Proofreading Philly tries to capture typos, wordos, and all other kinds of grammatical mistakes that we see around the city. But we need your help! Email photos to us from your computer or your phone, and show the city that you care about good grammar. Phillyist Ross sent this video to us a few days ago. We thought it was an idea for the daily video post, until we got about thirty seconds in –......

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...Monday night's fireworks at Penn's Landing. Enjoy!......

Phillyist, like untold thousands in the Delaware Valley, resolved to be more active this year. If you’re one of those thousands and are looking for a place to start, consider combining it with that other favorite resolution, volunteering in the community. Back On My Feet running club lets you do just that: you’ll run in Center City with homeless men from local shelters. It may seem odd at first glance, but the non-profit is committed......

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The 2008 Mummers Parade. Oh Philly, how this Phillyist is missing you from Texas!......

Rev. Joseph F. Sica of Scranton, a Catholic priest and longtime confidant of casino owner Louis A. DeNaples, was charged yesterday with lying to a grand jury about his relationship with a mob boss. At least one of those New Year's arrests that we posted about yesterday was a complete disaster. Not only was it police gunfire that injured a 9-year-old boy at the scene, the cops arrested the wrong man and let the......

Rev. Charles Newman, the disgraced former Archbishop Ryan High School president accused of stealing $900,000 from the school and his religious order, had his preliminary hearing, scheduled for New Year's Eve, postponed until March. Meanwhile, an alumni group expressed their complete confidence in the administration of the school. A man outside at a New Year's party in East Germantown, confronted by police for firing his gun into the air, turned the gun on the officers,......

Hey, it's a whole different year now! Awesome. But, uh... yeah, we're gonna go back to sleep. See you all tomorrow!......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. The Movie Blog has a pic from the new Death Race movie, and it's actually pretty cool. Some details on the casting and plot of Underworld 3: The Rise of the Lycans, in case you want them for some reason. According to Variety, the writers' strike has reached an interesting milestone: it's now cost writers more money than they were hoping......

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week. College Football Bowl Games (Mon, 7:30PM-11:30PM, ESPN; Tue, 5PM-9PM, ABC; Tue, 8:30PM-12:30AM, Fox; Wed, 8:15PM-12:15AM, Fox; Thu, 8:15PM-12:15AM, Fox; Sun, 8PM-12AM, ESPN) - The Chick-Fil-A Bowl: Auburn vs. Clemson, The Rose Bowl: Illinois vs. Southern California, The Sugar Bowl: Hawaii vs. Georgia, The Fiesta Bowl: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma, The Orange Bowl: Kansas vs. Virginia Tech, and The GMAC Bowl: Bowling Green vs. Tulsa. Dick Clark's New......

SFist saw Christmas Day turn tragic after a Siberian tiger escaped from her pen at the San Francisco Zoo, killing a visitor and mauling two others. Phillyist counted down the top ten items on Philadelphia's New Year's wish list. Gothamist looked at the wooden bikes being offered for NYC's first bike share program on Governors Island. LAist received a Christmas present in the form of a drunk Santa Claus in a g-string. Bostonist launched......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY New Year's Special: Improv comedy with the N Crowd at the Actors Center (257 N. 3rd), 8PM. $10 Caterpillar: Caterpillar, Photon Band, and The Trolleyvox at Johnny Brenda's (1201 Frankford), 9PM. $8 SATURDAY Show Some Love: Dance for a good cause at the Community Education Center and Meeting House Theatre (3500 Lancaster) fundraiser featuring DJ Mr. Cisum, 8PM-1AM. $10 More Spice Than Sugar: Sugartown featuring Lesbians on......

Every weekday of December (except for December 25, that is), Phillyist will be counting down to 2008 with our highlights from the past year and our predictions for the next. If you have a list you'd like to submit, let us know! Y'all have a Merry Christmas? Good. I'm glad. Mine was nice, too. But I'm kind of glad it's over – just like I am every year. Because, you see, while I like Christmas......

With New Year's Eve less than two weeks away, dinner reservations at local restaurants are going fast. Many bars and restaurants across the city will be open for business during regular hours; others will keep their kitchens open late to accommodate the gastronomical needs of New Year's revelers. And then there are the select restaurants with special prix fixe menus for the holiday. Some sound far more delicious to us than others, but if we......

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Tuesday post only collects the early announcements, so definitely check back on Thursday for the latest ticket news. Eric Clapton Retrospective with Craig Thatcher Band House of Blues Atlantic City Sat, 12/29/07, 8PM $11 On sale: Today, 10AM, Ticketmaster Jerry Blavat featuring The Trammps Atlantic City Hilton Mon, 12/31/07, 8PM $110 On sale: Today, 12PM, Ticketmaster Elvis......

What's new and/or interesting on television this week. Victoria Beckham: Coming to America (Mon, 8PM-9PM, NBC10) - It's the British invasion all over again in this reality show-type special which follows Posh Spice as she moves from London to LA. Secret Life Of... (Mon, 8:30PM-9PM, Food Network) - This time they're taking a look at superstitions surrounding foods - so, stuff about New Year's Day foods, spinach, garlic, and carrots. Cities of the Underworld (Mon,......

Little-known fact: There are a hell of a lot of blogs in Philly. While we here try to hold our own, there are a lot of good stories out there just waiting to be read from around the Philly blog community. Here are a few that popped up throughout the week. Go ahead, check it out, we won't get jealous. Just come on back here when you're good and ready. We'll have cookies and soy......

You probably heard by now that some important nominations got announced this morning: the Razzies! We like that they nominated Hilary Duff and Haylie Duff together, as one entity, for Worst Actress in Material Girls. We're kind of sad that Kristanna Loken got nominated in that category, too, though, because we went to her movie premiere party in Philly and interviewed her and took a picture of her and everything. Lady in the Water, which......

Scary story: a bus got out of control, apparently due to a mechanical problem of some kind, on the campus of Bucks County's Pennsbury High School and injured 17 students, one of them critically. Philly police have invited the family of Bryan Jones - the 20-year-old that cops shot during a New Year's Day gun battle - to meet with them, in order to discuss the details of his death. The cops need your help......

We don't know about you, but it's friggin cold out there. Well, not for some of you. It seems as though places that are supposed to be cold are warm and places that are supposed to be warm are cold. Or maybe that's just us. Either way, we're freezing. Austinist said goodbye to their co-editor (sell-out) and played rumor monger on the SXSW lineup. And when dozens of dead birds littered downtown Austin, it's......

This Phillyist works just a block away from the Inquirer/Daily News building, so its weird to think that it might be sold and become...something other than the Inquirer/Daily News building. In the wake of the news that the young man shot on New Year's by police was unarmed comes the news that the mother of another unarmed man shot by police, this time back in April, is suing the officer who fired the shot,......

So your New Year's Resolution was to lose a little weight, work out more, maybe not eat out so much. That last needs to be put on hold for a week: University City District is offering up its fourth University City Dining Days, running from January 11th to the 18th. Twenty-one restaurants are offering up fixed three-course menus in three price ranges: $20, $25, and $30, with some places offering two-for-one dining. Phillyist does the......

It got cold last night, so I cleared some space in my kitchen with the intention of making soup, but changed my mind when I opened my fridge and saw all of the corn tortillas I've had in there for a while and really needed to get rid of. So I decided to dip into my special store of Mexican food ingredients. I bring them back from home, whenever I'm in Texas. But I have......

Sunday. Usually, a quiet, contemplative day in the Blogosphere. But not here in the Ist-a-Verse. Nonono! Just look below and see all of the wild and crazy stuff our staffs are up to. In Austin, bands are beginning to confirm for SXSW and the rumor mill is up and running. Good thing, too, because we all know how much Austinites love live performances. Austin also found itself in the national spotlight, with Longhorn Legend......

Hey! Detmer's back! Somebody realized that the visitor experience at Valley Forge is kind of lame, so they're spending $6 million to improve it. They plan to do this by restoring the historical landscape, replacing the current parking lot with an orchard, refurbishing the old train station and using it as an orientation spot, and adding multimedia exhibits, including video and audio podcasts. There aren't too many more details available yet about that New......

As much as my job makes me question the state of humanity, it does good things for me. I am capable of paying my rent, I have running water and heat in my apartment, I eat on a regular basis, and I (finally) have health benefits. Without my job, I would not have these things. Sometimes, though, I forget to be thankful. New Year's Day was one such time. As I dragged my exhausted......

Another year has come and gone; this, then, marks the beginning of the New Year's Resolution season. According to a bunch of random websites that likely use a lot of science in calculating things, like this one, Americans' top New Year's resolution every year is to lose weight. Most people would agree that the key to weight loss is diet and exercise. The exercise, you can't help us with. We'll leave that up to the......

Confession time. I'm a registered Republican. I know that's probably going to alienate me from most of you, our readers, but I'm asking you to hear me out. First of all, I'm still registered to vote in Texas. So my vote in most major elections has very little impact on the rest of you. (Especially since we all know what happens with absentee ballots.) Secondly, I don't vote straight-ticket anything. Most of the time,......