Conten ts
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2009
DEPARTMENTS
ALL ABOARD
8 Happy New Year
24
DETOUR
Home Is
Where Art Is
Artists’ and writers’ residences yield
glimpses of their inspirations.
28
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Let’s Dance!
Get in the groove with the Corridor’s
varied, and oh-so-limber, dance
companies.
32
BUSINESS CLASS
The 100-Day
Turnaround
Kick o 2009 with a 100-day plan
to relaunch your career.
64
CAFÉ CHATTER
Gallery Gourmet
Museums as culinary hot spots.
78
COCKTAIL
Setting the Whiskey Bar
Survey the lounges specializing in this
classic amber spirit.
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FINAL STOP
Why I Love ...
Philadelphia
For NPR host Terry Gross, the city’s
charming parks and neighborhoods
are like a breath of Fresh Air.
Contributors, page 6 • Puzzles, page 86
Station/Route maps, page 84
ARRIVEMAGAZINE.COM
“Art and food are both respites from the
everyday grind. They give you renewed
energy, put you in touch with life.”
— PAGE 64
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FIRST CLASS
A noirish Valentine’s
Day • February is ...
National Bird Feed-
ing Month • Art in
motion • Alarm
yourself • A hockey
marriage made on ice
• Carry that luggage
weight • Good-
looking, all-weather
gloves • Yukking it
up in North Carolina
• HDTV and a whole
lotta vision quests ...
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CITY GUIDE
Happy birthday,
Edgar Allan Poe
• Restaurant week in
Baltimore • Hedda
Gabler • Green Eggs
and Hamadeus • Yad-
do: Making American
Culture • Death by hot
chocolate • Dinosaur
mania in Philly • Ira
Glass’ American Life
• Laugh riot with
Improv Jones • A
Lincoln bicentennial
celebration ...
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UP TO SPEED
One night in Bean
Town • Cirque Eloize
• Wilmington’s Winter
Bluegrass Festival • A
Valentine’s Day opera
ball • Cezanne and
Beyond • Chronicles
of Narnia: The
Exhibition • Italy in
Philly • B&O Railroad
birthday bash
• Grease is always
the word • Here’s to
you, Art Garfunkel ...