Lisa Wilson, the owner of 20-plus-year-old Jamaican Jerk Hut on South Street, has been tied up in litigation for two years with one of the area's newer condominiums, Symphony House. Those who trend the In Her Shoes location remember 2009 when the famous outdoor patio was shut down because of a

You've probably seen the new Big Belly solar trashcans filtering into the streets of Center City next to The Onion boxes, and now South Philadelphia is trying to incorporate more of them into their ‘hood as well. South of South Neighborhood Association (SOSNA) is taking donations for the purchase of

On the night that defense attorney Michael J. Reed took on William Fennie's case, he was seen weeping over his Villanova University law degree. Reed put his three years of law school to good use when he defended a West Chester man for throwing a slice of pizza at a

The on-road activists with Liberty on Tour took a little stop in Philadelphia recently. Pete Eyre (who is no stranger to jail) and Ademo Freeman (who is actually currently caged) filmed this footage of Philly police violating parking laws and the activist duo ticketing those very police who enforce these

Terrence Williams is one of Philly's few entrepreneurs with the unfortunate problem of expanding faster than his landlord allows. Williams' business of building custom colored bikes from recycled and refurbished bike parts has grown enough to push him to move out of his current space at 11th and Vine to his first

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine student, Maine Junior Miss 2002 and newly brunette Ashley Hebert is the next Bachelorette, which will air on May 23. Philly's previous D-list Bachelor celebrity Craig Robinson should count his days doing Dunk Tank promotions with Lauren Harris; there's new promoter bait in town. Hebert. So hot

The recent movie posters for X-Men: First Class were so abominably bad ("Why Professor X’s head is popping out of his own blacked-out silhouette’s crotch is beyond comprehension."), Film School Rejects decided to sponsor a contest to see which of their design-minded readers could do better. "The bar was low,

This is a problem as old as time: welcome new businesses and mixed-use buildings to a neighborhood still going through growing pains, or leave lots vacant to protect the shops that pioneered the neighborhood. Actually, now that I think about it, that is an age-old problem, but one that has been answered by nature.

Last year CineFest was cancelled; this year they are back and bringing some martial artists and an outdoor street fair with them. The Philadelphia Cinema Alliance has officially announced the dates for the 2011 edition of Philadelphia CineFest on April 7-14, 2011. The festival will feature more than 135 films including

A team of developers, PALA and a team of investors and planners have the go-ahead on a $300M plan for the Main Line’s new eco-friendly residential village, nine-story hotel and an upgraded, world-class rail station project (no biggie). More to come this month....