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25 of My Favorite Films of the 2010s

Feel how you will about roundups and year-end lists, or lists in general, but I like a little healthy reflection here and there. I love...

What am I doing with my life? Waiting tables at the beach

It’s certainly fun to reminisce about my long run as a blogger, critic, writer, and editorial teammate – I had a really good run there...

Mauckingbird's version of Noël Coward's "Fallen Angels" is so gay (and really fun)

It can be disquieting to confront blind spots in your queer lexicon. I do believe and admit that this was my first time taking in a play...

Before 2019, considering becoming a Member-Owner at the South Philly Food Co-Op

I don’t know about you, but I’m a huge fan of the city that I live in – a resident for over 10 years now, I’ve watched the city grow and...

"Completeness" is a stellar Theatre Exile production running through Dec. 23

It seems apt that the first scene of Itamar Moses’s “Completeness” includes a Millennial-flavored exchange that sets in motion the...

Seven things about 1812 Productions' "This Is The Week That Is" at Plays & Players

I treated myself to some live comedy theater on Tuesday night and took in the first night of This Is The Week That Is, 1812 Productions’...