>>>Awesome Fest and The Troc are hosting a free screening (with a $5 suggested donation) of the Beastie Boys concert film AWESOME; I FUCKIN SHOT THAT, with all donations going to a charity of the late Adam Yauch‘s family’s choosing. >>>Class Actress and Penguin Prison are playing Johnny Brenda’s, and Cousin Brian, Neighbors, and Slutever [...]

So far today we’ve learned that it’s expensive to stay here, we don’t read books that often, and now here is the worst one of them all: On a list of the most dangerous colleges to go to, UPenn and Temple took the top two spots. The list was complied by Elite Daily, and takes [...]

According to Amazon.com, Philadelphia fell short of the top 20 most well-read cities in the U.S. this year. Well, actually, let’s clarify: It’s really a list of the cities that ordered the most books on Amazon. According to the list, “The ranking was determined by compiling sales data of all book, magazine and newspaper sales [...]

WXPN‘s Non-Comm gathering for all non-commercial radio peeps is taking place tonight through Saturday. It’s all sold-out, but a certain guest could ruffle some feathers. According to Dan DeLuca, music “critic” Bob Lefsetz will be interviewed for the convention. Bob’s The Lefsetz Letter makes him a very polarizing figure within the realm of music and [...]

All of our core dislike for Chris Christie aside (and as corny as this video is), this was actually nice to see: Two politicians, reaching across the aisle to make little jabs at each other. And since it would never happen here, someone has to cast and create a fake Nutter/Corbett video. Birdtext, we’re talking [...]

Not unlike the man on the right, we’ve been sitting around, waiting for the Rodin Museum to open back up, wondering what to do with ourselves. But not to be overshadowed by its new neighbor, the Rodin will once again be swinging open its doors. Art Daily took an inside look at the renovations, and [...]

The film is called Backwards and it stars James Van Der Beek alongside writer/star Sarah Megan Thomas (a Haverford native), and is directed by local director Ben Hickernell. The film is set (and was filmed) mainly on Philadelphia’s rivers, as Thomas plays an Olympic alternate rower turned High School rowing coach. The rowing world is [...]

It’ll be a great day to culture-yourself up a bit: The Philadelphia Museum of Art will offer free admission all day on Friday, May 18, in celebration of International Museum Day. Free admission will also be extended to the Museum-administered Park Houses, Cedar Grove and Mount Pleasant. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is [...]

According to the Budget Hotel Report by CheapHotels.com, Philadelphia is the nation’s third priciest city to stay in, behind Boston and New York of course. The report looked at only, “accommodations situated in or very close to either the city center or its main attractions,” and looked at the cheapest available double room for the [...]