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FYI Philly visits Atlantic City for Shore fun and Gatsby-themed-lounge Midnight and the Wicked
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Ducis Rodgers and Alicia Vitarelli visit Atlantic City for eats and fun and Midnight & the Wicked, a new Gatsby-themed lounge in Center City.
La Placita transforms Cherry Street Pier into Puerto Rican chinchorreo
Duck inside Cherry Street Pier and you'll see a colorful trolley serving Irv's Ice Cream.
Deeper in, there's La Placita, serving Puerto Rican street food favorites.
The scene is Philadelphia's version of a popular Puerto Rican pastime called chinchorreo, where people meet at their favorite street food joints and go hopping from one place to another.
For Mariangeli Alicea, the vibe recreates her memories of growing up on the island.
She and her husband, Dionicio Jimenez, are co-owners of the James Beard-nominated Cantina La Martina, and they're bringing some of the restaurant's dishes from Kensington to the Delaware River.
The couple was contracted by the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation to activate the pier.
They knew pastry chef Ilissa Shapiro as a regular customer at Cantina La Martina.
Shapiro has been making ice cream for 15 years, so they invited her to bring her creations to the pier.
Thus, Irv's Ice Cream was born.
For Mariangeli, the space is the perfect place to introduce Philadelphians to a delicious tradition and to celebrate the diversity the city has to offer.
There are happy hour specials from 4-6 p.m. daily with $2 food and drink specials.
121 N Christopher Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19106
HOURS:
Thursday 4-8 p.m.
Friday 4-10 p.m.
Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
It's a roaring 20s party every night at Midnight and the Wicked
Midnight and the Wicked is a new club and lounge that gives a nod to the 1920s with its underground speakeasy-style establishment.
They have named themselves the "pinnacle" of Philadelphia nightlife.
The space includes four unique spaces: The Vault, Midnight, The Crimson Theater, and The Wicked, each with its own type of experience.
"Experience live music and one-of-a-kind mixology as you lose yourself at the glamour and excitement of the 1920s and indulge in the pleasures of a bygone era.
Chesco Pops Orchestra plays 'Voyages: A Musical Journey' July 21, 27
The Chesco Pops Orchestra presents 'Voyages: A Musical Journey.'
"We're playing music of action and adventure," says Joseph Gehring, Music Director for the Chesco Pops Orchestra.
The summer concert series features music from movies, including 'Jaws,' 'Far and Away' and 'Star Trek Into Darkness.'
The orchestra, founded in 2005, was originally known as the Chester County Pops.
"We've just kind of abbreviated to Chesco Pops, because now we're performing beyond Chester County," he says. "Playing all different styles of music."
The ensemble is traveling this month for two performances.
"We're bringing music into the community, so we perform all over - West Chester, Phoenixville, Coatesville, Downingtown, Oxford, Unionville, and even right here at Immaculata University," he says.
After performing at Immaculata, they're heading to the shore.
"The adventure of going down to Cape May for the very first time is kind of what inspired this program," says Gehring. "Playing at Convention Hall will be a new experience for us, and kind of inspired that musical journey-theme that we're taking on."
Audiences will hear favorite scores, along with exciting new works.
Gehring says there will also be a large work based on Homer's 'The Iliad and The Odyssey,' which has a lot of "really neat special effects and sound effects with it."
The Chesco Pops Orchestra presents their summer concert series, 'Voyages: A Musical Journey' on July 21 at Immaculata University's Alumnae Hall and July 27 at the Cape May Convention Hall.
The Center for Loss and Bereavement is hosting a sunflower festival from July 20-21 at the Smith Farmstead in Collegeville.
You can pick your own sunflowers, have photos taken by Silver Orchid Photography and walk around the fields and take in the beauty.
The event, dubbed Fields of Hope, raises money for the non-profit center, which was founded to offer grief counseling and support to those experiencing loss.
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