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Felonious Munk has nothing to hide when it comes to the tumultuous ride that has been his life’s story. Not from anyone, especially his 13-year-old daughter just starting to understand who her dad was ...
Regular readers of The Scene (we know you’re out there) will know that we don’t much go in for that whole religion thing. Not that religion itself is at issue. Just that religious people tend toward ...
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 ...
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, ...
Jenny DeHuff has been a part of the Philadelphia media landscape for the last 15 years on just about every level of journalism. She started out at The Bulletin, a conservative voice for Philadelphia, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Eric Smith is a literary agent and Young Adult author who can often be found rummaging around all of Philadelphia’s used bookstores. As an agent, he’s worked on New York Times bestselling and ...
CJ Higgins (they/them) is a queer and transgender theatre artist who specializes in performance, music, devising, directing, production, and whatever else a show needs at a given moment because that’s ...
Born and raised in Connecticut, Eshani Surya is an award-winning writer and educator based in West Philly. She writes about food for Philly Weekly, and has a particular affinity for anything dumpling ...