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Will the real Animal Advisory Board please stand up?

  Lee Daniels ex­udes con­fid­ence when talk­ing about his latest film, Pre­cious, which fi­nally hits Philly—after open­ing in se­lect cit­ies across the coun­try last week—this Fri­day. It’s as if he knows this story about an obese, ugly, dark-skinned teen­age girl from the…

A teacher confronts his desertion of the public school system.

A (nearly) sober account of the Disco Biscuits’
 drug-addled electro music festival.

A "no-kill" expert tries to save the city's animal control contractor from its own worst mistakes.

Is SEPTA playing gender police?

First, Sylvie. An hour ago my cat Sylvie was yowling in discomfort and confusion, but now she looks positively regal. She crosses her paws—one shaved to accommodate the IV through which the vet will inject a lethal overdose of anesthetic—and…

Going bananas for an up-and-coming Philly musician.

Fellini’s classic—with all its wonderful eccentricities—comes to theaters in a new print.