THE ’06 MIX

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Also by Lorraine Gennaro

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Christmas killer

Also by Fred Durso Jr.

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Just as Christmas was about to end, a man received a taste of violence.

Reginald Branham, owner of the Cognac Corner Bar on the 1400 block of South 21st Street, was shot inside his establishment at…

2006 was a slam dunk

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It’s a year Prep Charter will never forget. When the players and coaches look back at 2006, they’ll talk about becoming the first Philadelphia school to win a Pennsylvania Interscholastic basketball title. Hey, it might even be a trivia question some day.

Sports briefs: 12–28–06

Tournament update

The Neumann-Goretti girls’ basketball team won the consolation-bracket championship of the 2006 Crescent Bank Holiday Invitational with a 39–23 victory over South Carolina’s Lee Central. The game was held Dec. 23 at the Myrtle Beach Convention…

Cloaked in tradition

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Time certainly hasn’t dulled the annual Mummers Parade. Like a fine wine, it only has gotten better with age. 
 Philadelphia’s traditional event, now in its 106th year, has the costumes, color and charisma to awaken even the biggest party animal from a New…

An artful end

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As 2006 comes to an end, the art world continues to move at high speed.

The biggest news was the sale of the famous 1875 Thomas Eakins painting “Gross Clinic” by Thomas Jefferson University Hospital to a yet-to-be-built museum in Arkansas…

A food-lover’s favorites

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It’s been a big year for ethnic restaurants. I wondered for years why this city lacked places featuring Spanish fare. Finally, two fine tapas eateries, Bar Ferdinand and Isla Ibiza, have opened their doors. Both are moderately priced, including the…