PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY

'''Philadelphia Weekly (PW)''', is a free alternative newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, published every Wednesday.
The paper was founded as the 'Welcomat' in 1971 as a sister publication to the South Philadelphia Press. In 1995, the name was changed to Philadelphia Weekly.
The paper features local and national politics, as well extensive coverage of the Arts - film, theater, visual arts, and music.
Its main competitor is Philadelphia City Paper, a similarly-themed free weekly publication.

Contents

Weekly Columns

Art of Darkness

On The Radar

The Angry Grammarian

The Trouble With Spikol

Savage Love

See also

References

External links

Weekly Columns

Art of Darkness

Written by Mexican wrestler and art professor El Gatito (pictured wearing a wrestling mask, stroking his chin and smoking a pipe), this column combines serious art criticism with wrestling jargon.

On The Radar

Written since 2005 by English immigrant Steven Wells (who formerly wrote for NME and currently writes for Guardian Unlimited, Bizarre, 90 and FourFourTwo), OtR seldom keeps to its "what's coming up" brief and instead wanders off into explosive tirades about evolution, atheism, aristocracy, rugby league and other entirely unrelated topics.

The Angry Grammarian

A language column written by PW's Managing Editor, Jeffrey Barg.

The Trouble With Spikol

This column is written by Liz Spikol, PW's former Managing Editor. She reports on issues relating to mental illness, and chronicles her own health struggles. In 2005 she started an online blog of the same name.

Savage Love

The syndicated sex column by Dan Savage is a weekly feature.

See also

★ Alternative weekly

References

1. Philadelphia Weekly

External links

★ Philadelphia Weekly

★ The Trouble With Spikol blog