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Beware: Some Employers Are Now Combining Job Interviews With Exercise

When I work out, my face turns the hue of overripe watermelon meat. Like, so alarmingly pink that when I run into someone I know […]

City Life

Defense Rests After Cosby Declines to Testify in Sex Assault Trial

Defense attorneys representing Bill Cosby have rested their case after the disgraced Philadelphia comedian opted not to testify at his trial on sexual assault charges […]

Be Well Philly

Perfect Timing: There’s a Free Popsicle Workout in Philly This Week 

It’s hot out there. Like all-I-want-to-do-is-lay-in-front-of-an-air-conditioner-while-watching-Orange-Is-the-New-Black hot. So we get: Mustering up the motivation to hit your workouts and sweat more than you already are […]

City Life

You Know Who’s Not Working This Summer? Teenagers.

Teenagers are not working like they used to. New data shows that the number of teens with a job while in still in school has […]

Business

5 Philadelphia Projects Win $5M in National Knight Cities Challenge for 2017

Each year, the Knight Foundation asks communities for their best ideas to make cities better, and this year, five Philadelphia groups submitted ideas worth backing […]

Restaurants

The Franklin Bar Celebrates 8 Years This Weekend

The Franklin Bar is coming up on a big milestone in 2017: eight years in business. Since opening back in 2009, the high-toned, trendsetting bar […]

City Life

Man Charged in Port Richmond Crash That Killed Mother, Injured Son

Philadelphia police have arrested a Torresdale man in connection with a fatal crash that occurred over the weekend in Port Richmond and claimed the life of a […]

Things to Do

The Firefly Festival Lineup Is Wonderfully Bonkers

The lineup at the annual Firefly Music Festival is always noticeably eclectic, but if this year’s bill looks especially insane, that might be your doing. The […]

Property

Main Line Monday: An All-New Château in Villanova for $1.57M

Traveling is overrated. Well, not really. But when you live in a brand-new home that looks like it was imported from the south of France, you […]

Be Well Philly

The Checkup: Pee Is NOT the Answer to a Jellyfish Sting — This Is

• If you’ve ever suffered through the humiliating experience of being peed on at the beach, I’m so sorry — that really wasn’t necessary, new […]

Business

10 Big Ideas to Solve Philly’s Looming Jobs Crisis

There is in this city a coming-of-age narrative — the Story of Philadelphia’s Rise — and unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know […]

Restaurants

The New Faces of Philly Wine

Really, it’s about time. Craft beer has been holding on longer than skinny jeans. And cocktails? Even bad chain restaurants now have drink “programs” designed […]

Property

The Stunning New Farmhouse on Historic Ardrossan Estate

Set amid 14 acres of the historic Ardrossan property — former home of Helen Hope Montgomery Scott, the socialite who inspired The Philadelphia Story — […]

Property

Philly’s Amenity-Packed Super-Luxe Condo Market

After years in Bryn Mawr, Wharton professor Peter Fader and his wife were ready to move to the city. But instead of settling for typical […]

City Life

The Bill Cosby Trial: Week 1

The trial of Bill Cosby, the once-beloved Philadelphia comedian, kicked off earlier this week as opening remarks began June 5 at the Montgomery County Courthouse […]