Results tagged “nightlife”

We don't have to tell you that it's almost Thanksgiving. We can tell by that look of dread on your face that you're already anticipating a brawl with the in-laws or an endless evening of Uncle Jim-Bob recounting war stories while you battle indigestion and tryptophan-induced sluggishness.

Hey girl, hey! Make way for Mr. Gay.

Equality Forum 2008 kicked off yesterday with a VIP reception at City Hall, marking the beginning of a week of presentations, panel discussions and, of course, parties.

We're guessing most of you are hungover from St. Patrick's Day. We are too. But still, we're going to muddle on through our green haze and give you (drum roll please...) this Week In -ists.

The teeny-tiny robots are coming! Well...funds for them are, anyway. The Nanotechnology Institute has just been awarded $3.5 million in grant money. As everything we know about nanotech comes from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Jason X, we expect an itty-bitty robo-apacolypse within the year. (Assuming, of course, the world doesn't end on September 12.)

Everything old is new again: first Franklin Square gets a facelift - and now Smith Memorial Playground becomes Swing City.

On the less-than-lighter-side, Philly crime becomes increasingly disturbing and gruesome this week: body parts were discovered in a South Philly home, shootings are starting to take place in the light of day, a mother & her son were shot in West Kensington, a woman was shot and killed while standing in front of her West Philly home, and some current prison inmates may go free, due to facility overcrowding. (Now we're beginning to see how we hit the top 10 drunk cities list. After reading these stories, we sure could use a drink.)

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- Identity fraud seems to be the hot crime this week. The feds shut down SIX separate id-theft related crime rings this week, and a would-be rapist got access to a building by claiming he was an FBI agent (allegedly). It's enough to make Phillyist paranoid. - July has gotten the dubious honor of being the deadliest month of the year. Let's hope none of the remaining month's in 2006 attempt to steal that title. - Speaking of dubious honors (and switching to a much more light-hearted vein) - according to Forbes magazine, Philadelphia just missed making the top 10 list of cities for singles - ranking 12th. The criterion: "nightlife, culture, job growth, number of other singles, cost of living alone, online dating and coolness." When did Forbes become the arbiter of cool? - When Phillyist stumbled across Steven Perry fan fic, we thought we'd reached the scariest fan fic place on the Internet...until we got the news from Philadelphia Will Do that there's Barbaro/human stories out there. Ah, the Internet. It truly is a bottomless pit of terrible, terrible wonders. Traditional style slash fic image by Flickr user joeltelling

About two weeks ago, the Phillyist Editorial Staff received a press release that AOL City Guide had ranked Philadelphia's best dining and nightlife. We read through every single category and even tried out some of the places on the list. It's not Zagat, but it's not bad. Here's our take on AOL's take. As Philly residents, we thought we'd be more than qualified to respond.

In honor of Phillyist's favorite holiday, we're delving into the darker side of Philadelphia's nightlife to spotlight Scaryoke at Ulana's (2nd and Bainbridge Streets). Part of "Despondent Heaven" (a weekly Goth-night featuring gothic, metal, industrial, punk, and new wave music party), Scaryoke is just what you'd imagine it is: Goth Karaoke (We guess not everyone likes to sing Petula Clark's greatest hits when crooning for strangers). Phillyist has heard good things about Scaryoke - and the second we manage to stay up late enough to attend (Despondent Heaven starts at 9PM, but Scaryoke doesn't get started 'till midnight) we're all about it. And we're pretty sure could be considered Goth, if you performed it right. Despondent Heaven is $3, and you must be 21 or older to get in.