On Stage: Squirrel Nut Zippers are back and playing Philly
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Squirrel Nut Zippers
There are three meanings for “Squirrel Nut Zippers.”
“Nut Zippers” is a southern term for a variety of old bootleg moonshine. There was a newspaper story about an intoxicated man who climbed a tree and refused to come down even after police arrived. The headline was “Squirrel Nut Zipper.”
Squirrel Nut Zipper is also...
On Stage: Stephen Kellogg revels in working solo
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Stephen Kellogg
Stephen Kellogg has always maintained a dual career – as a solo artist and as a leader of his own band. He spent the first decade of the 2000s recording and touring with his band The Sixers.
On June 4, Kellogg is returning to a venue that was the site of one of his first post-Sixers era shows — the Bryn Mawr Twilight Concert (9...
On Stage: Broussard takes unusual path to comedy
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Matthew Broussard
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the area entertainment scene into a horrible situation.
The almost non-existent availability of live shows in Philadelphia featuring national acts is no laughing matter.
But shows that are on the list of coming attractions are laughing matters – because they are shows at some of the city’s well-respected...
