The nuclear submarine USS Philadelphia (shown above) is wrapping up its final deployment, and there is talk of shipping it here to the Naval Heritage Museum on the Delaware Waterfront where, if things go the way we hope they will, it will be the site of Tommy Up‘s Mojito parties in the summer of 2012.

We’ve been meaning for a little while now to post about the UK act and pop sensation La Roux with whom, like many gay men and teenage girls around the world, we have become fairly obsessed. There’s a lot to love about La Roux: For one, their sound brings to mind nothing so much as [...]

When not weighing in Philly’s illustrious bar culture, those special little snowflakes we like to call Penn Kids keep themselves busy another way: Boning. I know, I know. You don’t wanna talk about it. Hell, we don’t really wanna talk about it. But the important thing to remember is that that they do, and if [...]

Back in November, we broke the news to you that the 941 Theater, the independent cinema and music outpost in Northern Liberties, had been shut down after a series of L&I violations. What followed was a series of fundraising events geared towards getting the 941 out of the red and back open again. Sadly, however, [...]

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Please join us tonight at Philebrity Salon as our good buddy and hard bop enthusiast Jeremy Grites joins us for a distinctly Blue Note-ish episode. Cocktail genius Anders Larson will be behind the bar, snow will be falling outside, and if you want to know all that David Copperfield crap, well, we can probably provide [...]

So hey, everybody, this is our friend Heidi. Heidi is currently in NINTH place in American Apparel’s “Search For The Best Bottom In The World.” If you work in a place where BIG JUICY ASSES CLAD IN RED HOT SHORTS are not OK, you may want to read this post later.

Over the weekend, four of the declared candidates for PA governor met at the Pennsylvania Progressive Summit and engaged in a debate that is mostly notable for how sleepy and boring it was. The debate did get a little lively, however, when the moderator asked, point blank, where the assembled candidates stood on the issue [...]

Oh no! WORLDS COLLIDING! Remember when we told you about that girl who was trying to hug 100 people in a weekend and do other fun, life-affirming things in order to get over that Brazilian dude? Well, since we last checked in, she’s run into another, er, fun, life-affirming thing: Legendary Philly rake Harry Jay [...]

As you may know already, the one and only Tony Danza is living in Philly right now, shooting a reality show and residing in the Piazza at Schmidt’s. He also has a new video podcast, The Daily Danza, that seems to refuse to let his voice sync up with his image, which has a creepy [...]

As of yesterday, edgy and subversive national chain clothier Urban Outfitters has joined the ranks of the S&P 500, the commonly-used Wall Street index of stable, well-performing stocks. To celebrate their new official “Opressor” status, Urban has marked the occasion by substituting the word “Obama” for “Black” on its new line of t-shirts. No, really: [...]

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Apropos of nothing, really, this one was a little too good to pass up. Upon being interviewed about the possibility of a Calvin & Hobbes postage stamp, here’s C&H creator Bill Watterson: How soon after the U.S. Postal Service issues the Calvin stamp will you send a letter with one on the envelope? Immediately. I’m [...]

Hey, just a quick update: Tickets for Philebrity’s first-ever Enchantment Under The Sea Dance @ 2424 Studios with special guests Blood Feathers on Saturday February 13 are selling briskly! Visit philebrity.com/underthesea for more info on the funnest, cheapest, loveliest Valentine’s date in the city. Oh, and a quick update, just in: Local man/party savant Eddie [...]

This morning, Mayor Nutter, Meryl Levitz and various brass from the Kimmel Center announced plans for the first-ever Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, to be held April 7 – May 1, 2011, all around the city. The Fest — PIFA for short — is the result of a grant from and accordingly programmed in [...]

In what can only be described as a miraculous development, NJ Governor/Governmental Savior Chris Christie, only weeks into his term, has already eradicated his state of gypsy moth caterpillar pestilence. Though Christie never spoke of this as part of his campaign platform, the fact that the population of the foliage-destroying caterpillars has recently dropped so [...]

When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. But standing here among the people of Punxsutawney and basking in the warmth of their hearths and hearts, I couldn’t imagine a better fate [...]

>>> Our buds Fishtown Jazz Odyssey begin their once-a-month Monday night residency at The El Bar, and you should go. They are much, much better at music than you are. >>> Not that you heard it from us or anything, but Season Two of RuPaul Drag Race starts tonight, and that is very exciting. What? [...]

In the aftermath of the US military’s decision last Wednesday to stop flights of injured earthquake victims from Haiti to the hospitals in the US, Global AeroMedical Services (a private medical transport company) and Boston-based non-profit Partners in Health combined forces to fly three critically ill children to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to receive treatment. [...]

We asked you last week whether or not you wanted us to post about Wing Bowl 18, one of this city’s towering monuments to shame, self-degradation and low culture. Not surprisingly, more than half of you said yes. WIP just released the complete list of eaters, along with their home town and their qualifying event [...]