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Switched on Data Garden – BITBY Photo Set & Video
Bands In The Backyard Live Data Garden Presents: The Switched on Garden Live at Bartram's Garden in SouthWest Philadelphia, also presented by Art in the Age, Little Baby's Ice Cream, ... Read More
Silk City Presents “Root, Rum, Reggae” Tomorrow, September 7: $4 Art In The Age Cocktails In The Courtyard From 6-8 P.M. Head to Silk City tomorrow evening, September 7, for “Root ... Read More
The Weekend Guide Philadelphia Events and Diversions EXPLORE Secrets of the Silk Roads What: Embroidered boots, textiles, and other eerily well-preserved artifacts from the famed trade route. Why: Don’t dawdle — the mummies ... Read More
See You There: AITA Spirited Beer Dinner at North 3rd. We’ve consistently had a bottle of Root and/or Snap in our stash since the fall, and we’re super excited about ... Read More
Art in the Age at the First Person Arts Fall Grand Slam and Soiree
This past week Art in the Age served up some ROOT and SNAP cocktails at the First Person Arts Fall Grand Slam and Soiree at the Painted Bride Art Center ... Read More
Art in the Age Hosting an Evening of Pumpkin Carving and Cocktails I come from people who take the annual carving of the jack-o’-lantern very seriously. My paternal grandmother had such ... Read More
Art in The Age interviews Best Coast Best Coast came through Philadelphia a few weeks ago and played a sold out show at The Church. Art in the Age caught up ... Read More
Tonight: "Can You Drink from your Sink?" at Art in the Age It's been an age old myth that you should never drink the waters of Philadelphia as it is ridden ... Read More
Philadelphia Weekly Style – 7.30.10
What To Do This Weekend Good morning everyone! Tonight, Art in the Age is hosting the opening reception for Jessica Hische’s Illustrative Initials from 5-7pm. The exhibit also includes letters from her ... Read More
Jessica Hische letterpress drop caps Typographer extraordinaire Jessica Hische has selected her favourite letters from her Daily Drop Caps series and had them beautifully letterpressed in bold red and black. I ... Read More
Jessica Hische at Art in the Age in Philadelphia Jessica Hische is currently hanging her show “Illustrative Initials” at Art in the Age in Philadelphia. The show will feature Jessica’s typographic ... Read More
The Weekend Guide Philadelphia Events and Diversions SEE Illustrative Initials What: Jessica Hische displays her innovative typography from the Daily Drop Cap project. Why: Free Root liquor. When: Thru Aug. 29. Reception, Fri., 6-8 p.m. Where: Art ... Read More
Partaaaaaay (and buy Letterpressed Drop Caps) If you missed my tweets about this in early July, there is currently a show of my letterpressed drop caps at Art ... Read More
Quench Your Curiosity: Roots of Root Beer Exhibit @ Art in the Age Lauren RussellAmerica owes numerous thank yous to Philadelphia when it comes to delicious foods and beverages, including ... Read More
Thrillist Philadelphia .com – 6.02.10
The Roots of Root Beer Hit AITA this Fri to gain knowledge on root brewing, used to make drinks from the eponymous "beer" to AITA's own Root liquor. --- Thrillist Philadelphia .com Read More
COPY JAM! Thursday, March 25, 2010 6-9pm sign in to add to calendar @ Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 116 N. 3rd St. 215-922-2600 As a sidenote to the Philagrafika festival, Art in the Age ... Read More
Philadelphia Weekly.com – 03.25.10
Copy Jam Tonight! Neat-idea art party tonight at the most-appropriately titled venue: “COPY JAM!” will be an interactive print event. During the party, fifty works by fifty artists will be displayed in ... Read More
Free art tonight: Copy Jam! In keeping the spirit of the print alive and as part of Philagrafika 2010 and the Southern Graphics Council Conference, Printeresting–a website dedicated to presenting manifestations ... Read More
The 3 Girls Philly.com – 03.25.10
Tonight at Art in the Age! Copy Jam is tonight at the Art in the Age store in Old City. There will be free art given away! The 3 girls love ... Read More
Trick Go Clothing.com – 03.24.10
Copy Jam! A Printeresting Curatorial Project Just had the pleasure of meeting some folks up from Austin from Printeresting and they told me about an awesome event happening here in Philly ... Read More
City Paper.net Hypes ROOT – 03.24.10
MARCH 30: A Useable Feast at Noble Celebrate seasonality, locality and creativity, all under one sustainable roof. Noble: an American Cookery will host A Useable Feast next Tue., March 30 to ... Read More
Space 1026.com – March 24, 2010
"COPY JAM!" is an an interactive print event curated by Printeresting. During the party, fifty works by fifty artists will be displayed in a grid on the wall. Upon arrival, ... Read More
Lost at Sea.net Hypes ROOT – 03.23.10
PRINTERESTING PRESENTS COPY JAM! March 23, 2010 According to an industry report for Photocopying and Duplicating Services assembled by a research and IT data analysis firm called The Gale Group, ... Read More
Philebrity.com Hypes Art in the Age – 03.17.10
Dept. Of Wrestling Art From The Jams Of Salted Meats: Robin McDowell's Jersey Shire Prints Sammi Won’t Do The Dishes, 3-color letterpress print, 8″ x 11″ by Robin McDowell Who could have ... Read More
City Paper.net blogs about Art in the Age – 03.17.10
WHAT WE HEART: Jersey Shore letterpress prints, yo! New Hampshire-by-way-of Philly resident Robin McDowell has us wrapped around her little finger. First the UPenn fine arts grad popped up at Art ... Read More
Juxtapoz.com Hypes Copy Jam Event at Art in the Age – 02.25.10
Copy Jam: Curated by Printeresting at Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction This event will coincide with Mark Remarque, the 2010 conference of SGC International, and the city-wide festival Philagrafika ... Read More
Deal Feed: $4 Root Cocktails @ Standard Tap, Charlie’s Pub, & BAR Through the end of the month, three bars around Philadelphia will be hosting special Happy Hours centered around Art ... Read More
Copy Jam: Curated by Printeresting at Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. his event will coincide with Mark Remarque, the 2010 conference of SGC International, and the city-wide festival Philagrafika ... Read More
Around Philly.com – February 15, 2010
Art in the Age presents: "The Farm"Location: 116 North 3rd StreetNeighborhood: Old CityDate: Feb 5th, 2010 thru Mar 21st, 2010Every Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat SunTime: Tues - Sat: 11am ... Read More
Daily Candy Philadelphia.com – 02.07.10
Here's the Plan What to Do This Week Start the week on a high note. MAKE A Dream Catcher What: Reverend Michael Alan shares his knowledge on webbed creations and teaches you to ... Read More
34th Street Magazine – February 4, 2010
First FridayThe first Friday of every month, Philadelphia comes alive with gallery openings, performances, talks and copious free booze. Check out Street’s picks for some shows to check out this ... Read More
UWishUNu.com – February 4, 2010
The Farm @ Art in the Age Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction opens a new exhibition today, entitled The Farm. Created by Robin McDowell, the exhibit “documents daily ... Read More
Selectism.com – February 4, 2010
Art In The Age of Mechanical Reproduction presents THE FARMFrom the people that brought us ROOT, Art in the Age presents The Farm.Philadelphia boutique Art in the Age of Mechanical ... Read More
It seems like only yesterday Printeresting was busy planning One Every Day, our first curatorial project. Ahhh, memories! But time stops for no blog so here we find ourselves in ... Read More
The Mid America Print Council Journal – Volume 17, Numbers 3 & 4, 2009
Benjamin’s Ghost: An Interview with Steve Grasse of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Jason Urban For better or worse, our notions of democracy and capitalism are often intertwined. ... Read More
THE SALE REPORT: Sales & Events in the City and ‘Burbs Our latest batch of reasons to get out there and shop By Carrie Denny Reward & Art In The Age: Holiday Wednesdays ... Read More
First Friday @ Art in the Age: Beth Beverly & Ole Bye Posted by Eric Smith Piece by Old Bye, Photo courtesy Art in the Age First Friday! It’s tomorrow! I’ve got a ... Read More
Fire Starter Blogspot – 12.01.2009
ROOT Cocktail Competition Looking for the Best Cocktail in Pittsburgh? After a day of running around trying to get my Thanksgiving dinner pulled together for 20 friends and family, I ... Read More
Downtown Pittsburgh.com – 11.24.2009
Root Cocktail Competition at Bossa Nova Date: Tue, November 24th 2009Time: 8 - 11 p.m. Venue: Bossa Nova visit website Wander over to Bossa Nova and be one of the first people in ... Read More
Tonight: Vermicomposting @ Art in the Age Posted by Eric Smith Filed in: Events Tonight, our good friends Art in the Age will be hosting Camila Rivera-Tinsley, the environmental educator from The Schuylkill ... Read More
“Impermanent Bliss” at Art in the Age, Philadelphia Opening tomorrow night, “Impermanent Bliss” helps to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Philadelphia store/gallery Art in the Age. The assembled trio of ... Read More
“Impermanent Bliss” at Art in the Age, Philadelphia Opening tomorrow night, “Impermanent Bliss” helps to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Philadelphia store/gallery Art in the Age. The assembled trio of ... Read More
First Friday @ Art in the Age: Impermanent Bliss Posted by Eric Smith Filed in: Arts Tomorrow, Art in the Age presents a new group exhibition featuring works from Eric Amling, Kirkland Bray, ... Read More
Philadelphia Weekly’s Style Blog – 10.05.2009
Impermanent Bliss Cool exhibit alert! I’ll have a guide up with plenty to do this First Friday, but I thought I’d feature one that really caught my eye a day early: Art ... Read More
The SALE REPORT: More Than 15 Sales & Events in the City and 'Burbs Our latest batch of reasons to get out there and shop By Carrie Denny Art in the Age of ... Read More
The Philadelphia City Paper Critical Mass Blog – 10.4.2009
Happy 1st birthday, Art in the Age! We here at Critical Mass are big fans of the boutique/gallery/booze proprietor Art in the Age (116 N. Third St., 215-922-2600). (Have you been ... Read More
Wild River Review.com – 11.02.2009
Wild Drink: It is feeling more like Fall/ A Root Redux I visited Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction on Friday in Philadelphia and was astounded at what I found ... Read More
End Hits The Mercury Music Blog – 10.29.2009
Three Things 1.) One of our very favorites, Nurses are touring and have been for some time. The trio recorded a set of live videos in Chicago, produced by Art In ... Read More
Asobi Seksu at Art in the Age and JB's Posted by Leah KauffmanBrooklyn shoegazers Asobi Seksu gave a special in-store performance at Art in the Age last weekend to promote their ... Read More
Chester County Dwell.com – 10.14.2009
Taste Test: Root By Margaret Gilmour If you like the taste of root beer, there is no question that you will like the taste of ROOT, a novel root-beer liqueur made from ... Read More
The Tell Tale Heart @ Art in the Age: Opens Tomorrow! Posted by John Steele Filed in: Arts People say a picture is worth a thousand words. Fortunately for us, no one ever ... Read More
Tyler Fiber Blogspot – 10.01.2009
Amanda Bowers, in Tell-Tale Heart Exhibition at Art in the Age of Mechanical Production, and named zombie prom queen. --- Tyler Fiber Blogspot Read More
Undercover Zero Blogspot – 09.27.2009
EDGAR ALLAN POE GALLERY SHOW! Well, been a few weeks since an update was made. I submitted something to Art In The Age for their open call exhibit on Edgar Allan ... Read More
The Philadelphia City Paper – 09.24 – 10.1.2009
Honorable Mention: Visual Arts Art in the Age of Mechanical ReproductionThe gallery/boutique churns out thoughtful, Philly-centric exhibits. They also employ local artists to screen print T-shirts. --- The Philadelphia City Paper Read More
The Philadelphia City Paper – 09.17 – 09.24, 2009
Tell-Tale Heart Art in the Age is hopping on the seemingly never-ending Edgar Allan Poe bandwagon in October, but we must trust their instincts (after all, the Old City darling's Abraham ... Read More
The Philadelphia City Paper’s Meal Ticket Blog – 09.14.2009
Quaker City Mercantile was known in its former life as Gyro Worldwide, a Philadelphia advertising firm operating on the mantra “consumption, free living, and hedonistic disregard”. Gyro founder Steven Grasse ... Read More
2009 Rib Cook-Off Recap This year's Rib Cook-Off was a huge success! The weather cooperated and we had close to 600 people attend the event. The owners of A Full Plate ... Read More
The Philadelphia City Paper – 09.10.2009
FOOD What's Cooking Get Out! A Full Plate Café's Third Annual Rib Cook-Off Sat., Sept. 12, 1 p.m., $20 The third annual A Full Plate Rib Cook-Off, held on Hancock Street behind the Piazza at ... Read More
Grub Street Philadelphia.com – 09.09.2009
A Full Plate's Annual Rib Cook-Off Returns to Northern Liberties This Saturday A Full Plate Cafe hosts their third annual Rib Cook-Off this weekend on Hancock Street behind ... Read More
Rib Cook-Off Sat, Sept 12, 1-5pm on Hancock St, at N 2nd St, directly behind the Piazza @ Schmidts; Northern Liberties; 215.627.4068 $20 nets you BBQ offerings from ten local professional grillmeisters: ... Read More
I Think You’re Swell WordPress – 09.08.2009
Art in the Age I recently relocated to Philly to work on “art stuff”, you know, personal projects and the like. Yeah. I didn’t tell most people because I hate having to ... Read More
Daly Essentials Blogspot – 08.27.2009
Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Another one of our fab finds in Philly was this boutique slash art gallery located in Old City on North Third Street. Art in the ... Read More
The Tao of Change.com – 08.26.2009
Tao Oliveto, Carrboro, NC…more on art and culture: “Our story begins in Philadelphia, a city of Brotherly Love, do-it-yourself initiatives, and collectives of inspired artmakers. Since 2006, Art In The Age ... Read More
Philadelphia and its Manufactures— Jacob Hellman, Phillip Taylor By brandon joyce | August 26, 2009 August 20th, Art in Age of Mechanical Reproduction.– Pretty tickled by this presentation. Jacob [i.e. speaker Jacob ... Read More
Philadelphia Weekly Calendar – 08.25.2009
Thursday August 27 Philadelphia and Its Manufactures 1859 & 2009: Photographs and Objects From Factories Here and Gone One hundred years ago Philadelphia was a manufacturing mecca—“the workshop of the world,” ... Read More
Tuesday, August 25th Alfa is hosting a Root tasting dinner that will include cocktails from the Root Cocktail competition at Silk City. It’s 5 mini-courses for $35 and each will ... Read More
Philadelphia Thrillist.com – 08.18.2009
The List Not even Michael Vick can tame these dog days of August so you might as well just Hump This Boozy Bites: Root Tasting Dinner Tues, Aug 25, 8pm at Alfa: 1709 ... Read More
The Philadelphia City Paper’s Critical Mass Blog – 08.18.2009
Got any tales of terror up your sleeve? Do you think Philly will ever get sick of its literary legend/creeper Edgar Allan Poe? By the looks of it, hells no: There’s ... Read More
Looking Back At Philadelphia’s Past As “The Workshop Of The World”: Take That Trenton! If you’ve stopped by Olde City art collective/local clothing boutique/alcohol producer Art In The Age Of Mechanical Reproduction ... Read More
Grub Street Philadelphia.com – 08.17.2009
Prix-Fixe Mania; West Indian Pork, Lobster Love, ROOT Tasting 8/17/09 at 4:40 PM Comment The end of August is traditionally deadsville for restaurants; everyone's out of town, on ... Read More
Learning from the past–lecture on Philadelphia manufacturing By roberta | August 17, 2009 artblog contributor Jacob Hellman will be giving a lecture this Thursday about a project he’s been “mildly obsessed” about ... Read More
Post by Deni Kasrel Back in the 1800’s through early turn of the last century, Philadelphia was known as “the workshop of the world,” due to the amount of mills and ... Read More
Philadelphia and its Manufactures, 1859 & 2009: Photographs and Objects from Factories Here and Gone 150 Years ago a little known book, Philadelphia and its Manufactures, was published. It surveyed the ... Read More
Philadelphia and its Manufactures, 1859 & 2009: Photographs and Objects from Factories Here and Gone 150 Years ago a little known book, Philadelphia and its Manufactures, was published. It surveyed the ... Read More
Philadelphia Magazine – 07.30.2009
Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction: SaleFor the entire month of August, both men and women can find savings of 40 percent on outside apparel brands at this eclectic ... Read More
The Dizzy Fizz.com – 07.30.2009
Ingredient of the Day: ROOT Philly’s love for all things antiquated is really exploding right now, which isn’t too surprising given the City of Brotherly Love’s rich history as the centerpiece of early ... Read More
The Philadelphia City Paper’s Meal Ticket Blog – 07.29.2009
Recipes from last night’s ROOT mix-off at Silk City Fifteen of the city’s most notorious tenders bar took their talents to the mat last night for the Art in the Age ... Read More
The Philly Mag Restaurant Club.com – 07.29.2009
The Root Competition Results Last night in Silk City’s splendid al fresco Beer Garden, some of the city’s most respected bartenders (14 contestants in all) gathered to demonstrate their skills with ... Read More
Dr. Hadley’s Root Restorative Is A Winner Posted by Foobooz on July 29th, 2009 The Oyster House’s Katie Loeb came away the winner at last night’s ROOT Cocktail Contest at Silk City. ... Read More
Grub Street Philadelphia.com – 07.29.2009
ROOTing for Katie Loeb of Oyster House 7/29/09 at 4:35 PM Katie LoebPhoto: ROOT Last night, Silk City's magic beer garden was home to a cocktail competition sponsored by ROOT, ... Read More
What We’re Doing Tonight – Root Cocktail Competition July 28th, 2009 by Sequoia Where I'll be tonight. You’ve heard the buzz about town about Root. You know it’s developing a local following. You ... Read More
The Philadelphia City Paper – 07.23.2009
What's Cooking Get Out! by Lauren Fleming [ the week in eats ] ROOT Cocktail Competition at Silk City Tue., July 28, 7-9 p.m., free With ROOT, Art in the Age has concocted in a modern ... Read More
Philadelphia Weekly – 07.22.2009
Root Cocktail Competition The artists behind Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, the Old City store/gallery/collective space, are probably best known for a highbrow inquiry into the relationship between ... Read More
Come support Spells friend AITA, and hear local author David Suisman speak and sign his new book Selling Sounds, The Commercial Revolution in American Music. Free cocktails for those over 21. ... Read More
Hex Yes! @ Art in the Age Posted by Allison StaddTo hex with it! Summer is the time to soak in the rays of sunshine, let your heart rate decelerate a ... Read More
Hex Yes! 03 July 2009 For July, Art In the Age of Mechanical Reproduction celebrates the history of the Hex sign. A common motif in Pennsylvania German decorative arts, the Hex sign ... Read More
Blind Date with: ROOT, Root Beer’s True Alcoholic Origin A few weeks ago I blogged about this new liquor called ROOT, which is essentially alcoholic root beer, as a tool of ... Read More
Save Fairmount in The Philadelphia City Paper’s The Clog
Think Fairmount Park should in no way be developed? Thursday, June 11th, 2009 at 5:30 pm posted by Holly Otterbein categories News Neither does Art in the Age ... Read More
Lucky Magazine.com – 06.10.2009
FROM: Lucky Right Now Lucky Near You: Philadelphia 9:06 AM, June 10 2009 by Lucky Staffers While it may be a mouthful of a store name, Art in the ... Read More
Sympathetic Magic At Art In The Age Opening tonight during Philadelphia’s First Friday is Sympathetic Magic. The exhibition hinges on action (and video) and is curated by Courtney Daily. The artists ... Read More
June 4th, 2009 Sympathetic Magic @ Art in the Age Posted by Karina Kacala Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction unveils its latest exhibit this Friday, June 5th at First Friday. ... Read More
Philly Design Blog – 06.01.2009
Roots An interesting new liquor is about to hit the market. In fact it was at the Headhouse Farmers’ Market that I ran into the promotional table for it. It is Root, an ... Read More
Check out the post on Kitchenplay about the Root Tasting event along with some great photos from the evening. --- "The Root of the Matter E at Foodaphilia and The Sugar has been ... Read More
If you aren't enticed by birch beer, shoofly pie, quick bread with ROOT soaked fruit, or a handful of custom crafted recipes all based on the launch of our ROOT ... Read More
Art in the Age SNAG Shirts on Metasmith
Metasmith writes about the Art in the Age designed SNAG tees! --- "Art in the Age...sponsors SNAG Volunteer Shirts Art in the Age...sponsors SNAG Volunteer Shirts Art in the Age (www.artintheage.com) ... Read More
Art in the Age May Exhibition on Curated!
Curated posts about the Art in the Age May Exhibition, opening tonight, featuring the bontanical illustrations of Rev. Michael Alan. "Rev. Michael Alan at Art In The Age For the month of ... Read More
Juxtapoz Writes about Art in the Age May Exhibition!
Take a look at the article on Juxtapoz featuring the May Exhibition at Art in the Age displaying the Botanical Illustrations of Rev Michael Alan, AND also, a sneak preview ... Read More
Art in the Age Tax Sale in Philadelphia Magazine
Check out the Events section online at Philly Mag for the details on Art in the Age's end of the month sale for April! --- At this fabulous, unique boutique in Old ... Read More
AITA Tax Sale on T-shirts Around the Internet
Even if you waited until the 15th to send in your tax return, we have left a spot open for you. From April 15th until the 30th, Art in the ... Read More
