Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art presents Sample 3

September 9th - October 23rd, 2010

Opening Reception:
Thursday, September 9th, 6-9 PM


Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art is proud to present Live!infili!, an exhibition of
new sculptures by New York artist Jason Gandy.

For Live!infili!, Jason Gandy has installed a new grouping of sculptures created out of
wood, leather and porcelain. Each piece conceals an aperture: a porthole in the
side of a finely crafted miniature ship or a peephole through a wooden skull. The
vessels are compelling, however the true beauty of this work is in the vast,
reality-defying, inner-worlds. Gandy creates mesmerizing scenes exuding wonder,
mystery and surprise. Using a variety of energy sources, including solar, balance,
wind and live performers, Gandy generates subtle movements within his vignettes.
In many pieces, it is the viewer during the act of viewing, which tips the balance and
prompts the motion within a piece. Using different methods of perspective altering
illusions, and varying mechanics, he keeps the viewer off-balance and involved. It is
this live aspect of the work, which creates a visceral bond between the sculpture
and those experiencing it, engaging the viewer through wonder and a desire to
understand without ever revealing the true constructs of his artwork.

Live!infili! opens on Thursday, September 9, 2010 with a private view with the artist
from 6 to 9 pm. This is Jason Gandy's first solo exhibition in Philadelphia and his first
with Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art. The exhibition closes on Saturday,
October 23, 2010.

Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 12-6 pm

www.rebekahtempleton.com

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Help InLiquid fund their 2011 Calendar!

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Natural Health Fundraiser for Kensington Community Food Co-Op

Girard East
Philadelphia's Destination for Alternative Health and Wellness
Is hosting a fundraiser for the Kensington Community Food Co-Op, where you can enjoy a wide range of natural health solutions.

Support your community food co-op while enjoying the benifits of natural health care by making an appointment with one of the following Natural Health and Wellness Professionals for Sunday Aug 29th, 10-4
100% of proceeds to be donated to KCFC

Affordable Skin Care Salon
Professional, organic and therapeutic skin care at affordable princes.
Call 215-203-0995.

Barefoot Doctor Community Acupuncture Clinic
Affordable community acupuncture, helpful in treating many health concerns from chronic pain to weight loss and more.
Call 215-870-2211

New Beginnings Holistic Therapies
Provide holistic treatments in a positive environment which assist individuals in connecting with their body, mind and spirit thereby restoring them to their natural balance.
Call 215-203-0995

Leah Fenimore
Intergrated deep Swedish massage, chair massage, and prenatal massage. I thrive on helping people feel their innate well being and self-healing abilities through bodywork.
Call 215-203-0995

Healthy Glow
Personal Health Consiltations
45 Minute Reiki Sessions
Call215-798-0116

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Turkish Coffee on Girard Avenue

via brownstoner

By Samantha Melmed
Our inner caffeine-addicts are kind of excited about this: The gist of the cafe at 258 East Girard Avenue is apparently that it will be a hangout for the local Albanian community, replacing another cafe that existed until fairly recently on Girard Avenue. And that, in turn, apparently means that they'll be serving high-octane Turkish coffee, and lots of it. Owner Nevin Abedinaj now hopes for a 32-seat space to be open within 30 days of his Aug. 31 zoning hearing. GMAP

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Girard Fest! September 25th; Calling Vendors and Volunteers

First Annual ‘Girard Fest’, Set for Saturday, September 25, 2010.

Philadelphia, PA…The GIRARD BUSINESS & ARTS ASSOCIATION (GBAA) a non-profit is proud to announce the First Annual GIRARD FEST Street Festival, Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 11 am to 7 pm, rain or shine, on Girard Avenue from Front Street to 4^th Street.

This first of its kind festival is a cooperative effort between the newly reorganized GBAA and Philadelphia F/M, Film & Music Festival.  The event will feature live music with bands performing on three stages, local businesses along Girard Avenue, as well as a variety of arts & crafts and fair vendors including a food court, a beer garden, and a children’s play area.  Special events are also scheduled at the Crane Arts Center (1400 N. American Street) and at the Lehigh Avenue Arts Festival along Lehigh Avenue at Belgrade Street.  A Philadelphia Trolley car will be providing a loop throughout the day to connect all the venues.

“This is going to be a huge event for our neighborhood and will showcase the diverse shops and art galleries on and around this section of Girard Avenue,” stated Nicole Marcote, president of GBAA and owner of Quince Fine Foods, a Girard Avenue business.  “We are seeing tremendous growth in the businesses being drawn to this part of town.  We hope that this festival will attract the public and give them the opportunity to see just how much we have to offer in the city’s newest trend setting hot spot”.

The GBAA is currently soliciting vendors for the Fest.  Space is priced at $100 for food & beverage vendors and $50 for non-food vendors, for a 10’x10’ area (with a 20% discount for GBAA members). To reserve your space with PayPal payment, please visit the Festival website at www.GirardFest.com or contact Ed Denny at 215-634-1141, for vendor inquiries and information.  For information about GBAA membership please contact Nicole Marcote, at nicolemarcote@yahoo.com 215-232-3425.

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Mike Philips at Music Box Records

MIKE PHILIPS will be at the Music Box today at 5.pm please come out and meet him at 2713 w Girard ave.

Visit www.hiddenbeach.com/mikephillips to learn more about Mike Philips

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Dos Funny Frogs in GRID Magazine!

This month's issue of GRID features a great article with Alex Suarez about his new cleaning company, Dos Funny Frogs, located at 223 W. Girard Ave.:
via. GRID


by Lee Stabert
After only a few minutes of conversation with Dos Funny Frogs’ Alex Suarez, it becomes clear that he has the mind of a scientist—discern a problem, research, test, solve. That enthusiasm for discovering a better (and greener) way to do things propels his business, a cleaning service and cleaning product manufacturer with an environmental bent, to growing success. Last month they opened a storefront location on a bustling section of Girard Avenue in Fishtown.

Suarez immigrated from Cuba over a decade ago. He attended Bucknell College, earning a degree in molecular biology. His mother, who followed him to America a year and a half later, started cleaning houses. “She doesn’t speak English, but she’s a very hard worker,” says Suarez. “Once I finished school, I noticed that she had a few customers, and that she was making a little bit of money.” Dos Funny Frogs was born.
“I wanted the name of the business to be something very different,” he explains. “And I wanted it to be Spanglish—unique to us, yet very friendly to Americans. So, that’s where ‘dos’ comes from—dos meaning two. It’s just me and my mother.” The “Frogs” part of the name was inspired by Suarez’s passion for biology. “I think they are very, very cool animals,” he continues. “So gentle, and they are a very good example of how we are devastating the environment.”

Once he went into business with his mother, Suarez started to notice all the waste that happens in cleaning operations. “My mother was spending a tremendous amount of money for paper towels,” he explains. “Why are we using paper towels? Not only are we killing a tremendous amount of trees, but we are spending a lot of money. So we had to do a little research, and it was, in my opinion, environmentally conscious to use rags that you can wash and reuse.” He also wanted to disinfect without the use of chemicals, so they came up with the idea of boiling the rags before reuse.
 Then it was onto the next challenge: Suarez was tired of using someone else’s cleaning products, so he got to work—research, test, solve. Dos Funny Frogs developed SAPOS, a hydrogen peroxide-based all-purpose cleaner scented with oil from discarded orange peels. (“I love orange. I love it. It’s like one of my things,” effuses Suarez.) Finding acceptable bottles was also a complicated task. They needed to be made in the US and composed of No. 2 plastic for recycling purposes. Suarez eventually found a suitable company in Iowa; their labels are manufactured locally using biodegradable ink. Eventually, the Fishtown storefront will house a refill station offering the cleaner at discounted rates.


In addition to the rags and the cleaner, Suarez has gone green with the company’s transportation system. To cut down on fuel costs and Frogs’ carbon footprint, employees travel en masse in the “Frog Mobile,” cleaning homes more quickly in larger teams. This eliminates the need for picking up and dropping off. The company’s website also features “The Frog Tracker,” allowing customers to remotely monitor the crew, seeing if they are en route, in progress or finished with the job.

Environmentalism informs every aspect of the business. The SAPOS label features a frog suspended in a bubble—it’s a carefully considered image. “Bubbles are very fragile,” says Suarez. “And that’s basically how everything is—life is very fragile. Today you have it and tomorrow you don’t. If we don’t take care of our everyday habits, the frogs will eventually be exterminated. Our great grandkids may never get to see a frog. I do have a real frog, by the way. She’s not here, yet. She’s at the old office. Her name’s Mango.”

dosfunnyfrogs.com, 215-740-5522,
223 W. Girard Ave

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