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To Do: The Snowflake Prediction Run This Sunday

A race where you don’t have to finish first to win? It exists! (Don’t worry, it’s not some cheesy, “Everybody is a winner” kind of […]

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TONIGHT: Author Suzanne Krauss Signs Her Sin City Tell-All at Barnes & Noble

Author Suzanne Krauss, a former Wynnewood resident and graduate of Lower Merion High School, is coming back to Philly to read from her revealing new memoir […]

Be Well Philly

To Do: Feel the Love 5K

The sap-factor during the month of February is on another level of ridiculous: hearts galore, photos of Valentine’s Day flowers clogging Instagram feeds everywhere, and […]

City Life

WEEKEND ROUNDUP: The Weird Beard Review, Stimulus’s Winter Wonderland Ball and More

This atrociously cold weather has those of us with clean-shaven faces wishing we’d jumped on the scruff wagon a long time ago. (An all-natural face-warmer? […]

City Life

Local Trans Comedian Julia Scotti Scores Multi-Date Borgata Gig

If you haven’t done AC in a while, here’s a good excuse to head back to The Boardwalk: Jersey-based trans comedian Julia Scotti — who […]

City Life

TONIGHT: Sing Karaoke for Philly Queer Media

The Philly Queer Media Activism Series doesn’t kickoff till March, but Philly KJ Sara Sherr is ready to raise awareness — and funds — for […]

Things to Do

DO THIS: Pig Iron Theatre’s
“Lights, Ham-eras, Action!”

In 1995, a group of Swarthmore grads decided to start a “dance-clown-theatre ensemble,” performing strange works in church basements. They called it Pig Iron Theatre […]

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TONIGHT: One Book, One Philadelphia Launches [EVENT POSTPONED]

Weather permitting, the Free Library of Philadelphia (FLP) is kicking off its 12th annual One Book, One Philadelphia (OBOP) event tonight at its Central Branch location. Here’s […]

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TONIGHT: Gary Shteyngart, Phosphorescent, an ’80s Party and More

Our daily roundup of what’s happening tonight in Philadelphia. Quick note before we move on: All tonight’s events are subject to cancellation because of weather. […]

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3 Ways to Celebrate
Martin Luther King Day in Philly

Our daily roundup of what’s happening today in Philly. This go round, we’ve got three of the city’s best MLK Day Celebrations. Eastern State Penitentiary (ESP) […]

City Life

WEEKEND ROUNDUP: The Stairwell Symphony, Sexercise and Songbirds

Looking for a spiritual awakening of sorts? Let Teena Geist be your guide. She may not be able to bring you to Jesus, but she’ll […]

Be Well Philly

To Do: Strip Down to Your Skivvies for Cupid’s Undie Run Next Month

It’s coming baaaaack. Philly’s second annual run-in-your-underwear fun run, Cupid’s Undie Run, is on the books for Saturday, February 15th. This year, the untimed one-mile […]

City Life

WEEKEND ROUNDUP: Barbara Proud’s “First Comes Love” Opens at William Way

This Arctic weather insanity has left us just in time for the weekend. Thanks, Polar Vortex! Here’s our weekly roundup of what’s happening in gay […]

City Life

TONIGHT: New Weekly Women’s Party Starts at Vanity Nightclub

Gayborhood lesbian bar Sister’s closed last August, taking with it Philly’s only bar dedicated solely to women who love women. There have been a few […]

City Life

PHOTOS: Philadelphia’s Burlesque Battle Royale Kicks Off at Tabu

Gayborhood paparazzo — and G Philly‘s 2013 pick for Favorite Instgramer — Alexander John shares some shots from last night’s kickoff of Burlesque Battle Royale, […]