{"id":279820,"date":"2026-09-05T17:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/279820\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T17:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:46:13","slug":"a-reimagined-turnstiles-never-enough-iconic-philly-foods-on-clothing-and-a-12-panel-mural-are-our-favorite-art-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/279820\/","title":{"rendered":"A reimagined Turnstile\u2019s \u2018Never Enough,\u2019 iconic Philly foods on clothing, and a 12-panel mural are our favorite art this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philly\u2019s favorite foods that you can wear<\/p>\n

A manicured hand holding a cheesesteak, a hoagie, or an iron skillet filled with scrapple. Now imagine that on a hoodie or T-shirt. Add to that the beloved moniker \u201cPhilly Jawn\u201d printed on the back in Philadelphia Phillies-style print and I\u2019m hooked. <\/p>\n

I may be a born and bred New Yorker, but after living here for 23 years, I\u2019m a total Philly Jawn. <\/p>\n

This latest sartorial homage to Philly food is a collaboration between interior designer Sheila Bridges <\/a>and food writer, producer, and media entrepreneur Stephen Satterfield<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"SheilaSheila Bridges X COMOCO T-shirts featuring a Philly cheesesteak, are part of a limited-edition collaboration between interior designer Sheila Bridges and Stephen Satterfield, best known for the Netfix documentary on African American food, “High on the Hog.”Elizabeth Wellington<\/p>\n

Earlier this year Bridges partnered with Walmart <\/a> on a Philly-centric collection of tableware featuring her iconic Harlem Toille de Juoy print<\/a>. Satterfield is best known for Netflix\u2019s Peabody and NAACP award-winning series High on the Hog<\/a>. Its first season featured Philadelphia food and Black catering families including Robert Bogle<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Sheila Bridges X COMOCO T-shirts and hoodies are available in six foodie styles. In addition to the cheesesteak, hoagie, and scrapple designs are a soft pretzel, a rainbow water ice, and a hot dog. <\/p>\n

Black tees feature hands raising hoagies, cheesesteaks, and hot dogs to a clear blue sky with fluffy white clouds. To me, it depicts the heavenly experience of biting into a yummy hoagie, cheesesteak, or hotdog.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of the 250th, I was in this very Philly mindset,\u201d said Bridges, Bill Clinton and author Tom Clancy\u2019s interior decorator, who is calling Philly home these days. <\/p>\n

\"TheThe back of Sheila Bridges X COMOCO T-shirts inspired by iconic Philadelphia food. The shirts are part of a limited-edition collaboration between interior designer Sheila Bridges and Stephen Satterfield, best known for the Netfix documentary on African American food, “High on the Hog.”Elizabeth Wellington<\/p>\n

\u201cI love Philly food,\u201d she said. \u201cEvery time I\u2019m in town, I\u2019m always looking for a soft pretzel with mustard or a cheesesteak.\u201d <\/p>\n

One of Bridges\u2019 in-house artists nailed the illustrations. The shirts were produced by COMOCO Cotton<\/a>, Satterfield\u2019s apparel brand that uses cotton grown by Black-owned family farms in the South. <\/p>\n

\u201cI love how all of the cotton in our products is fully traceable from seed to garment,\u201d Bridges said. <\/p>\n

So do I. <\/p>\n

Sheila Bridges X COMOCO Cotton\u2019s limited-edition Philly-centric shirts are available online at SheilaBridges.com<\/a>. Hoodies are $100. T-shirts are $85. Sizes: S, M, L, XL, and 2XL<\/p>\n

\u2014 Elizabeth Wellington <\/p>\n

A childhood anime favorite in 4K<\/p>\n

Katsuhiro Otomo\u2019s Akira (1988) is one of my favorite films ever. I watched a grainy pirated copy of it from an USB drive a friend lent me on my laptop screen and was spellbound by the hand-drawn animated frames. The film, based on the manga of the same name, is set in the dystopian faraway year of 2019 where Tokyo is in ruins following sudden destruction in 1988. It is plagued with protests, unemployment, corruption, and an overwhelming sense of decay and anger. <\/p>\n

The action of the film unfolds when Sh\u014dtar\u014d Kaneda\u2019s bike gang, the Capsules, races against a rival gang in the midst of a rally that quickly escalates and becomes disruptive. In the middle of the action, Kaneda\u2019s best friend Tetsuo Shima clashes with an otherworldly esper and gains supernatural powers, the same powers possessed by Akira who caused 1988\u2019s wreckage. What follows is a tale of Shima developing superhuman strength and a destructive rage that consumes much of the city. The army and the police fail to manipulate Shima into submission. <\/p>\n

It is a cyberpunk action film; so yes, there\u2019s blood, death, several crashes, splintering glass, and never-ending dystopic vistas. The excellent score draws heavily from traditional Japanese and Indonesian styles and is composed by Sh\u014dji Yamashiro. <\/p>\n

Imagine experiencing all of that on a grainy .mov file on a laptop screen. But you don\u2019t have to! A new 4K and IMAX restoration, distributed by Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment, has been released with English subtitles and English dub. Watching it felt like I was watching the film for the first time. <\/p>\n

The glass shimmers, the blood glows redder, and everything looks grander on the big screen. It is an epic for our times, and for any era where too many people suffer under the reckless might of men drunk on their own power. <\/p>\n

The 4K restoration of \u201cAkira\u201d is playing in theaters across the region, including AMC Broadstreet 7, AMC Cherry Hill<\/a> 24, and AMC Voorhees 16.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bedatri D. Choudhury<\/p>\n

\"TheThe new art installation, “Echoes Beyond the Stage,” was dedicated to the Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts on July 31, 2026.Courtesy of Earl <\/p>\n

A new mural at the Mann Center<\/p>\n

Twelve color-soaked murals, filled with silhouettes entranced in dance, music, and community, adorn the entrance gates at the Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts<\/a>. <\/p>\n

As visitors walk along the gravel-covered trail on Georges Hill Drive, they see a series of 10-foot-long panels that are a part of Echoes Beyond the Stage. The new installation was developed by artists Nile Livingston and De\u2019von Downes to commemorate 50 years since the Mann moved to its current West Fairmount Park location<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Livingston and Downes collaborated with Streets Dept founder Conrad Benner and Mural Arts<\/a> Philadelphia to create artwork that reflects the amphitheater\u2019s history, while illuminating the people, historic blocks, and other institutions that surround its borders. <\/p>\n

\"TheThe new art installation, “Echoes Beyond the Stage,” was dedicated to the Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts on July 31, 2026.Courtesy of Earl <\/p>\n

One mural references one of Aretha Franklin\u2019s final performances at the Mann. Another highlights the century-old rowhouses that line the outside blocks, and others reflect the energy of past block parties, barbecues, and other activities brought to the community. Musical notes float from one panel to the next, showcasing the musical influences and memorable performances that have passed through time. Dancers, vocalists, DJs, and instrumentalists perform under purple, green, and amber-covered skies, while spectators watch from their amphitheater seats or windowsills. <\/p>\n

While each panel differs in focus, they are bound by visual harmony. These works show Mann is not just a performance venue; it\u2019s an essential part of the community and an integral piece of the city\u2019s broader music history. And the best part? Visitors get a glimpse of it before stepping foot inside through the entrance gates.<\/p>\n

The Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts is at 5201 Parkside Ave., Phila.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Earl Hopkins<\/p>\n

Turnstile\u2019s \u2018Never Enough\u2019 reimagined by Will Yip, Alex G., and \u2026 Elton John?! <\/p>\n

What do Alex G., Will Yip, and Elton John have in common?<\/p>\n

The Havertown<\/a> indie songwriter, Grammy-winning Philly producer and studio owner, and \u201cPhiladelphia Freedom\u201d British rock legend all have a hand in Never Enough: Versions, the new album that reimagines Never Enough, the 2025 album by Baltimore pop hardcore band Turnstile.<\/p>\n

\"Turnstile'sTurnstile’s “Never Enough” won a best rock album Grammy for the band and Philadelphia engineer-producer Will Yip. Now it has been reimagined as “Never Enough: Versions,” with new takes on the songs by Elton John, Alex G., Hayley Williams, Branden Woody, Panda Bear, Slayyyter, and more.Trevor Roberts<\/p>\n

Never Enough was already one of the most-acclaimed rock albums of the decade. At this year\u2019s Grammys, the Brendan Yates-fronted band\u2019s \u201cBirds\u201d won for best metal performance. And Turnstile and Yip, the owner of South Philly\u2019s Memory Music Studios, who engineered the album and assisted Yates in producing it, won prestigious best rock album trophies. <\/a><\/p>\n

Now, the 14-song album has been expanded with 22 new tracks, with the original songs remixed, rearranged, and reinterpreted by a dazzling array of artists. <\/p>\n

\"WillWill Yip in Studio 5 in his newly constructed studio, Memory Music Studios, South Philadelphia, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. He won a Grammy for his work engineering and assisting with production on Turnstile’s “Never Enough” which has now been expanded as “Never Enough: Versions.”Alejandro A. Alvarez \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n

The most mind-blowing presence is John, who turns \u201cSeein\u2019 Stars\u201d into a proper song, and whose fame exponential outreaches that of his fellow Turnstile fans. <\/p>\n

Those fans include Paramour singer Hayley Williams, who interprets \u201cCeilings\u201d; boygenius\u2019 Julien Baker, who teams with Sudanese Canadian poet Mustafa on an absolutely gorgeous \u201cTime Is Happening\u201d; jazz trumpeter Brandon Woody, who turns in a lovely instrumental \u201cDreaming\u201d; and breakout electro-pop star Slayyyter, who soars on a high-flying \u201cBirds.\u201d <\/p>\n

Both Baltimore club party MC Rod Lee and New York synth-pop songwriter Porches take on the Never Enough title track. Alex G. \u2014 whose full name is Alex Giannascoli and is also in music news<\/a> for his score to Jane Schoenbrun\u2019s movie Teenage Sex and Death and Camp Miasma \u2014 delivers an atmospheric, cinematic spin on \u201cMagic Man,\u201d which is also interpreted by Panda Bear of Animal Collective. <\/p>\n

All in all, it\u2019s a thoroughly impressive project that makes Turnstile seem like they might possibly be the coolest band in the world. <\/p>\n

\u201cNever Enough: Versions\u201d is available to stream and purchase on music stores and platforms.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Dan DeLuca<\/p>\n

\"Elizabeth<\/a><\/p>\n

I cover the local arts scene and how it speaks to issues of race, gender, fashion, culture, and wellness. I critique pop culture, especially fashion, television, movies, and books.\n <\/p>\n

\"Dan<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m The Inquirer’s Pop Music Critic. I cover Philly music makers of all genres, spotlighting local acts on the rise, telling stories from throughout the city’s rich music history, and reviewing big-name touring acts when they come to town. <\/p>\n