You can't help but wonder: Which of these hundreds of denied records requests involve things we ought to know? And more importantly, why doesn't the city think we as taxpayers are entitled to them? These questions and gaps in intelligence brew an intoxicatingly, frustratingly, even tantalizingly mysterious air around City Hall — an air that Mayor Michael Nutter promised to promptly clear when he entered office in 2008. But he hasn't done any such thing.

What You Say

The members of Gearing Up, an all-female cadre composed of drug addicts, the homeless and ex-cons, are quite possibly the most polite bicyclists in the city.

When news breaks, we make jokes.

The American Dream on wheels.

by Isaiah Thompson

What the hell is wrong with Utley?

by E. James Beale

Lucinda Childs is and always has been the master of maximum minimalism.

by Deni Kasrel

Sept. 10-11 and 16, $15, Major Moment Studio, 1624 South St.

by Stephen Rose

Sept. 10-12, free, various locations.

by Julia Askenase

Sept. 9-12 and 15-18, $15, Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Ave., 215-413-1318, livearts-fringe.org.

by Molly Eichel

Sept. 12-16, 9:30 p.m., $10, Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Ave.

by Molly Eichel

Workshops, Sept. 12 and 15, 2 p.m., free, Book Trader, 7 N. Second St.

by John Vettese

Sept. 17, $10, Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, 5900A Greene St.

by Stephen Rose

Tao Lin is no Richard Yates.

by Justin Bauer

Robin Rice on Visual Art: Mark Bennion and Alex Roskin at Wexler Gallery

by Robin Rice

Phoenix's abrupt decision to stop playing "the character of Joaquin" doesn't scan, nor does his selection of hip-hop, a genre about which he seems to know next to nothing, as his venue of choice.

Shut your goddamn mouth and hurry up with that grande vanilla latte.

by Rodney Anonymous

Sat., Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m., $8, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.

by Patrick Rapa

Wed., Sept. 15, 9 p.m., $25-$28, with Janelle Monáe, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 215-627-1332, electricfactory.info/

by Brian Howard

Fri., Sept. 10, 10:30 p.m., $10, with Leila Broussard and Bess Rogers, Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St., 215-928-0978, tinangel.com.

by M.J. Fine

Fri., Sept. 10, 9 p.m., $8-$10, with Oscuro Quintet, Moonstone Arts Center, 110 S. 13th St., second floor, luckyoldsouls.com.

by A.D. Amorosi

ake away the menu display at 114 St. 12th St., and "restaurant" isn't what immediately springs to mind. An upper-crusty clothier would be a better guess. Tweed indeed is a restaurant, though, one where good looks are good form.

Plenty of people like to say that food is art, but The Geometry of Pasta provides empirical proof.

Linvilla Orchards Pumpkinland Launch | Philly Honey Fest | Center City Restaurant Week | SNAP Cocktail Competition at Liberties Walk | Local Bites & Brews Happy Hour at South Philly Tap Room

A powerful little North Philly film gets its long-awaited due.

by Shaun Brady

When good fortune smiles, you give back. Me? I'll give what Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet called a love letter — "a bullet from a fuckin' gun, fucker."

Fashion > Forward

by Julia West