>>>The good people at Rocktits will be spinning all the best 60s and 70s rock, R&B and soul at Morgan’s Pier. You know, as they do every Wednesday night. >>>And Urban Playground, along with DISHA, PRAGATHI and AID Philadelphia are celebrating Indian Independence Day with a kite flying festival at Drexel Park on 32nd and [...]

According to the BBC, the partially-locally-based band Baroness (originally from Georgia) were involved in a serious bus accident when their bus fell 30ft from a viaduct near Bath, England. Two people, “suffered multiple fractures and had to be freed by firefighters.” Naturally, the band had to cancel the rest of their European tour. It is [...]

Here at Philebrity, we like anniversaries. So, on what is nearly the one year anniversary of us giving away tickets to see My Morning Jacket at the Mann, we would like to give away tickets to see My Morning Jacket at The Mann. This time around, Yim Yames and crew are touring with Band of [...]

Sure, some of you may already be aware of the Bass Barn Forums, the go-to place to discuss fish, fishing, crabs, crabbing, and other things related to fishing and crabbing. We here at Philebrity were only vaguely aware of it, but while our own Joey Sweeney has found his true calling while on vacation this [...]

Back in July, we told you about the push by Johnny Brenda’s to get some much needed bike parking outside of their establishment. They had applied for a bike corral offered by the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities, but Darrell Clark was standing in their way. Well, according to the people at the Bicycle [...]

Firstly, can we all acknowledge that we, as Americans, do not use the word “cahoots” enough? Cool. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s all watch the video above from MoveOn.org (we know) about the so-far-successful plan to get MittBot 3000 elected in November. Gov. Corbett gets name-dropped, as does Florida Governor Rick Scott, [...]

CultureWorks Greater Philadelphia, a non-profit that “provides arts and heritage organizations and creative professionals affordable access to the support and strategy they need to be resilient and sustainable within a constantly changing environment,” will be opening a cultural co-working space at 1315 Walnut Street. According to Generocity, the idea parallels IndyHall, though this space will [...]

According to NBC 10, “Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson said he wouldn’t grant an injunction that would have halted the law requiring each voter to show a valid photo ID. Opponents are expected to file an appeal within a day or two to the state Supreme Court.” Looks like you guys best get them IDs.

Batten down the hatches (maybe): Accuweather.com is predicting a fairly gnarly winter for Philadelphia. Of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean much; last year, they had us convinced reports of “stormy and cold” weather would, in fact, mean both of those things, and that’s not exactly how Winter 2011-12 turned out, is it? At any rate, [...]

The Found Footage Festival is returning to Philadelphia, and this year, it’s gonna be a doozy. On Wednesday, September 5th, starting at 7 PM, head to Johnny Brenda’s for what is sure to be the strangest, most wonderfully off-putting, hairspray-and-Cosby-sweater-filled night of the year. (Unless you went to Comedy Bang! Bang! live, probably.) The event’s [...]

This weekend, the 2nd Annual Philly Geek Awards are upon us. The event, hosted by Geekadelphia, seeks to honor and recognize the local best and brightest in multiple varieties of technological and media advancements (and general nerditude). We spoke with Eric Smith of Geekadelphia to learn more about the event, and, more accurately, get another [...]