news

The Sludge Report: ENVIRONMENT Every day, compost specialist Michael Keough shovels sludge at the processing facility that makes everyone driving into the city on I-95 roll up their windows and wonder just what that stench is.

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opinion

Editor's Letter by Duane Swierczynski
Terror Firma The 15th installment of the Philadelphia Film Festival kicks off today, and as he's done for the past eight years, movies editor Sam Adams has watched enough screeners to make his eyeballs bleed … all for the sake of those coveted "recommended" checkmarks (p. 22).

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arts

Cult of Personality: Jennifer Blaine's got plenty of character.

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naked city

Gettin' High: Will the Park Hyatt's Nineteen let us rediscover our much maligned skyline?

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movies

History in the Made-Up: What if the South won the Civil War? And did they?

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music

Home Records: Music by people who will also miss Silk City Diner.

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food

Lingua Franca: Gayle's a true original -- once you translate the menu.

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sex

Paper Doll: Mom and Pop Sex Shop I've told you all about my vagina, my doctor fetish and my first ex-boyfriend butt-plugging experience.