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Swarthmore Frats Disband After Leaked Documents Spark 4-Day Protest

Earlier this month, two student publications at Swarthmore College released a trove of highly disturbing and X-rated internal documents written by former members of fraternity Phi Psi, […]

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Restaurants

Philly James Beard Nominee Jesse Ito Gets a Makeover from Queer Eye’s Tan France

The 2019 James Beard Awards ceremony is this coming Monday, May 6th, and we here at Foobooz HQ are already crossing our fingers and toes for […]

Restaurants

Popular East Passyunk Sushi Restaurant Izumi Closes After 10 Years

Corey Baver and Lynn Rinaldi, the trailblazing chefs who took a chance on East Passyunk Avenue before it became the restaurant row it is today, have […]

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City Life

Who Went Off-Roading and Damaged Trails at the Schuylkill Center?

The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education is having a rough month. First, someone broke into the supply shed for the organization’s Toad Detours (during which […]

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City Life

How Worried Should Philly Be About the Blood-Sucking “Kissing Bug”?

Perhaps you’ve heard of the “kissing bug,” aka the stuff of nightmares. News of the terrifying insect has been making the rounds in recent weeks after the CDC […]

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Restaurants

Stock Rittenhouse Dresses Up Dinner Service

When chef-owner Tyler Akin opened Stock Rittenhouse last summer, its menu offered the Southeast Asian soups, sandwiches, noodles, and salads his Fishtown flagship is known for in […]

City Life

Swarthmore Suspends Frat Activity Amid Backlash Over Leaked Letters

Swarthmore College has suspended all fraternity activity on its campus amid outrage over leaked documents written by former members of the college’s Phi Psi fraternity — and […]

City Life

Sandra Dungee Glenn on City Council Run: “I Want to Move Families Out of Poverty”

Former chairwoman of the defunct state-led School Reform Commission Sandra Dungee Glenn is running for a City Council at-large seat. We chat with the former […]

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Be Well Philly

This Philly Spin Studio Is Opening a Pop-Up Location on the Jersey Shore

It started with a casual comment over dinner. Jamie Promislo, the owner of Revel Ride, and JJ Francis, the Graduate Hospital spin studio’s operations manager, […]

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City Life

This New Antenna Is Bringing Cheap High-Speed Internet Into South Philly

If you’re like most people, you probably think there is a special place in hell for Comcast and Verizon, the two impenetrable monoliths with a […]

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City Life

Philly Rapper Chill Moody on Writing Songs in the Shower and the Secret to Winning Monopoly

My full name is … Eric Tyrone Chill Moody. When I was a baby, my aunt started calling me Chill, and it’s been my name […]

Restaurants

First Look: Elwood, Fishtown’s New BYO Dedicated to Pennsylvania’s Culinary Traditions

Adam Diltz says that, barring some natural disaster, Elwood, his Fishtown BYOB at 1007 Frankford Avenue, will finally start taking reservations for its opening night, May 1st — nearly three […]

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Things to Do

Here’s the Night Market Schedule for 2019

The coolest thing about the Night Market series isn’t the great food or the interesting locations — it’s that people show up. Since launching the […]

City Life

This Huge Tulip Farm Is Philly’s (Better) Version of L.A.’s Poppy Fields

Perhaps a photo of an Instagram influencer (or your friend, or, in my case, family member) posing in a field of tangerine orange poppies has recently found […]

City Life

Police Say This Guy Stole Art from Penn’s Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine

Some people make what they do look so absurdly easy. Case in point: this man who is currently being sought by the FBI’s art theft […]