Still Standing You In the Fringe Festival, there’s the “Neigh­borhood Fringe,” which is open to any artists who sign up to participate (they’re the more wild-card performances), and then there’s “Curated Fringe,” which means FringeArts muckety-mucks themselves select the shows.…

Unarmed You walk into the Shiloh Baptist Church on Montrose Street for the Fringe show Unarmed. Before you even sit, you see a naked Black man lying face down at the middle of the stage. He’s fallen, dead. How do…

Maria S. Young The jerk chicken cheesesteak from Grubaholics. The first time I ate the chicken quesadilla from the Calle Del Sabor food truck at Frankford and Girard, I knew I was in big trouble. Forget pants that fit and…

That’s… pretty much all you need to know. The most exciting news about the papal visit thus far. Update to the Dirty Franks Mural! #PopeinPhilly pic.twitter.com/5PGavJVdEb — Lauren Vidas (@BroadAndMarket) August 10, 2015 The artist is David McShane, who is…

Walbert Young Walbert Young This isn’t actually an obstacle. Just a tiny wall I’m taking too seriously. Walbert Young What you’ll look like at the finish. Somehow not as muddy as expected? Walbert Young The second-muddiest obstacle (with real barbed…

Turns out, Philly’s a pretty good place for trying some outside-the-gym workouts, especially when it’s got a burgeoning waterfront scene for stuff like stand up paddle board yoga, and the weather is (sometimes) not so face-meltingly hot that an outdoor…

Jes Gamble WHEREFORE ART THOU invites creators to tell, in their own words, the stories behind their art. Email a 100-words-or-fewer first-person statement and a photo of your work to ten.repapytic@alakim.JES GAMBLEMy work is drawn from life experience and focuses…

Courtesy of Thom Sprott A search on all Craigslist Philadelphia categories, other than housing, yields the following: Not adamant on meeting tonight, but hopefully before the Pope comes. That way I can repent my sins, which is that of Craigslist….…

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