Michael Tanenbaum

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Michael Tanenbaum is a senior staff writer for PhillyVoice.com, with interests ranging from technology and behavioral health to local community initiatives and cultural life. Michael has written for the Argentina Independent and Bespoke Magazine and previously served as a news editor for Xfinity.com before joining PhillyVoice. He received his B.A. in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.


tanenbaum@phillyvoice.com

August 22, 2017

Solar Eclipse

WATCH: 'Goosebumps' overtake 6ABC meteorologist on solar eclipse road trip

6ABC meteorologist Adam Joseph hit the road to St. Joseph, Missouri, to be in the path f totality for Monday's solar eclipse

August 22, 2017

Development

Renderings reveal proposed Da Vinci Science City in Lehigh Valley

The Lehigh Valley took a big step forward Tuesday toward the development of Da Vinci Science City – a STEM-focused, state-of-the-art facility that city planners hope will drive educational tourism for decades to come. 

August 22, 2017

Comedy

WATCH: Jerry Seinfeld retells first joke in teasers for Netflix stand-up special

Jerry Seinfeld, timeless king of comedy in both jokes and earnings, is returning to primetime stand-up on Sept. 19 with a much-anticipated Netflix streaming special.

August 22, 2017

Investigation

AG: Four alleged child predators arrested in southeastern Pennsylvania

Four Philadelphia-area men are facing charges stemming from an investigation into child predator activity in southeastern Pennsylvania, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday.

August 21, 2017

Drug Bust

Camden man arrested with record-setting supply of fentanyl

Authorities in New Jersey seized a record-setting amount of fentanyl earlier this year, preventing as many as 5 million doses of the deadly synthetic opioid from reaching the streets, the state Attorney General's Office announced Monday.

August 21, 2017

Music

WATCH: Philadelphia prominently featured in new War on Drugs video 'Pain'

Fans who have been anxiously awaiting the release of "A Deeper Understanding," the fourth studio album of local breakout rockers The War on Drugs, are just a few days away from getting a full 10 tracks of the extended, dreamy ballads the band owns better than any other act on the scene. 

August 21, 2017

Solar Eclipse

Here are Twitter's best reactions to the 2017 solar eclipse

The 2017 solar eclipse, possibly the most anticipated event of the year, came and went on Monday with excitement, curiosity, apathy, fear and humor.

August 21, 2017

Music

WATCH: John Mayer covers Springsteen's 'I'm on Fire' in New Jersey

Front to back, Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." remains the touchstone of heartland rock in the United States, producing seven hit singles after its release in 1984 and propelling Springsteen's burgeoning career into the limelight.

August 20, 2017

Investigation

Police: Cashier stabbed at 7-Eleven in Center City

Philadelphia police are searching for a suspect after a cashier was stabbed twice in the neck Sunday morning at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Center City.

August 20, 2017

Recipes

A conflict erupts over avocado mac n' cheese (something something, Millennials)

Millennial-bashing, one of the great goldmines of post-recession phone-thumbing in America, took an unconscionable turn earlier this year when Australian real estate mogul Tim Gurner, himself a millennial, blamed this generation's falling homeownership rates on a taste for avocado toast. 

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