Quick Hits: Art as life at Garage; Wharton Lofts’ green roof; Anastasi expansion; Best bread is S. Philly bread

The Garage bar in cheesesteak central, fittingly, will host a performance-art-piece/eating contest June 24-25 called “Cheesesteaks Cheesesteaks Cheesesteaks Cheesesteaks Cheesesteaks Cheesesteaks.” It’s part of the SoLow Festival and being put on by Mike Durkin, the guy who sat in an apartment bathtub last September for

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New Italian immigration museum opening June 1 at 1834 E. Passyunk Ave. — with a demonstration kitchen

The Filitalia International foundation is putting the finishing touches on an immigration museum that plans to open with a street festival on June 1. After extensive remodeling of its headquarters at 1834 E. Passyunk Ave., the foundation is set to unveil

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