By Raymond Simon
The four-day fest takes place in welcoming venues all across the city and features everything from burlesque and spoken word to country crooners and drag divas.
By PW Staff
While being the “City of Neighborhoods” is such a huge part of Philly’s character, far too many of our communities are plagued by bigotry, hatred and violence. So for one afternoon, the Anti-Defamation League is inviting locals of all ages and backgrounds to come together and embrace diversity while taking a scenic 5K stroll down Martin Luther King Drive.
By PW Staff
Articulate, handsome and well-built, Buck Angel exudes the kind of self-confidence that signals a man comfortable in his own skin. And yet he was born female. Puberty wreaked havoc on this former tomboy, who struggled with depression and drugs until his late 20s, when he met a sympathetic therapist. Today, Buck is a successful porn star who won Transsexual Performer of the Year at the Adult Video News Awards in 2007.
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Last May, when Tara Robertson began taking pictures of her friends in Philly’s LGBT community, the 24-year-old University of the Arts photography major didn’t expect that what was intended to be her senior-year fine-arts project would evolve into a potent campaign for gay equality in Pennsylvania.
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PW’s new biweekly column, “Forking Stupid,” sees 25-year-old Nicole Finkbiner persuading professional chefs from Philadelphia’s great restaurants to please teach her, for the love of god, how to cook—one dish at a time. This week, Nicole visits Green Eggs Cafe to learn the art of brunch-making. The batter can be used to make the pancakes and [...]
M.I.A. Brings “Noize” It was late last night when we saw this link on the Pitchfork page: “Listen to a New M.I.A. Song, ‘Bring The Noize.’” Oh, how our hearts both fluttered and skipped a beat: What if it sucked? M.I.A has, it seems, in equal parts, lit us up and let us down over the [...]
Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail It’s 2013. And in 2013, artists are trying their hardest to come up with new and innovative ways to release records. Kind of like a few years back, when Radiohead tried releasing their record on their own with a pay-what-you-will model, now pop musicians are trying all kinds of kooky app-related [...]