Since its birth in 2002, the Tribeca Film Festival has been the place for brash independent films to be exposed to the public.

Sarah Jessica Parker can’t take her eyes away from the view. Central Park, in all of its green, springtime glory, looks like a mere patch of grass from the 36th floor of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, where journalists from around the country have gathered in large, high-ceilinged rooms to talk sex with the women who [...]

History professor Morris J. Vogul has accepted a positition as president of The Tenement Museum in the Lower East Side in New York City.
Vogul will begin his term as president starting this summer. He has taught American history at Temple for the last 30 years, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer article. He served as [...]

Temple University’s longest-running student play, In Conflict, performed to a standing ovation at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Conn., on Tuesday.
This performance marked the beginning of a new chapter for Temple Theaters. Doug Wager, who wrote and directed the play, is currently in negotiations to bring In Conflict to the Culture Project, an [...]

REVIEW - In the era of the big-budget blockbuster movie, it is hard to find a film that doesn’t rely on explicit sex, violence and car chases to draw in audiences and make money. It’s always refreshing to find a good film with a simple story that still has mass audience appeal. Such a movie [...]

New Hope is a place that keeps you trailing from store to store as the day flies by. Piercing and tattoo venues are everywhere. Cuban cigars, bumper stickers, Bob Marley T-shirts, hemp purses and vintage clothing fill the Main Street stores.
New Hope is similar to Philadelphia’s South Street, with lots of people walking around outside [...]

When Philadelphia is down, the kicking begins.
It kills me to see my beloved hometown be the subject of so much negative coverage and ridicule over our high murder rate. I’m betting that New Yorkers are glowing about the fact that their city’s murder rate is lower than ours. When it comes to sports, Philadelphia has [...]

Philly has Sneaker Villa. New York has Niketown. Philly has UBiq and a handful of skate shops and shoe boutiques. New York has Soho. In the City of Brotherly Love, sneaker affection comes close, but can’t compare to New York’s kicks.
Here’s why:
SneakerHead Mecca
“Go to downtown Soho … [and you] can see all these kids roaming [...]

It seems that everyone in New York City knows exactly where they are headed - except you.
Marching out of Penn Station, there is a sense of being thrust into this large city. Billboards plaster the skyline, buildings have extravagant window displays and suits stomp by sipping Starbucks while chatting away on their cell phones.
Don’t panic [...]

It’s easy to grab a soft pretzel and water ice before class, and removing the wrapper from a Tastykake cream-filled chocolate cupcake while relaxing in front of the TV is common practice. Such acts are part of being a true Philadelphian - where the motto is: “The greasier, the better.”
In fact, there are many companies, [...]