The WIN Awards honor people who promote and present positive images of women and girls in film and the media.
Tops in Chinese food
Michael Wei's Bryn Mawr institution Yangming was named the top U.S. Chinese restaurant last week in San Francisco at the Top 100 Chinese Restaurant Awards, given out by the trade pub Chinese Restaurant News. Other locals on the overall list: Concerto Fusion Cuisine (2 S. Delmorr Ave., Morrisville, at No. 5), Joy Tsin Lau (1026 Race St., at No. 16), Wok (1613 Walnut St., at No. 28), and HK Golden Phoenix (911 Race St., at No. 79.) Wei and Susanna Foo were also cited as celebrity restaurateurs.
Method acting
With
Amadeus opening Tuesday at the Walnut Street Theatre, director
Malcolm Black, assistant director
Ashley Kerns, and actors
Rob McClure and
Dan Olmstead went to the Kimmel Center to hear the Philadelphia Orchestra under
Yannick Nézet-Séguin perform
Mozart's Requiem. This was an eye-opener - rather, an ear-opener - for McClure, who plays Mozart. He called it "the closest to being inside of Mozart's mind that I'll ever be." The upshot: A Walnut rep says Black noticed a new intensity in McClure's portrayal.
Nods
CBS Radio's Philly management -
Marc Rayfield,
Jim Loftus,
Andy Bloom, and
Steve Butler - got a surprise last week during corporate meetings in San Diego. Network brass awarded them the inaugural CBS Market of the Year, over the company's 130 markets.
