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Ex-Philly "Hero cop" DeCoatsworth: One Man's Descent or System Failure?new
Despite DeCoatsworth’s history of violence, the story is playing out in the media, locally and nationally, as a hero cop’s shocking fall from grace.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
05-22-2013 |
Commentary
Acting Governornew
Donning a stiff silver crown of Thundercat hair favored by Southern ladies of a certain age—writer Molly Ivins once referred to it as “Republican hair”—Taylor moves with Ann Richards' gait, cracks wise in her accent and delivers not just information about Richards, but the essence of her colorful personality.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
05-22-2013 |
Performance
Queen of the Deadnew
Rogue taxidermist Beth Beverly, star of AMC's new show Immortalized, gives dead birds and animals a second life as beautiful and bizarre wearable art.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
02-13-2013 |
Art
I Can't Stop Reading Philly.com Commentersnew
Calling black people animals, references to monkeys, phrases like "welcome to the jungle, baby" and "That’s how it go in da hood" are all standard comments beneath crime stories on Philly.com when the perp is black. And we haven’t even gotten to the anal rape fantasies that regularly litter sexual offender and police corruption stories. So why do I read them?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
10-19-2011 |
Commentary
David Dingwall Stuffs His Leopard-Skin Shorts and Shoots for the Starsnew
After a lifetime of starts and stalls, after all his preparation for a comeback, it's ironic that it's the brilliant comedy video White Boy that could transform this old-school Catskills crooner into a 21st century Internet star.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
09-21-2009 |
Performance
Michael Vick Comes to Phillynew
When the Eagles announced that they signed a one-year-on plus one-year-option contract with convicted animal abuser Michael Vick, networking boards lit up like pinball machines. But will Philadelphians make good on their love of animals? Or is the outrage a little too easy?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
08-17-2009 |
Sports
M.K. Asante Jr.'s Year of First Fruitsnew
The multitalented child of celebrated afrocentric parents takes the torch with a new book (It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation) and documentary on Kwanzaa (The Black Candle).
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
10-20-2008 |
Culture
Kate Watson-Wallace Throws Dance Theater into Overdrive with 'Car'new
A 2007 Pew Fellow in choreography and director of one of the most anticipated shows of this year’s Live Arts Festival, Watson-Wallace became a rising star of modern dance by dropping out of school and discovering that Philadelphia is a cool place for a young, stubborn and broke-as-a-joke dancer to land.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
08-25-2008 |
Performance
