Hi Philebrity, Thank you again for honoring PAWS at your award show last year – it was great to be there. I’m emailing because we’re looking for votes once again – this time for a contest to win a $20,000 grant to provide veterinary care to pets belonging to low-income Philadelphians. The contest is run [...]

Last we checked in on Christian DiCicco, he was running for state rep, complete with the classy touch that is throwing fundraisers at Glam in Old City. We won’t rub it in too, too much — Christian lost, and because there are plenty of second acts in South Philly, he’s re-emerged over the summer as [...]

FRIDAY: >>> Let’s keep it short and sweet for this mid-August snoozer of a weekend: After Philebrity Happy Hour @ Octo with DJ Apt One, there’s kind of only two directions to go in: Total record nerd-dom Ian Svenonius & Eddie Austin vs. Sorted! at The Barbary/Barbarella, OR wondering what it all means with Public [...]

RECOMMENDED: Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, and Bill Murray star in the grand old yarn that is Get Low, which could have also been titled What Happens When The World’s Most Interesting Man Wants To Die (Sort Of) had the Dos Equis guy not gotten there first. ALSO NEW IN THEATERS: The Expendables, an unintentionally Tropic [...]

>>> The spirit of Fatback is strong in this one, master: Dam-Funk bring their hot pants music back to Philly at Johnny Brenda’s. >>> Meanwhile, over at L’Etage, The Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret hold their 5 Year Anniversary Party complete with horns and the hairiest diva this side of Kim Kardashian. >>> And, of course, [...]

· Adsum’s New Brunch Menu · Fair Food + Free Flying Fish (Say It Three Times Fast) · The Only Slushie That Comes With The Risk Of Heart Failure/Clothing Loss All this and more — plus the Phoodie Restaurant Guide and Phoodie Calendar on Phoodie.info, the new food and drink blog from Philebrity.

We know that some of you have been wondering what is up with Philebs the last few weeks (erratic posting, low post count, absentee-ism), and we might as well come clean: It’s not laziness. We swear. As it happens, we’ve been taking lots of time, making deals, meeting with folks, mapping out some new stuff, [...]

Much props to Southwest Philly’s Norman Macera, who directed this clip for Willie Nelson‘s cover of the Guy Clark classic “Desperados Waiting For A Train.” Also, Willie, we love you. Come back soon. That show you did with Bobby D. at the Camden Riversharks Stadium five years or so back remains one of our favorite [...]

This just in from 76ers PR: “Hip-Hop is busy planning for the upcoming season and he will be with us for next year and beyond. Any rumors to the contrary are false.” Whatever, dudes. The bunny has to die. Watch your back, Hip-Hop.

Oh snap. And you thought Philebrity was riddled with errors.

FAMILY TREES no one will ever know from amanda finn on Vimeo. Brooklyn’s Family Trees opened up for Reading Rainbow last night at Penn Treaty Park, and had we known they were this lovely, we would have let you know earlier. Life is long, though, so check out this lovely clip and start counting the [...]

a little birdy told me that the 76ers are nixing mascot Hip-Hop and bringing back Big Shot. this is noteworthy because Hip-Hop was the worst mascot OF ALL TIME. a rabbit on steroids? are you f**king kidding me? and Bigshot was just as sweet as the phanatic when i was growing up. alright maybe one [...]

Comcast COO Stephen Burke is not messing around. After slaying NBC Universal last year and pulling down $34M for his own bad self, he’s found a new place to make dinosaur egg and champagne omelets, bitch: 1817 Delancey Place, which, at $5.85M, just might be the highest price paid for a Philadelphia rowhouse ever. That’s [...]

Spin magazine: They still make that! And to smellebrate, Free Energy will be performing on the Spin rooftop tonight at 7:45PM. Watch it here.

Hey It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia fans: You’ll be able to get a look at that season 6 premiere of the FX comedy series at the Trocadero on Tuesday, September 7th. That’s more than a week before the program airs (Thurs., Sept. 16), and it’ll be part of a program that includes the premiere episode, [...]

We don’t care what anybody says: The best part of this whole celebrity boxing business — hell, the only good part of the celebrity boxing business — is the nearly operatic level of cracked-outness required to be the modern species of celebrity boxing promoter. There must be an allegory for this type somewhere in the [...]

Remember that time we outed ourselves as non-fans of MGMT, and the world’s revenge upon us was MGMT getting even bigger still, which was then sealed by a 3-month run of MGMT ads on Philebrity itself? Well, it’s still happening! But whatever: If MGMT brings you a good feeling, who would we be to stand [...]

>>> Two excellent outdoor freebs that you may already know about: Phosphorescent, America’s Greatest Living Band (not sarcasm), play the Philadelphia Weekly Rittenhouse Square thing with openers Gang. Also, at the same time, Waterfront Wednesdays at Penn Treat Park concludes its season with Weathervane Music Night, featuring up-and-comers Reading Rainbow and two more.

A tipster tells us: “PGW plans to sell about $150 million in revenue bonds tomorrow to fund capital projects and refinance debt. The securities are rated third-lowest, at BBB+, by S&P, and second-lowest, at Baa2, by Moody’s, and will be marketed by a group led by Morgan Stanley.” Translation: Even if someone in the private [...]

(Note: Pridesburg, the Bridesburg community organization, is not actually fighting Risque Video on this. It was just a succinct and catchy way to encompass all involved parties. We’re not sorry.) It’s not the billboard. That’s not the problem. It’s the fact that they want to make the double-sided billboard flash (and change!) at four to [...]