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August BYOB Adds Potluck Dinners on Tuesdays

After eleven years in business, August BYOB, located on Columbus Square in South Philadelphia, has decided to open its doors on Tuesday nights from here on out. […]

Things to Do

WATCH: Bill Cosby’s Bizarre Appearance on Colbert Report

Bill Cosby, who’s working on a new NBC sitcom and was recently the subject of a long profile in The New Yorker, appeared on The Colbert […]

School District of Philadelphia
City

2 More Philadelphia School Principals Charged with Changing Test Answers

Two former Philadelphia school principals have been charged with changing students’ answers on standardized tests in order to boost scores. District Attorney Kathleen Kane announced […]

City

2 Students at Bryn Mawr College Put Up a Confederate Flag

The campus at Bryn Mawr College isn’t exactly the type of place you’d expect to see students hanging the Confederate flag. But the women’s college […]

Property

Here Are the Neighborhoods with the Most Expensive 1 & 2-Bedroom Rentals

Zumper, a startup wishing nothing more than to arm its users with the confidence to “walk into an open house or appointment, pull out [their] […]

Restaurants

Marigold Kitchen Reopens Tonight

Marigold Kitchen reopens tonight. The restaurant had closed after chef-owner Robert Halpern moved to California. Halpern then sold the restaurant to his chefs de cuisine, Tim […]

Restaurants

Just Another Reason To Go Out And Drink Gin

As if you needed another reason, right? As if the siren song of that most misunderstood of white liquors wasn’t already powerful enough. But if […]

Restaurants

This Weekend: The World’s Largest KanJam Tournament at Sly Fox

Pottstown’s Sly Fox Brewing is hosting the world’s largest KanJam Tournament on September 27th starting at 9 a.m. The tournament will feature over 120 teams. […]

City Life

Cary Williams Needs to Follow DeSean Jackson Out of Town

After watching last Sunday’s win over the Redskins with four missing offensive linemen, a halfback who hasn’t done diddly and a quarterback bruised like a […]

City

Pa. Governor’s Race: Wolf Keeps Big Lead Over Corbett in Latest Poll

Tom Wolf, the Democratic candidate for governor, continues to hold a huge lead over Republican Gov. Tom Corbett in the latest Franklin & Marshall poll. […]

Restaurants

This Weekend: Brooklyn Beer Meets Philly for Mash Tour

The Brooklyn Brewery Mash Tour is coming to Philly this weekend and bringing more than just bottled beer with it. The weekend kicks off with a […]

City Life

Center City Dunkin’ Donuts Robbed With Hypodermic Needle

On Sunday morning, September 21st, just before 7 a.m., a man walked into the Dunkin’ Donuts at 808 Chestnut Street with a hypodermic needle as […]

City

Cops Find Soiled Diapers of Suspect in Pa. State Trooper Killing

Police in Northeast Pennsylvania may be closing in on Eric Frein, the survivalist suspected in the shooting death of state trooper Bryon Dickson and the […]

Philadelphia Wedding

A Bride in China Now Holds the World Record for Longest Wedding-Dress Train (Because It’s Three Miles Long) 

I believe the first wedding-train record-breaker that I can recall in my bridal career was by a Romanian designer. That train was a measly 1.85 […]

Restaurants

Restaurant Review: Bank & Bourbon

  Pity the Philadelphia hotel restaurant. City dwellers will flock to food trucks, night markets, pop-up gardens and pizzerias with no seats, but just try […]