Nightlife : Featured Stories

What's in a name? Everything, and it isn't always easy to settle on one. We look at three neighborhoods in various states of branding.

Latin American Film Festival at International House, sterling silver at The Alternatives Museum in Wilmington, and it's clean-up time in the city.

Dance by the Swann Memorial Fountain, explore communal exchange at the Painted Bride and enjoy opera on The Porch at 30th Street Station.

Get dirty in the Brandywine Valley, celebrate facial hair at The Blockley and eat local and organic with hundreds of Philly's finest. 

The unique dance and theater group from South Philly has performed all over, shining a different kind of light on anger, death, love and war.

A massive planning effort hopes to make connections in and around Southwest Philly, creating more usable open space, trails and jobs.

Author Jonah Lehrer talks creativity, the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival connects the city with a Nazi-era rescue, and a new arts space and producer launches.

It's a surprising festival debut for The War on Drugs, which kicks off the second half of its Slave Ambient tour after Austin.

Theater in the round, of sorts, returns to Society Hill, a celebration of dance at the Performance Garage and buy or sell at the West Philly Tool Library.

Find Flashfl00d's semi-secretive, downloadable exhibitions in Kensington,  help cover creative costs at Shot Tower, and taste the Flower Show at Smokin' Betty's.

Get with the WPO and hear an oud in University City, take the highway on the Parkway and stay up all night for The Bald Soprano in Rittenhouse.

Network with the in-crowd at Moore, witness innovation at inciteXchange at Temple, and reflect on comic images at Asian Arts Initiative.

Some call Philadelphia the DJ Capital of the World because of its history and contributions to the culture in a city overflowing with multi-talented DJs in hip hop, jazz and reggae.

Back home after six years in San Francisco and building his company through high-profile work with DJ Shadow, this former artist is helping musicians and brands work digital marketing magic.

Support the visual arts, trade in some baggy pants while sipping cocktails and slam some ex's on Valentine's Day.