Performances: Etiquette by Rotozaza (Rotozaza) (future performances sold out); Car (Kate Watson-Wallace / Anonymous Bodies) (future performances); Sweet By-and-By (Pig Iron Theatre Company + Teater Sláva) (future performances); Everyone (Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People) (no future performances); 7 Veils (Malleable Dance Theater) (future performances) We're only about five days into the 2008 Philadelphia Live Arts and Philly Fringe Festivals (PLAF, as we call it around here), but I think I may have already seen......

File under inspiring: Story of the homeless Martin Luther King High School senior who made valedictorian and has been accepted at the Art Institute. Now let's find him some cash. As if the flash flooding wasn’t enough: over 4,000 lightning strikes were recorded in the area last night, along with close to 70,000 power outages. A day in the life of a PhillyCarShare Prius. Thrill as the kids go to daycare! More coverage of the......

We bring you the buzz from the 215 blogs this week. Philebrity dissected the Comcast/BitTorrent relationship and broke down exactly why it's not good news for anyone. In short, it deals a crushing blow to net neutrality. Well hey, it's not as if Comcast is known for their great business practices. This Phillyist in particular has had one problem after another with the behemoth. Metroblogging pondered Obama's status as a pop culture icon on par......

Biodegradable beer cups were the news of the day over at The Illadelph, which lauded Aramark's move toward more environmentally-friendly containers for the liver- and waistline-destroying treats served at Citizens Bank Park. Also, did you know that on opening day Phillies fans will eat, among other things, 15,000 hot dogs, 6,000 soft pretzels and 5,000 cheesesteaks? With bikini season just around the corner, we shudder to think of the implications. Attytood discussed the Tonya Harding......

For more than five years, Philadelphians have been ditching their own cars in favor of those owned by PhillyCarShare. The program's fleet of sedans, hybrids (which comprise more than 50% of the fleet), convertibles, and pick-up trucks has provided the right wheels for the job for thousands of part-time drivers in our fair city. Each car shared by PhillyCarShare members replaces about 23 individually-owned vehicles. The company itself has become a much-loved local success story......

Dear PhillyCarShare: I love you. I do. And I extol your virtues to anyone who asks. You're socially responsible. Your customer service is second-to-none. You sponsor events throughout the city. You've got these guys. What's not to love? Perhaps some of your customers. The kind who don't really know how to drive all that well and end up banging up one of your cars but not reporting it. The kind who leave the cars......

An animal cruelty epidemic is sweeping the city, with dog fighting and pit bull abuse the most prominent activities. Seven Democratic presidential candidates will be coming to Drexel University tomorrow for a two-hour debate that will be televised on MSNBC. No public tickets are available. The Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus is offering a sensitivity-training program (which made its debut on Thursday) to hotel employees so they can learn how to be sensitive to the......

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. We were driving a Philly Car Share car earlier today and happened to glance up at the visor when we parked the car. And then we took a picture. Do......

Phillyist told you a while back about how Philly Car Share was gearing up to offer you more than just reliable transportation. If you were planning on looking into this, tonight is your night. Philly Sound Clash will take place at the World Cafe Live. The show features six local bands, as well as DJs King Britt, Josh Wink, and Making Time's Dave P. It starts at 6PM and goes until 2AM. And it's......

Phillyist has always loved us some Philly Car Share. Easily accessible rental cars at a reasonable price that you can reserve on short notice? Yes, please! But today, as Phillyist went hunting through the wilds of the World Wide Web for Philly-based hip hop acts, we discovered a new reason to love them: Philly Sound Clash. Now, promotions for Philly Sound Clash didn’t exactly start yesterday, and this event is not just a search......

Dear Everyone (again): Graduation is ten days away, and suddenly it’s hit me: I graduate from Penn and I am, in many senses of the word, a grownup. I’m the oldest child in my family, and growing up, I was often referred to as the “little grownup,” but now I’m a big (well, 5’2”) grownup. Things that have led me to this conclusion: I’ve already hit the eighteen (now I’m a legal adult and I......