Because real talk: The second the deal goes through, we’re going to start lobbying for you guys to BRING HIM BACK. Previously: 76ers To Be Sold Any Minute Now (Still, But More So)

Late last month, when local promoters Baruno & Brown began to circulate an early version of a flyer for their Trophy Wives pool party, to be held at Arrow Swim Club this Sunday, they had no idea that a simple, goofy joke would take flight within what appears to be an increasingly uptight Northern Liberties [...]

How come you can’t do anything this pretty in Excel?

Juniper and Drury, near McGillin’s: There’s also one of these under the 2nd & Callowhill underpass. Kinda lovin’ it! Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

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No big whup, just some pretty sweet footage photographer/insane-o chandelier maker Adam Wallcavage just shot and uploaded. Adam is/was diving just off of Wildwood, NJ.

Just like it was a month ago, the sale of the Philadelphia 76ers looks to be immininent — only now, it is more imminent than it was before. (Insert Law & Order sound here.) As has been the scuttlebutt, a group led by Joshua Harris, a director at Apollo Global Management LLC, will very likely [...]

If not, GET ON THAT. Ballot closes at 4PM!

Spotted near 6th and Girard: It looks so real. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

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>>> The good people of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia will be hosting a Bike-In Movie Screening of the absurdly awful Quicksilver on the roof of Whole Foods at 10th and South this evening. The film, if you don’t remember/can’t forget, stars our own Kevin Bacon as a yuppie who decides to give it [...]

For years, one of our top secret most loved and wonderful and inspiring places in the city has been the room in the Philadelphia Museum of Art where they keep Fifty Days at Iliam, Cy Twombly‘s “painting in ten parts” based on Alexander Pope’s translation of Homer’s Iliad. Twombly, of course, was a giant of [...]

Money site Bundle did a study of crime data in major American cities and found this lovely bit of what have you: [...] of the 12 cities we examined, Philadelphia was the only city that didn’t have a specific block of time when you’re more likely to get robbed. Basically, you’re just about likely to [...]

Pardon the nepotism, but we just wanted to say that we couldn’t be more proud of Kristian Almgren and Aaron Fisher-Cohen, the two young men behind DAMN!, the new documentary about Jimmy “The Rent Is Too Damn High” McMillan. Kristian served well here as an ad rep up until about a year or so ago, [...]

According to a press release we just got: 500,000! Pretty impressive. And only three stabbings!

PWD Promo from Valerie Keller on Vimeo. Great little video on the Philadelphia Water Department‘s innovative greening projects: Green Streets, Green Homes and Green Communities.

QFest, the Philadelphia Cinema Alliance‘s annual festival of queer films, completely snuck up on us; the fest begins tomorrow, this year promising “the best in lesbian filmmaking.” This year’s lineup includes two French numbers we wouldn’t mind checking out — Gigola and Tomboy — but we’re also wondering what’s on your tipsheet. Let us know [...]

PHS and The Franklin Institute invite you to visit the garden for kid-friendly demonstrations, gardening lectures, and other special events. Science in the Garden will be every other Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. Family Friendly Special Events and Programs: July 13 12:30 pm Science in the garden with The Franklin Institute What Makes a Plant a [...]

To whom it may concern: I posted on my remarks in response to an article that attacked an event that I like to attend. I did not call anyone names or act in a disrespectful manner. I think that the post I responded to was thoughtless as was the response to a comment. The fact [...]

As it happens, this is also a metaphor for what’s happening in my soul right now. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.