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Ladies and Gentlemen … Martha Graham Cracker!

Hard to say what Martha Graham Cracker noticed a few seconds ago as she left the band and the stage and slinked through the crowd. […]

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Tom Wolf: Perfect Stranger

In 1957, Tom Wolf and his father attended a baseball game at Connie Mack Stadium. Wolf’s team, the Phillies, faced the St. Louis Cardinals, including […]

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Why Am I Paying $110,000 a Year in College Tuition?

There are some jobs I would love to have. Professional baseball player. Writer for Saturday Night Live. U.S. Congressman. With the exception of baseball (I’m […]

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How to Skip College — and Thrive

The lecture hall is packed. The elephant-gray room is set up like a mini-arena to allow for maximum capacity and good acoustics. It’s new but […]

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Philadelphia Pop-Ups Are Why We Can’t Keep Nice Things

If any one thing cinched Spruce Street Harbor Park as the summer’s best pop-up, it was probably the hammocks — dozens of them scattered in […]

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The Fall of the Main Line Drug Ring

On the afternoon of April 21st, 18-year-old Timothy Brooks arrived at a courthouse in Ardmore, a mile east of his alma mater, the Haverford School. […]

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What Does My Kid’s Apartment Say About Me?

I’m standing in an aisle at HomeGoods, holding a spoon rest. It’s a pretty thing, bright orange, shaped like a sunflower, and it only costs […]

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The Top Ten Philly Sports Announcers of All Time

The voices carried me home. Dating back to high school, on most weekends in the summer I’d drive to the Jersey Shore and relax with […]

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One of Us: Cecily Tynan

My name is … Cecily Tynan. I had a Great-Uncle Cecil in England, and they just added the “y.” My parents actually thought they invented […]

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Growing Up in Philadelphia: The Lost City

Eddie Gindi seems genuinely excited as he stands at the dais in the Union League. The executive vice president and co-owner of Century 21 department […]