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City Life

Office of LGBT Affairs to Host “Pop-Up Love Party” to Counter Anti-Trans Bus

The Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs, in collaboration with GALAEI, Trans-health Information Project (TIP), Attic Youth Center, William Way, ACLU, Mazzoni Center, and other community […]

Foobooz

Mica Has a Little Lamb

Yianni Arhontoulis, now the proud owner of Mica in Chestnut Hill as of August 2016 (when he bought it from  its original owner, Chip Roman), is heading into his […]

Be Well Philly

Nearly 1 Million Pounds of Chicken Products Recalled

One thing I never want to find in my food? Pieces of metal. Unfortunately for five unlucky eaters, though, that’s exactly what they found when chowing down […]

Foobooz

Philly Farm & Food Fest is Like Your Favorite Farmers’ Market on Steroids

For the first time in three years, Philly Farm & Food Fest will land on a Saturday, which is good news for everyone involved — for the […]

Things to Do

Tonight: The Future is Female Festival

All month long, this program of 10-minute plays and staged readings has been popping up across the U.S. and Canada. Tonight The Future is Female […]

Be Well Philly

Vegans, Rejoice! Blackbird Pizzeria Is Opening a Second Location 

Blackbird Pizzeria is to Philly vegans what leggings and Uggs are to college freshmen: a tried-and-true staple. So, dear vegan friends, you’ll be happy to hear […]

Business

Comcast Aids “Smart City” Initiatives With New Business Surveillance System

Cities like Philadelphia are on a quest to become “smart,” and Comcast Business is offering the tech that can help them get there. Last week […]

Be Well Philly

Watch: Runners Carry Struggling Fellow Runner to Finish Line at Philly Love Run

I wasn’t expecting to cry so early in the week, but at 9:47 a.m. on Monday morning, here I am. Before you judge me, just […]

Property

Main Line Monday: Access to Style in Penn Valley for $1.15M

We’re just going to come out and say it: as soon as we saw that giant two-story wall of windows in the living room, we […]

City Life

Jim Kenney Owes Seth Williams an Apology

Back in 2015, Alex Capasso — then the chef and a partner at The Crow and Pitcher, a little restaurant off Rittenhouse Square — was […]

Be Well Philly

The Checkup: How to Make a Loaf of Bread Last Forever

• Whenever I get bread at La Colombe’s Fishtown location (if you haven’t consumed an entire loaf of their fig bread in one sitting, I […]

Shoppist

The Utterly Fabulous (and Totally Boring) Life of Laurentius

It’s 4 p.m. on a Wednesday afternoon, and I’m sitting in a butter yellow Queen Village kitchen, watching six-year-old Jude Purnama as he slurps up […]

City Life

Lauren Boggi and the Death of Lithe

Lauren Boggi is sitting in a windowless room that looks like the place where casinos take people who are caught counting cards. It’s deep inside […]

City Life

One of Us: John Kruk

My name is … John Martin Kruk. I was named after my grandfather. I grew up … mostly in West Virginia, in a tiny town. […]

Property

Is Philly Facing a Post-Millennial Rental Crash?

Our apartment-building engine continues to chug along. Signs of activity recently sprouted on two more construction sites: Pearl Properties’ proposed 32-story apartment tower at 1910 […]