"Great vision without great people is irrelevant."
—Jim Collins, Author, "Good to Great"
Post a Job on CityPaperJobs.net
- Cover Story
- Current Cover Story
- Recent Cover Stories
- Crowded House : Live Arts Festival + Philly Fringe
- We Need A Hero : Mild mannered off the mound but a bulldog on it, can young Cole Hamels save our fair metropolis?
- Oh, Subverted World : The Comics Issue
- 85 Shots : It's been a year since Steven "Butter" Miller was killed. Does anyone remember?
- Camden, Immigrant Haven? : Cops in Camden are too busy to worry about illegal immigration — which is why Federal Street is thriving.
- Faces in the Crowd : PIGLFF enters its 14th year.
- Patriot Act : Prodigal showman John Legend returns to Philly for the Fourth.
- Outside the Box : Pete Stathis sets the tone for our latest Book Quarterly.
- Locked Down : What it's really like inside Philly's overcrowded prisons.
- Notes From Underground : What an empty concourse under Broad Street says about Philadelphia's past, present and future
Covers Gallery
- Current Cover Story
- Opinion
- News
- Features
- Movies
- Articles
- New Movie Shorts
- Continuing Movie Shorts
- Babylon A.D. (PG-13)
- Bottle Shock (PG-13)
- Brideshead Revisited (PG-13)
- College (R)
The Dark Knight (PG-13)- Death Race (R)
- Disaster Movie (PG-13)
- The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite) (No Rating)
- Elegy (R)
- Hamlet 2 (R)
- The House Bunny (PG-13)
- Mamma Mia! (PG-13)
- Man on Wire (PG-13)
- Mirrors (R)
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (PG-13)
- Pineapple Express (R)
- The Rocker (PG-13)
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (PG-13)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (PG)
- Step Brothers (R)
- Tell No One (Ne le dis a personne) (No Rating)
- Traitor (PG-13)
- Transsiberian (R)
- Tropic Thunder (R)
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona (PG-13)
- The Wackness (R)
Showtimes & Tickets
Movie Posters
Repertory Film
- Blogs
- Staff Blog
- INTRODUCING: Fumogation, CP's Vince Fumo Trial Blog
- The Wrestler wins Venice Film Fest
- NYT on "We're Taking Poe Back"
- RNC Post-Game Link Round-Up
- We Are Getting Fringe All Over Your Asses
- How to make halo-halo at home
- The Clog Weekend Omnibus: Sayonara Summer
- Bob Brady: Born under a bad sign with a blue moon in his eyes
- Should Philly eliminate its Republicans?
- Buy me this and I'll go easy on you in Peak to Peak
- WWF: Skynet slightly more real, 50 ft. mechanical spider in the U.K., Robocop vs. Terminator vs. Predator, soldier suicide rate may set new record and a crime-fighting black bear.
- Parc to start breakfast service
- Omigod, You Guys: Legally Blonde Comes to Philly!
- "From the new film Star Wars”:Battery-powered lightsabers and Mike Douglas
- Happiness is a warm puppy: R.I.P. Snoopy
- Hurricane Palin
- Your guide to GreenFest Philly 2008 — and organic pastries!
- WWF: Bruce Springsteen on 'The Wrestler' soundtrack, New Jersey has non-card sharks, elephant kicks its heroin habits, new reward for old serial killer and a large chunk of the Arctic is living it up.
- Did you see Palin's speech at the RNC?
- Lily Allen gets Elton-slapped
- RNC goes Republicrazy with Lieberman
- A&E Blog
- My Morning Jacket, Sept. 5, Festival Pier
- Project Runway Episode 8: Leanne's lucky streak
- Mad Men Season 2, Episode 6: Sorry, I'm all tied up at the moment
- FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
- What We Talk About When We Talk About A Huge Meteor Hitting The Earth And Killing Everyone
- Project Runway Episode 7: Grab a Kleenex, Keith. It's gonna be a long ride ...
- Mad Men Season 2, Episode 5: Like it never happened
- Stare Deeply into the Concrete
- Liz Phair, TLA, 8/27
- The Showdown: Punks are the only ones hardcore enough to tour in August
- The Sports Complex
- Fumogation : Vince Fumo Trial
- Future Blog
- Bite This
- How to make halo-halo at home
- Parc to start breakfast service
- Your guide to GreenFest Philly 2008 — and organic pastries!
- SNACK TIME: PDXistential, Challahman hollas, Medi small plates for Kelz, prepare to be Straussified, Thyme for Ramadan, how to cook a trough of pasta, jam: it ain't too much for me
- Philly kids in PDX: An eater's guide to Portland, Oregon
Endless Bummer
Fringe Festival
The 1-Upper
- Staff Blog
- Arts
- Music
- Food
- Events
- Jobs
- Ads
- Browse By Ad
- Entertainment
- Bars/Clubs
- 12 Steps Down
- 700 Club
- Abbaye
- Barbary
- Bes Kept Entertainment
- Byblos Restaurant
- Copabanana
- Dive
- Electric Factory Concerts
- Electric Factory Concerts
- Fergie's
- Four Corners Management
- Four Corners Management
- Four Corners Management
- Four Corners Management
- Four Corners Management
- Havana
- HOB Boardwalk Inc./Harrah's
- Hotrod Howdown
- Infinite Body Piercing
- J. C. Dobbs
- Johnny Brenda's
- Kite & Key Tavern
- Manny Brown's
- MilkBoy Coffee
- Mill Creek Tavern
- Moriarty's Restaurant & Bar
- National Mechanics
- North Star Bar
- O'NEAL IRISH PUB
- O'NEAL IRISH PUB
- Raven Lounge
- Roosevelts
- Serrano/Tin Angel
- Silk City Diner
- Smiths
- South Philadelphia Taproom
- The Khyber
- The Khyber
- Tritone Lounge
- Trocadero
- Vango
- Woolly Mammoth
- World Cafe Live
- Culture
- Restaurants
- Bars/Clubs
- Focus
- Movies
- Retail
- Retail
- AEG Live
- Alliance Francaise
- Allied Advertising Agency Inc
- Bloomingdales
- Bloomingdales
- Bonejour Pets
- Boost Mobile
- Council For Relationships, Inc
- Electric Factory Concerts
- Electric Factory Concerts
- Electric Factory Concerts
- Electric Factory Concerts
- Ettore European Salon & Spa
- Fencing Academy of Philadelphia
- First Person Arts
- Food Trust
- Free Library of Philadelphia
- Friends of the Free Library
- Horizon Media for HarrahÕs Showboat
- Hospice of the VNA, Visiting Nurse Assoc.
- JobCircle, Human Capital Solutions, LLC
- JT NCO LLC
- Kimmel Center
- MANSI for PECO
- Memphis Flats
- Morris Animal Refuge
- Music & Motion Dance Productions
- Penn Beer Distributors
- Philadelphia Dpt. of Public Health
- Philadelphia Live Arts/Philly Fringe
- Philadelphia Live Arts/Philly Fringe
- Philadelphia Live Arts/Philly Fringe
- Prestigious Kitchens International
- Prestigious Kitchens International
- Promotions Group
- SNBL Clinical Pharmacology Center
- Staffing Now
- Sugar Mom's
- Sweat Gym
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
- Twelfth Street Gym
- Retail
- Advertise With Us
- Hot
2008 Fringe Fest Coverage
Advertisers Index- Popular Articles
- 85 Shots : It's been a year since Steven "Butter" Miller was killed. Does anyone remember?
- Alas, Poor Theater : The local scene is thriving. So why are our grand old stages left waiting in the wings?
- We Need A Hero : Mild mannered off the mound but a bulldog on it, can young Cole Hamels save our fair metropolis?
- View from the Cheap Seats : Our writer road tests the Chinatown bus against its upstart rivals.
- Crowded House : Live Arts Festival + Philly Fringe
- Living on Scrap : How two men found their calling in the garbage.
- Flickr Fever : Local shutterbugs shoot Philadelphia's story one picture at a time.
- Khat in the Act : Officials seized 63 pounds of an exotic substance. Do officials care?
- Talula's Fable : Taking on the most celebrated "restaurant" of them all.
- Pelecanos, Less Brief : In our expanded Q&A, The Turnaround author talks about his process, his favorite authors and his inspiration.
- Web Exclusives
- On the House : With four simultaneous powerhouse exhibitions, ICA's new free-admission policy is perfect timing.
- The Rowengartner Gambit : Palin is the latest piece of McCain quackery.
- They Said, He Said : A group of activists says the mayor promised to get Philly "out of the nursing home business." The mayor believes he was misunderstood.
- The Singer Comes First : Picking bluegrass legend Larry Sparks' brain before this weekend's big festival.
- Heads of Skate : Bonus interviews with the creators of Oedpus at FDR.
- The Shape of Things : Thu.-Fri., Aug. 7-8, 8 p.m., Sat.-Sun., Aug. 9-10, 3 and 8 p.m., $20, Plays & Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey Place, 215-735-0630, playsandplayers.org.
- Pelecanos, Less Brief : In our expanded Q&A, The Turnaround author talks about his process, his favorite authors and his inspiration.
- Bridging the Gap : One year later, are Pennsylvania’s bridges improved?
- Camden, Immigrant Haven? : Cops in Camden are too busy to worry about illegal immigration — which is why Federal Street is thriving.
- Just Do It : Jamie Lissow
Dish Restaurant Guide
Old City Thursdays
Neighborhood & Cuisine Maps
Twitter
Facebook Application
Photo Stream : CP Flickr
Browser Search Bar
Win Contests
Advertisements
Web Exclusives
Popular Articles
Philadelphia Area Music Podcast Hosted by
Jon Solomon
Local Support 061
Beautiful Traps | The Classic Brown | Lee, Jae-Won | Soltero | The Original Sins | Ports Of Call | The Yah Mos Def | The Record | Agent Moosehead | Das Black Milk | Strand Of Oaks | Executive Slacks | Ace-Sabatino Rehearsal Purgatory | Combinations | Hulk Smash | The PG Ghost
It's free. Subscribe.
Get on it.
Click here for your chance to win one of this week's prizes.
Home Turf
The Bloods and the Crips surface in Chester.
by Jeff Deeney
Anti-violence advocates held rallies, and
editorials demanding change were penned. But one word was conspicuously
missing from Chester's urgent debate about violent crime: gangs.
The Bell CurveCity Paper's Quality-o-Life-o-Meter
When news breaks in Philadelphia, we make jokes.
Back to School ... in the Suburbs
by Amy Z. Quinn
An annual Pennsylvania Department of Education report issued last week
classified 20 Philadelphia public schools as "persistently dangerous,"
an ominous-yet-efficient bureaucratic descriptor for seats of learning
where students are at risk of robbery, assault, rape, weapons crimes,
kidnapping and other "dangerous incidents" every time they walk through
the door.
A group of activists says the mayor promised to get Philly "out of the nursing home business." The mayor believes he was misunderstood.
by Andrew Thompson
The organizations are against nursing homes completely: They see them
as depressing layaways for human beings, where dignity is lost in a
vacuum and independence is mythical.
Minnesota Moments
by Mary F. Patel
The Pennsylvania delegates had arrived early Sunday morning. The good
news, for them, was that their trip was extremely well-organized; the bad news
was that the hotel was way out in Minnetonka.