City Girl

22nd Annual Writing Contest Winner

by Leyla Eraslan

Rolling Holy

Can you find God in a North Philly skate hall?

by J.F. Pirro

The Challengers

The Dufala brothers are not going to make this easy on you.

by Lori Hill

How We Work

An informal survey of the ways we earn our daily bread

The Terrorist and the Baby-Killer

They met outside a Pennsylvania abortion clinic. What happened next took everyone by surprise.

by Doron Taussig

Can You Find the 10,000 men?

( Hint: Check underneath the paperwork, rhetoric and mounds of good intentions.)

by Tom Namako

Free Milton Street

We need him on that wall, feds. So what's with the Al Capone treatment?

by Brian Hickey

Design On A Nickel

Your stimulus check not withstanding, you're gonna have to fix up that house with less.

by Jason Tomassini

Inside WinterFest

Photographer Michael T. Regan and filmmaker Jon Michals take you inside General Lafayette Inn's beer extravaganza.

by Michael T. Regan and Jon Michals

The Philly Classics

The Music Issue

by Patrick Rapa

The Revolution Will Be Digitized

The Media Mobilizing Project works to bring grassroots organization into the 21st century.

by Doron Taussig

The Noise and the Hurry

A Penn prof's latest book puts Philly nightlife's stress and swagger under the microscope.

by A.D. Amorosi

The Hacktory

Video Presentation

by Rick Valenzuela

Slavers In The Family

How Philly native Katrina Browne confronted her ties to America's original sin, and why the nation should follow her lead.

by Sam Adams

Ruh-Roh?

Would a proposed state law protect dogs in Philly, or just put breeders on a short leash?

by J.F. Pirro

The Election Issue

Our endorsement and an inside look at the two Democratic campaigns.

Close-Ups

The Style Issue

by Monica Weymouth

Desert Harvest

Michael Solomonov wanted to prepare his chefs for the opening of his new restaurant. So he led them on a caravan across the Holy Land.

by Michael T. Regan and Pervaiz Shallwani

Market On Your Calendar

Where to get fresh with the locals this spring

by Tami Fertig

Radio Activism

West Philly residents are starting a community station to wake up the neighborhood.

by Will Dean

Summer is ready when you are.

by Patrick Rapa

What Bassam Sees

Bassam Sebti lived through the first three years of the war as an Iraqi in Baghdad. He's watched the last two from Philadelphia.

by Doron Taussig

Raised From the Grave

In 1972, a psychedelic horror film was shot in Philly, hit the drive-ins, then disappeared without a trace. Now it's been exhumed to haunt the big screen again.

by Shaun Brady

Notes From Underground

What an empty concourse under Broad Street says about Philadelphia's past, present and future

by Matt Stroud

Locked Down

What it's really like inside Philly's overcrowded prisons.

by Tom Namako

Outside the Box

Pete Stathis sets the tone for our latest Book Quarterly.

by Carolyn Huckabay

Patriot Act

Prodigal showman John Legend returns to Philly for the Fourth.

by A.D. Amorosi

Faces in the Crowd

PIGLFF enters its 14th year.

by Tami Fertig

Who Will Pray For Camden?

Seeking justice for Jason Santos, a young man who died on the streets of a bleeding city.

by Mike Newall

85 Shots

It's been a year since Steven "Butter" Miller was killed. Does anyone remember?

by Tom Namako and Doron Taussig

Living on Scrap

How two men found their calling in the garbage.

by Isaiah Thompson

Alas, Poor Theater

The local scene is thriving. So why are our grand old stages left waiting in the wings?

by David Anthony Fox

Oh, Subverted World

The Comics Issue

by Patrick Rapa

We Need A Hero

Mild mannered off the mound but a bulldog on it, can young Cole Hamels save our fair metropolis?

by E. James Beale

Crowded House

Live Arts Festival + Philly Fringe

by Carolyn Huckabay

A Hive Full of Green Bees

An excerpt from Matthew Quick's The Silver Linings Playbook

by Matthew Quick

CP 2008 Fall Guide

City Paper's guide to the fall arts and music

The Driver

Ron Blount enlisted an army of cabbies to battle the parking authority. Is he the man to lead them?

by Isaiah Thompson

Choice Awards '08

Just Desserts

by Monica Weymouth

The Way of the Scalper

Risk and reward inside South Philly's stealth economy.

by E. James Beale

The Fumo Theorem

What Philly loses — or gains — when it loses Vince.

by Tom Namako

What's Your Function?

Josh Owen's vision for the future of Philadelphia design fuses economy, education and a healthy dose of practical magic.

by Nathaniel Popkin

Re:Cover

Music Issue

by Patrick Rapa

How This Feels

It can be hard to get our heads around the fact that Barack Obama is winning.

by Doron Taussig

First Things First

1st Person Festival

by Monica Weymouth

Meet South Philly's Stoya

You never know what's going to happen. Especially with her.

by Matt Stroud

Secret 'Stache

The Passion and Pop of John Oates

by Shaun Brady

Keepers of the Chaos

North Philly free jazz outlaws Jamaaladeen Tacuma and G. Calvin Weston are still breaking the rules.

by Shaun Brady

Cheap Chic!

City Paper's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide

by Monica Weymouth

The Nutters

In the midst of the budget crisis, which mayor do you see?

by Doron Taussig

The Green Futures of Aaron Birk

How one mild-mannered artist/urban warrior is drawing up a brighter urban landscape.

by Carolyn Huckabay

Now What?

Trying to make sense, any sense at all, of the 2008 Eagles

by E. James Beale