Art
Is Jay-Z Ousting Tenants of His NoLibs Condos?
Jay-Z—rapper, icon, half of Watch the Throne, and the man behind Beyonce’s baby bump is not a businessman—he’s a business, man. The mogul is part […]
Contest to Replace Living Flame Memorial
The “Living Flame Memorial” honoring fallen firefighters and police officers of Philadelphia currently sits in Franklin Square—as it has since Rocky was in theaters. Now, […]
Tonight: Root Rum and Reggae
Check out Art in the Age’s Rhuby as well as their other liquors at Silk City tonight during a special 6 to 8 p.m. happy […]
Photo of the Day: Back to School
Is this your first year wearing a tie to school? Yeah. I wore regular clothes before. They didn’t make us in pre-K. How do you […]
Philly Fringe Festival Opens Today
Acrobats, A Streetcar Named Desire spinoffs, theatrical dance and more highlight the 15th Annual Philly Fringe Festival that kicks off today. The two week live-arts […]
American Philosophical Society Builds a Greenhouse
A grant from the Heritage Philadelphia Program has allowed the American Philosophical Society to fund a series of greenhouse projects. The greenhouse uses new technologies […]
Michael Vick Is White in ESPN Mag’s Art
In the recent wave of Michael Vick features, ESPN has a piece titled “What if Michael Vick Were White?” And—instead of leaving that up for […]
Phanatic Gets Street Art Treatment
If you’ve noticed the Phanatic popping up around town tagging walls, columns and houses it’s because Get Up Art has been posting images all over […]
Will Smith Working on New Album
Just because he’s from Philly doesn’t mean Will Smith can’t come back wearin’ the 4-5. The rapper/former sitcom star/box office sensation/celebudad has announced that he’s […]
Glasgow Transformed Into Philly
Earlier this year we learned that Philadelphia had lost out on the production of zombie flick World War Z starring Brad Pitt. Instead, the studio […]
Rhuby To Hit Shelves This Week
Rhuby, the rhubarb flavored liquor from Art in the Age (Snap and Root) should hit Pennsylvania Wine and Spirits stores this week. Check out Art […]
Beanie Sigel Pleads Guilty
Rapper Beanie Sigel—probably known by most for a beef with mogul and icon Jay-Z—has pleaded guilty to tax evasion. The rapper didn’t file taxes from […]
Mann Center Robbed…Again
In 2008 the Mann Center was robbed of $11,000. This afternoon, a few stickup artists made off with a significantly larger bag of cash. The […]
Daytime Profiles Will Smith’s House
Daytime did a piece on the Fresh Prince’s California castle. Nice digs for a kid that was West Philadelphia born and raised. [Yahoo!]
Pasadena’s Playhouse Casts Philly Musical
South Street—Pasadena Playhouse’s fall musical set in Philadelphia—has officially been cast and is set to premiere September 16th. The play focuses on a South Street […]