You need Botox,” said a friend — more of an acquaintance, really, a woman I’d met twice before — some months ago, eyeing my forehead […]

This season, HBO’s hit comedy Entourage played up Vincent Chase (above) struggling to make Medellin, a film bio of cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar. As episodes […]

When a U.S. president is unpopular, the American people have a pretty tried-and-true way of letting him know it: They throw out all his buddies […]

In this heavily Catholic state, there’s little political appetite to take on the Church. So it didn’t shock anyone that attempts last year by Pennsylvania […]

You would think the Walnut Street Theatre would rest on its laurels. After all, the country’s oldest continuously operating theater has, in its 198-year history, […]

The trend in magazines these days, as in the culture at large, leans toward fluff. The conventional wisdom holds that we look to media to […]

Hanover, PA The lemon verbena in my salad dressing had been picked an hour before we sat down to dinner. The cheese on our cheese […]

The Three Tenors of Soul, All the Way from Philadelphia Shanachie Entertainment; $18.98 The soulful “Sound of Philadelphia” once defined the city musically around the […]

If you’re thinking of skipping the 12 millionth Henri David Halloween ball this year and staying home to scare the bejesus out of yourself by […]

How Forgiveness Transcended Traged Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy By Donald B. Kraybill, ­Steven M. Nolt and David L. Weaver-­Zercher (Jossey-Bass; $24.95) In the […]

Which one of Philly’s mainstay stores has up and moved from its Narberth location Bryn Mawr? Bryn Mawr is bursting with style these days. (Note […]

The fall fashion show/cocktail party/street fair complete with street vendors and restaurant specials. WHO: The team behind 3000 B.C. spas and ever-in-fashion ­Matthew Izzo. WHAT: […]

The Plaza at King of Prussia to host designer Nikki Sixx and designer Phillip Lim at Neiman Marcus in October. Big hair may be out […]

War Without Death: A Year of Extreme Competition in Pro Football’s NFC East By Mark Maske (Penguin; $25.95) War Without Death won’t satisfy your green-and-silver […]

Who: Ali McCloud, Penn grad and owner of Arcadia, Northern Liberties’ newest boutique, which carries eco-friendly and socially responsible clothing and decor from Philly and […]