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Caralyn Green wants better pop culture in 2009.
      top story
The big and small moments of 2008 in Philadelphia.
The year began with a bang in Philadelphia. So many people fired into the air immediately after the clock stuck midnight that 911 received 257 calls about gunfire. It was contagious, with police firing into a house, grazing a 9-year-old… » more
      news & opinion
» online feature
Jan. 5, 2009 7:02am
Jacob Lambert can't quite let go of 2008.
2008 was a remarkably terrible year for just about everyone in America, from mesh-capped pluggers to Learjetting CEOs to doomed arena quarterbacks.… » more
 
A “homeless cafe” fills a hole in a broken system.
About 9 p.m. on Sunday, a line forms on the sidewalk at Eighth and Arch streets. People are waiting… » more
 
   
by Dan Savage
      a & e
» online feature
Jan. 5, 2009 3:12pm
Pop Tart
Caralyn Green wants more eye smiling and less of The Hills in 2009.
I don't usually make New Year's resolutions, not because I wouldn't stick to them but because I tend to make ill-fated life-altering decisions far too… » more
 
» online feature
Dec. 30, 2008
In Extremis
Steven Wells doesn't just bash Americans. He also bashes rock stars.
The BBC is flogging 49-year-old Ray Morrissey as "Britain's most prolific gigaholic." Turns out that Ray has been to a staggering 5,000 gigs in 35 years.… » more
 
   
"The Poster Series," The Nuck Fuggets, "Grand Small Works," The Murder at the Art Museum Scavenger Hunt.
 
   
Pageant Gallery’s “Rag and Bone.”
by Roberta Fallon
 
   
New Year's Eve on the Battleship New Jersey
by Erica Palan
 
   
by Liz Spikol
 
   
Benjamin Lloyd in A Tuna Christmas.
by Michael Persico & Anastasia Kotsosavas
 
   
James and the Giant Peach.
by J. Cooper Robb
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Many musicians died this year, but not nearly enough.
by Steven Wells
 
   
AKA Music
 
   
2008 Roundup
by Doug Wallen
 
   
Ryan Star
      food
   
Reason With the Season
      screen
   
Revolutionary Road
 
   
Critical Mass
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Six lovable movie Nazis.
by Matt Prigge
 
   
Cory in the House
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See More Chick Flicks
Jacob Lambert can't quite let go of 2008.
One More Look Back
One More Look Back
A half-dozen films featuring lovable Nazis.
Six Pack
Six Pack
A "homeless cafe" fills a hole in a broken system.
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Many musicians died this year, but not nearly enough.
Two Thousand Late
Two Thousand Late
PW's film writers discuss the funereal films of 2008.
Critical Mass
Critical Mass
A roundup of the best local music of the year.
Umm ... Drop
Umm ... Drop
Benjamin Lloyd in A Tuna Christmas.