Gather round starving artists of Philadelphia, we’ve got good news. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is launching a three-year, $9 million, Arts Challenge to provide funding for the Philadelphia arts scene. And the better news? Anyone can enter. Knightfoundaation.org says “established arts institutions, independent artists of all types, businesses, service organizations, and [...]

There was a lot of love in the air at the Broken Social Scene show at the TLA last night — the members of BSS all love each other, they all love Philadelphia, and Philadelphia, of course, loves them back. Frontman Kevin Drew‘s message of love and ecstasy seemed more and more authentic as the [...]

Directed by one of our favorite people in the whole city, Ted Passon, the video features regulars from “Tuesday Night Adult Skate” crowd at the legendary Holiday Skating in New Jersey. And it’s for that West Philly song.

That’s not a cock sandwich he’s eating over there, but it’ll do: Governor Ed Rendell has apologized for the state’s tracking of gay activists, environmental activists, and others in participation with a Homeland Security program that cost the state $125,000. Because really. He said a press conference today: “Let me make this as clear as [...]

Last week, we wished aloud for some cool Mario Kart flair on the Spruce/Pine bike lanes — but what we got today was even better. Courtesy Philebrity commenter @Poster_Nutbag, these photos of how someone has used the bike lanes to score a little tune. Our site reading is a little rusty, but we’re pretty sure [...]

Alright, we get it. You’re a man. Now get out of our city.

It’s lonely at the top. Everyone always taking shots at you from every possible direction – you never know who you can trust. That’s why, as Carl Greene knows, if someone is giving you shit, they gotta disappear. So when Rosanna Grdinich, a PHA employee formerly responsible for equal-employment investigations, started asking questions about Greene’s [...]

Early this summer, the city enacted a tax on tobacco products we decided to call The Blunt & Loosey Tax, which made it ever-so-slightly more expensive to be addicted to nicotine. Which is like, whatever, we’re all trying to quit anyway. Little did we know that this seemingly innocuous little tax was actually the first [...]

They must have seen our post about how demanding the last one was. This new one in Rittenhouse Square makes us, well, warm and fuzzy.

Amanda was a woman with a plan, seeking the affection of her boss using the Muppets and homemade Indian food. But it was postcards with naked French people that really sealed the deal. Her winning story from last night’s First Person StorySlam – on the theme “It’s in the Mail” – proves that love letters [...]

>>>>> Philly natives Reading Rainbow will be releasing their sophomore album, Prism Eyes, on Nov. 23rd on Hozac Records. You can hear “Wasting Time,” the album’s bright and shimmering gem of an opener, over at Stereogum. Also look for them on the fall Weathervane Music lineup. [Hozac/Stereogum] >>>>> Our friends over at NPR are streaming [...]

Lane driver: The forces against you, the rain. I know everybody wants to put you down, but I know everybody’s gonna put me down. I want you. Because I’m rushing to feel you. But I won’t set you down, I don’t need to. Fly fly fly fly fly fly fly. Don’t try try try try [...]

WOW. Update: The auction so nice, they’ve having it twice!

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So that’s what “high on consolation” looks like. Huh. [Submitted by TonyTrov\]

Oh look: The Daily Beast did a charticle on the most dangerous Ivy Leagues (based on crime and not stats related to soulburn generated by banal, ignorant upper-middle-class fuckface undergrads), and UPenn came in second: Criminal Incidents (most recent 3 calendar years): Murders: 4 Negligent Homicides: 0 Forcible Rapes: 27 Non-forcible Rapes: 0 Robberies: 176 [...]

Listen, you screwheads! Here is a man who would not take it anymore! A man who stood up against the scum, the filth! First, it was the bike lanes! Those fucking communist pig bike lanes! He led the charge! But no revolution could simply stop at bike lanes! What does he look like to you, [...]

Last week, we were talking about how the final sale of the Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com was being delayed by union drivers who’ve been dragging their feet on contract negotiations that must be wrapped up before a court ultimately approves the sale. Well, the deadline for all of this to be wrapped up is [...]

The South of South Neighborhood Association (SOSNA) applied for a grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project to turn the ugly, fenced-in slab of concrete pictured at the right (located at 22nd and Catherine) into a public park with a small playground and brick walkways. In this round of the Pepsi Refresh Project, a $50,000 grant [...]