In street festival's 40th year, a reminder of race relations
A DASH OF discontent accompanied the music, food and dancing at the 40th anniversary of the Odunde street festival on South Street yesterday. The festival, which hosted nearly 500,000 attendees, is an...
View ArticleTime drifts for DJ in music-fueled 'Eden'
Eden is less a cautionary tale about a life fueled by music, clubs, and drugs, than about how life can pass you by when you aren't looking. French director Mia Hansen-Løve co-wrote the film with her...
View Article'Serial' creators Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder, live, on being a...
Very few people know how weird it is to be at the center of a pop-culture phenomenon: "It" girls, online viral sensations, tousle-haired boy-band stars. Radio journalists are not often on that list....
View ArticleTomlin and Fonda together again for Netflix comedy "Grace and Frankie"
Television has a grand tradition of putting fully formed female friendships onscreen, from Lucy and Ethel to Mary and Rhoda to Broad City's Abbi and Ilana. These relationships can be deep, complex, and...
View ArticleCBS' 'Zoo': A thriller that doesn't thrill
'When animals attack . . ." is both the name of one of those ridiculous docu-specials Fox used to run, drawing an audience in with salacious footage of nonhumans going berserk, and the premise of Zoo,...
View Article'Fresh Dressed' a vibrant look at hip-hop fashion
From slave-era influences to today's runways, Fresh Dressed explores the intertwined art forms of hip hop and fashion, and how the rise of a music genre simultaneously shined a light on the clothes of...
View ArticleShore Guide: DJs hit the shore
Atlantic City is the new home of the BeachGlow Festival. On June 27, the fourth annual EDM fest will debut in A.C. after previously taking place in Wildwood. "Atlantic City welcomed us with open arms,"...
View ArticleLetterman helped woman grieve after her mother's death
Jamie-Lee Josselyn has one heck of a story to tell at parties: You know, the one about the time David Letterman adopted her. But Josselyn's story is about more than a brush with late-night fame. It's...
View ArticlePhilly Roller Girls: How to Roller Skate As An Adult
Ice skating is so last season. The Delaware River Waterfront Corp. (DRWC) will reopen its summer festivities Friday, such as Spruce Street Harbor Park, the massively popular outdoor space that helped...
View ArticleReview: Borgata Festival Park plants seeds of promise for A.C.
While Atlantic City's casino-hotel scene is at a troubled moment, two events - growth spurts, really - point toward better days. At the very least, July 4's opening of developer Bart Blatstein's...
View ArticleOne person injured in Northeast Philly house fire
One person was injured Sunday afternoon in a two-alarm fire at a house in Northeast Philadelphia, authorities said.Firefighters responded shortly before 4 p.m. to a two-story home in the 3500 block of...
View Article1 dead in fiery West Goshen crash
One person was killed in a fiery overnight crash in Chester County. Dispatchers said emergency crews were called to Route 322 near Penn Drive in West Goshen Township just before 12:30 a.m. Tuesday....
View ArticleSoul acquires o-lineman from New Orleans
The Soul have acquired offensive lineman Daverin Geralds from New Orleans for defensive lineman Caleb Bostic. Geralds, 27, can play center, guard and fullback. He played collegiately at Mississippi....
View ArticleMan fatally stabbed at Bensalem apartment complex
A man was stabbed to death Sunday night outside of an apartment complex in Bensalem, Bucks County, police said.The stabbing was reported shortly after 7 p.m. at the Salem Crossing apartments in the...
View ArticleRutgers-Camden makes Bon Jovi honorary doctor of letters
New Jersey rocker Jon Bon Jovi was awarded an honorary doctor of letters degree Thursday during commencement exercises at Rutger's University Camden. In an address to the graduates, Bon Jovi, 53, said,...
View ArticleLetters: Payday loans a sin: Usury
AS CLERGY, our lives revolve around the religious calendars. For our Jewish brothers and sisters, September's Yom Kippur is a time of quiet reflection and atonement, followed by the celebration of Rosh...
View ArticleNorthern exposure
Incapable of resuscitating Atlantic City, Trenton is moving to euthanize it by legalizing casinos in North Jersey. It's a bad move for the state and especially for Atlantic City, whose dire condition...
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View ArticleBranford Marsalis cranks out assured jazz with attitude
During a brief discussion prior to his Annenberg Center performance on Thursday, Branford Marsalis offered a simple formula for the he prefers: "If I can sing it, it's good; if I can't sing it, I...
View ArticleDalai Lama chosen to receive 2015 Liberty Medal
THE NATIONAL Constitution Center yesterday announced that His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet will receive the 2015 Liberty Medal in Philadelphia in October. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader...
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