Hillary Petrozziello Christina Burris and Tim Patton atop a tank at the Saint Benjamin brewery’s HQ. The enterprising duo behind Saint Benjamin Brewing Company chose wisely when adopting our city’s most widely known symbol of indiscretion for their logo. Mr.…

Hillary Petrozziello Volunteers at the quarter-acre farm, which once was a lot strewn with tires Clifford Brown seems to be unburdened by the task at hand. He’s packing compost while fielding questions about the recent resurgence of the successful community…

Hillary Petrozziello Weathervane’s Brian McTear (left) and Peter English in the studio. The Phillies taking the 2008 World Series. Barack Obama taking Pennsylvania in the 2008 presidential election. Dr. Dog taking Philly to the indie world stage. These are Brian…

Karlo X Ramos This Will Destroy You The World Is a Beautiful Place … | C+ The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die’s new Between Bodies  (Broken World Media) — a collaboration with…

[ dance ] The Four Seasons, by Kate Horton and others Attended: Sept. 13, at St. Frances de Sales Parish, closed Sept. 14. Created after a rough winter, this piece takes us through the internal struggles, the emotional ups and…

[ dance ] The Back Door by Jasmine Zieroff ATTENDED: Fri., Sept. 5, p.m.; closes Sat., Sept. 20 WE THINK: Dance performances like The Back Door can be a real grab bag — anything that starts this late, for which the erotic…

Tastes change.  The media changes. The culture changes. But one question remains fixed at the pedagogical center of music criticism: Is hype a good thing?  Few indie musicians understand hype’s immense push-and-pull better than Mt. Airy native Alec Ounsworth of…

Black Girl Dangerous: On Race, Queerness, Class and Gender Mia McKenzie(self-published, 2014, 180 pp.) Certain narratives, relegated to niche publications before the emergence of online media, have risen in visibility in the past 15 years. More widespread understanding of what…

Hari Kondabolu, like all standup comedians, has a memorable “gig from hell” in his past.  “Everyone was, like, 100 years old. Also, it was in a gymnasium of some sort,” he says. He had taken a gig for the Pennsylvania…