10. Her full name is Jessica Lansing Sylvia, and she was named after a family friend, Priscilla Lansing. Both women share the same nickname, "Lansie."

9. She lived in New Delhi, India for a year where she worked as an educator at The Kalakar Trust.

8. She completed an AmeriCorps Year of Service by working at Providence CityArts for Youth where she taught middle-school art and design.

PFS filmadelphiaCLASSICS series on location, continued last week with a screening of the 2009 Oscar nominated film, The Wrestler.

The Film was shown at Asylum Arena (South Philly) because the wrestling scenes in the movie were actually shot there! I knew director, Darren Aronofsky had Philly connections with his film Black Swan, as the PA Ballet is all over that film, but this was news to me that Mickey Rourke had been here filming in 2008.

Prior to the screening, the audience was surprised by a visit from wrestlers, Claudio Castagnoli and his partner Tursas

Wednesday, June 1st was the second PFS Happy Hour at Positano Coast (click for happy hour food/drink menu), where most of us enjoyed a summery gin and lime based signature Film Society cocktail.

Pictured above is Jamie (left) PFS Managing Director, Parinda Patel (right) and Flieder on Film. Brian Flieder (center) is a film blogger who sees almost a dozen films a week and is also the film critic for Fox 35 News. I've just become a follower of Flieder on Film; I like that he keeps his posts pretty short and does a listing of all the films currently showing in theaters, with just a rating next to the titles.

The 20th Anniversary Philadelphia Film Festival Short Film Competition is
supported by the Knight Foundation’s Knight Arts Challenge

The Philadelphia Film Society is seeking submissions from area filmmakers for the 20th Philadelphia Film Festival Short Film Competition.