Things We Like
Don’t Walk Through the Mirror
Anthony J. Garbowski and Lorna J. Shaw (McMillen Publishing, 162 pages)
This heartrending memoir details Living Beyond Breast Cancer founding member Nancy Garbowski’s 16-year battle with breast cancer from a seldom-heard husband’s perspective. Garbowski’s experience sheds light on the importance of staying emotionally connected and how men can best give women what they really need while enduring the disease’s most difficult stages. This tough read bears a simple truth: Once a loved one has been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, your life will never be the same.
InLiquid’s Green Machine
InLiquid artists Keiko Miyamori, Katie Murken and Chris Vechio take outdoor art to a whole new level with this unique, highly interactive exhibition at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. Nature and technology unite through outdoor, site-specific installations, an interactive indoor media lab and, yes, cell phones. Experience unique waves of sound via technologically based components in a live broadcast performance between Philly and Japan, along with a series of documentaries on the exhibition. Seeing—and hearing—truly is believing. Thru Oct. 30. 8480 Hagy’s Mill Road, Philadelphia. inliquid.com.
Mad Dragon Unleashed 3
(Ryko/WEA)
Looking to tweak your iPod playlist? Check out Mad Dragon Records’ Unleashed 3, a compilation featuring hot new artists from around the globe—all handpicked by Drexel University Media Arts & Design students. The eclectic mix of rock, pop, folk and more includes Australia’s True Live, Brooklyn’s Bess Rogers, and local acts Runrunner, the Swimmers, Andrew Lipke, Hoots & Hellmouth and the Bee Team. Available exclusively on iTunes.
