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5 Lessons We Can All Learn From the Philadelphia Running Community
Be Well Philly

5 Life Lessons We Can All Learn From Philly’s Awesome Running Community 

Today is the day, people: Global Running Day! And while the day celebrates running all across, well, the globe (duh), I thought I’d take a […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Picture of the Week: A Brother’s Love

From photographer Jennifer Childress:

Birds 24/7

What They’re Saying About the Eagles

This week’s roundup of the best Eagles links around the web.

Shoppist

A Philly Shop Owner on Rosé, Chocolate and What It’s Really Like to Work With Anna Wintour

Meet Ruben (Ben) Luna. Don’t know him yet? You should. He currently owns one of Grad Hospital’s latest boutiques, a concept shop called Workshop Underground. But […]

Restaurants

10 Things You Might Not Know About Beer in Philly

Beer is big in Philly right now, but it’s not as big as it once was. “I drink no cider,” John Adams wrote to his wife […]

City Life

BOOK REVIEW: Love Wins Is a Historical Artifact in Its Own Right

Today marks the first day of LGBT Pride Month. And later this month comes the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell […]

Things to Do

8 Performances to Catch This Week

JUNK’s Urban Scuba: Retro Dive @ Shiloh Baptist Church Acclaimed as “audacious” by the New York Times, the Philly-based contemporary dance company that gathers inspiration from garbage plunges into a deep […]

Birds 24/7

Nelson Agholor And the Transition To Year 2

Jordan Matthews pointed to one play in particular from Tuesday’s practice that signaled a return to form for Nelson Agholor. “You can tell he’s back healthy. […]

Things to Do

9 Concerts to See This Week

Bloc Party @ The Filmore | Wednesday, June 1st  After a three-year hiatus and instrumentalist changeovers, the British indie-rock band returns with a new record, Hymns. Intermixing techno with […]

Be Well Philly

The Hilarious Excuse Note to Get You Out of Work for a Midday Run

Happy Global Running Day, friends! If you’re worried about getting side-eye from your boss for dipping out of the office for a mid-work run (perhaps […]

Things to Do

CONCERT REVIEW: Queen of Jeans at Bourbon and Branch

Memorial Day weekend got off to a wicked good start at Bourbon and Branch as Queen of Jeans completed a May residency. The triple bill […]

City Life

Venture Capitalist Josh Kopelman Replaces Gerry Lenfest as PMN Chairman

The Philadelphia Media Network announced Tuesday that Josh Kopelman, a venture capitalist, has been named chair of its board, which operates the Inquirer, Daily News […]

Birds 24/7

Wake-Up Call: Dark Horses And Disappointments

For your mailbag question to be considered, complete the form at the bottom of this post. Any dark horse players you see having a big […]

Be Well Philly

The Checkup: This Superfood Might Not Be Quite As Super As You Think

• Everyone is always trying to up their servings of so-called superfoods, but are ALL of them really all that super? Turns out chia seeds, a […]

Property

A Look at Villanova’s New Lancaster Avenue Building

With its announcement that it will build a new, 1,100-bed student residence hall with street-floor retail across Lancaster Avenue from the main entrance to its campus, […]