Metropolis
The New Face of New Hope: How a Small Bucks County Town Became a Playground for the Rich and Famous
One evening, as I drove down Main Street in New Hope, I passed three high-end restaurants, two boutique hotels, a Chelsea Market-style suite of trendy […]
50 Years of Best of Philly: The Media
The first time Jim Gardner graced the pages of Best of Philly, he wasn’t named 1980’s Best TV News Anchor. He wasn’t lauded for being […]
If Patience Is a Virtue, What Is Our On-Demand World Teaching Our Children?
“Mom, can we look at backpacks, like you said?” It was the Fourth of July. Three weeks into summer break and eight weeks before fifth […]
What Qualifies This South Philly Guy to Give Out Advice Nationwide?
The 2020 debut book by local author R. Eric Thomas caught the attention of Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda; since then, he has written for TV […]
Smutty Fantasy Novels Are Taking Over Mom Book Clubs
I’ve messed up. I’d always wanted to be part of a book club, but now I’d finally been asked to be in one and I’ve […]
50 Years of Best of Philly: Pizza
Jim Rolfing was late. The bus ride from Wildwood had taken two hours, and so there he was, standing in the middle of the Bourse, […]
St. Joe’s Prep Dominates Pennsylvania Football. When Does Everyone Else Get a Shot?
There is only one student working out in St. Joseph’s Prep’s nearly 4,000-square-foot weight room on a late-May afternoon. It’s not that the school’s athletes […]
The Inside Story of the University of the Arts’s Stunning Collapse
The University of the Arts occupies — or, more accurately, occupied — a series of grand old buildings along South Broad Street. Terra Hall, a […]
Anthony Roth Costanzo Is Here to Save Opera in Philly
“Of course, entering fully naked in Akhnaten was very nerve-racking,” says Anthony Roth Costanzo when I ask about his most terrifying performance moment. As one […]
Preston and Steve from WMMR’s Morning Show Tell All
The owners of this magazine generally dissuade us from touching on topics like, say, dildos. But they’re making an exception this month so that we […]