>>> Bibliodiscotheque, the annual party of/for/by sexy librarians (no, really, it’s like a ZZ Top video in there) is back tonight at National Mechanics. You want to go to this. It’s got its heart in the right place, and of course, you must remember what John Waters once said: “If you go home with somebody, [...]

Just a few weeks before the tragedies in Japan, native Philly gal Bridget Pizzo found herself on an extended stay in Osaka. When she noticed that fellow Philadelphians and pop legends Hall & Oates were set to play Osaka, she couldn’t resist. What follows is her account of hometown pride in a far-off land that [...]

Blurry shot and all, but isn’t this our dear Whimsy, popping up all over town? Yep, that’s him! He’s even on TV! Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

It’s not just your one friend on Facebook: We, too, have now been completely engrossed in the saga of Patrick The Pit Bull, the poor little guy in the video above who was starved and thrown down a trash chute in Newark, NJ. OH MY GOD LOOK AT HIS SWEET FACE. Anyway, the woman accused [...]

Everything is broken today. If you’re seeing this, that is a great sign that things are starting to work again! Yay! Update: Mercury in retrograde. That’s gotta be it.

>>> Dying to bust out? Wanna punch the month of March in its stupid face? I hear ya, bub. There is, as mentioned earlier this this week, The Raveonettes with Tamaryn and Nothing at the TLA, followed by that show’s unofficial afterparty, Rock Tits @ The Pope with special guest Ian St. Laurent. No one [...]

Sign the petition here before April 10th.

The 4th Annual Philly Spring Cleanup will be held this Saturday, April 2, from 9am – 2pm. Sign up online at PhillySpringCleanup.com for a project you like -– whether it’s across the street or across town –- then get your family, friends and neighbors to join you. And don’t stop there. Let’s keep up the [...]

Iva Kelman’s bike helmet, inspired by the way we like to bike best. Tomorrow night (March 31st) will see the opening of what we believe to be is the first-ever Bike Helmet Art Show & Silent Auction at Vox Populi (Facebook invite here). The show, put together by Lou Matlow of Full Force Promotions, gathers [...]

This is Gertie, whom you can visit at the McNeil Avian Center at the Philadelphia Zoo. We know, Gertie, we know. Right?

It’s not out yet, but a little birdie just told us that Philly will be so named tomorrow, on the first day of Autism Awareness Month and the eve of World Autism Awareness Day. We’ll post the link when it goes live.

Two great tastes that taste great together: Tomorrow, Chase and Jennifer Utley will join folks from Mural Arts at the Anna B. Pratt Elementary School in North Philadelphia (2200 N. 22nd St., near Dauphin) to help bring awareness to animal cruelty and lead students in a mural painting experience. Good on Utley for making nice [...]

I think this has a pretty sad and potentially pornagraphic story behind it: I dunno. The placement of the St. Ides, the sort of legs-akimbo arrangement of the pants… it kind of suggests “art installation.” Reader, was this close to any of the area art schools? It could just be that you happened upon one [...]

It’s bad enough that they can’t find work and no one reads them anymore. (That’s a whole other post we should write sometime.) But at this year’s Cinefest, critics won’t even have one of the only things that makes it worthwhile, year in and year out: The all-access festival pass. Cinefest just notified members of [...]

Seen on 1300 block of Buttonwood St. Probably for the benefit of those Jersey 20 somethings that hit up Prohibition Taproom. Tommy from Runnemede says, “Ya know, they got Valet Parking at Finnegan’s and McFadden’s. I’m just sayin’, no confusion, you know??” And so the saga of Readers Cameraphone Parking Submissions continues, today touching on [...]

You may have noticed Daniel Denvir‘s thoroughly reported, stats-heavy story in Philadelphia Weekly a few weeks back on the state of segregation in Philly. (The short version: We’re still very, very segregated.) Today on Salon.com, Denvir has expanded his data mining into a piece on “The 10 Most Segregated Urban Areas In America.” Philly comes [...]

The Clink is a little web sitcom with local roots, set in, of course, a prison. In the sample clip above, the inmates clear up the age-old debate: What’s the difference between a shank and a shiv? Related: Endorsement: The Super Man

There’s now a VisitPhilly page on Foursquare, and to, er, celebrate, “Mayor Nutter will tweet a personal message via his @Michael_Nutter Twitter account to the Foursquare user who is the ‘mayor’ of the Independence Visitor Center at noon on April 30.” As the once and future mayor of Sang Kee Peking Duck House, I must [...]

You got that? Allow us to explain: While being interviewed on a New Hampshire radio station, Aggressive Breeder/Next President Of The United States/Frothy Mixture That Is Sometimes The Result Of Anal Sex Rick Santorum suggested that the reason Social Security is in trouble might have something to do with abortion. According to this AP story, [...]