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Pulse: Out and About: The 10 Coolest Events, September

1. Concert Philadelphia Orchestra: 2006-’07 Season Opening Night Lang Lang is on piano, and Christoph Eschenbach is conducting the season opener for one of the […]

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Pulse: A&E: Local Talent: Nicole Bindler

When Dance Magazine ran a special insert in 2004 on Philly’s hot new dance scene, Nicole Bindler was already packing for the move. She knew […]

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Pulse: A.C. Journal: Unplugged

“If the Civil War were today, the South would win hands down,” wrote Glenda McCardle to her hometown newspaper, the Raleigh News & Observer, after […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Five Questions for…

How did the movie people find you? It was my first competition, and some people pulled me aside and yelled, “We got a newbie!” I […]

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Pulse: It Takes a Village

How one gay-oriented tourism commercial caffeinated a neighborhood. Brett Collier and Gary Tidmore like to say their Gayborhood coffee shop is like Cheers, where everybody […]

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Pulse: H&M & H&M

With the opening of a second H&M clothing shop just two blocks from its first Center City store, we have to ask: Why do some […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Philadelphians to Watch, September

Who: Jennifer Yaron, 24, and Marguerite McDonald, 26, the pair who recently founded F.U.E.L. (Fostering Undergraduate Exposure on Location), an art gallery located in the […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Sports: Keep Charlie!

Since early summer, when it became clear that the Phillies’ season would once again be mired in futility (this year’s theme: We Suck, Version 26.0), […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Correction

Last month, this magazine bestowed a “Best Of” award on someone named Peter V. Ueberroth for “best human being, ever.” At the time, we were […]

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Pulse: Chatter: World Affair: A New Racquet

When the U.S. Olympic Committee cut Philly from the list of cities it’s considering putting forward to host the 2016 games, it was blunt about […]

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Pulse: Chatter: The TV Guide

As we turn our attention from beaches to television with the new fall season, there’s one reporter who’s quietly become a must-read for local network […]

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Pulse: The Snapshot: Crane Man

Who: Walt Wilkens, a crane operator for Cornell & Co. Where: About 30 floors above Arch Street in Center City, on the construction site for […]

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Off the Cuff September 2006

I never really understood what Thomas Wolfe meant by “You can’t go home again.” Over the years, I’ve gone back to Easton, where I grew […]

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Loco Parentis: The Secret Life of Boys

It’s a grim, dark world of headbanger rock and video-game death and mayhem. Isn’t it? “What are you doing?” I ask, studiedly casual, as I […]

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From the Editor September 2006

I challenge you to read senior writer Matt Teague’s narrative of life on the front lines of our city’s murder epidemic and not feel your […]