ARTSY: Spring Time Can Kill You

[Click to enlarge] Mashtead Gallery presents the ‘twisted’ visions of springtime: Adam Smith, Steven Speir, Hilary White, Andy Schulz, Dan Judge, Dan Hughes, James Heimer, Tim Gough, JP Flexner, Greg Pizzoli, Elizabeth Janssen, Dan Knapp, Kevin Mercer, Justin Miller, Mike Wohlberg, Edward Kelley, Rob Leef, Linnea Vegh, Kirsten Harper, Shawn Hileman, Jim Altieri, Bryana Sortino.

NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t

FRESH AIR Philadelphia Daily News reporters Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for the 10-month series “Tainted Justice,” an expose of alleged corruption among members of an elite narcotics squad on the Philadelphia police force. During their reporting, Laker and Ruderman uncovered allegations against officers that included committing sexual assaults, disabling surveillance cameras during drug raids to hide their misdeeds, and filing fraudulent warrants. During several raids, the police allegedly stole thousands of dollars in merchandise and money from small retailers. As a result of Laker and Ruderman’s investigation, hundreds of drug cases […]

FREE TIX: For The Philly Film Fest’s Spring Preview

TICKET OFFER: Philadelphia Film Festival has offered us limited number of passes for the Spring Preview screenings, if you would like to attend drop us a line at feed@Phawker.com and please include a cell-phone number. RELATED: Dan Buskirk’s Spring Preview Review *** SCRAPPLE TV NEWS: The Week In Weed A.P. Ticker puts Philly’s new pot possession policy in his pipe and stuffs it.