In this second installment of correspondent Leah Gallant’s Wing Bowl 2018 narrative, she takes on the main event — the eating contest itself. Read on for conspicuous consumption and a glimpse of what it takes to succeed at a sport which strains the capacity of the human vessel.
Read MoreEagles mania is still in full swing here in the city of Brotherly Love. Luckily, Leah Gallant is back with a two-part feature chronicling her experience as a spectator at the 2018 Wing Bowl. There’s poetry and madness to spare at this annual eating contest held the Friday before Super Bowl Sunday — but is it Art? Read below and keep an eye out for exciting conclusion coming soon.
Read MoreContributor Ron Kanter talks with Painted Bride supporters, staff and board and finds he still has questions about the community center’s putting its building on the market in an attempt to continue — building free — as a nomadic programmer in pop-up locations. A timely look at an organization that’s lifting anchor and sailing out on an adventure that has some supporters worried.
Read MoreMatthew Rose visits Florence, Italy, once home to Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and, for the last 20 years, home to Clet, the French sticker artist whose “canvas” is the city street signs. Clet alters street signs with charming interventions that the city pretty much leaves up. Matthew rounds up pictures and writes about the artist’s many interventions.
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