by Christopher Paslay While teachers should work to make lessons interesting, schools must hold fast to academic rigor and fight to undo the negative effects violence is having on learning. The Hunger Games, a film set in a future where … Continue read... »
All of this week’s highlights in Philthy live music have not come from the marquee stars, but the Robins to their Batman, those in the passenger seat, the (aptly and honorably titled) “support.” This Tuesday, Upstairs at World Café Live hosted the (sho... »
The Centennial Photographic Company’s Studio and Employees. The Centennial Photographic Company, 1876. On America’s 97th birthday an army of workers put up three miles of fencing around a tract in West Fairmount Park. By the time the 100th birthday rol... »
Runners, joggers, occasional gym-goers: here’s something worth breaking out the fleece and the SmartWool for. City Running Tours leads guided runs in notable neighborhoods throughout a handful of U.S. cities, including right here in Philadelphia. The n... »
DAILY NEWS: His life threatened by a “dissident group of Black Muslims,” Malcolm X found himself guarded by a phalanx of city police on his arrival for a late-night radio broadcast with WDAS DJ Joe Rainey on Dec. 29, 1964. It had been a year since Malc... »
News Jason Lazarus will take your unwanted photos Do you have photos that are too painful to keep around? If so, Chicago-based artist Jason Lazarus will take them. He’s collecting unwanted photos for an art installation. There’s no need to provide the... »
Everyone in America, it seemed, wanted to wrap their fingers around a bottle. What poured from the bottle didn’t seem to matter all that much, so long as it made the consumers feel good about themselves. It might be shoe polish, patent medicine or whi... »
In the busy dining room of Zeppoli, on a well-worn 1930s wooden table built for two, sat an oval white plate bearing a manageable twirl of tagliatelli al limone. Such a simple thing, this. Some flour, egg yolk and olive oil for the homemade pasta rolle... »
