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Stand-up comedian Tina Friml is no mood to be called ‘brave,’ and isn’t looking to be heroic in any fashion. In fact, there is next to nothing sentimental or heart wringing about her work as a stand-up comedian and writer. Instead, this Vermont native who happens to have a disability – cerebral...

How a Philly guy switched it up entirely.

Advocacy partnership works to reduce opioid epidemic impact on families

Tagging pioneer Darryl ‘Cornbread’ McCray has made Philadelphia his canvas for decades

It’s been six years since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. It was a day that shook the nation to the need for gun control measures as reports came out that 20 children, between the ages of six and seven, and six adults had been killed by gunman Adam...

Dying young is no laughing matter. Except in the case of 50/50, an awkward, heartfelt and extremely funny picture directed by Jonathan Levine, from a script by Will Reiser that has the rough, pants-kicking sting of real life at its (slightly compromised) core. Reiser, a television writer for Da Ali G Show as well as...

The narcotics trade has taken over much of Philly. Unfortunately, the 10 spots here represent only a fraction of the action. A kid in a bucket seat raised high on the fat rear tires of a four-wheeled ATV eyes the corner boys slinging dope and crack around the Chinese takeout. Then he...