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Best of Philly Spotlight: How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts
On April 23, 1932, a year before the Philadelphia Eagles played their first down of professional football and 30th Street Station welcomed its first passenger, […]
Best of Philly Spotlight: DJ Robert Drake’s Been Throwing the Best Parties in Philly for More Than 20 Years — and Shows No Sign of Stopping
Depeche Mode works every time to trigger the endorphins that make people want to dance, Robert Drake will tell you. So does Erasure. Also, New […]
Best of Philly Spotlight: Sommelier Jamie Harrison Rubin Is Crushing It With His Wine Nights
Jamie Harrison Rubin, wine director of Southwark and Ambra, is not impressed by the prestige of fancy labels. He’s more interested in esoteric vintages from […]
Best of Philly Spotlight: Want to Preserve Your Pet … Forever? Call Beth Beverly
Beth Beverly’s snug Cheltenham workshop smells nothing like what you’d expect of a taxidermy studio. In place of pungent chemical odors, there’s an earthy, warm […]
Best of Philly Spotlight: Running Saved Kellen Matthews-Thompson’s Life. Now He’s Helping Others Do the Same
It’s 9 a.m. on a Saturday, and Kellen Matthews-Thompson is lacing up his sneakers for a run on the Ben Franklin Bridge, a group of […]
Live Aid, Four Decades Later
Forty years ago this month, the most ambitious concert in the history of the music world (sorry, Woodstock) was staged. In an effort to raise […]
Live Aid, By the Numbers
This story is part of our continuing coverage in honor of Live Aid Week in Philadelphia. Check back daily for more Live Aid fun. Just […]
The Musicians Who Were Conspicuously Absent from Live Aid
This story is part of our continuing coverage in honor of Live Aid Week in Philadelphia. Check back daily for more Live Aid fun. We’ve […]
Live Aid Was Not Without Controversy – And For Good Reason
This story is part of our continuing coverage in honor of Live Aid Week in Philadelphia. Check back daily for more Live Aid fun. There’s […]
Live Aid Had a Hooters Problem
This story is part of our continuing coverage in honor of Live Aid Week in Philadelphia. Check back daily for more Live Aid fun. In […]