City Cast Philly
Costume ideas with Philly spirit
October 24, 2023
Top of the morning to you! It was a tough night for the Phillies. Cheer yourself up with our list of Philly-themed Halloween costumes.
What's CITY Talking About?
Outreach Targets Lesser-Known Overdose Hotspots
A new city program has outreach workers going door-to-door in Black and brown communities where opioid overdose deaths are on the rise, raising awareness of the problem and handing out free narcan. The effort seeks to reach 100,000 homes in hotspots outside of Kensington, where opioid use is most visible and where harm reduction and outreach resources are already concentrated. [WHYY]
NYT Publishes List of Best Philly Restaurants
South Philly eateries dominate a list of the city’s best restaurants published by The New York Times, making up 14 out of 25 entries. The list ranges from budget-friendly favorites like the Indonesian joint Hardena, to haute cuisine places like Ambra, where dinner goes for $300 a head. The Philadelphia Subreddit is abuzz with takes: “NY times trying to make us the 6th borough again.” [Inquirer/New York Times]
Police Catch Fugitive Wanted in Roxborough School Shooting
Authorities have finally caught the last of five suspects wanted in last year’s shooting outside Roxborough High School that killed 14-year-old Nicolas Elizalde and injured several other teenagers. Police apprehended Dayron Burney-Thorn Monday afternoon in Germantown over a year after the September 2022 shooting that followed a football scrimmage. [NBC10]
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What To Do
🎛️ Depeche Mode at the Wells Fargo Center | Wednesday | 7:30 p.m.
Calling all 80s teens: the classic techno-pop band brings their Memento Mori World Tour to Philly, with special guest DIIV. [Tickets starting at $69, South Philly]
🖼️ Visualizing Lenape Histories | Open Thru Jan. 14 | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
This Michener Art Museum exhibition looks at “the power of art to construct and dismantle inaccurate Indigenous histories” through a display of contemporary works by Lenape artists, historical tribal artifacts, and representations of Native Americans by European artists. [$15 adults (free for members), Doylestown]
📽️ PFF32 AWARDS CEREMONY + SALTBURN | Friday | 7:00 p.m.
The Philadelphia Film Festival announces this year’s award winners before a screening of “Saltburn,” a “visually stunning psychological thriller.” An afterparty follows at SPIN. [$25 for the film, $50 for the film and party, Center City]
👻 A Night of Boos and Booze | Saturday | 8 p.m.
Wooder Ice hosts this Halloween party at Liberty Point, featuring a costume contest with a $1,000 top prize. [$20 - $45, Northern Liberties]
Today on City Cast
Best Last-Minute Philly Halloween Costumes
If you don’t have a Halloween costume picked out yet, don’t worry. Host Trenae Nuri, lead producer Laura Benshoff, and producer Abby Fritz are here to help you find the perfect last minute getup, Philly-style.
R.I.P. to the world’s oldest dog, Bobi, who died over the weekend at 31 years of age. That’s 169 in dog years. The secret to Bobi’s longevity? “Good food, fresh air and lots of love.”
Amen to that.
— Joel Wolfram
Thanks to Laura Benshoff for editing the newsletter!
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