>>>Chicago Underground Duo, a straightforward and fitting name if we’ve ever heard one, will be playing Philadelphia Art Alliance. CUD is experimental improvisors Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor, who are celebrating their 15th anniversary this year. Shit is gonna get funky. They are playing with Congs For Brums. >>>R. Ring (Kelley Deal of The Breeders [...]

Before there was our beloved Morrissey, there was Oscar Wilde; a man so quick and sharp that his sass is still quoted regularly to this day (while we sometimes feel we’re the only ones keeping the Moz quotes alive). Tonight, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Plays & Players, local “celebrities” will be performing a [...]

This past weekend, Freeman’s auctioned off some Modern & Contemporary Art from Picasso, Chagall, Miro, and Dali. Oh yeah, and sculptor extraordinaire (and part of Philadelphia history) Alexander Calder. Much of Calder’s art is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and his grandpa, also named Alexander, did the statue of William Penn atop City Hall [...]

Attn. BOB NUTS: This Wednesday at Fergie’s, we’re having an ALL-DYLAN HOOTENANNY, wherein some of the city’s finest troubadour will be paying tribute to the man, a week or so in advance of his 71st birthday. There will also be Bob tunes played all night, and BOOZE. Join us! Invite friends on Facebook here.

Carter/Nutter 2012 At this morning’s press conference/Jay-Z photo-op at the Art Museum, very little information was announced about the upcoming Budweiser Made In America Music Festival to be curated and headlined by Jay, but here’s what we do know: The festival will take place on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 1st and 2nd. There [...]

At around 10:30 this morning, Jay-Z will be joining Mayor Michael Nutter to announce the details of the Budweiser Made in America Festival. We already know Jay-Z will be headlining, and we’re to expect performers of all genre. Barring any setbacks, we’ll be live tweeting the lineup announcement and posting about it later today. But [...]

Hey Urban Outfitters, we know we give you a hard time (and it’s usually because a hard time has to be given), but today we’re here to celebrate you. Urban Outfitters was named a top innovator for 2012 by Apparel Magazine for, “its successful implementation of Starmount’s mobile POS solution, Engage.” So, congratulations? It may [...]

Well, we guessed wrong on this one: Greg Osberg has stepped down as CEO of Philadelphia Media Network, in the papers’ first major change since the sale was finalized. According to The Inquirer, Osberg will be replaced by none other than Robert Hall, former publisher and CEO of the papers from 1990 to 2003. Osberg [...]

Later on this morning, Jay-Z, along with Mayor Michael Nutter, will be announcing the details and lineup for the first ever Budweiser Made in America music festival (teased in the video above from Jay’s website). According to the New York Times, the festival is a, “two-day event that will bring as many as 28 musical [...]