When Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia rolled around, City Paper’s Bryan Bierman asked us if he could, in any way, help us record some interviews during the event. Given his history of behind-the-camera work, we told him in no uncertain…
Wikimedia Commons I dont drink. Its not because I have a problem with or an ideological disagreement against drinking, I just never liked it. Since almost everyone I know does drink, though, I tend to spend a good amount of…
WWE.com I dont think Ive ever been prouder to be in a Philly crowd than I was last night during WWEs Royal Rumble at Wells Fargo Center and oddly enough, it was not a happy time at all. Were we…
All this week, Ive been listening to the recently released compilation Country Funk Volume II 1967-1974 from Light In The Attic records. Its a follow up to 2012s excellent Volume I, which collects obscure country tunes that are way groovier…
RECORD NUMBERS: Colman Domingo’s one-man show on growing up immersed in soul music and the Philadelphia Sound, A Boy and His Soul, has run off-Broadway and in London; it comes to Philly for the first time this spring. Ive finally…
OMNI PRESENTS: “My kids celebrate Hanukkah, but … I loved [having a] Christmas tree and the lights, so we do the same thing for my kids,” say David Berenbaum, screenwriter of Elf. A decade after its release, the massive Will…
Saturday night at Wells Fargo Center, I saw a genius. You might argue whether Kanye can be classified as such, but during his two-hour plus show, just like West himself said, theres no other way to word it. I cant…
Few things are as endlessly entertaining as depictions of Philadelphia in pop culture, which is why we’re launching The 19102 Review, a new column devoted to Philly books. Notes of a Dirty Old ManCharles BukowskiEssays, 1969, City Lights, 204 pp.…
Harish Pathak SHOW: Opera Macabre: Edgar Allen Poe GENRE: Music/theater GROUP: Philadelphia Opera Collective Related Articles Fringe review: The Talkback Fringe review: GET REAL Fringe review: Study Hall ATTENDED: Fri., Sept. 15, 3 p.m., Adrienne Theater CLOSES: Thu., Sept. 19 BRIEF SELF-DESCRIPTION:…
