The East Falls Community and Philadelphia University dedicate an entire day for their students and community members to team up with the Tree Tenders charity in an effort revitalize the community. The goal for Philadelphia is to have a tree canopy of 30 percent by 2025; Tree Tenders has a lot

Aimee Olexy and her newly named Talula's Garden chef Michael Santoro are looking for "experienced and driven line cooks and chefs de partie who are hard-working, ingredient-driven and willing to learn." Talula's Garden will be a "farm to table" restaurant, which we reported was opening in Starr's old 210 W.

Power 99 FM's "Beanie Sigel & Friends Birthday Celebration" at Solo Nightclub on Delaware Avenue was suppose to be  an innocent celebration for Philly rapper Sigel's March 6 birthday. Some balloons, maybe a Carvel Fudgie The Whale cake, certainly a round of "Look Ma, No Hands" Pin The Tail On The Donkey,

Lauren Boggi has just acquired the fourth location for her Lithe Method studio: the fourth floor space at The Philadelphia Dance Studio in Old City. The 3500-square-foot spot at 219 Cuthbert Street will have Lithe's full roster of classes and officially opens on April 1. Boggi already as Lithe's set up in

The Havana Banana Group (Bill Curry and the people behind Cafe Nola and Copabanana) have bought the Society Hill Hotel at 301 Chestnut Street, one of two projects they have planned for the Old City neighborhood. This "special plan," according to a masked representative from Havana Banana, will be a sort of

Anna Verna, in an effort to appease a small minority group in Point Breeze, has put forward a bill to restrict the building of three-story homes and roof decks in that neighborhood for one year. Apparently this is legal.

According to the City of Philadelphia, Verna, the current City Council president, has "made

Jessie Hemmon's is Philadelphia's one and only (to our knowledge) Yarn Bomber. Hemmons, who goes by Ishknits, woke up yesterday and just "decided to hand knit some cozies for some subway seats on the Market-Frankford Line of Philadelphia." We are glad her unsuspecting urban targets yesterday were the three seats on three

Do people actually go to porn theaters anymore? More specifically, do people actually go anywhere on the 22nd block of Market Street? The answer is yes, a profitable yes.

Anthony Trombetta's Forum Theater on 2209 Market Street is the last old-fashioned, dry porno houses in Philly ("Save The Forum!"), and although we

Chunks of concrete are falling off the Septa bridge onto eastern sidewalk of North 22nd Street under JFK Boulevard. We've dodged the impeding doom of the perilous icicles of winter; now comes the spring concrete. Ah the seasons of Philly.

100 Spring Garden may soon have a new tenant. The lots where Zee Bar and Delilah's sit just east of 95 will perhaps be getting a "bar/restaurant with live entertainment." Of course this project has just been proposed to the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association and the zoning attorney for the