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Get ready for Philadelphia's coolest event. Starting May 23, the second Hidden City Festival will activate nine historic spaces throughout the city, transforming vacant and underappreciated treasures into interactive art.

With help from the Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia, KZB Advisors principal Karen Zinn facilitated a strategic plan that will help Isaiah Zagar's gang of mosaic magic-makers keep shining on.

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.

You've got one more week to win some frozen fun at Penn's Landing, where you and your friends can skate for free by entering our contest.

Eat, dance, celebrate. With family and friends at home to give thanks, give yourself a treat at Founder's Hall, Delicatessen or the Painted Bride.

In the heart of Center City lies a village-like setting created in the 19th century that still bustles today. Just west of Washington Square is a charming maze of tiny streets, presenting a very livable Philadelphia at its best.

If you're blue for jazz, head to Lancaster Ave. If you're up for ABBA, hit the Ritz. If it's local food and change you're after, visit Bartram's Garden.

From Open Data Philly to Rethinking Shelter, our photographer followed the game developers, coders, hackers and dreamers who made Philly Tech Week pop.

A report released this morning by Center City District reveals an abundance of encouraging data about downtown Philadelphia's retail growth. Nothing was more telling, however, than the numbers that back the city's growing reputation as a food destination.

Led by an inspiring effort at Mt. Airy, hundreds of volunteers will be at Philly's parks on Saturday for an ambitious cleanup.                                                    Find out where and how you and your friends can help.

Earlier this week, Select Greater Philadelphia released its 2010 Higher Education Impact report, an updated version of its 2007 study, and the findings were largely encouraging

They are the music makers. They are the dreamers of dreams. Modern day chocolatiers are mixing nostalgia with innovation and creating a new batch of creamy, sugary ventures all over Philadelphia.

Within Greater Philadelphia's considerable foodie community is a sub-genre known as Wild Foodies who are spreading the seed of wild edibles, both plants and small critters, that are found just outside our doors.

Led by festival founder and design guru Hilary Jay, DesignPhiladelphia has established itself as an organic, comprehensive and cutting-edge festival that is the envy of other cities and the pride of ours. It's on Oct. 7-17 all over Philly.