Monthly Archives: December 2008

Nutter on the arts and the budget crisis

 
At a town hall meeting at City Hall on Friday to discuss the budget for the arts and announce his Arts Advisory Council, Mayor Michael Nutter again acknowledged that, yes, things are bad right now, and they will almost undoubtedly get worse. Tax revenues will continue to decrease as consumer spending plummets and the growing [...]

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Burning Love

City Paper staff writer and Philadelphia native Tom Namako put the post-World Series riots like this: “If you don’t get it, you don’t get it.” For a few hours, I could get it. Brad Lidge’s winning pitch was the spark to a powder keg that’s been filled for the past 20 years. Fans had every [...]

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