Eastern State Penitentiary
Dice Raw Performing Free Show at Eastern State Penitentiary
Philly The Roots rapper Karl “Dice Raw” Jenkins is coming to town next week to host a free talk and performance at Eastern State Penitentiary. Dice […]
Sample Prison Food… Without Prison
The popular event is back this year, featuring a dish that most likely won’t end up having you beg for the recipe. This Saturday and Sunday, […]
3 Ways to Celebrate
Martin Luther King Day in Philly
Our daily roundup of what’s happening today in Philly. This go round, we’ve got three of the city’s best MLK Day Celebrations. Eastern State Penitentiary (ESP) […]
Philadelphia FIGHT Teams With Eastern State Penitentiary for Holiday Toy Drive
Philadelphia FIGHT‘s Institute for Community Justice — which works “to reduce not only the number of people in prison living with HIV, but also the […]
Do People Really Pee Themselves at Eastern State’s Terror Behind the Walls?
If you’ve been to Eastern State Penitentiary’s Terror Behind the Walls haunted house in years past, you’ll find that things are a little bit different […]
Let’s Go To Prison! For Dinner!
It’s bad enough when your little brother snags the jalepeno pepper you’ve been saving to eat at the end of your Greek salad, right? So […]
BuzzFeed Discovers Beloved Philly Dog Who Was “Sentenced” to Jail
And when I say “discover,” I mean it in the same way that I might say Christoper Columbus discovered America. BuzzFeed, meet Pep. Pep, you’re […]
HughE Dillon One-Shot: Bastille Day
Saturday’s 18th annual Bastille Day celebration in Fairmount wasn’t the usual “Let Them Eat Cake” French Revolution party you’ve seen in the past outside the […]
Who Wants to Play Bocce at Eastern State Penitentiary?
June 9th and 10th will mark Eastern State Penitentiary’s Prison Break weekend. The event focuses on some of the greatest prison escapes in American history—including […]
Hickory Lane Opens Tonight
Fairmount’s newest restaurant, Hickory Lane opens tonight at 2025 Fairmount Avenue. Former Rouge chef Matt Zagorski is manning the kitchen, turning out dishes like: French […]
Joliet Wants to Be Eastern State Penitentiary
The closed Joliet Correctional Prison in Illinois has taken a keen interest in all things Eastern State Penitentiary. Joliet’s facility has not been operational since […]
Do We Really Still Need Eastern State Penitentiary?
This month, as Eastern State Penitentiary celebrates 20 years of luring giggling thrill-seekers to its annual Halloween scare-fest “Terror Behind the Walls,” I celebrate four […]
HughE Dillon: Eastern State Pen’s Terror Behind the Walls
On Saturday night, I headed over to the Terror Behind the Walls VIP Party at Eastern State Penitentiary (ESP) to kick off the 2011 haunting […]