The Barbary

So Jhn Rdn bought The Barbary a former punk rock etc club and is turning it into a club of awesomeness. Think Johnny Brendas plus Fluid or thats at least how it sounds to me. From The Inquirer:

The downstairs Barbary will be for monthly events, and Redden challenges "DJs and promoters to come up with ways to make their parties better than they've been at any other venue." Upstairs, set to open next year, will be a "dive bar" venue of a different name that will have booths, food and a jukebox.

"In my ideal world, the club would be a worker-owned syndicate where profit would go to support the abolition of the prison system and fund radical social movements," Danielle Redden says.

For now, though, brother and sister will settle for making the Barbary a dance-and-hang space "where people feel comfortable having meaningful social interactions, where people can experience joy," Danielle says.

Tonight is the grand opening with a whole slew of DJ's. Saturday sees The Bounce with Emynd & Bo Bliz and The Barbary MySpace is now updated with the next week of shows.

Marc Jacobs Vans at WTHN

Wow, I'm no sneaker head but Vans commissioned Marc Jacobs to design a line of shoes. Pick them up at WTHN. See all 7 designs on their blog.

What it Do : First Friday

Its superbowl weekend and I don't really care. No birds, no Saints even, defintely no Bills. Oh well, next year. Tonite is White Tees White Belts thats all I care about and Old City arts crawl if it clears up a bit.

Friday

• First Friday arts crawl
• WTHN sale all weekend long
  
• White Tees White Belts - 11 - 4 Record release party. Mixtapes from WTHN (951 N. Front)
• Tittsworth at Fluid with Cuebik and Breakdown - Let Me Ride stops at 2 (just saying)
  

Saturday

• Big Art Show - Art Making Machine Studio (3000 N. Hope Street)
• Sale at Grasshoper 30-60% off (7th and walnut)
• Mark Price at the Padlock Gallery - 8 - 12 (1409 Ellsworth St.)
• Bodyrock at M Room with Illvibe Collective (15 W. Girard)
• [click] at Medusa

WTHN Sale this Weekend

The flyer says it all. Sale at WTHN this weekend.