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REVIEW: Curio’s Marie Antoinette has Éclat… Mais Pourquoi?

Entering Curio Theatre for Marie Antoinette, I was struck by how much the set—an amusingly makeshift, low-budget evocation of gilded excess, meant to suggest Versailles—could […]

Philadelphia Wedding

7 Philly Spas Where You Can Get Pampered Before Your Wedding

There’s no better way to unwind and beautify before your walk down the aisle than with a stress-relieving massage, a glow-boosting facial or some pretty […]

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REVIEW: Love, Lies and Taxidermy at Inis Nua is a Rom-Com for Today

Love, Lies and Taxidermy, Alan Harris’s 90-minute rollercoaster of play, arrives at Inis Nua after director Tom Reing saw a production at the Edinburgh Fringe. […]

City Life

Gridlock: Center City’s Traffic Apocalypse

It’s a good problem to have, all the experts tell me. A symbol of our growth and vitality. A sign of just how hot our […]

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Can a Movie Theater Save South Street?

Ah, South Street. What was once a fringy, magical place is now an unattractive commercial strip of smoke shops and bro bars that I wouldn’t […]

City Life

The Best Thing That Happened This Week: The Phillies Started Spring Training

Oh sure, maybe you have three inches of dense, drippy snow on your driveway, but the Phillies are in Clearwater, Fla., where it’s 79 degrees and […]

Property

These Are the 10 Most Affordable Homes in Mt. Airy

Mount Airy has a reputation for substantial, lovingly maintained homes and an affluent, highly educated populace with a keen social conscience. But as anyone who […]

Business

Penn Beats Out Harvard, Columbia in New Campus Transportation Ranking

D.C.-based software company TransitScreen just compiled a ranking of the country’s most transportation-friendly college campuses. That is, schools with quick and easy accessibility to buses, […]

Be Well Philly

7 Peaceful Pennsylvania Airbnbs to Book for Your Next Mental Health Escape

I’ve been lucky to travel to some cool places, but probably one of my favorite trips I’ve ever taken was when my husband and I drove 1.5 […]

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What to Eat This Weekend: Steaks, Lobsters and Ice Cream

There’s a sense in the air like spring might be an actual possibility. We all know it’s a lie — a little tease from the […]

Be Well Philly

Don’t Let This Sweet 12-Year-Old Pup Spend Another Day in the Shelter

Everyone loves tiny, cutesy, little puppies. I mean, how could you not? But the fact is older dogs need love, attention, and nice people to […]

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REVIEW: Time Remembered Is an Elegant French Feast

Style. I sometimes think it’s the rarest element in the theater, and the most precious.  Fortunately for Philadelphia, Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium (IRC from here on, […]

Be Well Philly

A Millennial Pink Kettlebell and Stylish Sweatpants: What a Philly Fitness Trainer Can’t Live Without

Katie Gould, owner and founder of KG Strong, is an all-around all-star trainer, combining strength training, yoga, and kettlebells as her menu of expertise. Needless […]

Property

What $500K Will Buy You in Point Breeze

Point Breeze has served for some time now as the poster child for gentrification in Philadelphia, with all the accompanying sturm und drang over the issue. But […]

Business

I Love My Job: Construction Maven Angelo Perryman Is Behind Philly’s New LOVE Park

Angelo Perryman is one of Philadelphia’s most decorated businesspeople. Just this week the Perryman Building & Construction Services president and CEO received PHLCVB’s coveted Minority […]