraica from March 29 through August 26, 2007. Never before presented in one exhibition, the artifacts are drawn from seven Philadelphia area institutions and the Rosenbach's own collection. A series of special events such as a gallery talk, house tours, a storytelling workshop, and a musical performance are also scheduled. The Rosenbach Museum & Library is located at 2008-2010 Delancey Place and is open Tuesday through Sunday. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for students and seniors, and free for children under 5. For more information, please call (215) 732-1600 or visit www.rosenbach.org.

Chosen tells the stories of human experience, intellectual endeavors, religious tradition, and artistic innovation. Objects, some being exhibited for the first time, were selected for their literary and historic importance and their visual interest. By uniting them in a common space, Chosen reveals the untold stories buried within the objects, as well as those of their producers, owners, and the many different Jewish cultures and other influences that brought them into existence.

Visitors can see highly decorated, illustrated scrolls, observe scribal virtuosity in a selection of miniature books – some as small as a thimble – view writing in a diversity of languages from Chaldean to Yiddish, and learn how the form of Hebrew texts changed with the travels of Jewish populations across geography and time. Exhibition highlights include:
• The first prayer book printed in Hebrew
• Illustrated texts such as the Scroll of Esther – including one miniature scroll never before seen by the public
• What may be the oldest Hebrew Bible in a North American collection
• The first book published in what is now the United States
• The first known illustration depicting a bar mitzvah
• The first Hebrew prayer book written for popular use
• The oldest nearly complete Passover haggadah in existence
• A Torah scroll listing 'the Eleven Commandments'
• The first book written by a Muslim that was translated into Hebrew
• The first depiction of a map of the Exodus from Egypt
• The first scientific illustration of a liquid-in-glass thermometer

The house dining room will be set for a Passover seder, featuring selections from the museum’s collections of silver, pewter, glass, and ceramic, including selections from the Rosenbach family haggadot (Passover prayer books). The library will look at the roles of humbler Hebrew books in the life of a 19th-century Jewish family, showcasing books owned and used by the Rosenbach brothers’ immediate and extended family.

Chosen is curated by Judith Guston, Curator and Director of Collections at the Rosenbach Museum & Library, with consulting curator David Stern, a Ruth Meltzer Professor of Classical Hebrew at the University of Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia is an untapped resource for exceptional and significant Hebraica. Many local religious and educational institutions maintain extraordinary, if little-seen pieces that come from a diverse range of 19th- and 20th-century collectors. Taken as a whole, the objects can be discovered anew as Philadelphia’s collection.

Objects for the exhibition have been loaned by Bryn Mawr College Library; Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, University of Pennsylvania; Congregation Mikveh Israel; Congregation Rodeph Shalom; The Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department and Education, Philosophy, and Religion Department; Haverford College Library, Special Collections; Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania; and Temple Judea Museum, Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel.

In conjunction with Chosen, the Rosenbach will also present a series of events including an introduction to Hebrew books for non-Hebrew readers and those interested in learning about book arts and religious and cultural history led by Judith Guston, an afternoon of music with mother and daughter Klezmer team Elaine Hoffman Watts and Susan Watts, poetry readings inspired by the exhibition led by Rosenbach Poet-in-Residence Nathalie Anderson, a storytelling workshop with renowned storyteller Peninnah Schram, and Jewish history house tours.

About the Rosenbach
The Rosenbach Museum & Library seeks to inspire curiosity, inquiry, and creativity by engaging broad audiences in exhibitions, programs, and research based on its remarkable and expanding collections. The museum was founded by legendary book dealer A.S.W. Rosenbach and his brother and business partner Philip. With an outstanding collection of rare books, manuscripts, furniture, and art, the Rosenbach is a museum and world-renowned research library, set within two historic 1865 townhouses, that reflects an age when great collectors lived among their treasures.

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Press Contact:
Megan Wendell
Canary Promotion
ph: 215-242-6393
megan@canarypromo.com

Dragonfire is sponsoring a two-hour window of discussions on blogging, digital media and journalism tomorrow at the Rittenhouse Barnes & Noble store. Dan Rubin, the event's final speaker, outlines the afternoon's agenda:

1:00 pm — Amy Webb, Founder and Editor In Chief of Dragonfire on how the medium doesn't matter if the reporting's solid.

1:30 pm — Alex Koppelman, columnist and writer, Salon.com on ousting bloggers at the Washington Post and Salon.com.

2:00 pm — Dick Polman, Penn lecturer and Inquirer columnist on Internet and politics.

2:30 pm — [Dan Rubin] on blogging, traditional journalism and working without a net.

The in-store event coincides with a fundraiser during which store patrons can present vouchers designating a portion of their purchases to benefit Dragonfire.