>>>Ex-Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman Bob Mould will be playing Sugar’s Copper Blue in full (along with some solo stuff and some hits from the Dü) at Union Transfer with Cymbals Eat Guitars. >>>The Tuesday Tune-Out series at PhilaMOCA brings the music of Tadoma and Jeff Ziegler, followed by a screening of a VHS copy [...]

The Rocky Awards, given to the best people in Philadelphia’s dance community by Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe, were awarded yesterday at Underground Arts. The 2012 winners are hand-picked by last year’s winners, and those winners are: >>>Gregory Holt for his improvisational performance in Blind Spot with cellist Helena Espvall. Given by Michele [...]

As if to say, “Listen, we know you were close to giving up on this year (if you hadn’t already), and we know the football season is starting, but WE’RE HERE, WE’RE ALMOST AT .500, AND WE MIGHT MAKE THE PLAYOFFS,” our Philadelphia Phillies are on a bit of a hot streak. It’s far from [...]

And not even the band Fun. They have a period at the end of their name. Good ol’ Barclay Shields took to the Barbary a few weeks ago with sign and makeshift balaclava to show Photobot 3000 what he was all about, because Tigerbeats is the place to make political statements. What’s he all about? [...]

As Philadelphians (we’re speaking for you here too, if you don’t mind), we almost take a weird pride in how truly messed up our parking system is. It’s a, “You think your city is bad … ” badge of honor, but one that we would happily discard for any number of solutions to the issue. [...]

Last week, we heard one of those rumors that just makes one sigh because it has too much of the ring of truth: In this case, it was that Philly’s Ritz Theaters — that would be Ritz Five, Ritz East and Ritz At The Bourse — would be moving to all-digital projection systems. And yes, [...]

Diane’s been saving herself for Star Wars dreamboat, Han Solo, since she was 9 years old. Will she discover her intergalactic destiny when she meets a Han Solo look alike or will her heart be sentenced to death (star)? Watch the video of her winning performance from last night’s First Person Arts StorySlam and find [...]

Have you ever just picked up David Foster Wallace‘s Infinite Jest on a lazy day, read the whole thing, and then thought to yourself, “That was good and all, I just wish it had a corresponding map with pins at every location, real and fictional, mentioned in the book.” Well, if you are that one [...]

>>>That giant estate for the Cardinal that Charles Chaput decided he was going to sell is reportedly going to be sold to St. Joe’s University for the paltry sum of $10 Million. We still think they should make some horror films there. [National Catholic Reporter] >>>The Double Eagle coins, worth over $7 Million, that were [...]

So the story (which you may have heard by now) goes a little something like this: Two City Council staffers, who were not supposed to have access to city vehicles, got arrested for DUI in said city vehicles. City Council receptionist Robin Jones forgot she wasn’t playing a game of GTA when she drove a [...]

Today marks 11 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. The attacks reminded us that we are not invulnerable, we do not exist in a bubble kept safe from evil acts, and that the acts of barely two-dozen people can effect the way a country acts, thinks, and operates for years afterwards. We’re [...]