Singer-songwriter, producer, and guitarist Kurt Vile, who has an official city of Philadelphia day named in his honor, is one of the chillest rock stars […]
Two years ago, an unexpected notification on my phone derailed my day. A longtime listener of my band, Makeshift Hammer, sent us a DM with […]
Welcome to Month 6 of our Semiquincentennial Quiz! Hope you’ve enjoyed playing along so far. This time, we examine how the city established its “Workshop […]
In my family, death is never really far away. I don’t mean this in a macabre, Edgar Allan Poe sort of way, or because any […]
Marc Lamont Hill was never the same after his brother Anthony gave him a copy of The Autobiography of Malcolm X when he was a […]
Listen to the audio edition here: A huge granite bar on the first floor, a pool table on the second, a bright patio […]
Missing firearms, a no-bid contract, stalled reforms: Why are Rochelle Bilal’s fellow pols still standing by her? Read more at The Philadelphia Citizen.
Welcome to the fifth installment of the Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz! We’re all the way up to the 19th century now. (For you youngsters, […]
This month, we’re digging into what might be the most vital part of Philly’s history to date: the American Revolutionary War. Strike up the fife […]
Few people know more about monuments than Paul Farber. He’s the founder of Monument Lab, a Philadelphia-based public art and history organization that studies how […]
