Photograph courtesy of the Philadelphia Parking Authority. The Philadelphia Parking Authority said that it towed about 120 cars from the Fairmount area as part of security precautions for Pope Francis’ visit. That number, said Marty O’Rourke, a spokesman for the…
Photograph of the Midtown Village Fall Festival by J. Fusco courtesy of Visit Philly. Summer may be just about officially over, but we refuse to go back inside. With that in mind, here are six not-to-miss outdoor fall festivals for you and…
Photograph by Charles Mostoller for Metro. This week kicks off the return of Philadelphia’s largest local singing competition, “Songbird.” The 14-week long live performance showdown features 20 of the city’s most hopeful vocal talents battling for the respected title and…
This fall in Philadelphia, if you like creative expression of humanity, there’s no excuse to not leave the house and enjoy the falling leaves. Arts: Make friends and accept your mortality at Death Salon By Bryan Bierman Arts: What’s coming up…
[-1] Chester County-based QVC announces 147 layoffs. Oh, why did we sell all those top-quality products at prices so low we were practically giving them away? sobs CEO. Its just not a prudent business model! [+2] A Catholic LGBT group…
George Mallory famously boasted that he wanted to climb Everest because it was there, as good a reason as any for taking a crack at one of the world’s most dangerous athletic feats. Dominating all 29,000 feet of the world’s…
Photograph courtesy of The Twisted Tail. Summer might technically be going on for another week and a half, but last weekend’s Labor Day holiday symbolized the beginning of the end for the season. With that in mind, on Saturday, Sept.…
Click Image to Enlarge Requiem for a HitchBOT. See Also: Comics by Darl Seitchik (1, 2), Terry LaBan (1, 2), Aaron Lange, Roger Petersen, Andrea Tsurumi (1, 2), Caitlin McCormack, Robert Berry, Box Brown (1, 2) Ronald Wimberly, Dave Proch, Pat…
[+1] The World Meeting of Families announces the musical acts that will perform before Pope Francis speech at Independence Hall, including the Philly Pops Festival Brass, an African dance and drum group, a mariachi band and more. We have no…
M. Night Shyamalan has finally clawed out of one of Hollywood’s deepest, weirdest holes and all he had to do was take the piss out of himself. After a decade making movies that occupied the no-fan’s-land between odd and…
