Christine Flowers wishes she could say that she was born and raised in Philadelphia, but she was only raised here. An accident of birth had her seeing the light of day in Baltimore at Mt. Sinai ...

"There was a lot of kind of insanity and a feeling in the air that was very uneasy," the acclaimed filmmaker says now 45 years since arriving in Philadelphia.

Dr. Timaree Schmit is basically an episode of Adam Ruins Everything, but in the shape of a person. She has a PhD in Human Sexuality Education and years of experience in community organizing, ...

Marian started her writing career as a poor student in Paris taking commissions to write personalised erotic novellas and has since become an award-winning author of essays and anthologies. Marian ...

A. Benjamin Mannes, MA, CPP, CESP, is a Subject Matter Expert in Security & Criminal Justice Reform based on his own experiences on both sides of the criminal justice system. He has served as a ...

Hair today, gone tomorrow: Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, left) gets through cancer with the support of his loudmouthed friend Kyle (Seth Rogen). Dying young is no laughing matter. Wait, scratch that.

Vincent Williams is a life long pop culture fan and scholar, offering music, film and television criticism for the Baltimore City Paper before moving into academia as an assistant English professor at ...

Devon Rose (she/her) is a passionate writer and content creator deeply inspired by the arts. After graduating from Drexel University’s Music Industry Program and working in social media at major ...

Having worked as a crime reporter and columnist in Philadelphia for many years, Paul Davis has covered organized crime, cybercrime, street crime, white collar crime, crime prevention, espionage and ...

Sharon Sanders is one of the Founders of Philadelphia Weekly. She is a clinical sexologist and certified sex educator by profession. She uses this to help spread awareness on everything concerning ...

Nick Russo is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and on a leave of absence from law school at Villanova University. Follow him on Twitter @NickAndrewRusso.

It’s beginning to look a lot like madness. If you’ve read this section of PW with any frequency at all this holiday season (which, of course you have, you’re not a heathen or a degenerate or just an ...