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CAB prepares for Spring Jam 2012

Drexel’s Campus Activities Board held a weeklong set of activities that will culminate May 19 with the organization’s annual Spring Jam concert series, featuring Super Mash Bros. as the headliner. As with last year’s Spring Jam, the winners of the Drexel Voice and Drexel Battle of the Bands competitions, Marcus Franklin and Flint, respectively, will [...]

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20th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival exceeds expectations

As the 20th annual Philadelphia Film Festival came to a close Nov. 3, Philadelphia film lovers were left once again in anxious anticipation for next year’s event. The Film Festival never ceases to keep expectations high and never ceases deliver on those expectations. There were few frills to the festival, short of a relatively modest [...]

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What’s Happening in Philly

Philly Mini Golf The 18-hole Philadelphia-themed course allows Guests to putt through favorite icons including Elfreth’s Alley, Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Philadelphia Museum of Art, LOVE statue, Chinatown Friendship Gate and on the 18th hole, putt through the crack in the Liberty Bell and land in front of Independence Hall. Plus, holes celebrating Philadelphia Sports teams [...]

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A first start for annual festival

As a big-city girl from a small-town kind of place, imagine my excitement to learn that the maiden voyage for a massive (and soon to be annual) event was coming my way. After witnessing months of advertising across the Kansas/Missouri area, thousands of ticket-holders flooded the gates of the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan. [...]

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What’s Happening in Philly

Russian National Orchestra’s Exclusive East Coast Performances The Russian National Orchestra takes the stage July 27, 28 and 29 for the Mann’s classical season finale. After Wednesday’s journey deep below the sea with performance of the majestic score of the BBC’s award-winning “Blue Planet” television series, Thursday night was another nod to the Mann’s crossover [...]

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Banana Bread is 2002 “Beer of the Festival”

I enjoy beer for a variety of reasons. For example, beer lends itself to social interaction, since alcohol tends to loosen your tongue, and you have to do something in between sips; although, I have to admit that we engineers tend to gravitate toward other forms of entertainment besides conversation, such as gaming, watching TV, [...]

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What’s Happening in Philly

“Femme” Exhibition and Opening Reception The James Oliver Gallery is enthusiastic in announcing its new presentation of works, entitled “Femme.” The exhibition features work by a huge variety of artists from the Northeast U.S.A. The show opens Saturday, June 18 and runs through most of the summer, closing Aug. 20. When one thinks of the [...]

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