History
Why Is One of Philly’s Greatest Teachers Being Ignored?
The birth of Edward Wesley Robinson Jr. on April 24, 1918 in Philadelphia laid the foundation for the birth of African consciousness—and the academic excellence […]
Philly’s Olympic Medalists Include SI Swimsuit Model and the Guy Who “Did Not Move”
The 2012 Summer Olympics are set to start in London in just over a month (we hear there’s going to be a torch, or something). […]
Lenfest Offers $40 Million Challenge Grant for New “Museum of the American Revolution”
Lenfest Offers $40M Challenge Grant for Museum. The American Revolution Center is supposedly set to unveil plans for a new ” Museum of the American […]
Today’s Google Doodle Pays Homage to Local Anniversary
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the 79th anniversary of the debut of the drive-in movies. On June 6, 1933 the first drive-in movie theater opened on […]
Check Out Fishtown’s Pizza Museum
A guy was getting married in San Francisco when he saw a Fat Boys record and felt inspired to start collecting pizza memorabilia. This summer, […]
Who Wants to Play Bocce at Eastern State Penitentiary?
June 9th and 10th will mark Eastern State Penitentiary’s Prison Break weekend. The event focuses on some of the greatest prison escapes in American history—including […]
Philly’s Bomb-Dropping, Guns-Blazing, Child-Murdering Day
On May 13, 1985 at 5:20 p.m., a blue and white Pennsylvania State Police helicopter took off from the command post’s flight pad at 63rd […]
Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor Held Court in the Summer of ’57
ESPN’s lofty Internet experiment Grantland has a detailed piece chronicling pick-up basketball games in Washington D.C. during the summer of 1957. That year, Wilt Chamberlain […]
Dead Sea Scrolls Opens at the Franklin Institute on Saturday
On Saturday, “Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Ancient Times” exhibit will open at the Franklin Institute. The exhibit features some of the oldest […]
Obama on Same-Sex Marriage
It may take some time before many of us will fully realize the significance of President Obama’s “coming out,” as it were, in favor of […]
First Harvey Milk Street Named
Harvey Milk’s legacy reaches well beyond his activist roots in San Francisco – the city where he worked and was tragically assassinated after serving less […]
William Way Honors Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin once said that “to be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.” As the right-hand man to Dr. Martin […]
Music Videos Tour Philly’s Famous Sites
Many local rappers have lately been paying homage to the city’s iconic locales. Here are a few of my favorites. ARTIST: Reef the Lost Cauze […]
Cinco de Mayo Is Not Another Reason to Get Wasted
Let me see if I understand this: Some of us would like our government to put up a fence to keep Mexicans in Mexico, maybe […]
What Ever Happened to [Insert Failed Philadelphia Business]?
Fox and Sameric Movie Theaters I saw the first Superman, with Christopher Reeve, at the Fox on Market Street, and went to a ton of […]