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ArtsWhat to do this First Friday

FoodFrench fare done just right by Bibou's Pierre and Charlotte Calmels

NewsLong Live the King of Jeans

CoverOff-the-map eats in Upper Darby

News

Long Live the King of Jeans

Emily Guendelsberger

03/06/2014

What will become of Passyunk Avenue's most garish landmark?

Should Philly's public gas company be in private hands?

Civic leader Claudia Sherrod sells property being used as an illegal dump, sues business partner.

Blogs

Concert review: Lorde @ Tower Theater

Julie Zeglen

03/09/2014

Lorde is "cool" not because she flaunts her fame.

Ethereal Crocheted Animal Skeletons

03/07/2014

Local artist Caitlin T. McCormack crochets and sculpts intricate animal...

Icepack Illustrated: Kroll, Starr, Thicke, etc.

A.D. Amorosi

03/07/2014

News, gossip, goings-on.

Today's Events

Theater

The Mystery of Irma Vep

Rose Valley’s Hedgerow Theatre is taking on the late Charles Ludlam’s gloriously goofy Gothic...

Theater

An Evening Without the Catskills

Philadelphia’s only all-comedy theater company, 1812 Productions, delights in educating audiences...

Arts

Alien She

Vox Populi in Chinatown opens the floodgates this week with “Alien She,” its ambitious first...

Food

Off-the-map eats in Upper Darby

Caroline Russock and Neal Santos

03/06/2014

Just west of West Philadelphia lies Upper Darby, a bustling Delaware County...

French fare done just right by Bibou's Pierre and Charlotte Calmels

Adam Erace

03/06/2014

Most 21st-century parents have one or two kids. Pierre and Charlotte Calmels...

The week in eats

Caroline Russock

03/06/2014

Unique beer-and-pizza pairings at Nomad Roman, a special wine dinner at Il...

Arts

See Braille street art in its unnatural environment — a gallery

First Friday addition: A bar + restaurant photo gallery

Movies

'Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me': The Broadway legends keeps on keeping on

Drew Lazor

03/06/2014

[Grade: B] Elegant yet eminently silly in that mega-loaded old New Yorker sort...

'7 Boxes': A pulse-pounding thriller from Paraguay

Gary M. Kramer

03/06/2014

[Grade: B+] Victor (Celso Franco) wants a cell phone with a camera. He gets...

'The Bag Man' finds DeNiro and Cusack in Dullsville

Drew Lazor

03/06/2014

[Grade: D] A ridiculous attempt at a stone-faced crime thriller.

Music

Concert review: Lorde @ Tower Theater

Julie Zeglen

03/09/2014

Lorde is "cool" not because she flaunts her fame.

What we listened to this week

03/06/2014

Notwist | Tom Brosseau | Linda Perhacs | Broken Bells

And Now See This: The War on Drugs, "Red Eyes"

Patrick Rapa

03/05/2014

The new one from Adam Granduciel and co.

ArtsWhat to do this First Friday

FoodFrench fare done just right by Bibou's Pierre and Charlotte Calmels

NewsLong Live the King of Jeans

CoverOff-the-map eats in Upper Darby

News

Long Live the King of Jeans

Should Philly's public gas company be in private hands?

Civic leader Claudia Sherrod sells property being used as an illegal dump, sues business partner.

Blogs

Concert review: Lorde @ Tower Theater

Ethereal Crocheted Animal Skeletons

Icepack Illustrated: Kroll, Starr, Thicke, etc.

Today's Events

The Mystery of Irma Vep

An Evening Without the Catskills

Alien She

Food

Off-the-map eats in Upper Darby

French fare done just right by Bibou's Pierre and Charlotte Calmels

The week in eats

Arts

See Braille street art in its unnatural environment — a gallery

First Friday addition: A bar + restaurant photo gallery

Movies

'Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me': The Broadway legends keeps on keeping on

'7 Boxes': A pulse-pounding thriller from Paraguay

'The Bag Man' finds DeNiro and Cusack in Dullsville

Music

Concert review: Lorde @ Tower Theater

What we listened to this week

And Now See This: The War on Drugs, "Red Eyes"

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