On Aug. 31, shortly after news broke that City Council President Anna Verna planned to hold special elections to fill

Philadelphia, you got some new councilpeople on Monday. Probably. Care to meet them? Bill Greenlee, a ward leader from Fairmount,

by Duane Swierczynski

It's more like Cambodia.

by Steve Conn

by Bruce Schimmel

On a late summer Sunday morning in a narrow room in a row home in the heart of Chinatown, two

2004 & 2005 The snake is eating its tail. Special double column: 2004 and 2005. Can you smell the magic?

$250 Fine that would be levied against Pa. drivers operating a motor vehicle while using a hand-held cell phone under

You know, I'm still reeling from that ABC 20/20 Pennsylvania Ballet thing. "Only 26 percent of our male dancers are

by A.D. Amorosi

Juniata residents say city officials and police ignore complaints about their crumbling block.

by Brendan McGarvey

by Mary F. Patel

by Brian Hickey

Just before Dorothy Johnson-Speight joined fellow gun-control advocates one morning last week, she read the words engraved on the walls

By the time Mayor Street and a battalion of activists board buses bound for Tuesday's "Rally to Stop Gun Violence"

Unbeknownst to City Council, PGW doles out a half million dollars in bonuses to its top officials; President Thomas Knudsen

Photographer Sarah Stolfa moves out and says goodbye to The Regulars.

by John Vettese

by David Anthony Fox

by David Anthony Fox

by Rachel Frankford

by Mark Cofta

by Rachel Frankford

by Andrew Parks

by Lewis Whittington

by Mark Cofta

by Deni Kasrel

Nora Ephron returns to print to complain about exercise and aging (and to insult our city).

by Carolyn Wyman

by Robin Rice

Dennis Carpenter: Terra Firma, Terra Incognito Runs through Sept. 22, Sol Mednick Gallery at University of the Arts, 211 S.

Please call the phone number listed with the venue for specific dates, times and ticket information. dance 'DANCO ON 'DANCO

Latin American Art Retrospectives

by Andrew Parks

by Zach Pontz

You're Looking for the Exact Opposite of a

by Shaun Brady

by Amanda McKenna

ASHLEY KAHN AND CARL GRUBBS Kahn reads from her new book, "The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse

Museums and exhibits have varying schedules; please call for exact days, hours and prices. Receptions and talks are denoted by

Galleries are usually open Tuesdays through Saturdays; please call the gallery for exact days and hours. Receptions are denoted by

The Whole Stupid Pet Tricks/Stupid Human Tricks Thing Confuses You

by A.D. Amorosi

Movies are an infinitely reproducible art: The movie you saw last week is the one I see tomorrow, and bears

Send repertory film listings to tami.fertig@citypaper.net. AMBLER THEATER 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, 215-345-7855, www.amblertheater.org. Head Trauma (2006, U.S., 84

Funeral Parade of Roses (Fri., Sept. 22, 8 p.m., $5, The Cinema, 3925 Walnut St.) Kicking off a farewell weekend

AMC Orleans 8 , 2247 Bleigh St., 215-722-4262. Beer League (R) fri: 12:50, 2:50, 4:45, 7:05, 10; sat: 10:35, 12:50,

Willie Stark (Sean Penn) drinks his orange pop with two straws. This detail comes up more than once in All

UPBEAT: Dancer Adrienne Hall and lead vocalist/percussionist Peter Bertini. Alô Brasil is not the only group playing Brazilian music in

Sure, it's a trio, but bassist Reuben Radding often seems like the straight man between a pair of hyperactive vaudevillians.

by Deesha Dyer

by Shaun Brady

by Peter Burwasser

For Dengue Fever to be possible: One Los Angelino musician had to quit his day job. One Cambodian singer had

ROUTE CAUSE: Moncur came to free jazz only after years of playing hard bop. After Grachan Moncur III answers the

Study a coffeehouse bakery case almost anywhere in America and you will see croissants, muffins and scones. In Philadelphia, you'll

Tom Block is deep in chocolate. When I first call, it's truffles. Later, when I meet him, he's molding cremes,

Rim Café 1172 S. Ninth St., 215-465-3515 This keep-it-simple Euro cafe in the Italian Market isn't 100 percent just yet,

Takin' It to the Street Mon., Sept. 25, 6 p.m., $30-$36 Try as you might with your organic-this, organic-that shopping

1 A la Greque Pizza Rustica, 3602 Chestnut St., 215-895-3490 Even the creamiest feta can't save a Greek salad that's

The 700 Club 700 N. Second St., 215-413-3181 This just in: There is no 700 Club in Northern Liberties. There

Media Tank Turns 5

by Lou Perseghin

Ocean County Decoy and Gunning Show

by A.D. Amorosi

Full Figure Market Expo and Big Beautiful Women Pageant

by A.D. Amorosi

Sword Fighting

by Rachel Frankford

Fran Capo

by Jessica Loughery

Kevin Jennings

by Drew Lazor

by Ashlea Halpern