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The Checkup: These Are the Best Cities for Fitness in America (No, Philly Did Not Make the Cut)

• Looks like D.C. is kicking our butt when it comes to the fitness game. The District was just ranked the fittest city in the […]

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8 Performances to Catch This Week

Sister Act @ The Walnut Street Theatre | May 17th–July 17th In converting movies into musicals, some spectacles have proved better than others. Despite many film-turned-flops, the tale […]

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Concerts to See This Week

Lincoln Durham @ Milkboy | May 18th Merging the hoodoo of Southern gothic with the sounds of psycho blues, this one-man-band found his flair in the […]

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New Eastern State Exhibit Explores Mass Incarceration

Next to a window overlooking an eerie courtyard at the Eastern State Penitentiary, there is a wall lined with sheets of paper revealing statements of crimes by imprisoned and […]

Be Well Philly

There’s a 5K Flash Mob Run Going Down Somewhere in Center City This Friday

Listen up, runners: 5K Flash Mob — a group that puts on exactly that, flash mob-style 5K runs, in cities around the country — is coming to Philly this Friday, […]

Be Well Philly

Slide the City Definitely Won’t Be Coming to Philly 

You can officially make new plans for August 6th because Slide the City definitely won’t be setting up their 1,000-foot slip ’n slide in Philly […]

City Life

Fabiola Cineas and Claire Sasko to Join Philadelphia Magazine Staff

Fabiola Cineas, a former teacher who has written extensively about education, and Claire Sasko, a former Philadelphia magazine intern and recent Temple University graduate, are […]

City Life

PHOTOS: 2016 IBA Business Leaders Luncheon

The Independence Business Alliance (IBA) held its sixth-annual business luncheon at Sofitel Hotel on May 13th, with remarks from Mayor Jim Kenney and a keynote […]

Be Well Philly

“Wii Fit for Sex”: Pornhub Launches Virtual Sexercise Platform — Really

I mean, I honestly don’t even know where to start with this post, so I guess I’ll just state the facts plain and clear: The […]

Birds 24/7

A Different View From the Inside On Bradford

Malcolm Jenkins and Jordan Matthews reminded those gathered around them Tuesday of a fundamental truth about the NFL: it’s a business. “There’s 52 guys in here that feel […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Picture of the Week: What’s So Funny?

From photographer Melissa McManus of M2 Photo:

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Helen Gym Calls for Investigation of School Police Use of Force

Councilwoman Helen Gym sent a letter on Tuesday to the School District and the School Reform Commission calling for an investigation of an incident at […]

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Hillary Clinton Shouldn’t Have to Answer for Bill’s Affairs

If you’re running for president these days, you have to expect your dirtiest of laundry to be put on display. As John Edwards and Herman Cain learned […]

Be Well Philly

Lululemon’s Seasonal Shore Store Re-Opens Next Week 

Lululemon addicts, rejoice: Lululemon’s seasonal pop-up store in Avalon, New Jersey, which made its debut last May, will be reopening on Thursday, May 26th to […]

Birds 24/7

PHOTOS: Eagles OTAs, 5/17