Longform

It Is Now Safe to Care About the Flyers

In a season full of ups and downs, first-year head coach Rick Tocchet and an unexpected core of rising stars has given the city’s most devoted fan base — and Bryce Harper — hope.


Guides

Candidate Crib Sheet: The Race to Replace Dwight Evans

Opinion

Why Philly Needs an Ona Judge Day

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Longform

Philly’s Driverless Future Is Here, Whether We’re Ready or Not

Latest Stories

Taste: How Philly Eats

18% of you eat a cheesesteak at least once a week.

Taste: Where We’re Eating, September

Bar Ferdinand The motto printed on the receipt at designer Owen Kamihira’s vibrant first restaurant is optimistic: “Eat, Drink, Love.” But there are things to […]

Pulse: Creative Buzz

Look for Game Theory, the latest CD from resident hip-hop stars The Roots, featuring cameos by Mos and Talib Kweli (Def Jam Left; $13.98, see […]

Pulse: 60-Second Critic, September

Instruments The Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center A card-carrying NRA-member friend likes to talk about the power he feels when discharging […]

Pulse: Out and About: The 10 Coolest Events, September

1. Concert Philadelphia Orchestra: 2006-’07 Season Opening Night Lang Lang is on piano, and Christoph Eschenbach is conducting the season opener for one of the […]

Pulse: A&E: Local Talent: Nicole Bindler

When Dance Magazine ran a special insert in 2004 on Philly’s hot new dance scene, Nicole Bindler was already packing for the move. She knew […]


Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.


The casinos went dark — and it was good

“If the Civil War were today, the South would win hands down,” wrote Glenda McCardle to her hometown newspaper, the Raleigh News & Observer, after […]

Susan Katz, local attorney, semi-reluctant co-star of the summer’s hit crossword documentary, Wordplay.

How did the movie people find you? It was my first competition, and some people pulled me aside and yelled, “We got a newbie!” I […]

How one commercial caffeinated a neighborhood

It Takes a Village

What are those Swedes thinking?

What Are Those Swedes Thinking?

Pulse: Chatter: Philadelphians to Watch, September

Who: Jennifer Yaron, 24, and Marguerite McDonald, 26, the pair who recently founded F.U.E.L. (Fostering Undergraduate Exposure on Location), an art gallery located in the […]

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How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.


Why the Phillies’ skip should stay

Since early summer, when it became clear that the Phillies’ season would once again be mired in futility (this year’s theme: We Suck, Version 26.0), […]

Why we’re repealing a “Best Of” award

Last month, this magazine bestowed a “Best Of” award on someone named Peter V. Ueberroth for “best human being, ever.” At the time, we were […]

No, we aren’t getting the Olympics. But how does badminton grab you?

When the U.S. Olympic Committee cut Philly from the list of cities it’s considering putting forward to host the 2016 games, it was blunt about […]

Why your local anchor is reading the Bucks County Courier Times

As we turn our attention from beaches to television with the new fall season, there’s one reporter who’s quietly become a must-read for local network […]

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