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Tired of
staring aimlessly into your refrigerator trying to figure out what to make for
dinner? Rather than settle on another Hot Pocket, this summer two fabulous
Philadelphia restaurants will open their doors to teach you what to do with all
those fabulous farmer's market finds.
Chef Ben Byruch's global dim sum cooking classes at Sonam include a demonstration with heavy audience participation showing the class how to prepare several dishes while focusing on basic culinary techniques. Dishes will focus on the small-plate style Sonam is known for, perfect for entertaining. After the class, the audience will enjoy a lunch spread featuring their own creations, plus select menu items. Classes begin May 31 and will be held every other Saturday at 11 a.m. The class costs $40 per person and can accommodate 8-20 people. Private sessions can be reserved for special occasions, including birthdays and bachelorette parties. If you're up for a more in-depth culinary experience, Palace at the Ben will be offering a four-week long Indian cooking class. This course will teach the basic elements of Indian food preparation, how flavors blend together, and how to create a variety of dishes at a work station. Each class will feature plenty of tasting and dining on your own culinary masterpieces. Classes will be held Monday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. beginning June 23 and will be taught by Executive Chef Subhash Sarpal and General Manager Ryan Hendry. The $150 fee includes four sessions and all ingredients and equipment needed for the class. Space is limited and can be reserved by calling the restaurant directly. Sonam
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There's still
a few tickets left for The Career Wardrobe's seventh annual A Perfect Fit:
Fashioning Futures For Women, Wed., June 11, 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at World
Café Live, 3025 Walnut St.
Amazing auction and raffle prizes include a "Makeover Extravaganza" with shopping at Gabrielle Special Occasion, an Ursula's About PHace makeover, and Wardrobe Wizards personal shopping; a "New York Escape" with tickets to a taping of Live with Regis and Kelly and one-night stay at The Maritime Hotel; and fabulous handbags including the Coakley Business Class Luxurious Black and Cognac Hobo Tote Laptop Bag and a couture Butler Bag. A Perfect Fit will feature a fashion presentation by more than a dozen local anchorwomen and media personalities, live music by Christine Havrilla, an hors d'oeuvres reception with cocktails and beverages provided by Barefoot Wine and Pravda Vodka, and a spectacular silent and live auction, including celebrity-signed handbags custom made by Viv Pickle. For only $60, you can support the nation's largest community-based nonprofit organization that provides women in transition with free professional clothing and educational opportunities to help them successfully find and retain employment. For more information, call (215) 568-6693, visit careerwardrobe.org, or buy your tickets online. |
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Before everyone was eco-chic and
recycling became as popular as reality TV, GreenLine Paper Company opened as a
fully green online office supply store.
GreenLine offers hundreds of products from 100 percent recycled copier paper to compostable coffee cups and non-toxic cleaning products - even organic and fairly traded coffees, teas, sugar, and chocolate. GreenLine is dedicated to selling only recycled and tree-free papers, and many of the paper products are whitened without chlorine. The company reduces shipping waste by reusing shipping cartons and packing them with only recyclable paper or biodegradable peanuts. No new boxes are used for shipping unless they are already manufacturer packaged, and only post-consumer recycled or tree-free fiber paper is used for catalogs. GreenLine also offers a monthly Green Office News e-newsletter with environmental news and tips on greener office practices. Green
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Every
Wednesday this summer, from June 4 through August 27, Center City's best bars
and restaurants host the summer's happiest hour from 5-7 p.m. Enjoy $4
cocktails, $3 wine, $2 beers, and half-priced appetizers at participating bars
and restaurants, including Palace at the Ben (fabulous outdoor seating included)
and O.N.E. at Rittenhouse.
Palace at the Ben's specials include $2 Amstel Light and Kingfisher Lager, $4 Mango Martini and C Copra Mojitos with coconut milk, and half-priced assorted pakora (fried veggie patties) and kabobs. O.N.E. at Rittenhouse offers $2 Miller Light and Yuengling, $3 Merlot and Pinot Grigio, and $4 cosmos and martinis. Half-priced appetizers include mushroom caps stuffed with vegetable gratin and grilled skewered beef. Palace
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juju salon
& organics presents Loss, Longing, and Celebration: Three Moods of
Tanka, Wed., June 18 at 8 p.m. Tanka, a centuries-old Japanese tradition in
short poetry, has only recently been discovered by poets writing in English.
Come learn about this most beautiful, lyrical, and emotionally expressive
five-line poetic form. This workshop with award-winning poet Barry George will
look at examples of traditional and contemporary tanka and have the class write
some of their own. A small donation of $5 will be collected from each
participant for the current Myanmar Cyclone Relief effort organized by Oxfam
America.
juju salon & organics and its sister spa juju spa & organics are the first wholly organic salon in the Philadelphia area. Since opening in 2005, juju has been on the cutting edge of all-natural, non-toxic, and organic professional hair, skin, and body products and services. juju
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WORLD
PREMIERE OF THE LAUNCH PARTY PHILADELPHIA
The Launch Party is a highly inventive, interactive experience (a la Tony N Tina's Wedding) that will have audience members up out of their chairs and part of the action starting this June. The show takes VIP party goers (the audience) on a wild journey through a multi-room party space with a plot twist around every corner. The Launch Party's original script finds present-day Philadelphia bursting with excitement. A cast of the city's most influential and in some cases infamous party promoters, publicists (GASP), and wannabe celebrities are throwing a launch party for an innovative new fragrance. The Launch Party will show for five engagements only this summer at the nightclub O.N.E at Rittenhouse. The show will run Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. beginning June 17. Tickets are available at www.thelaunchparty.com. 21+ for admission. TASTE OF THE NATION FEATURES 25 AREA RESTAURANTS
On Mon., June 2, at The Loews Hotel, 1200 Market St., more than 25 of
Philadelphia's finest restaurants including Palace
at the Ben will join together for a culinary extravaganza. Enjoy delightful
food and cocktail tastings, browse exceptional auction items, and mingle with
the area's hottest chefs, including award-winning guest Chef RJ Cooper from
Washington D.C.'s Vidalia. Governor Edward G. Rendell is the 2008 Honorary Chair
of Taste of the Nation Philadelphia benefiting The Food Trust, Greater
Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger, Pennsylvania Hunger Action Center, and
Philabundance. For more information and tickets, visit www.taste.strength.org. CHILDREN'S CRISIS TREATMENT CENTER 2008 ROUNDUP Children's Crisis Treatment Center (CcTC) presents the 2008 Roundup, their annual Western-themed fundraising party, Fri., June 6 at 7 p.m. at The Loews Hotel, 1200 Market St. Please join event chairs Gabe Canuso and Nicole Cashman and Honorary Chair Mayor Michael A. Nutter in support of Philadelphia's children and families in need. Guests will enjoy an evening of cocktails and dinner, live music and dancing, and a silent auction including vacations and sporting event tickets. For information visit www.cctckids.org. 6th ANNUAL FATHER'S DAY PROSTATE RUN This Father's Day, the Foundation for Breast and Prostate Health hosts its 6th Annual Run 4 Your Life Beat Prostate Cancer 5K Run, 5K Walk, and 1 Mile Fun Walk. Gary Papa, sports director, 6ABC and John Dougherty, president, I.B.E.W are this year's co-chairmen. Run 4 Your Life was established to promote awareness and recognition of the severity of prostate and breast cancer, affecting more than 230,000 people annually. The event begins at Eakins Oval, 26th St. and Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 8 a.m. For more information on the Foundation for Breast and Prostate Health, call (215) 732-2300. |
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