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Ways Parents Can Fix Schools
City Life

Four Philadelphia Schools That Work

Science Leadership Academy A partnership between the school district and the Franklin Institute, Center City’s SLA is proof that a strong outside collaborator can help […]

City Life

Six Leaders Who Need to Step Up

Darrell Clarke The City Council prez talks frequently about how dire the current fiscal crisis is—even though he, more than any other city official, is […]

Philadelphia Wedding

We’re Obsessed: It’s a Federal Donuts Wedding Cake!

So I recently stumbled across this picture somewhere in the wedding Interwebs, and knew immediately what I was looking at (which, if you think about […]

Things to Do

4 Things to Do Tonight in Philly: Weird Larry the Puppet, Trippy Japanese Theater and More

Malvern, Pa. brothers Ben and Mike Lebovitz are premiering their TV pilot/short film Welcome to Brownsville this week at PhilaMOCA. The protagonist of the film is a […]

City Life

Colleges Get $5 Million to Improve Philadelphia Water Quality

Philadelphia has old sewers, which combine storm runoff and sanitary sewage in the same system. This doesn’t matter too much in dry weather; all the […]

Be Well Philly

10 Cutest Puppies in the Puppy Bowl (And Why Watching Them Is Good For You)

Some might think that looking at puppy pictures is a waste of time, but those Debbie Downers would be wrong: Studies show that looking at […]

City Life

DO THIS: West Chester University’s AIDS Benefit Concert and Cabaret

If you are a Philadelphia-area showtunes fan looking to support a good cause, you’re in luck. This year marks the 14th anniversary of West Chester University’s (WCU) AIDS […]

Birds 24/7

What They’re Saying About the Eagles

Here’s a roundup of what the national media are saying about the Eagles this week.

City Life

Can Someone Help James Dupree?
And Let’s Fix Eminent Domain
While We’re at It.

Would someone please help James Dupree already? For weeks I’ve been following his story.  Hopefully you know it by now.  In case you don’t, he’s […]

Things to Do

M. Night Shyamalan and Bruce Willis to Re-Team for Philadelphia Project

Sixth Sense and Unbreakable duo M. Night Shyamalan and Bruce Willis are in talks re-team again for a project set in Philadelphia. According to Deadline, […]

Friday Night Lights Author Buzz Bissinger
City Life

Buzz Bissinger Is Trying to Chill Out

My name is … Buzz Bissinger. I was born Harry Gerard Bissinger III. “Buzz” was a nickname given to me at birth by my mother. […]

City Life

Recipes from the Pillsbury Bake-Off

City Life

Philadelphia’s School Crisis: A City On The Brink

My family and I moved out of Philadelphia last year. We did so reluctantly, and with a crippling heaping of guilt. It wasn’t the crime, […]

Rocky The Musical On Broadway
City Life

Yo Broadway! It’s Rocky the Musical

Andy Karl knows what you’re thinking. He had the same reservations before agreeing to play Rocky Balboa. How do you turn that film—“Yo Adrian!” and […]

Book clubs and making friends in the suburbs
City Life

Making Friends in the Suburbs

A year or so after my husband and I moved from 13th and Pine to the quaint South Jersey hamlet where we planned to start […]