By Amanda L. Snyder
Maria Chiavatti, owner/chef of Mamma Maria, 1637 E. Passyunk Ave., has participated in Flavors of the Avenue since its inaugural year in 2006. “It’s good for the avenue,” Chiavatti, whose restaurant has been on East Passyunk for 18 years, said. “It’s something extra. … See we have to work always to make people come because we’re not in the location of Center City.”
By Jess Fuerst
“Tink says we are country prison music and early British Invasion. Hillbilly-ish, as well,” Joziah Longo said while taking a break from rehearsals last week. The music veteran from Second and Wolf streets is gearing up for his debut at the Theater of Living Arts, 334 South St., with his band, Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, which includes cello, accordion and flute player Tink Lloyd, guitarist/mandolin player Sharkey McEwen, percussionist Tony Zuzulo and Chen and Orien Longo.
By Phyllis Stein-Novack
“Food for me was a connecting link to my grandmother, to my childhood, to my past. And what I found out is that for everybody, food is a connector to their roots, to their past in different ways. It gives you security; it gives you a profile of who you are and where you come from.”
Earlier this week, the Donovan McNabb era officially ended in Philadelphia. The trade with the rival Washington Redskins left many scratching their heads. Why would you trade a six-time Pro Bowl selection who led the Philadelphia Eagles to five NFC championship games and one Super Bowl appearance over 11 seasons?
