“Uncaged in Jenkintown: A Nic Cage cocktail crawl” on Sunday, June 28 was featured today by The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The brainchild of Mel Hager, the crawl will have prizes, music, food, movies, and more. It includes the Keep Easy, the Drake Tavern, Buckets Bar, and Kings Corner, each of which will be featuring Cage-themed cocktails and hosting “Cage matches” from 4:00pm – 8:00pm.
“Who doesn’t like Nic Cage?” Hager told The Inquirer. “It’s insane how he puts in the work. Every time I turn around I’m like ‘Is he a robot? How does he do so many movies?’ He’s an enigma but yet he does seem like all of us but also maybe he’s an alien? I don’t know, but it’s fantastic.”
Registered participants will receive an “Uncaged Cocktail Crawl Kit” and will be eligible to compete for Cage-themed prizes. Each kit contains one of five random Cage masks to be worn during face-offs against opponents in “Cage matches.”
“Every bar will have its own Cage match competition that will pit two players in a tête-à-tête game based on a different Cage movie to determine who’s the Lord of War,” The Inquirer wrote. “The game at Buckets, for example, is called the “Flying Elvis” and it’s based on the scene in Honeymoon in Vegas where Cage goes skydiving with a group of Elvis impersonators. Contestants will have to throw toy parachute soldiers (hand-painted to look like Elvis) to see who can land them closest to a tiny mock-up of the Vegas strip.”
An awards ceremony will be held at 7:30pm. Costumes are encouraged.
For more information on Uncaged in Jenkintown, visit the event’s Facebook page. To preregister for the crawl, you can click here.
More details below:
For all the latest news, follow us on Facebook or sign up for Glenside Local’s “Daily Buzz” newsletter here.