We gave our props to historical re-enactors yesterday, but this deserves a little shout out as well. Actor Michael Tomasetti spends his time portraying The Dead Colonial, official mascot of The Spirits of ’76 Ghost Tour. He says of the role, “It’s live theater and the audience is everywhere. They’re on the SEPTA bus screaming, [...]

Recently, Alex “Reds” Rivera, alleged Kensington drug kingpin had a new indictment filed against him. Today, a tipster sent us this video of Rivera being interviewing by the BBC as part of a larger piece called “Killadelphia” from January of last year. It’s worth taking a look to see the rationale he makes for his [...]

We long for the day when we’re going to know these things for sure, but sources have told us that the proposed location for David Grasso‘s new venue is at Richmond and Cumberland Streets. We have been misinformed before, but we like to pass along what we’re told. A question that was posed to us [...]

It’s happened to Tim Pawlenty. It’s happened to Michelle Bachmann. And now, it’s happened to … three random posts in the Gayborhood? Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

In case you missed last week’s epic show with Schoolly D playing nothing but his favorite wax, check it out today on Philebrity Radio, from 3-5PM on XPN2. It was a real doozy of a show. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE ON THE XPN2 PLAYER OR CLICK HERE TO LISTEN WITH ITUNES!

Didn’t get it quite right the first time? Neither did the storytellers at Tuesday night’s First Person Arts “Do Overs” StorySlam. Nothing says “Do Over” like a high school reunion. When you find yourself swallowing your sixth grade pride, surrounded by all the people who witnessed the most awkward years of your life, there’s only [...]

The story broke about a week ago about this illegal underground poker ring that was causing Tobey Maguire, Nick Cassavetes, and a bunch of others to be sued. The situation was: not only was the poker ring illegal, but Bradley Ruderman, who ran a Ponzi scheme, used stolen client money for the games. Therefore, hedge [...]

They’ve been filming around town for a bit now, and even made a stop at the shore, but the cast of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is currently shooting around star/creator Rob McElhenney‘s alma matter St. Joe’s Prep. Head on over if you want to catch a glimpse of Fat Mac. Pictures of the filming [...]

>>>That band above, JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound (who are honestly great) will be at the North Star Bar tonight with Black Landlord, and Lust2Love (a Go-Gos Tribute act). The show starts at 8:00PM and admission is $10. Don’t forget your dancing shoes. >>>Waterfront Wednesdays At Penn Treaty Park presents North Lawrence Midnight Singers, [...]

What You Mean To We by Black Landlord Black Landlord, Philly’s resident drunk-ass party band featuring Maxx Stoyanoff-Williams from the legendary Goats, just put their new EP, What You Mean To We up on Bandcamp, complete with cover art so ridiculous it’s worth it just have that image somewhere, anywhere, on your computer. The party-funk [...]

In which our protaganists once again take over the Delaware Ave. club/pool with the usual stack of DJs, plus some European and other far-flung future-sounds weirdos (including the very dreamy John Maus), and see if they can’t pierce the sun itself. This will be the BP oil leak of parties. And we have passes. You [...]

They’re the ones really bearing the brunt of these awful American visitors in this mean season. Here’s the American Historical Theatre‘s Bob Gleason as William Penn.

Corner of Tasker and Delaware aves. Er, ah… welcome, America! Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

The ever-present Ride the Ducks will go silent on July 7th in memory of the one year anniversary of last year’s fatal duck boat/barge collision that left two people dead. If only they could go silent forever. According to NBC Philadelphia, “attorneys for the families of those victims reacted to the tribute by saying if [...]

IT’S NOT THE ROCKY STEPS, IT’S THE FUCKING PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND YOU PANDERING FUCKS ARE NOW COMPLICIT IN THE FURTHER ROCKY-FICATION OF AN INSTITUTION, WE HAPPEN TO KNOW, THAT HAS EVEN MORE DISDAIN FOR THE ROCK THAN WE DO (EVEN THOUGH IT MUST BE SAID THAT ROCKY I AND [...]

View Larger Map This week, Wawa will thrown down untold piles of dollars (and a 4.5 ton hoagie) and create even more goodwill for itself by being the branded-in sponsor of the Welcome America festivities, all but one of which take place in Center City. But this, of course, flies in the face of the [...]

Will Bunch uncovers how Governor Tom Corbett (YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA, YOU MUST HAVE HEARD OF HIM) has mysteriously scrubbed his bio of any trace of having worked for Waste Management, Inc. Good on ya, Bunchy. Also, money quote from Corby The Unknown: “Nobody wants their own trash. Everybody wants someone to pick [...]

REPOST: This week’s Philebrity Salon at the 700 will be a bittersweet one — it’s our last with resident barkeep/cocktail genius/limey loudmouth Anders Larson. Anders is set to move to Vienna in just a few days to begin a new course of study, and we gladly invite you to come on down and hoist a [...]

The Ambler Theater — in “daytime, night time, anytime… Ambler!” — just announced its 5th annual Little Lebowski Fest, on Wednesday, July 20 at 7:00pm. Gotta love the tiered ticketing: There is the regular admission ($9.75/General and $4.75/Members.) And, for a more enriching festival experience, there are Achiever tickets. The Achiever tickets include a limited [...]