Month: April 2004

The Philadelphia Film Festival continued to keep the city on its toes with numerous screenings, parties and awards honoring the cinema’s best. With another 72 films screened over the weekend, the festival had a record

Played in sandlots and fields, baseball has ruled over the summer afternoons of Philadelphia’s youth since the game was devised in the 1800s. Professional baseball soon followed and has been here ever since. To celebrate

Remember the rainbow flags that festooned Center City’s flagpoles in 2002? That was the work of the Equality Forum, whose festival runs from April 26 to May 4 this year. Everyone is invited to some

When Clipse performed their hit song “Hot Damn,” it added to the swelling heat and animated crowd at the Electric Factory on April 18. Clipse was just one of the four acts who performed in

There is certainly a big crop of cool bands that play in and come out of Philadelphia, but there is a small portion of this field that really brings out feelings of Philadelphia pride when

Temple University’s top administrators are receiving pay packages – including salaries, extra pay and bonuses – ranging from under $200,000 to nearly $500,000. These compensation packages reflect a trend that has emerged at large universities